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Speaker 1: Dorchester is now host to an official hometown team, the

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Speaker 1: Dorchester City Football Club.

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Speaker 2: So is our first season in the United Premier Soccer

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Speaker 2: League shortened as the UPSL.

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Speaker 1: Robert Alexander is the head coach the travel soccer team,

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Speaker 1: just finished off his first season. The team is the

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Speaker 1: brainchild of owner Felipe Oliviera, Dorchester native. A lot of

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Speaker 1: this is about hometown pride, but Robert Fields is an

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Speaker 1: untapped reservoir of talent here.

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Speaker 2: Because there are so many different ethnicities existing in the neighborhood.

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Speaker 2: There is a strong love for the international game.

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Speaker 1: So the head coach has been trying to recruit those

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Speaker 1: players to join the team. This season ended with a

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Speaker 1: losing record, but he says it's a work in progress.

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Speaker 1: Especially with excitement around the World Cup next year building, the.

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Speaker 2: Fans will start to notice that there is quality soccer

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Speaker 2: being played in the Boston area, not necessarily just down

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Speaker 2: the road at Foxborough.

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