Which international soccer team to play for can be difficult choice for players from immigrant families

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Junior Flores has never been to El Salvador. When asked, however, he says it's where he's from. Born in Los Angeles to Salvordan parents and raised in Manassas Park, Flores, 15, deals with issues of ethnic identity common to many children in immigrant families.

The difference for Flores is that he is an elite soccer talent with the potential to compete at an international level. Such status can force athletes to confront questions of ethnic and national identity at an early age, often by making very public declarations: In international competitions, do they play for the country they were born and raised in, or for the country of their parents?

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Jerry Markon 24 Dec, 2011

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