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  • Qendrim, the small, spindlylegged Kosovar, would play center midfielder; Bienvenue, the happy-go-lucky Burundian, would direct the defense from the middle in back.†   (source)
  • Shahir, the left midfielder who frequently set up Josiah for attacks down the left sideline, had lost the nails of both of his big toes because his cleats had been too tight.†   (source)
  • Qendrim—everyone on the Fugees called him "KWIN-drum" but his family pronounced it "CHIN-drim"—was a tiny but talented midfielder for the Under 13 Fugees.†   (source)
  • Qendrim was an able midfielder, capable of directing his teammates and setting up his talented front line, while Shahir, a quiet and unassuming left midfielder, was getting more confident and reliable with each practice.†   (source)
  • But just outside of Clarkston, at the apartment of Paula Balegamire—the mother of the Under 13 Fugees' midfielder Grace and the young boy who had puzzled over Luma's explanation of bail—news of a riot at Makala was cause for extraordinary worry.†   (source)
  • Qendrim had become close with his other teammates as well: Grace, the midfielder from the Congo, who lived up the street; with Josiah and Jeremiah, the Liberians; with Bienvenue, the Burundian; Shahir, who was from Afghanistan; Robin and Idwar Dikori, the Sudanese brothers.†   (source)
  • The Under 13s had a star left forward in Josiah Saydee, another Liberian, whose awkward, toes-first gait masked amazing speed, as well as an experienced center midfielder in Qendrim Bushi, a stylish, mosquito-legged Kosovar with a penchant for wearing bright-colored bandanas around his neck during practice.†   (source)
  • On the next trip down the field, Mandela powered through the hulking Lightning midfielders and dribbled toward the box.†   (source)
  • The Blue Springs players, particularly the midfielders and forwards, towered over the Fugees, especially little Qendrim, Mohammed, and Prince.†   (source)
  • Qendrim was getting knocked around like a pinball in the middle by the bigger Blue Springs midfielders.†   (source)
  • While most of the newcomers lacked the confidence to call out instructions to each other, Kanue calmly encouraged his defenders to move up the field, his midfielders to spread out, his forwards to attack.†   (source)
  • Again Peshawa juked around the 15s' midfielders and a toddler who had wandered onto the field, then tapped the ball around Hamdu Muganga, one of the two Somali Bantu brothers who had joined the 15s on defense.†   (source)
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