An American-Cambodian footballer plays an awkward position in Thailand

Nick Taylor goes about winning trust in two countries engaged in border clashes

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Nick Taylor, a Texas-born footballer, plays for Cambodia's national team and a professional club across a still-tense border in Thailand. (©PT Prachuap FC)

JOHN DUERDEN

SEOUL -- After a soccer match this month between the Cambodian and Thai women's national teams, the two sets of players warmly shook hands. It was a welcome example of the ability of sport to bring people together after weeks of tensions led to border clashes in late July that killed dozens of residents on both sides.

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