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John Papageorgaiou grinned while his four children — two boys and two girls — took turns kicking a soccer ball at a robot goalie set up in the FIFA Women’s World Cup trophy-tour tent at Fairview Pointe-Claire on Thursday afternoon.

The goalie was tough, almost impossible to beat, but that didn’t dissuade visitors to the red-and-white tent event designed to drum up interest in the FIFA Women’s World Cup. Canada hosts the event in six cities, including Montreal, from June 6 to July 5.

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The tent is open Friday, April 10, from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

“They all play soccer,” Papageogaiou said while the children split their time between kicking the ball and manipulating the levers at an over-sized foosball table.

“I think there’s a lot of support for girls to play soccer when they are young, but there’s not enough support to keep girls playing when they get older,” he said. “For sure we’ll be there (at the Montreal games) wearing our colours.”