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[tm4tj]

tsk.................it's the same thing Alex.

you are a pedantofile :010:

[clacher_holiday2]

if i was in poland it wouldnt make any difference to me whatsover if a run of the mill scottish player signed for my local team!

[Scarlet Pimple]

Nothing wrong with the idea. I wanted ICT to come to Canada for purely selfish reasons since they would almost certainly come to Vancouver,home of the Whitecaps (a reference to the breakers on the Pacific coast here) who long ago won the then North American soccer league ,and the cup before a crowd of some 30,000 in New York as I recall.

As for the money the US is probably a better bet--much larger population and a growing interest in "soccah" spurred on by the recent World Cup.

Knowing the yankee personality it won't be long before they want to get more of the action and they are more favoured to spend money than the somewhat more canny Canadians. Amnericans pour money into sport, baseball, National Football (not soccer) League and the  National Hockey League to a lesser degree perhaps. But the tremendous interest and the stunning worldwide coverage of the World cup cannot have gone un-noticed by the U.S whose citizens are not afraid to spend money to make money...

Anyway love to see you guys.... :clapping04:

[Scotty]

Football is becoming more high profile in Canada.

For years, youngsters of all ages and both sexes have been playing it at school, (estimated 65000 kids in Toronto alone regularly play football). The attraction of footy to the youngsters in Canada is that it can be played as a unisex sport, and that it is relatively cheap to get the gear when compared to whats needed for other sports like hockey, baseball etc.

The problem that hits football in Canada comes when the youngsters get to mid teens - until now, there has been no outlet for a talented football player to make a career out of it and they tend to go do something else. With no disrespect to either the Vancouver Whitecaps, or the Toronto Lynx - their level is part-time Highland League and their crowds are low (in Toronto's case because they moved from a university stadium in Downtown Toronto to a place in the middle of nowhere that resembles the Bught 'stadium'.)

With the formation of Toronto FC as a new franchise to play in MLS, a purpose built stadium being built in the heart of downtown Toronto, and the potential that players might actualy be able to make a decent paying career from footy - the future for Canadian 'soccah' might be quite positive.

now ... if CC can take the lads to play Toronto FC when they get up and running, that would be excellent ....  selfish on my part, yes, but excellent nonetheless  :003: - I could guarantee a few Canadians who have been converted would be at the game as well as a few who were already supporters !!! As was said earlier in the thread too ... marketing would be ultra important. There are 10s of thousands of Scots in Toronto and surrounding areas, and that number multiplies 10-fold when you add those who 'claim scottish heritage'. There are also loads of other nationalities who, while not supporters of Scottish football, are fervent football supporters - parts of the city came to a standstill during the world cup when Italy, Spain, Portugal, Trinidad and other teams were playing.