The Oakville Soccer Club in Oakville, Ont. touts itself as "the largest community soccer organization in Canada with more than 12,000 players". The club has also turned out a number of Canadian national team players, and brought hundreds upon hundreds of youngsters to men's national team games over the past several years.
Now, to celebrate the club's 40th anniversary, they're hosting a special celebrity game, featuring some familiar footie names -- including Jason de Vos, Kara Lang, Clare Rustad and Rohan Ricketts -- and some special guests, including CFL legends Damon Allen, Pinball Clemons and Mike Vanderjagt. And if watching those world-class athletes play isn't enough of a draw, you can also watch them run circles around a bunch of questionably-in-shape soccer media folks, including myself and Rycroft.
More details after the jump.
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The game is on Thursday, July 5 at Bronte Athletic Field in Oakville. Tickets are $10 and all proceeds support the club's fee assistance program. If that program is what it sounds like, then I can tell you from personal experience that such programs do a lot of good, providing soccer-playing opportunities to deserving kids who wouldn't otherwise get that chance.
All of the other details you'd need are on OSC's website -- and if you can't make it out, I believe the game is going to be shown on television. Which means that my inevitable moment(s) of embarrassment will be broadcast over the air. Sweet. Terrific. Sigh. All for a good cause, right?
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