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from a CPSL press release:

HITMEN’S HECTOR MARINARO TO BE HONOURED

El Salvadorian team to pay tribute this weekend

Hector Marinaro Sr., team manager for the CPSL’s Brampton Hitmen, will be in El Salvador the weekend of November 13 to be honoured by FAS F.C., one of the top pro teams in that country and in Central America.

Marinaro, originally from Argentina where he played top flight soccer before moving to Central America and Canada, has established himself over a 40-year period as one of the most popular and respected members of the Canadian soccer community.

Marinaro played for five years with FAS and the team has invited him and arranged the trip so he can be suitably honoured. He was a member of the squad that won three championships in that short time and the ceremony will be in conjunction with a game against Alianza F.C. on Saturday at Santa Ana, about 70 km from Sal Salvador, the capital. More than 20,000 fans are expected to be in attendance.

In Canada, Hector Marinaro Sr. played for Montreal Concordia in the Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League in the early sixties and went on the play, coach and hold managerial positions with Toronto Falcons, Toronto Italia and the Toronto Blizzard in the CSL and NASL, as well as indoor teams Toronto Shooting Stars and Toronto Thunderhawks, both of the NPSL. He joined Brampton Hitmen in 2003.

Interestingly, El Salvador is paying tribute to Hector Sr. almost exactly a month after son Hector Marinaro Jr. was celebrated in Cleveland, Ohio where he retired as the most successful indoor soccer player in U.S. history. Marinaro Jr. holds the U.S. indoor record for the most points, 2,787, and all scored in a 25-year pro career since he left his Mississauga home for the U.S. 25 years ago.

Cleveland Force president Paul Garofolo said recently Marinaro Jr., now 40, is to indoor soccer what Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky and Gary Bonds are to their sports.

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quote:Originally posted by Rocket Robin

from a CPSL press release:

....Cleveland Force president Paul Garofolo said recently Marinaro Jr., now 40, is to indoor soccer what Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky and Gary Bonds are to their sports.

LOL.... one would think I'd have heard or such a legend and known which sport he played..... Gary.....

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