Daniel Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 Anyone care to make this, uh, accurate? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soccer_in_Canada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calgarysoccernut Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 The article looks pretty accurate to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted March 17, 2005 Author Share Posted March 17, 2005 The thing about women's soccer being more popular is kinda off (the women's national team might attract more people) and the "many players have played for other national teams" when it's essentially you-know-who (and we're not talking Mayard or Titus, here). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc_soccer_fan Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 It says that Canada was an early soccer power. Is that true?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted March 17, 2005 Author Share Posted March 17, 2005 quote:Originally posted by bc_soccer_fan It says that Canada was an early soccer power. Is that true?? We won gold at the 1904 Olympics when the tourny was a joke (3 club teams, 2 Americans and Galt FC from Ontario). See, this is the stuff I'm talking about. Not necessarily wrong, just not super right either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 The tournament may have been a joke but the soccer level in the rest of the world was much lower at this time. Canada's level at the time was probably near to that of many other nations. Soccer was at the time an amateur sport and many of the large clubs had only recently been founded at the time. Many countries brag about winning Olympic and World Cup soccer tournaments at times at which the level of competition was not particularly high so I don't think we really need to put a particular asterix by our victory when other countries do not do so. The only thing I found inaccurate about the article is the reasons given for Owen "The Traitor" Hargreaves not playing for Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 Wow the forum automatically adds Owen "The Traitor" every time one types the name Owen "The Traitor" Hargreaves. Not that I disagree with the sentiment but administrators should probably remove this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaku_bert Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 owen Owen "The Traitor" Owen "The Traitor" Hargreaves <test> HAHAHAHA! it works[8D][] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 Hahahaah funny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettermirror Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 sounds like The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettermirror Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 sounds like The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoyleG Posted March 18, 2005 Share Posted March 18, 2005 quote:Originally posted by calgarysoccernut The article looks pretty accurate to me. Cleaned it up a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted March 18, 2005 Author Share Posted March 18, 2005 YEah, for those who didn't know, anyone can edit a wikipedia entry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Concacaf Posted March 18, 2005 Share Posted March 18, 2005 theres a wikipedia entry for our national team as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Concacaf Posted March 18, 2005 Share Posted March 18, 2005 here it is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_national_football_team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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