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| Toronto FC: Altering the Landscape |
April 2008 Issue
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The Big Smoke hath been awakened. Toronto sports fans, seemingly entranced like zombies, have risen from their sombre state and electricity has stricken their beings. Fresh blood has arrived, and there’s plenty to go around. The buzz of a new attraction, a new sport, a new passion has swept over the metropolis with a plague of football hungry enthusiasts. Different nationalities unite, and global alliances are temporarily forgotten. The City is one. The dawn of a new era has been born, and now begins to thrive and grow. For those craving the taste of change and revolution, wait no longer. Toronto FC is here to save you.
Created from the ashes and the truth that football is the planet’s most globally played sport, Toronto FC has soared into Canadian culture like a comet through outer space. With over 70 different nationalities occupying Toronto and its surrounding area, a love has been created for a team whose roots extend to all corners of the globe. The inception of this soccer franchise has shaken up the landscape of the Toronto sporting community, and some are still left in wonderment as how to proceed. Trying to gain admission to this new and unique giant is proving to be increasingly difficult. The people speak, and the brass listens. Toronto FC matches have quickly become one of the hottest events in town. |
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What Sport has the Sexist legs? |
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Welcome to our fifth issue of Free Kick. When choosing our front cover, we take into consideration everything soccer-related that is happening on the planet, including on our mass of tundra north of the US border. If you are a Canadian soccer fan, the landscape has been quite barren over the years, especially if you are from Toronto. Any supporter from hogtown can attest to the fact that they have seen many a dismal day trying to beef up their sport to gain prosperity.
Long were the decades when sports editors were begged and blasted for their snubbing of the globe’s favourite pastime. Empty stadiums were littered with clusters of cappuccino-sniffing Italians and the like, whose cherished memories of the old country’s passion slowlywithered away. Soccer or football or whatever they called it was a word that often brought a sense of pity. |
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First Woman Inductee: Canada Soccer Hall of Fame
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Those times are gone and replaced by the hot hot hot Toronto FC, who have blasted their way into the Toronto market with their heads up. Sold out crowds and wild, raucous fans resembling settings like the Premier League have received them with open arms.
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As soccer players and coaches, I believe a number of us fantasize about going abroad to share our abundance of soccer balls and uniforms with poorer nations who love the beautiful game.
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Personal Fitness
Here we are again. It’s time for the new season and you are starting to ask the question: Am I ready? First of all, the question really should have been asked at the end of your last season. The best athletes make a point of doing their hardest training during their time away from traditional games and practices. We should constantly be working to improve and maintain our core base of speed, strength, agility, balance and soccer touch.
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June Issue coming out on June 1st, 2008...
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