{"id":3285,"date":"2013-11-13T01:09:29","date_gmt":"2013-11-13T05:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=3285"},"modified":"2013-11-13T01:23:02","modified_gmt":"2013-11-13T05:23:02","slug":"soccer-canadas-national-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/soccer-canadas-national-sport\/","title":{"rendered":"Soccer: Canada’s National Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Soccer: Canada’s National Sport<\/p><\/div>\n

Celebrate the launch of \u00a0SOCCER: CANADA\u2019S NATIONAL SPORT<\/em>, the new book by our (PHSC) past president Les Jones<\/em>. He says it is, \u201ca remarkable achievement and the first Canadian coffee-table book on The Beautiful Game.<\/em>\u201d The launch is in the REAL SPORTS BAR located at the Air Canada Centre and takes place at noon on Monday, November 25th.<\/p>\n

Les is a former photographer for the Canadian Soccer Association<\/em> and has covered soccer for over 30 years, supplying articles and photographs to hundreds of books and magazines. He is a director of the Robbie Soccer Tournament<\/i> and The Soccer Centre<\/i> as well as chairman of The Soccer Hall of Fame & Museum<\/em>.<\/p>\n

This book is an attractive, entertaining over-sized publication covering 150 years of soccer in Canada (see canadiansoccerstories.com<\/a>. It covers \u201cthe memorable, the\u00a0 unexpected and the controversial (not to forget the dramatic and humorous)\u201d. The book gives short, punchy articles in storytelling form rather than a dry list of facts. It is very readable and well designed.\u00a0The 256 colourful pages cover the very first games in Toronto in the 1860s, our first international in 1924, the 1986 World Cup, the 2012 Olympics and everything<\/i> in between.<\/p>\n

All the top players are covered including Dwayne de Rosario, Jason de Vos, Kara Lang and Christine Sinclair. There are features on referees, controversial goals, famous teams, match-fixing, indoor & beach soccer and every aspect of the game. Plus it has great action photos.<\/p>\n

For a special introductory price, email Les at\u00a0lesjones.covershots@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0or call 416 691-1555. All proceeds go to the Soccer Hall of Fame & Museum<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Here are just a few of the books testimonials…
\n\u201cA great piece of research and a labour of love. The finished product is really impressive.\u201d Paul Beirne, Toronto FC<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has given former players a place to feel proud and honoured.\u201d Carie Serwetnyk \u2013 former international.<\/p>\n

\u201cA superb compilation of memorable moments in Canadian soccer.\u201d\u00a0Paul Dolan \u2013 former international<\/p>\n

\u201cAn insightful and vibrant rendering of soccer\u2019s place in our world of sport.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA well-written and witty account of how the round ball has conquered a huge country.\u201d Georges Schwartz \u2013 Quebec author and soccer administrator<\/p>\n

\u201cA must book for any Canadian soccer fan. Wonderful stories, surprising historical facts and great anecdotes on the long history of soccer in Canada.\u201d Martin Bronstein \u00a0 \u00a0Founding Editor of\u00a0Soccer Canada Magazine.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cWithout question this book is a must read. Les has captured wonderful, unexpected and dramatic stories in this magnificent\u00a0work. What a great present for all of the young soccer players and their parents. Les Wilson \u2013 Soccer Hall of Fame and former national team manager<\/p>\n

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Celebrate the launch of \u00a0SOCCER: CANADA\u2019S NATIONAL SPORT, the new book by our (PHSC) past president Les Jones. He says it is, \u201ca remarkable achievement and the first Canadian coffee-table book on The Beautiful Game.\u201d The launch is in the … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,20],"tags":[35,58,221,5,222],"class_list":["post-3285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activities-other","category-book","tag-books","tag-history","tag-les-jones","tag-photographer","tag-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3285"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3291,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3285\/revisions\/3291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}