Who are you cheering for?
We are currently in the midst of soccer madness here in the GTA caused by the FIFA World cup in Germany. You cannot go anywhere in the GTA without hearing or seeing something about this event.
Canada is one of the most unique places in the world where we have immigrants from almost all parts of the world. This diversity is evident by the variety of flags seen on cars. It is great for people to show passion for their country of origin, however, I can tell certain people are annoyed by all this hoopla. I saw a car earlier today with a Canadian flag and not because they are cheering for the Canadian soccer team, since it failed to qualify for this years World cup, but rather a counter-reaction to all these flags.
I find no problem in people displaying passion for a sport they have grown up to love and continue to when they arrive in Canada. It is no different than a Canadian kid being a fan of the Montreal Canadian because he/she grew up in Montreal and now lives in Toronto. People should not be offended by the behaviour of soccer revellers in our streets rather we should celebrate our differences, since it is what makes us Canadians interesting and unique.
For the record, I am cheering now for Trinidad and Tobago. I know they will not be winning the World cup, but any country that celebrates a tie like they won the tournament must know how to have fun.
We are currently in the midst of soccer madness here in the GTA caused by the FIFA World cup in 
6 comments:
I think Trinidad & Tobago is my underdog pick. I'd like to see England win; I don't know, it's the history and the fact that they haven't won in 40 years, sort of like the Maple Leafs of international soccer.
You're right man, its fun to see people celebrating.
There is NO other sport in Saudi, so when these guys win, things get really crazy and at times have gotten violent too! During the world cup matches we see police cars parked everywhere!
Saudis plays their first game today, I bet I'll see cops everywhere while going home from work today...
My guess is Saudi's do not celebreate tie's like the Soca warriors from T&T.
I saw the match, pretty hard-breaking to see that late goal. But, I do the like the goal celebration, going down and doing sujood, the English announcers did not know what to make of that celebration.
going down and doing sujood
:O
were they facing in the Qibla direction?
I hope so ;-)... hopefully they will end it there, I don't wanna be seeing prayer mats on the soccer fields any time soon.
^ LOL
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