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Can we convince the Forge FO to print us hard tickets so we have a keepsake from this historical match? I believe the York 9 are getting them to hand out to everyone on their buses. Just an idea. Can't wait for the big day.

Any plans for a gathering the night before for those that are travelling from out of town? 

Any plans for a gathering the night before for those that are travelling from out of town? 

Ticket purchased.

I like how MLS teams aren't bothering to mask it anymore. The domestic double standards on their stupid rules just made a casualty
 

Flight booked. Confirming my attendance. Might have to go straight from the post game party to the airport. Have an early morning flight to Victoria!

Flight booked. Confirming my attendance. Might have to go straight from the post game party to the airport. Have an early morning flight to Victoria!

We should all have our Jerseys by then so it might be really cool if the section was full of kits from across the league 

I plan on being there as long as I can make it back for Pacific's opening match.

I plan on being there as long as I can make it back for Pacific's opening match.

I plan on being there as long as I can make it back for Pacific's opening match.

I plan on being there as long as I can make it back for Pacific's opening match.

I plan on being there as long as I can make it back for Pacific's opening match.

Yes he has signed.  
Here is my translation of the Finnish article:
"New player contract - versatile Jonas Häkkinen has signed with Vaasan Palloseura 
Vaasan Palloseura [VPS] has signed a player contract with the young Finnish player Jonas Häkkinen. The contract is 1+1 years. [unspecified whether the option is one way or two way] 
Jonas Häkkinen is a multi-functional player who owns both the Finnish and Canadian passports, and who can play both stopper and defensive midfielder. 
"For the last few years he has played stopper, but before that he has played defensive midfielder, as well", VPS head coach Petri Vuorinen comments. 
Häkkinen has played his entire career in Vancouver, where he has played in the Whitecaps academy. Häkkinen has Finnish parents and he speaks good Finnish, although his native tongue is English. 
"Jonas has trained with us for quite a while already. He came to Finland to uplift his career. Comparing him with other players of his generation (1999), I believe that he has the full potential to succeed in Finnish Premier League", Vuorinen analyzes. 
Very little about this promising player is known in Finland. Contact between the player and the club came through his agent. The youngster has trained with VPS for a month already. 
"The agent suggested that we give Jonas a trial. We decided to take him along and have been judging his play. In the last few years, many young players looking to develop have trialed for us. This time we found a good "match". I do not think many have heard of him here, even though he is Finnish. He is a new face for many here in that sense."
In addition to his playing skills, there is another thing Vuorinen specifically likes about Häkkinen. 
"He has a very tough but healthy attitude about sports and football in general. All that is right", Vuorinen comments. 
Jonas' own interview will be done during November. 
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Since it's my first post, I figure it's fine to use this space to say hello everybody, too. I am a VPS fan from Finland - a cold, stable Northern country, with an under-performing National Team with a history of promising players selecting some another country, and whose general public has an unhealthy obsession with this sticky-sport played on ice.
Suppose this description also explains to you all why I have somehow developed kind of a weird sympathetic affinity towards the "soccer people" in Canada, and hence I have been following your NT for the past few years, including lurking on this forum occasionally. So I figured that now that this guy signed with my local club team, it would be a good excuse to register here too. So I do hope you guys don't mind having me as an "outsider" for our countries are yet to develop a fierce rivalry in this sport. (Although I also wouldn't mind, if in the next few years one developed over Häkkinen's services at the senior level. )
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Would Jonas warrant his own thread, btw? Now that he's going to be playing here, I would be more than glad to contribute with updates on Jonas etc. since I watch every VPS game anyway.

@nichoprasad FollowFollow @nichoprasad More Delighted to announce that I have begun a new chapter of my football career with @spvggbayreuth in Germany. Many thanks to the @WhitecapsFC and @seattleumsoc coaches that have supported me thus far. I am very grateful to be able to continue living out my dream.
1:58 PM - 11 Jul 2018  

@nichoprasad FollowFollow @nichoprasad More Delighted to announce that I have begun a new chapter of my football career with @spvggbayreuth in Germany. Many thanks to the @WhitecapsFC and @seattleumsoc coaches that have supported me thus far. I am very grateful to be able to continue living out my dream.
1:58 PM - 11 Jul 2018  

Daniel Stanese signs with Energie Cottbus:
http://www.fcenergie.de/news/daniel-stanese-kommt-vom-vfr-aalen.html

Atalanta's purchase option on Cristante is 4 million Euros, not 10 millions pounds. They have already said they will be exercising that option. All of this discussion on him is another reason why his thread should not have been locked, just moved. I have been posting about him here:
 

This eve I went to a 4th tier league match, Horta, a Barcelona suburb, vs the Espanyol B team, played at a very high technical level, very fast, huge pressure on the ball, strong tactical and positional play, with some real technical talent (and a massive brawl at the end, punches and all). Of course a B team of a Liga side is going to have that kind of player, and they won handily. This game was higher quality than the Whitecaps USL I saw this year. But this was exceptional. For a kid from Spain to be in 4th tier means little, for a Canadian to be exposed to it, might mean a lot for development. 

Teodor Borisov‏ @teoborisov  22h22 hours ago More Canada U17 international midfielder Alessandro Hojabrpour will play for Lokomotiv Plovdiv U19 team @CanadaSoccerEN

Teodor Borisov‏ @teoborisov  22h22 hours ago More Canada U17 international midfielder Alessandro Hojabrpour will play for Lokomotiv Plovdiv U19 team @CanadaSoccerEN

http://globalnews.ca/news/3027887/wsa-winnipegs-moses-danto-moving-up-to-usl/?campaign_id=A100

http://globalnews.ca/news/3027887/wsa-winnipegs-moses-danto-moving-up-to-usl/?campaign_id=A100

Callum Irving has signed with RGVFC in USL Pro:
http://www.houstondynamo.com/post/2016/03/26/rio-grande-valley-fc-toros-sign-six-players
Travis Clark (@travismclark) 2016-03-26, 11:13 AM Tracked down Callum Irving. Goalkeeper signs with @RGVFC ahead of team's inaugural match.

Callum Irving has signed with RGVFC in USL Pro:
http://www.houstondynamo.com/post/2016/03/26/rio-grande-valley-fc-toros-sign-six-players
Travis Clark (@travismclark) 2016-03-26, 11:13 AM Tracked down Callum Irving. Goalkeeper signs with @RGVFC ahead of team's inaugural match.