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    longlugan got a reaction from gator in Please buy your tickets to our CanPL opener section ASAP   
    In Hamilton we consider that a sweet ride.
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    longlugan got a reaction from MtlMario in Please buy your tickets to our CanPL opener section ASAP   
    Those are our street gangs
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    longlugan got a reaction from MtlMario in Please buy your tickets to our CanPL opener section ASAP   
    In Hamilton we consider that a sweet ride.
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    longlugan reacted to socceronly in Please buy your tickets to our CanPL opener section ASAP   
    Shouldn't be a problem.
    However, when in Rome.... since it is Hamilton I was thinking we should really just hand out the tickets in an alley from a crusty old van. 

    I have this one lined up.


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    longlugan got a reaction from socceronly in CanPL Opening Game - Group Tickets and Post Game Party   
    Your point being?
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    longlugan reacted to pöhelö in NEW Mother of all Canucks Abroad (and domestic)   
    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.
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