denime
11-10-2008, 07:07 AM
Knight: Lessons from lacrosse
Running into former Canadian United Soccer League head honcho Gerry Gentile the other night has got me hugely pumped.
He admitted – as reported here and on the FAN590 radio's The Soccer Show (http://www.fan590.com/onair/soccer/media.jsp?content=20081107_005754_7128) on Thursday – that he never really believed an eight-team pro soccer league was the way Canada should go.
In a clear and brilliant memo – not yet ready for publication, but we're working on it – he has now laid out a vision (not new, but so well put!) for a completely different approach – a national amateur league. ...
Read more (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081108.WBsoccerblog20081108142409/WBStory/WBsoccerblog/)
Running into former Canadian United Soccer League head honcho Gerry Gentile the other night has got me hugely pumped.
He admitted – as reported here and on the FAN590 radio's The Soccer Show (http://www.fan590.com/onair/soccer/media.jsp?content=20081107_005754_7128) on Thursday – that he never really believed an eight-team pro soccer league was the way Canada should go.
In a clear and brilliant memo – not yet ready for publication, but we're working on it – he has now laid out a vision (not new, but so well put!) for a completely different approach – a national amateur league. ...
Read more (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081108.WBsoccerblog20081108142409/WBStory/WBsoccerblog/)