Not only does Sunday night's "Centennial Match" friendly versus our friends the United States of America (aka Canada's jaunty scarf) celebrate 100 Years of "greatness" under the CSA but it also takes place nearly 200 years after The War of 1812's "Battle of York". Okay so we'd like the result at BMO Field to go slightly better but seriously - not enough is being done to tie in the whole 1812 thing!
While we at The Yorkies always included "1812" as part of our moniker to lend some spirit to our usual muses Toronto FC, we thought it was time to help the malfunctioning national association with some "Battle of York" comparisons. So, since the nanny-state security at BMO Field won't let us bring in some muskets, here are some CSA 1812's to help celebrate that other anniversary.
After all, 1812 is:
- the number of swear-word combinations Canadian supporters have created to proceed the phrase "Teal Bunbury"
- the amount of times Bobby Lenarduzzi yelled "GET BACK!" during his tenure as head coach
- Canada's future FIFA ranking if the CSA is left to their own devices
- the total amount of syllables in Kenny Stamatopolous' full name
- the annual wage the CSA will offer its next coaching candidate
- the number of pies former striker Ali Gerba ate during the 2009 Gold Cup
- the amount of long-stem roses sent to David Hoilett by Stephen Hart. So far.
- the number of times you will smack your forehead with your hand while Canada attempts to qualify for the 2014 World Cup
- how many CSA officials it takes to screw in a lightbulb
- the decibel range at which you need to sing the following chant at BMO Field on Sunday night...
I was all set to be disappointed that it wasn't the clip from Team America but this is so much better and you know appropriate and stuff! Great list - # of roses and the head smacking - awesome. :)
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I was all set to be disappointed that it wasn't the clip from Team America but this is so much better and you know appropriate and stuff! Great list - # of roses and the head smacking - awesome. :)
ReplyDeleteSmack is good fer ya if yer an Upper & Lower Canada Blues fan (at least they got the colours right, or sumthin..). ;). Go Reds!
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