By PETER LORIMER

With the move towards
another professional soccer
league in Canada, along with
the already existing
American Soccer League

and the National Soccer .

League in Eastern Canada,
perhaps it would be an idea
for an “F.A. Cup” plan to be
put into practice here in
North America.

Imagine a competition set
up similar to that in England
where the teams from the so-
called “lesser leagues” take
part in a knock-out com-
petition with games spread
throughout the season. As
the competition wears on,

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the bigger teams come in
until you're ending up with
some pretty exciting games
between say, ourselves, and
another team from the ASL.

The final would match up
the two remaining surviving
teams from all of those three
or four leagues.

Just think how a small
team and their supporters

would feel if they knocked”

off one of the NASL teams in
the competition.

This is the type of program
already in place throughout
much of the soccer-playing
world and it seems logical
that it should be instituted
over here.

One thing should be
understood. I don’t think it
would be a total runaway for
the North American Soccer
League. There is a
tremendous amount of
soccer being played at a high
level in Canada and the
States. Especially here in the
lower mainland and Van-
couver Island.

Look around the con-
tinent. With more than

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200,000 kids playing the
game in Canada and
thousands more in the U.S.,
the calibre of clubs at every
level is improving all the
time.

The day is gone when any
team with a bunch of ex-pros
could thrash anyone else.

The excitement generated
from Cup competition can

be thrilling, especially if the
smaller club starts knocking
off the odd “giant” or two.

Not only is that good for
the club and their sup
porters, but for their league
and the general well-being of
the game.

This type of schedule in
the midst of regular season
games puts a different and
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There’s a great feeling at
the smaller teams to go out
and take on the “big-name”
clubs. And quite often, they
win. Take the English F.A.
Cup for example.

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for a second division team to
be in the final, and to ac-
tually win the Cup. And it is
also quite common that a
third or fourth division side
will have quite a run before
being knocked out of the
competition.

9e it's time for our own cup final

What with the growing
interest in soccer around
North America this just
might be the catalyst to help
bring such a competition ail
together.

At least it’s worthy of
some thought.

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