18 - Wednesday, April 17, 1985 - North Shore News S Colts canter to starting WITH THE inevitable year, a new more practical demise of the North and more competitive league American Soccer League this has risen to take its place in ' MacSween Soccer Association Annual General Meeting Thursday, April 25th 7:30 p.m. The Oak Room Delbrook Community Cent's All members are urged to attend. British Columbia. The Pacific Rim Soccer League now has teams in place in Burnaby (the Beamers), Van- couver (Columbus), New Westminster, Victoria, Nanaimo, as well as in North Vancouver with the Colts: League play begins Sun- day, April 2ist, with opening ceremonies and games at Em- pire Stadium. Colts’ first game is with the Burnaby Beamers in Swanguard Stadium on April 24th at 7:30 p-m., and the first home game at Kinsmen Stadium on Sunday, May Sth, with a 6 m, kickoff. The Colts are a labor of love for club directors Grant Johnston, Don Jabour, JIM EASTON Once a rowdy, now ‘AT THE RIPE age of 19, Jim Easton has been around the soccer world, and then some. At age ten, he came to Canada from Scotland with his soccer-loving family, and immediately became involved with Lynn Valley soccer. But at 14 and 15 years of age, he “was back to Britain for train- ing with Jock Wailace at Leicester City. At 16, he was DEFENDER and. midfield player Michael George ‘Mike’? Findlay will wear Colts’ colors when the club ‘takes the field. in-PacRim _league play next week. At | ee Ga POIsIOR ww . GYSTERBAR & GRILL JOEL, In tune with your tastes + where quality meets the ' - affordable. . + Semisch Way ; ~ (at West Esplanade, N. Vancouver) - Open Every day for Lunch and Dinner and Sunday. Brunch Dancing from’9:30 pm Thurs. - Sat. five-nine’ and :150° pounds, " he’s one of the smaller men . -on the side, but. coach Pike rates him tough. 21-year-old Findlay | has “performed with the youth and reserve teams of the CHARIOT wensacies - the youngest player ever drafted by the NASL when he was picked by Tampa Bay Rowdies Rowdies shipped Easton to Sao Paulo for winter training in 1982, where a Brazilian soccer magazine said that he and American Perry van der Beck were the only two North Americans they had seen with Findlay comes MIKE FINDLA David Ingram, Ross McDonald, Gary Bowland, Rod Clark, and Don Walsh. The payoff for them wili be seeing first class soccer on the field, and the knowledge that the Colts will provide an on- portunity for top-flight young players from the area to polish their talents playing with and against established the skills to play in South America — high praise from the frantic world of South American football. Easton played indoors with the Rowdies, then the 1983 out- door season, before heading to Dundee United to polish his skills. After a week and a half’s training in Dundee, - Jim line Stars of the game. The payoff for North Shore Scccer fans will be a home team that’s competitive and fun to watch, rated to have a good chance at the league championship. The modest size of Kinsmen Stadium means fans will be close to the game and the players. 2 McLean, the club’s manager, signed Easton to a two-year contract, with thé comment that Jim has ‘exceptional’ skills, and is one of the most coachable players McLean has seen. Easton has played with the B.C. Under-16 and Under-18 teams, as well as the Cana- dian Youth Team. | - home to play Glasgow Celtic. Football: Club. ._He played. with: the. -.Patrick Thistle Football; Club, also in Scotland, and’ with "Montreal Manic in the NASL. Canadian Youth soc-. grams, and the West’ Van: Rovers Footbail: Club round. . " out a substantia! career. His coaching background as senior coach of West Van Secondary School and assis-: | > zunooKs . ‘og perherman'e fo the van oat ‘neg. s7080 S669 CRESCENT Men's (Graphlex Copy) | Reg. $69.99 ‘$4999 TRAI N ER Men's/Ladies ._ Reg. $59.99 $44°e 1454 MARINE DR; (across from McDonald’s) — 926-4612 (This location only.) tant coach i in the Lynn, Valley “Uel6" Metro . league - leave “Frank ’ Pike: looking’ forward to field’ leadership: from the younger player. : cer, Canadian Olympic pro- -- ‘Slee. takes backfield wi TH A considerable soccer :, Vancouver,’ ai ; Crystal | _GRAEME SLEE: - At seventeen * he: came ‘home. to. complete high schooi,.and inthe following year was with Calgary. in the Canadian Professional -Soc- cer- League — the team’s . youngest player. ‘After. play- ing. last year.. with . the Whitecaps’ second team, and with the Canadian National team, he went’ back to England and Crystal Palace. Colts’ backfield should be solid.