I'm about to preach to the choir.
There is no such thing as the Canadian Cup. This is a PR memo that needs to go out to every player, coach and mainstream media outlet covering the Amway Canadian Championship every year.
The winner of that tournament -- which I correctly named above -- wins the Voyageurs Cup.
Again, there isn't anything called a Canada Cup out there. (Insert title sponsor) Canadian Championship. Voyageurs Cup.
Not hard. I suspect there is a memo that goes out stressing the importance of referencing Amway, so there should be one that stresses the importance of respecting the tradition of the tournament by calling the cup by its correct name.
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When the Voyageurs Cup was bought it was really only the fans -- The Voyageurs -- that were fighting for the future of club football in this country. Those fans, who were more often than not in their early 20s at the time -- hardly rich -- kicked in $10, $20 $50 bills to buy a damn trophy because literally no one else cared.
Those fans are the (now not in their early 20s) core of the Southsiders, U-Sector, Red Patch Boys and UM02 to this day. They have fought and fought for this sport and they continue to fight. They were the ones watching the first men's game after 8-1. Hell, they were likely more upset than some of the players were after that game.
They also readily agreed to give up control of the cup to the CSA in 2008 so it could grow to the point where Jermain Defoe might win it. Marco Di Vaio and Torsten Frings already have.
So, I don't think it's too much to ask people to show enough respect to those who bought the trophy and grew its early history by actually calling it by its correct name.
Amway paid for the Canadian Championship -- and we thank them for that -- but the Voyageurs paid for the cup.
Respect it.
It's the Amway Canadian Championship for the Voyageurs Cup. Period.
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We are 50 percent of the way to our goal of $2,400.
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1) You can send an EMT to CSNDonation@gmail.com. (Make password BloodyBigDeal)
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