narduch Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rydermike Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 What's his connection to Canada? This article says he has a Czech-Lebanese father and a Lebanese mother and as a youngster grew up in Dubai before playing in France and Czech Republic academies https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/dubai-based-teen-jassem-koleilat-didnt-like-goalkeeping-now-signed-as-one-in-france-1.215203 Olympique_de_Marseille and johnyb 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 Wasn't mentioned in this article: https://northerntribune.ca/2023-mls-superdraft-canadian-players/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sal333 Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 38 minutes ago, rydermike said: What's his connection to Canada? This article says he has a Czech-Lebanese father and a Lebanese mother and as a youngster grew up in Dubai before playing in France and Czech Republic academies https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/dubai-based-teen-jassem-koleilat-didnt-like-goalkeeping-now-signed-as-one-in-france-1.215203 He watched a Canada Dry commercial. Olympique_de_Marseille, Metro and Shway 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sal333 Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 54 minutes ago, narduch said: Wikipedia has only 7 Canucks drafted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rydermike Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 (edited) 59 minutes ago, rydermike said: What's his connection to Canada? Well to answer my own question, the Canucks Abroad post had a second tweet. He has a Canada flag in his Instagram bio. So there must be something. Edited December 22, 2022 by rydermike johnyb and narduch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rydermike Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 19 minutes ago, Sal333 said: Wikipedia has only 7 Canucks drafted. Wikipedia only lists primary nationality (where they were born). If it's a dual national, it wouldn't be shown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfque8 Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 2 hours ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said: Wasn't mentioned in this article: https://northerntribune.ca/2023-mls-superdraft-canadian-players/ Point of note — I provided the original list to John, so I actually was the one that left Koleilat out on accident; his UNH profile only lists a hometown of Dubai, which when you extrapolate to checking over 100+ teams every season, means there’s almost always one that slips through on account of being a dual-national (which, leading to the next point)… 2 hours ago, Sal333 said: Wikipedia has only 7 Canucks drafted. what @rydermike said — Wikipedia only lists primary nationality, regardless of whether they are dual-national or not; the two that are “missing” are Koleilat (as discussed above) and VWFC draft pick Dan Nimick, who is English by birth, but also Canadian (NFLD, to be specific) through his parents. ray and johnyb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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