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Lecture 5 Flashcards

1
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When was Montreal lacrosse club founded

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1856

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2
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Where does lacrosse go from indigenous to Canadian sport

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In Montreal
Because of number of First Nation reserves in and around Montreal
- Mohawk reserve right next to Montreal

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How did lacrosse go from indigenous to Canadian sport

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  • cross pollination of sport between indigenous and French/English in Montreal
  • French and British became enamoured with lacrosse: would watch, go to reserve and watch, invite to play in Mtl
  • started to play
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What was problem wen they started to play lacrosse

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It was too indigenous
Wanted to make more British
Started to create rule set

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5
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What was rules they created for lacrosse

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This many players, stick looks like this, play for this length

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What did dr.George William beers do

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Instrumental in creation of lacrosse in Canada
Published first set of rules for lacrosse
Middle class dude

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What did beers believ

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In muscular Christianity
Believed lacrosse could be apart of this
Help Men be stronger

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muscular Christianity

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Idea of need to have young strong christian men

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What was the concern of the coming crisis in masculinity

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  • idea church was becoming too feminized
  • over 50% of congregation is little old ladies
  • younger men were working so young women as well
  • concern was more young men needed to go to church
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10
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As lacrosse grew in popularity what would happen when play indigenous

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Indigenous always smoked them

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11
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Pseudoscience

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Fake science

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12
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In sports context what is pseudoscience

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People attempt to find scientific or biological explanation for why one ethnicity is really good at a sport

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What did they claim about indigenous and what did they do

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They said they had genetic advantage when playing lacrosse
Started banning number of indigenous who can play on non First Nation teams and number of indigenous teams

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What was explanation for why they were so good actually

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Been playing much longer as society and players been playing since small

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15
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Why did they end up banning Iroquois players from playing lacrosse

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Thought too good because of genetics

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16
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Where were indigenous allowed to play

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On reserves but weren’t allowed to play in ‘civilized’ league

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17
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Why did lacrosse take sharp dip

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  • focus on professionalization over amateur
  • cut off lifeline becuase people who become professional must be amateur first
  • no focus on development, limited player pool
  • football and hockey became popular
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18
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Why did professional lacrosse take sharp dip

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Distance
- cost of travel too high

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19
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When did professional lacrosse league fold

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1920s
Never had professional league since

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20
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What was birthed in 1940s

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Box lacrosse
Played in hockey rinks empty in summer
Professional league started

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21
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Where did baseball grow in Canada

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Southern Ontario

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22
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Why did baseball grow in southern Ontario

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Much more interconnected with US then rest of Canada
Thrives in US
Becomes popular in Canada because very cheap to play
Field stick ball
Kids can play anywhere

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23
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George sleeman

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Promotes baseball in London and leads to huge explosion of baseball success and popularity in and around London Ontario in 1870s-90s

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24
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What do some argue about leadership

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That its vital in sport, business, and politics
Some emphasize other factors

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What are 2 perspectives about leadership

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Individual or systemic
History of sport and sport itself debate this

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What does individual say

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History is shaped by individuals

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What does systemic say

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History shaped by systemic factors and not individuals

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28
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Question of if success is result of

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Individual or due to systemic factors that lead to success and individual is irrelevant to success

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29
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What does sport tend to focus on

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Individual as well as system

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30
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Was baseball professional or amateur

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Very early on was professional
Always had professional option as well as amateur
No question if it would stay professional

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31
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Where were homes of pro baseball in Canada

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Montreal and Toronto

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32
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Why did they make semi-pro teams in Canada

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Hard for Canadian amateurs to compete because good players would go play pro in states

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33
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Who started semi pro in Montreal

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Jackie Robinson

34
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Why did expos struggle in Montreal

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Montreal was hockey town
Had fans but didn’t have a home
Played in Olympic stadium

35
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What was problem with Olympic stadium

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  • draw 10,000 people in 50,000 person stadium
  • it looks empty
  • teams that are perceived to be popular, people will go watch
36
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How could’ve montreal been saved as franchise

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In 1994 montreal had best team in baseball

37
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Why did Montreal lose team

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  • in 1994 owners locked out players and killed World Series
  • cancelled baseball for year
  • fight over money
  • World Series may have saved expos
38
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Where did Montreal get moved to

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Washington

39
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When did Toronto blue jays win World Series

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1992 and 93
Since them hasn’t been goood but still draws lots of people

40
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What are hockeys origins

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Continue to be source of debate

41
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Why does hockey start to develop in Canada

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Largely due to environment
Cold and lots of lakes and rivers

42
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How did hockey start off

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  • unorganized, different rules
  • essentially rugby on ice for many years
  • no forward pass
43
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Where did hockey spread

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Throughout a lot of northern parts of Canada
Northern Quebec, Ontario, prairies

44
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Is hockey professional or amateur

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  • always professional
  • becuase lower class sport at beginning
45
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Where did professional hockey grow

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Canada and north eastern US

46
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When was first Stanley cup awarded

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1893

47
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When was Stanley cup started to be awarded to NHL play off champion

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1947

48
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what was Stanley cup originally awarded to

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Governor General of Canada

49
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Why did Stanley donate cup

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Liked hockey
Started a challenge cup

50
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How did challenge cup work

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  • whoever had cup was challenged by other teams across Canada
  • whoever won got cup
51
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What helped vault popularity of hockey

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  • Stanley cup becomes very popular
52
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As NHL starts to take over the best teams what happens to cup

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Stanley cup becomes award in NHL

53
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What is most important thing in Europe and what is it in Canada

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Europe- winning league championship
Canada- about winning cup, Stanley cup eclipsed all of the leagues

54
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When was last time Canada won cup

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1993

55
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Bad luck since 1993?

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Can’t have 30 years of bad luck, 7 different teams

56
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Fans dont care?

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Don’t care about winning, will show up and cheer team on regardless of team winning and losing, owners take money knowing fans will still pay to watch

57
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Fans care too much?

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Players dont like playing for Canadian teams because every decision is placed under a microscope
Teams are micromanaged in terms of who they buy and sell which leads to bad decisions

58
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Teams wont bottom out?

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If terrible get first draft pick, teams will deliberately suck and tell fans tehy will be better later
Can’t do in Canada becuase fans wont let you, they dont want to watch bad team

59
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Bettman hates Canada?

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Commissioner of NHL, hired in 1993, American and makes sure Canadian teams dont win

60
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Economics

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Realistic explanation
Canadian teams have higher travel budgets, players have higher tax burden

61
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What sports started as same sport

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Football, soccer, rugby
- largely unorganized with different rules based on when and where you played

62
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When rules began to crystallize with the same sport what happened

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From the rule set game split into 3 major branches

63
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When rugby grew in Canada what was in confused with

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Soccer and football
Mostly with football

64
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What did rugby develop as

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School sport
Largely amateur
Associated with high schools and universities

65
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What is rugby rule set named after

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Private school in England called rugby

66
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What is rugby rule set named after

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Private school in England called rugby

67
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Why has Canadian rugby traditionally been good

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Thanks to popularity of football

68
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What did birth of Canadian and American football largely have to do with

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Harvard-McGill match in 1874

69
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What happens at Harvard-McGill match

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  • show up with different balls and decide to play both games
  • Harvard likes McGill game so much it wrote to England for rugby rules, American football can be traced back to that
70
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As rules codified on both side of border

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Football was initially basically the same sport

71
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When did Canadas football rule set last change

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Hasn’t changed much starting 100 years ago

72
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How has American football rule set changed

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  • evolved away from Canadian
  • still evolves, very different from 20-30 years ago
73
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Was Canadian football pro or amateur

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Became very popular, professional league very early on

74
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Who donated grey cup in 1909

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Lord Albert grey

75
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Why did soccer not take off

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Overshadowed by football, lacrosse, baseball

76
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Who brought soccer with them

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Starting 1945, waves of immigrants from France, Greece, Italy, Germany

77
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After ww2 what happens to soccer

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Starts to get popular, ethnic sport in Canada (pre 90s)
Played by immigrants or children of immigrant

78
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What happens when Latin American immigrate

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Soccer continues
But still small number, dont produce a lot of good soccer

79
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When did soccer start to get very popular

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1990s

80
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When was their a pro option for Canadians

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Americans host World Cup in 1994 and part of that they agree to create a pro league
Option for Canadians

81
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In 90s who begins to play

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Women and huge increase in kids
Hockey became harder to do, so expensive and competitive

82
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What led to professionalization of soccer in Canada

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Growth of grassroots of soccer

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