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I , ' w ‘Y‘ iv 3 Liverpool w and the lteds' home organizers hoped it would, as the 7 W _ , - .-. - it“! w .y I; ' 71:5 ~ field ofs‘infield in England. team got to train with Liverpool .. ‘ ,-_ .j‘ .' r it“ \ ‘ .. ,’ . ‘.- ,-,‘ . ._., I L ~ , . 2w: ‘. ‘ A: [be qut soon for organizers of roaches. . ~ ’ ,- ~ H 44 v,“ I the trip featuriiiga group ol‘Water- "The kids absolutely got some r W. ‘ \‘\ . a; ‘ - . ' §\ Fl! ‘ loo soccer players was him that inspiration from that visit," said , .. . l§\‘ g ‘. , ~ -. ”fl ‘ ‘ 14;.» . experience would M V Dhanapala. “The _ if ' , w x “ .~;.' ._ g} 3‘ :5 ' \ sene as inspiration iii/e re I10! neces- passions comes ‘5 2" ‘ ' ' 5 a. '4 “a. ‘3‘ it. 3 . tor the rest of the - , from being able to y ’ *' 4 " R“ if '- ~ ‘ ' 5"”. season. It this sea 5am!) Ill? mos? idolizc some mainr '3: / t . 15’ , .’ a. l ‘ ‘1? J , 4"“Té, , son was any indicar talented team (It stars ot the game. ‘ . . .- = 5.. 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Z: /// . 4 U Grade 5 students on the provincial you have their attention. The got a S; i S a 12 r- . ' (4‘ . fi map, and earned them promotion taste of the level of commitment “ ’ a? ' ,/ .‘ g” l (”K A‘ .1 1/ I l X 2. to the highly competitive rep some people make to the game. A“ ~ , ~*":_..~f'~«. . f E , f. ' '3. / l . . K. ’ 1', league next season. and it made them much more , I: f' " ' ‘ L: 4151 . ' . / e' ‘ , h The year started when the receptive to the instruction they 31-3,. l‘&\\ . x" . ~ ’ ”‘ ’ A . I .- team's head coach l)ilk Dhanapala. were receiving. £;S-,'.ra?‘r“: ‘ ~ , ".06 . 1'. ‘ . '& . 1’ ’7 _. ’ a longtime supporter of Liverpool “At this age you can get distract - "r " ' 9",” in“ it t‘ (I -’ ‘7. ~. . I. L, ‘ . .i '.>;' . r, . .1 {2:31 :hsdcrfiilefltit): (:1:ng CV23? a?!::1(ijolnd“ljr;;:l;~:y:”haggtnglé The Waterloo FC give a group cheer after another win. The local soccer club travelled to Liverpool to start the ' , ‘ ' ' ' season and used the ex rience to wm lea ue and club titles. as well as a Fair Pla Award. '4’ v If. “it; mymm a,” . pa 9 y Mumpmm - I ' ‘ ' f ' E ~ ._ Dhanapala. “But our whole motto. team went undefeated in league the right way f » . a, t‘ ( i” + \ '5' and why we had such a successful play. “Soccer is a contact sport. and l I . .5 ,, “ season, is that we tried to instill in “That‘s very rare." said Dhana we're not teaching them to avoid \ . l :2. a“. ‘ them that hard work gets farther pala. "in have back-to-hack sea» contact," said Dhanapala. “But the l ‘9‘» /. ~ J , 4 than any talent and skill you may sons undefeated was special and intent isn't to go in and hurt. and " ’a ’1, _ “ ‘ possess. part of the reason we got a double we don't work on any of those ': _ I»; x .- ‘fl/ .5 E‘\ “We’re not necessarily the most promotion, because of our track techniques that sometimes soccer ' -- ,3“; .9 talented learn in Ontario. but we record, games get tarnished by. ‘ if - ‘ say we will never be ontworked by "We will be in Western Ontario's “We don't get into that type of a ”if ’ anotherteam." top league next year. which will be trouble. It‘s about working as a a: ‘ ‘ That work ethic was reflet ted in a little more challenge for the boys team. ' the club’s incredible record and the but something they certainly can “We stick together as a team " fact that they only allowed six goals handle " and we play together as a team. so . in league play this season while More importantly. it was how let's not lose that composure dur scoring almost til). the team showed their quality that mg the game." "This is a team game," said made a lot of teams take notice. As for using the international ‘1’ ‘t “l ' / l)hanapal.i ”if everybody's work» lhev played tough but fair. and game as inspiration. the team has l I . ’ i A. ing hard to play the game. and you were the least penaliled team in kept up its Contact with the coach '- i (J; y ’ ‘ \\ have some pretty decent skill. then the competitions they entered in es at Liverpool and actually hosted l 1-“ K \ S R the results come." when you look at the number of some members of that organizar . § , I, ‘ ‘ l'hat was on display when the yellow cards and red cards handed lion when they visited Canada “ ~ . ‘" ' I. , team won the Southwest Region out to other clubs. And Waterloo HI is also planning ’. k» *A’ , K . league cup, the league champi- Dhanapala said he can‘t recall another European excursion. ‘ . f '*~ . “ onship and won a number of tour- anyone on his team receiving a "We're hoping to go to Germany l ' . ' naments. or finished at worst as booking and ejection all season, next summer." said Dhanapala. ‘ Members of the Waterloo FC can't hide their joy as they celebrate another semifinalists It was also the sec which speaks to his club‘s disciv who hopes it will be another boost ‘ goal ond consecutive season that the plinc and resolve to play the game for his club. _ i g g? ’ -.A \‘VLILOLVH'. l0 llll‘ I’OSl Sl'..-\S()\ l . . . t A _ M ,. f A ‘ I 'g 1‘ a". was, 1 7‘ “3, if .13“ 3 I \ y . g, £1 -, a»: t (a l ‘93»... , ' 5 ‘ F ‘ . ‘ ‘ a" ., ' Saturday, October 23 W 1:00 l‘\l [timer-sit) Stadium . LAURIER FOO I BALL PLAYOFFS is: '5 "I or DNA Post Season Tirktt Policy in Byrd. o ' v - - - - All tickets are general admission at University Sta ‘3. “‘3 . s . '. a - i t: :- IICk(l 1‘ 1|lflLlLtHlllH . ChlldrenUndch-FREE,ChlldmZ-lZ-SS l ’ - \V \r‘V \V . l J U T I C T J l h l C l I t H . k I) I“ Students-$10, Adults-SIS 23:2: l , 7 i i 7 _ _ _ _____â€"_________â€"â€"â€"__