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Haa. Yes,.. you got me on that one. Clean Sheet for shutout.

You mean clean sheets

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Totally agree with you...

I was thinking the same thing... Its great marketing cuz everytime I see 'Bell" I think Whitecaps,.. and vice versa..

R.

I think Bell should do more for the Whitecaps in stores. I was walking around Richmond Centre today and they have a Bell store and a kiosk. It would be nice to see whitecaps stuff in the stores or kiosk. I don't necessarily mean selling kits, but maybe have stuff on the walls like posters or pictures.

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For those who are "soccer rookies"...

Soccer clubs the world over have had corporate logos on their jerseys for a long long time.. In fact when a team does not have a jersey sponsor,

they are seen as not really a pro team.. Such as the whitecaps when they were in USL last year, they did not have a jersey sponsor. To die hard soccer

fans, not only here but to the rest of the world,.. not having a sponsor logo looks kind of amature, because it means you aren't a big enough team to get a sponsor.

As a soccer fan myself for a long time, that's how I see it now.. To me a club jersey is almost incomplete without a sponsor.

To a soccer newbie/rookie, this might seem wierd at 1st,.. Just like to a soccer fan going to a 1st hockey game would find it really wierd how they have to

interrupt the play of a hockey game just for commercials on tv. Doesn't make sense to a hockey fan rookie,.. just like it doesn't make sense to a soccer fan

rookie, that there are sponsor logos on soccer kits.

Here's a termanology guide for you:

Other Sports play on a Field / Soccer is played on a pitch

Hockey has goaltenders, goalies / soccer has goalkeepers, keepers

Hockey has forwards / Soccer has midfielders & strikers

Hockey has defencemen / Soccer has left back, center back, right back

Hockey has a farm team / Soccer has a reserve league

Hockey has a penalty shot / Soccer has a penalty kick or simply a "penalty"

Hockey has a national team appearance / Soccer has a "cap"

Hockey wingers pass the puck to the slot / Soccer wingers cross/center the ball into the box

Hockey has opening faceoff / Soccer has kickoff

Hockey leagues have games / Soccer leagues have matches

Hockey Goalies have a crease / Soccer keepers have a penalty area

Hockey & Soccer both have: Hat Tricks / Shots / Shooting on net / Shutouts

Hockey gives 2 points for a win / Soccer gives 3 points for a win

Hockey fights happen on the ice / Soccer fights happen in the stands

Hockey fans only chant when the team scores / Soccer fans chant non-stop for 90 minutes.

I don't want to look like I work for BELL.

And if BELL ends their sponsorship with Whitecaps...then it will really look dumb.

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You're talking about Barcelona CF

There's some soccer club that puts on UNICEF from the front.

Corporate sponsorship helps pay off expenses.

The soccer club wearing UNICEF is currently having financial difficulties...

It seems inevitable.

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DOUBLE NEGATORY FAILAGE!!