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Whitecaps striker Eric Hassli falls in love with Vancouver - The Globe and Mail
You can pinpoint the moment when Eric Hassli became a Vancouverite.
The French forward “fell in love” with the city as soon as he arrived in March, and did the same with his Vancouver Whitecaps FC and the style of play in Major League Soccer, where he is challenging for the Golden Boot (the award given to the leading goal scorer) along with countryman Thierry Henry and U.S. international Landon Donovan. Like many in these parts, Hassli watched Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final and said a piece of him “died” when the Canucks fell to the Boston Bruins on June 15.
Four weeks later he was in Los Angeles, en route to the ESPY Awards as a nominee, in a limousine with Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas, the most valuable player of the NHL playoffs and Vancouver’s nemesis. With tension in the air, Hassli turned to a dumbfounded Whitecaps official and in his mother tongue deadpanned: “Am I supposed to kill him?”
you'll fit right in, Eric!
Whitecaps striker Eric Hassli falls in love with Vancouver - The Globe and Mail
You can pinpoint the moment when Eric Hassli became a Vancouverite.
The French forward “fell in love” with the city as soon as he arrived in March, and did the same with his Vancouver Whitecaps FC and the style of play in Major League Soccer, where he is challenging for the Golden Boot (the award given to the leading goal scorer) along with countryman Thierry Henry and U.S. international Landon Donovan. Like many in these parts, Hassli watched Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final and said a piece of him “died” when the Canucks fell to the Boston Bruins on June 15.
Four weeks later he was in Los Angeles, en route to the ESPY Awards as a nominee, in a limousine with Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas, the most valuable player of the NHL playoffs and Vancouver’s nemesis. With tension in the air, Hassli turned to a dumbfounded Whitecaps official and in his mother tongue deadpanned: “Am I supposed to kill him?”
you'll fit right in, Eric!
