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Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout
I don't see how Canadians can really criticize European national football/soccer teams for having players that weren't born in the country play.
Owen Nolan and Robyn Regehr played for the Canadian national hockey teams.
Ben Johnson, and Donovan Bailey won how many medals wearing a Maple Leaf?
Who did Lennox Lewis (born in West Ham, London) win an Olympic gold medal for?
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I should say that I don't mean it in a critical way at all, I think it's great! I do have some concerns about things like the Japanese rugby team, which is essentially Austrailians and NZers who didn't make their own national teams, but as a fan I don't actually care.
The amusing thing to me is that in a lot of these countries there is a significant anti-immigrant sentiment...until the world cup. Those guys are heroes there, and I think that's so awesome.