Well, it's that time of year again. The National Hockey League, and in particular the Toronto Maple Leafs, are back tonight meaning that every sports station, every news channel and every newspaper in the city will devote 90% of its coverage to every minutiae of the sport that is Frozen Stick Soccer.

Who said curling isn't cool? Look at this guy!
So, I had this wonderful idea of finding some soccer-related story from the March 6th and 7th, 1934 editions of The Globe (when, 75 years ago, Torontonians marked the city's centennial) to celebrate Toronto's 175th birthday yesterday. Lo and behold, not much of any local soccer was being played, or if it was, it wasn't newsworthy—the big news that day was Toronto Maple Leafs "centreman" Joe Primeau's league goal tally surpassing that of his nearest rival, Frank Boucher of the New York Rangers.

Sticking with our theme of American (well, North American anyway) sports stars playing soccer, have a look at Dominic Moore of the Toronto Maple Leafs here. Moore's hockey stick was broken so he decided to briefly play a proper sport and use his feet. And check it out: Moore's two footed! Dribbles through nicely before laying [.

Ever since Toronto FC debuted back in April 2007, its supporters have been referred to by local media as a "sophisticated soccer base." It's patronizing that adult MLS fans with a committed stake in the outcome of matches and a working knowledge of the league table are suddenly pipe-carrying, elbow patched Lobanovskyi's ready with our doctoral theses on the coming of 4-6-0.

Real Salt Lake is the first American sports team to win a championship with a losing record in 60 years.
In the history of the major four leagues (MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL), and also MLS and the NASL, only two teams have accomplished that. Both were in the NHL:
1949 Toronto Maple Leafs (22-25-13)
1938 Chicago Black Hawks (14-25-9)