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That Owen Hargreaves sure has balls


This is a beauty find by J at OOT…or could this be one of the most clever April Fool’s jokes even created by a Canadian soccer fan? Sadly, it doesn’t appear to be a joke.

The photo op of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and ENGLAND midfielder Owen Hargreaves was taken in London, where Harper is appearing at the G20 summit.

To add insult to injury of the photo, they are both holding onto a soccer ball emblazened with a red maple leaf. Er, shouldn’t there be 3 lions on that ball? Or a St. George’s cross?

In the press release for the photo op, Harper is quoted as saying:

Thank you, Owen, for all you have done to shine the international spotlight on Canadian soccer.

Yes, thank you Owen. For all you have done for the game in Canada, You have given us the one thing that we were missing to galvanize our little community of MNT supporters into a cohesive unit – a common enemy.

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Mark Dyck
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April 1, 2009 at 8:16 pm

Too funny. Or perhaps, too sad. That photo gets me revved up on many levels…

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Clint Lalonde
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April 2, 2009 at 3:55 pm

Yeah, it's hard not to talk about anything Hargreaves related without opening up a lot of old wounds with Canadian fans. But I guess you could say the same thing about the PM :) Oh and hey, Stephen Harper…you really want to "shine some light on Canadian soccer", then fund the MNT with enough cash to get them to the World Cup!

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theFootieFoolisAFool
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December 30, 2009 at 1:34 am

are you really that stupid Owen grew up in Canada, Calgary to be specific..and the ball was jus tryin to relate to the fact that Owen started off in Canada…..get it right genius'

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FootieFool
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January 2, 2010 at 5:25 pm

Really? Owen Hargreaves grew up in Canada? Good one. Hahaha. I didn't know that. Wow, I look forward to him alongside Julian deGuzman and Atiba Hutchinson in the midfield for our next friendly.