If the likes of Jonathan David, Alphonso Davies, Alistair Johnston and Ismael Kone, among many others, have been able to move and succeed abroad, it’s because Hutchinson showed them how to get there and modelled how to do it. Next at PSV Eindhoven and finally in Turkey he lifted a further seven trophies before announcing his retirement this spring, concluding a two-decades career in European football. Then, after moving to Europe at 19, he sputtered in Sweden before landing in Denmark, where he’d go on to win four titles, the league-and-cup double and a Player of the Year award. Long before joining the Istanbul giants and becoming the first Canadian to captain his side in the Champions League, he was playing in the old Canadian Professional Soccer League following a failed trial with Germany’s Schalke. His overseas exploits, especially at Besiktas, are familiar enough. In various phases of his life, Hutchinson has been a trailblazer, a self-believer and a champion. Not that defeat would somehow diminish a legacy fully and admirably intact on multiple continents, and one that remains among the gold standards of sport in this country. That would be to close out a victory at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas and, at the same time, to give Hutchinson’s family, teammates and fans the opportunity to applaud the most important figure in Canadian men’s soccer history - hopefully while celebrating a first international title in 23 years. John Herdman did give him a quarter-hour on the field against Panama on Thursday, and in an ideal scenario the Canada coach would prefer to do similar on Sunday. (Chris Young / The Canadian Press files)Īt 40-years-old, and having played only 113 minutes for club and country this calendar year, he likely won’t start the championship match of the CONCACAF Nations League against the United States (7:30 p.m., OneSoccer/FuboTV). Canada’s Atiba Hutchinson is the most important figure in Canadian men’s soccer history. On Sunday, Atiba Hutchinson’s swan song will be sung in the last match of the Canada midfielder’s career, and his first international final. In sport, Zinedine Zidane’s was the 2006 World Cup Final, where the France midfielder was sent off and his team defeated on penalties. The film Phantom Thread was actor Daniel Day-Lewis’s swan song the Requiem in D Minor was Mozart’s. These days, it’s mostly purposed in reference to performance. Free Press 101: How we practise journalismĪs popular idioms go, few are as old and often-used as “swan song.” It can be traced to Greek mythology of the 5th century BCE and celebrates the last, poetic number the bird will ever sing.
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