{"id":573282,"date":"2026-03-31T17:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/573282\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T17:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:01:09","slug":"world-famous-dj-schools-local-soccer-players-at-toronto-drop-in-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/573282\/","title":{"rendered":"World-famous DJ schools local soccer players at Toronto drop-in game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dutch DJ and producer Oliver Heldens played a sold-out show in Toronto last Friday, but first, he made a surprise appearance at a drop-in soccer league.<\/p>\n<p>Just hours before performing at DPRTMNT Toronto to celebrate the venue\u2019s two-year anniversary, Heldens dropped in on a casual game at Allan A. Lamport Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWeFv-ljnab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">posted a video on Instagram<\/a> showcasing several dazzling goals from his drop-in session for his 1.4 million followers. &#8220;Alright, we are here in Toronto. I&#8217;m playing a show tonight, but first I&#8217;m going to score some goals,\u201d Heldens said in the clip.<\/p>\n<p>The DJ twirled past defenders and beat the goalkeeper multiple times, which drew praise from his fans in the comments. Some compared his skills to a prime Robin van Persie, and even former Dutch international goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar chimed in, joking, &#8220;You are ready for the 2026 World Cup.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Martin Dasko, a Toronto-based health and life coach who was among those playing, said he was impressed by Heldens\u2019 performance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Not sure if he was the best player out there, but he was really good,&#8221; Dasko told blogTO.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"oliver helden soccer\" id=\"content-image-126805\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774970035-Oliver-Heldens-Toronto-Soccer.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Toronto health coach Martin Dasko was one of the players on hand to witness the famous DJ&#8217;s soccer skills. (Courtesy of Martin Dasko)<\/p>\n<p>Dasko said he didn\u2019t initially recognize the DJ, but suspected he might be someone notable after seeing a videographer constantly filming Heldens.<\/p>\n<p>A few hours later, Heldens made the short trip east from Lamport Stadium\u00a0down King Street West to the DJ booth at DPRTMNT.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first time Heldens has joined a pickup game while on tour. He has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/1310318797781529\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">previously shared clips of himself<\/a> playing in London and Los Angeles, joking that he plays more soccer than he performs.<\/p>\n<p>            <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dutch DJ and producer Oliver Heldens played a sold-out show in Toronto last Friday, but first, he made&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":573283,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,51283,172834,561,3302],"class_list":["post-573282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-dj","tag-famous","tag-soccer","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/573283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}