{"id":582294,"date":"2026-04-04T19:17:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T19:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/582294\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T19:17:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T19:17:10","slug":"in-torontos-little-italy-fans-line-up-to-swap-jerseys-and-embrace-team-canada-nanaimonewsnow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/582294\/","title":{"rendered":"In Toronto\u2019s Little Italy, fans line up to swap jerseys and embrace Team Canada | NanaimoNewsNOW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775330230_323_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A Canada Soccer jersey swap event truck in Toronto\u2019s Little Italy. (April 4, 2026)<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tApr 4, 2026 | 11:01 AM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>TORONTO \u2014 Fans lined a chilly street in Toronto\u2019s Little Italy outside Caf\u00e9 Diplomatico for Canada Soccer\u2019s \u201cOur Game Now\u201d World Cup jersey swap.<\/p>\n<p>The Canada jerseys ran out in under 30 minutes, with scarves, hats and posters also disappearing fast.<\/p>\n<p>Canada Soccer announced the event after the Italian team lost a chance to quality for World Cup 2026, being hosted in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico, after a surprising loss to Bosnia-Herzegovina earlier this week. <\/p>\n<p>Father-and-son duo Amil and David Ivascu snagged the final jersey while keeping their Italian shirts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Canada Soccer jersey swap event truck in Toronto\u2019s Little Italy. (April 4, 2026) By The Canadian Press&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":582295,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[879,49,48,2467,2461,2468,2460,2462,2463,44,2464,2465,2466,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-582294","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-central-vancouver-island","12":"tag-nanaimo","13":"tag-nanaimo-breaking-news","14":"tag-nanaimo-news","15":"tag-nanaimo-news-now","16":"tag-nanaimonewsnow","17":"tag-news","18":"tag-oceanside","19":"tag-parksville","20":"tag-qualicum","21":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582294","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=582294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/582295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}