My first taste of cup glory came at about eight years old, playing for Africa United FC in Burnaby – it's a long way off a Canadian Championship semifinal tonight, but I can still remember the feeling.

It was in an annual youth tournament organized by the African Canadian Soccer and Cultural Association, and other than how much fun we had and the celebrations, I don't remember all that much about the games. From the pictures still up in my house though, we went all the way to the final and won.

I ended up with the player of the tournament and golden boot trophies, too. So it was a good start to playing knockout soccer.

Tonight (Wednesday, Aug. 13) in Langley we face Atletico Ottawa in the biggest game in Vancouver FC's history – the club's first-ever Canadian Championship semifinal appe

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