- Soccer Dreams
Soccer Dreams, a.k.a. "Football Dreams", is a Canadian reality television programme that gives footballers ages 14-19 in North America the opportunity to win a contract with the Everton Football Club.
Based on the UK show "
Football Icon ", Soccer Dreams tryouts began on June 29th 2007 inToronto . Tryouts were also held inMontreal ,Vancouver ,Calgary andWinnipeg .At each trial, a team of coaching staff, including Everton Football Club Academy Manager
Ray Hall , whittled the trialists down to 36 competitors. On August 20th, the final 36 reported back toOttawa , where they played for the contract at theOz Dome .The show was produced by, amongst others, action film producer
Jalal Merhi . "Soccer Dreams" debuted on June 7th, 2008, on Fox Soccer TV.External links
* [http://www.soccerdreams.ca/ Soccer Dreams website]
* [http://www.evertonfc.com Everton FC website]
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