The Canadian Soccer League’s Gray Cup bought off to an odd begin proper on the coin toss on Sunday evening.
Head referee Ben Main welcomed the captains of the Toronto Argonauts and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to midfield. He confirmed the gamers which aspect was heads and which aspect was tails and handed it to Coinbase Canada CEO Lucas Matheson to flip it.
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CFL referee Ben Main on the sector earlier than the CFL Western Semi-Remaining sport between the BC Lions and Saskatchewan Roughriders at Mosaic Stadium on Nov. 2, 2024 in Regina, Canada. (Brent Simply/Getty Photos)
Because the coin was within the air, Main remembered he forgot one of the crucial essential issues in regards to the toss. He forgot to ask the Argonauts what their name was.
“Test, verify,” Main stated whereas making an attempt to cease Matheson’s toss. “I’ve to ask, what would you like? Alright, Toronto. Toronto, you’re visiting crew. What’s your alternative?”
Argonauts broad receiver DaVaris Daniels then made the decision of heads and the whole lot went easily from there.
Toronto Argonauts’ Daniel Adeboboye, #21, lifts the Gray Cup after defeating the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in a CFL soccer sport on the 111th Gray Cup in Vancouver, British Columbia on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press by way of AP)
Toronto was the crew holding the Gray Cup in the long run. Backup quarterback Nick Arbuckle wrote a storybook ending for the Argonauts as he threw for 252 yards and two second-half landing passes rather than Chad Kelly, who suffered a brutal damage within the semifinals.
“You couldn’t script this,” Arbuckle stated. “If everyone was to know the whole lot, all of the issues we overcame as a household, from my entire life and soccer profession to be right here, it’s God’s work.
“I’ve been so lucky to have the assist and perception in me from my spouse and everyone to simply preserve chasing it and persevering. Take a look at it now.”
He was named the excellent participant of the sport.
Toronto Argonauts quarterback Nick Arbuckle, #4, lifts the Gray Cup after defeating the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in a CFL soccer sport on the 111th Gray Cup in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press by way of AP)
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Toronto gained 41-24 over Winnipeg for his or her nineteenth Gray Cup title – a CFL file.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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