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Cronulla has gone into party mode, with over 10,000 fans packing out Southern Cross Group Stadium for the Sharks NRL premiership celebration.The players looked bleary-eyed after Sunday nights grand final triumph as they took to the stage at their home ground on Monday.Its so good. This is what you do it for, retiring hooker Michael Ennis said.To the strains of club song Up, Up Cronulla, the players were given a heros welcome by their fans.Coach Shane Flanagan and skipper Paul Gallen were given the key to the Sutherland Shire after masterminding the clubs drought-breaking title win.The massive crowd called for Ennis to stick around for one more year, breaking into the Shark Clap when he took the microphone.Last month the scheming No.9 caused a stir when he celebrated the Sharks qualifying win over Canberra by imitating the Raiders fans famous clap.While his post-game celebration drew the ire of Canberra coach Ricky Stuart, the fans let him know they were squarely in his corner.I kind of dont want it to end, Ennis said after admitting he only got a few hours sleep.I never dreamed it would end like this. I remember being in the change room when Shane Webcke got his grand final win in 2006. Its just such a special day. Im not in Shane Webckes calibre but its pretty cool.After partying at Sharkies Leagues Club all night, many queued for over two hours along Captain Cook Drive to get into the ground for the clubs fan day and to catch a glimpse of their grand final heroes.Some looked worse for wear, with one young man passing out in a deck chair with a beer in his hands on the back of a truck parked in the leagues club parking lot.When he was startled awake by a camera crew filming him, he instantly launched into a rendition of Up, Up Cronulla.The clubs No.1 ticketholder, local member and federal Treasurer Scott Morrisson said it was rich reward for the community.Im just so proud, Morrison told AAP.Ive been a fan for 10 years since I moved down here. The club embraced me and I embraced them.Warren Sapp Womens Jersey . 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Howard Buccaneers Jersey . -- The Bishops Gaiters are showing they belong among the countrys top varsity football teams.Be it Chicago, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh or Boston, whoever perseveres in this years Stanley Cup Final, the next day their fans will flock downtown for the victory parade. It doesnt quite work that way when you win soccer bronze at London 2012. Now some 10 months on from last summers Olympics, Canada finally gets to celebrate on home soil the astonishing journey of the Womens National Team Sunday afternoon at BMO Field. Adding an extra layer of spiced cake to the occasion, those damned Gold medal-winning, Centennial-celebrating, formidable U.S. team play the role of invited guests. When tickets went on sale in late March the public responded so well that all 20,000-plus tickets sold out in about the same amount as time as it takes Abby Wambach to count to six very loudly. Thats all for the history books now. What cant be forgotten though is that a seismic shift of the soccer platelets occurred when Christiana Pederson blew the final whistle at Old Trafford. If the immediate dramatic upward shift of interest in soccer across the country were a share price the Mounties would have immediately been called in to investigate a case of insider trading. Although soccer stabilized to its newly-revised lofty equilibrium over the winter another shift along the demand curve has occurred this week. Whilst the mens team were lamenting Tuesday nights defeat to Cost Rica in Edmonton, the buzz and excitement around Toronto as the Womens National Team prepared for what is set to be one of the biggest occasions in the 100-plus year history of the CSA has not gone unnoticed. Ever since Christine Sinclair led her nation out as flag bearer during the closing ceremonies at London, the national governing body has slowly but very assuredly inked new partner agreements behind the scenes. With each new partner deal the CSAs over-reliance on fees from soccer clubs and associations across the nation diminishes dramatically. As a result any thought of any more dramatic increase to those fees become a thing of the past, a relic. Its no coincidence, then - in a week where the spotlight is shining so brightly on the WNT - that the CSA announced the latest corporate partner to jump on board: a manufacturer of sun protection products. Following practice on Thursday evening Christine Sinclair proclaimed to the media that since London 2012, “Life has changed for a lot of us.” Although Sinclair was speaking specifically about her fellow WNT players she may also have been speaking about the burgeoning corporate squad which now surrounds and embraces Canadian soccer. Two of the more prominent ones - Bank of Montreal and Umbro - have been mightily active this week as they utilize the regal stage of Sunday afternoons encounter to showcase themselves to a growing and captivated audience. Umbro - identifying the public practice at BMO on Thursday as best opportunity to launch the WNTs new aaway kits – marked the culmination of 2012s centenary season with bronze in London.dddddddddddd Third place on the podium it may have been, but it may as well have been gold to the nations apparel manufacturer. “After the Olympic bronze medal performance we saw an immediate 40 percent spike above anticipated demand,” Umbro Canada V P Mike Shoemaker disclosed to TSN.ca yesterday. “The support on both the mens side and womens side led to the largest ever year of CSA jersey sales,” he added. “The centenary kit sold out of our limited run and we continued that trend on all CSA product through the year.” “Thursday nights launch showed us yet again that with success on the pitch and Umbro Canada continuing to provide new and innovative products, the fans will continue to support,” Shoemaker concluded. BMO, who first moved into the soccer space when the national soccer stadium was developed, also formed a partnership with Canadas first MLS club ahead of Toronto FC beginning play back in 2007. Over barren years for Canadian soccer BMO stayed the course and has continually reinvested in the beautiful game across the nation. The sponsors have provided desperately needed oxygen for the nations grass roots. “As the bank of soccer in Canada, BMO supports all aspects of the Beautiful Game in Canada - from the jerseys of local teams across the country to BMO Field in Toronto,” said Susan Bundy, director of sponsorships at BMO Financial Group told TSN.ca yesterday. “At the national level, BMO has been a proud supporter of the Canadian Soccer Association for more than six years.” Yesterday at BMOs flagship branch in downtown Toronto fans were given opportunity to get up close and personal to their new idols - something altogether rather unimaginable pre-London 2012. Bundy explained: “Fans were able to meet their favourite players, get autographs and take photos in advance of the highly anticipated friendly match between Canada and the U.S.” When BMO first gambled on allocating sponsorship dollars with Canadian soccer back in fall 2006 the business of the sport was rudderless. Over these intervening years we have witnessed many of Canadas best known companies play out the business of soccer as they jostle for space on the pitch. Demand continues to grow. Meanwhile for Sundays match itself and as the configuration process of BMO Field has been completed, the CSA was able to announce on Friday additional seats were now available. Adding to soccers newfound lustre some of those tickets are for seats at premium field-side tables where you will be so close to the action you might be able to hear Abby Wambach count. Welcome Canada to the professional era for soccer both on and off the pitch. 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