Bob Lenarduzzi: Canadian soccer legend, Vancouver Whitecaps player-exec, and community giant

Bob Lenarduzzi grew up in an Italian family in East Vancouver and became one of Canada’s first soccer legends in the 1970s and 80s as a member of the OG NASL Vancouver Whitecaps and the national men’s team that played in the 1986 World Cup.His career took him to England as a teenager, but he returned to Vancouver to become the face of soccer in a soccer-mad town.In this interview with Christy, Lenarduzzi offers a ton of great stories over five decades in the game about the characters who shaped Canadian soccer history:Getting tough growing up in East VancouverGoing to play football in England at 14Meeting his wife … and intimidating father-in-lawWith the NASL Vancouver WhitecapsWinning N. American Player of the YearWhitecaps win the Soccer Bowl but…….NASL is on the declineMLS Whitecaps return…with fighting teammatesCanadian soccer talent explodingSuperstar Alphonso Davies emerges on WhitecapsGiving back to community with mini-pitchesLosing MLS Whitecaps … againThe Christy Clark Showthechristyclarkshow.comInstagraminstagram.com/christyclarkbcLinkedinhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/the-christy-clark-show/Inquiries [email protected]