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'Every step': Nerwinski shares bond with his D-Dad, Polish heritage

“They stayed at the Sandman Hotel, right across from BC Place, there's the Shark Club there where all the fans go before and after the game.”

“So after our game they had a couple drinks at the bar and met part of the Southsiders, they saw that my grandfather was wearing a Nerwinski jersey so they came over. They started hanging out with him and they hung out for like two hours. He said that was the best moment of his trip.”

This story comes during Jake Nerwinski’s second year with the ‘Caps when his grandfather Frank, the man responsible for the soccer tradition in the Nerwinski family, made the cross-continent trip from New Jersey to Vancouver.