If you live here, you especially know this to be true.
But we’re not embarrassed by it. We’re not ashamed of where we come from or what people call our city. No, we embrace it.
When announcer Jim McKay famously called us “a deserted village” in 1979, we took it as a challenge. We beat the big city New York Cosmos, then we went on to win the Soccer Bowl on their home turf, hoisting the trophy at Giants Stadium in New Jersey.
Over 100,000 people celebrated the championship parade in downtown Vancouver.