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'Fists flying everywhere': A look back at the U20 World Cup ruckus in Toronto in 2007
TORONTO — After interviewing players under a makeshift tent outside BMO Field at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2007, reporters were set to return to the media workroom when story plans changed.
Some famous teenagers have had their breakthrough moment at the World Cup. Pelé was 17 when he helped lead Brazil to the World Cup title in 1958.
The backstory to BMO Field is long and complicated. But bottom line, the Toronto lakefront venue is the little stadium that grew. How it began is a tangled web, with the stadium tied to Canada hosting the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup and Toronto getting an expansion Major League Soccer franchise.
The likes of Alex Morgan and Salma Paralluelo have won the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup on their way to glittering senior careers.