Welcome to Michel Soccer School

Michel Ibrahim is synonymous with soccer in West Vancouver. You could call him the Godfather of the game, which began many years ago in his home country of Lebanon. There, soccer is a religion and a young Michel took to it immediately. As he grew older, the demands for his soccer expertise grew. He played on various teams in Lebanon’s premier league.

Michel took to the idea, that the more he learned, the more he could pass on to younger generations. Thus, Michel evolved his interest in coaching. For the last 28 years in West Vancouver, Michel has operated Michel’s Soccer School, training interested players aged 2 and up. Michel has never forgotten his roots. Over the years, he has made substantial financial and equipment contributions to children’s soccer teams in 28 countries. In addition, he has traveled to many of these countries to personally conduct soccer workshops for these underprivileged children.

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For a West Vancouver barber, soccer is more than just a beautiful game.

Michel Ibrahim, owner of the West Van Barbershop, has proven through a soccer academy for the orphanages he created in his Lebanese home village 30 years ago that the sport can also be a lifeline for displaced and orphaned children around the world.

West Van Barbershop has sponsored soccer tournaments and teams in 28 countries, including El Salvadore, Vietnam, The Phillippines, Kosovo, Slovakia, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, and Cuba, benefiting more than 30 thousand children and young adults.  Cutting hair for more than 30 years, it would be an understatement to say Michel is a soccer fanatic.  Not only does he play several times a week, he also coaches and sponsors 4 soccer teams and Michel International Soccer School in West Vancouver.

By Paula Baker
Online News Producer
Global News

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CHARITY

Michel Ibrahim, owner of the West Vancouver Barbershop has a long history of philanthropy. Financial assistance and equipment donations continue to help more then 30.000 children in 28 countries.

Soccer in Canada is the most popular sport in terms of participation rate. According to FIFA’s Big Count, over 2.6 million people played in Canada in 2006. Professional soccer in Canada is played in the Canadian Premier League and Major League Soccer. Canada also has many semi-professional and amateur soccer leagues. Canada’s men’s and women’s national soccer teams are ranked 40th and 6th respectively in the FIFA World Rankings, as of December 10, 2021

Soccer is played in Canada according to the rules of association football. What is called soccer in Canada today was generally known as football in Canada in the early days of the sport, as it is known in much of the rest of the world today.

The British Columbia Football Association was the first provincial football association formed in Canada in 1891. This was followed by the Manitoba Football Association in 1896, the Ontario Football Association in 1901, the Saskatchewan Football Association in 1906, the Alberta Football Association in 1909 and the Province of Quebec Football Association in 1911.

The Dominion of Canada Football Association was formed in 1912. The governing body of the game retained that name until it was changed to The Football Association of Canada on June 6, 1952. The Association later changed its name to the Canadian Soccer Football Association in 1958 and then to the Canadian Soccer Association in 1971.