The Author
Danny Sankar loves soccer and has played it for close to 50 years. As a kid and teenager, he played rep soccer in Oakville, Ontario, Canada before moving on to NCAA Division 1 Soccer at Dartmouth College. Danny had a successful college career, playing on the varsity team for 4 years and winning 2 Ivy League titles. It was highlighted by All-Ivy and All-American honours in his senior year. Danny’s career continued with many years of semi-professional and professional ball, followed by many more years of recreational soccer and seventeen more years of masters soccer, which continues to this day. Danny has watched many many games, at all levels, including most of all the major tournaments for the last four decades, both club and country. He has taken and passed coaching courses and referee courses.
As a kid and teenager, Danny excelled in school, especially in science and mathematics. Beginning in university at Dartmouth, he became a student of writing and carried this mission right through his Dartmouth years into graduate school. Danny completed two masters degrees – a master of arts degree in sports psychology and a master of education degree in counselling psychology and also just kept writing and writing, mostly blogging about current events, but with a mission to slip in timeless phrases and intelligent turns of phrase to delight readers for time to come.
For the past many decades, he has dedicated his life to writing about soccer and sports, culminating in this incredible series of books called… The Eleven Books of Football.
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M.Ed –
Master of Education in Counselling Psychology
University of British Columbia - 2001
M.A. –
Master of Arts in Human Kinetics
University of British Columbia - 1997
B.A. –
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Dartmouth College – 1991
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provided solution-focused therapy for kids and teenagers; received excellent training & supervision
taught teachers in a seminar class called Communications Skills for Teachers
worked with kids individually and in groups, guiding discussions on on a variety of issues, including mental health, self-worth, frenemies and academics
worked with street kids aged 13-17 teaching life skills/lessons through sports and coached the senior boys basketball team
for all three of my children, each season was as great as the next; my goal was to provide solution-focused coaching in a fun and quick-paced environment
continues on and off - help families understand, protect and grow money and help individuals and couples find financial freedom
for Winstars Academy - a longstanding and favourite client... still advising
currently growing... work for Romy Terkel at fingerprintlegacies.com who produces high quality biographies and tribute books for older folks with a story to tell
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Coaching Certificates - I, II, III / Learn to Play, Learn to Train, Sport for Life
Coach/Assistant Coach - many teams, many age groups, many years
Playing Career - Professional, Top Amateur, NCAA Division 1, Recreational, Masters
Clubs: Toronto Lynx, Vancouver 86ers, Vancouver White Caps, Edmonton Drillers, Khalsa FC, Westside FC
Signed Contracts: North York Rockets, Toronto Shooting Stars, Glen Shields Sun Devils, Toronto Shooting Stars, Indo F.C.
Halton Peel Youth Soccer - Oakville SC - 8 seasons, 5 league titles, 3 Ontario Cups
Junior Maccabi Games - Soccer Player - Memphis 1982, Detroit 1984
Oakville Trafalgar High School 86-87 - 3-Sport Athlete, Athlete of the Year, Valedictorian
Toronto and District League - Oakville International - 1 season
NCAA Soccer - Dartmouth College - 4 seasons, 2 Ivy League Titles
Canadian Soccer League - North York Rockets - 2 seasons
Vancouver Premier League - Westside F.C. and Indo F.C. - 6 seasons
Punjabi Summer Circuit - Vancouver United - 7 summers, multiple tourney wins
Nations Cup - Team India - 3 tournaments, 1 championship
Pacific Coast Soccer League - UBC Alumni Team / Khalsa FC - 3 seasons
Maccabi Games, Men’s Football - Israel 1997, Mexico City 1999, Israel 2009
NPSL - Toronto Shooting Stars - 1 season, played home games in Maple Leaf Gardens.
CPSL - Glen Shields - 1 partial season, scored the club’s first professional goal
Halton Peel Soccer League (O30) - Malton Cougars - 10 seasons,
Nations Cup - Team India - 3 Over-Age Appearances
York Region Soccer League (O35) - Thornhill United - 9 seasons
York Region Soccer League (O35) - Newmarket Lightning - 5+ seasons
CURRENT:
whenever possible
still counting passes, assists, goals and nutmegs.</
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