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Karina LeBlanc knows how to save a goal and she clearly knows how to sell the game of soccer.

Wednesday morning she picked up the phone and sold a caller 100 tickets to 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup games in Ottawa.

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“Make sure that my teammates know about that call,” the veteran goalkeeper for Canada’s national soccer team said loudly.

Whether she will get the call for this year’s tournament — starting June 6 — won’t be known until late May when team rosters are set, LeBlanc still speaks passionately about what would be her Canadian-record fifth Women’s World Cup this one at home.

“I remember seeing Donovan Bailey win that (1996) gold medal and seeing the flag rise and being like, ‘I want that.’

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“World Cup is the biggest event for soccer, so every World Cup, any time you get a chance to be part of one, it’s incredible. But this one’s at home, so it makes it more personal, more special. You get to play in front of friends and family, but you also get to play in front of the country. Our team’s goal is to inspire a nation.”