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A new soccer team is taking shape in the Bay Area, with a distinctly Canadian feel.

Marc Dos Santos, whose coaching resumé includes the Montreal Impact, has called on several Canadian players as well as talent from Canadian teams to bring the San Francisco Deltas to life.

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The North American Soccer League squad features former Impact players Karl W. Ouimette and Kyle Bekker and former Toronto FC defender Nana Attakora, all three of whom are Canadian.

“It’s important to say this has to do with my Canadian connections and at the same time it doesn’t,” said Dos Santos. “Because building a team, you want to win and when you want to win, you try to bring the best player possible that your budget allows you to.

“I think Karl, Nana and Kyle, in a different way, they all bring an important piece to the roster and are going to play an important role. So I’m happy to have them with us.”

French goalkeeper Romuald Peiser and U.S. forward Tommy Heinemann played for Dos Santos in Ottawa. Assistant coach Andrea Di Pietrantonio worked with him in Montreal.