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Soccer Player Has Cheek Touched, Fakes Own Death, Provokes Red Card

Last night Toronto FC won the Canadian Championship with an aggregate victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps, and it was not without some ridiculous floppery. In the midst of some heated talk, Toronto's Julian de Guzman lightly brushed the cheek of Jun Marques Davidson, as you would a lover or a baby bird. Davidson went down like a pile of bricks. Obviously, de Guzman is Marvel superhero Rogue.

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