The St. Lawrence people are no strangers to the game of soccer.

 St. Lawrence has been a soccer powerhouse for decades, sending one team of elite players after another to tournaments. The pre-eminent team, the Laurentians, are legends not just in Newfoundland and Labrador, but also among Canadian soccer aficionados. Each year over the last three decades, the teams have as often as not won the right to represent the province at the national senior men's championships. Many people in surrounding communities have gathered to view a great game of soccer and enjoy the hospitality of the St. Lawrence People.

In the 1970s, a visiting executive from the Canadian Soccer Association was so impressed by the level of commitment to the sport in the coastal town, he dubbed St. Lawrence "the soccer capital of Canada." The nickname stuck, and is used to this day.

St. Lawrence survived for years by what it could harvest from the sea, and later from a since-closed fluorspar mine. The town was populated by emigrants from Scotland, England and Ireland, some of whom obviously brought the game with them. Inflated bladders were used for balls, meadows cleared for a field. Soccer was likely established as the game of choice by the late 19th century.

The town's history with soccer is indeed so storied that Centennial Field, the main pitch in town, is on the Canadian Register of Historic Places.

Everyone knows that if you are in town and a game is in play, it is a good chance that most will be in attendance. Especially St. Lawrence Day.

The legend of soccer still lives on today in the small community of St. Lawrence, Newfoundland and many memories of many great people will not be forgotten.