Equipment manager for Canadian soccer team knows his way around a washing machine
Spencer Ure, the equipment manager for the Canadian men's national soccer team, has extensive experience with laundry and has dealt with various washing machines around the world. He has learned to be resourceful and adaptable, often relying on local experts to help with laundry tasks when the team is on the road. Ure's expertise in laundry is not limited to his professional life, as he also handles laundry duties at home due to his fiancée's busy schedule as a nurse-practitioner.
- ▪Spencer Ure is the equipment manager for the Canadian men's national soccer team and has expertise in laundry.
- ▪He has had both successful and unsuccessful experiences with laundry, including an incident where a shirt was damaged due to incorrect washing and drying settings.
- ▪Ure often relies on local experts, such as equipment managers from other teams, to help with laundry tasks when the team is on the road.
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Open this photo in gallery:Spencer Ure, equipment supervisor for the Canadian men's national soccer team, prepares equipment at the Toronto FC Training Centre.EDUARDO LIMA/The Globe and MailShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountFew know their way around a washing machine better than Spencer Ure. As the equipment manager for the Canadian men’s soccer team, he’s dealt with spin cycles across the globe. These days, he could teach a course to laundry luddites. Lesson No. 1: cold water and a low drying temperature.But there have been missteps. He recalls “a bad laundry incident where our laundry got fried and it turned a shirt from a men’s medium to a boy’s medium.
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