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McLeod and her wife Ella Masar McLeod used to play for the Houston Dash." sizes="(min-width: 1086px) 1086px, 100vw" srcset="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/sports/soccer/2017/09/17/erin-mcleod-pitches-in-on-hurricane-harvey-relief/mcleod-art.jpg.size.custom.crop.320x227.jpg 320w, https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/sports/soccer/2017/09/17/erin-mcleod-pitches-in-on-hurricane-harvey-relief/mcleod-art.jpg.size.custom.crop.480x340.jpg 480w, https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/sports/soccer/2017/09/17/erin-mcleod-pitches-in-on-hurricane-harvey-relief/mcleod-art.jpg.size.custom.crop.640x454.jpg 640w, https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/sports/soccer/2017/09/17/erin-mcleod-pitches-in-on-hurricane-harvey-relief/mcleod-art.jpg.size.custom.crop.800x567.jpg 800w, https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/sports/soccer/2017/09/17/erin-mcleod-pitches-in-on-hurricane-harvey-relief/mcleod-art.jpg.size.custom.crop.1086x771.jpg 1086w" data-reactid="106"/></div><figcaption data-reactid="107"><!-- react-text: 108 -->Canadian soccer star Erin McLeod is auctioning off her latest work — a tribute to Houston via its street art—- to raise money for hurricane Harvey relief. McLeod and her wife Ella Masar McLeod used to play for the Houston Dash.<!-- /react-text --><span class="image__credit" data-reactid="109"><!-- react-text: 110 -->  (<!-- /react-text --><span class="image__credit__source" data-reactid="111"><!-- react-text: 112 -->Erin McLeod<!-- /react-text --><span data-reactid="113"> / </span><!-- react-text: 114 -->THE CANADIAN PRESS<!-- /react-text --></span><!-- react-text: 115 -->)<!-- /react-text --><!-- react-text: 116 -->  <!-- /react-text --></span></figcaption></figure></div></div><div data-reactid="117"><div class="row" data-reactid="118"><div class="small-12 inset columns" data-reactid="119"><div class="article__body clearfix article-story-body" data-reactid="120"><div class="alpha alpha--big-box show-for-medium-up" data-reactid="121"><!-- react-empty: 122 --></div><div class="show-right-rail" data-reactid="123"><div class="article__meta" data-reactid="124"><div class="inset" data-reactid="125"><div class="article__byline" data-reactid="126"><span data-reactid="127">By </span><span class="article__author" data-reactid="128"><span data-reactid="129"><span itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" data-reactid="130"><span class="article__author-name" itemprop="name" data-reactid="131">Neil Davidson</span></span></span><span data-reactid="132"><span class="article__author-credit" data-reactid="133">The Canadian Press</span></span></span></div><div class="article__published-date" data-reactid="134">Sun., Sept. 17, 2017</div></div><div class="clearfix share-toolbar " data-reactid="135"><div class="gutter-icon" data-reactid="136"><span class="staricon staricon-share" data-reactid="137"></span></div><div class="share-toolbar__body" data-reactid="138"><div class="clearfix sticky-replace sticky-replace--inset" data-sticky-replace="true" data-reactid="139"><div class="sticky-replace__body" data-reactid="140"><ul class="share-toolbar__primary clearfix" data-reactid="141"><li data-reactid="142"><a href="#" title="Share on Facebook" data-reactid="143"><span class="staricon staricon-facebook" data-reactid="144"></span></a></li><li data-reactid="145"><a href="#" title="Share on Twitter" data-reactid="146"><span class="staricon staricon-twitter" data-reactid="147"></span></a></li><li data-reactid="148"><a href="#" title="Share with email" data-reactid="149"><span class="staricon staricon-email-outlined" data-reactid="150"></span></a></li><li data-reactid="151"><a href="#" title="More share options" class="share-toolbar-more" data-reactid="152"><span class="staricon staricon-more-dots" data-reactid="153"></span></a></li></ul></div></div><!-- react-empty: 154 --></div></div></div></div><div data-reactid="155"><p>Houston is more than 8,000 kilometres from Erin McLeod&#x2019;s current Swedish home but the hurricane-battered Texas city is still close to the Canadian international goalkeeper&#x2019;s heart.</p><p>McLeod and wife Ella Masar McLeod, both now with FC Rosengard, played in Houston for the Dash and have fond memories of their time there.</p><p>Now McLeod, an artist and musician off the soccer pitch, wants to give back. The 34-year-old from St. Albert, Alta., is auctioning off her latest painting called &#x201c;Houston,&#x201d; a tribute to the city&#x2019;s spirit via its street art, with all proceeds going to hurricane Harvey relief efforts.</p><p><strong>Read more:</strong></p><p><a onContextMenu="theStarLinkClick(event, this, true)" onclick="theStarLinkClick(event, this, true)" href="https://www.thestar.com/sports/tfc/2017/09/17/ricketts-brings-half-of-toronto-fc-4-0-win-over-galaxy.html">Ricketts brings half of Toronto FC 4-0 win over Galaxy</a></p></div><div class="show-for-small-only alpha__big-box " data-reactid="156"><div class="article-continued" data-reactid="157"><div class="article-continued__heading" data-reactid="158">Article Continued Below</div></div><div class="alpha__big-box__body" data-reactid="159"><div class="big-box" data-reactid="160"><!-- react-empty: 161 --></div></div></div><div data-reactid="162"><p><a onContextMenu="theStarLinkClick(event, this, true)" onclick="theStarLinkClick(event, this, true)" href="https://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2017/09/11/lessons-for-toronto-from-harvey-and-irma.html">Lessons for Toronto from Harvey and Irma</a></p><p><a onContextMenu="theStarLinkClick(event, this, true)" onclick="theStarLinkClick(event, this, true)" href="https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/09/12/i-didnt-want-to-say-goodbye-toronto-dog-rescuers-return-from-houston.html">&#x2018;I didn&#x2019;t want to say goodbye:&#x2019; Toronto dog rescuers return from Houston</a></p><p>&#x201c;I have been lucky to have travelled the world and Houston is one of the friendliest places I&#x2019;ve ever been,&#x201d; McLeod says in her blog. &#x201c;Rich in culture and diversity &#x2014; not to mention a great sports town in one of the most soccer crazed states in the U.S.A. &#x2014; it soon became home.</p></div><!-- react-empty: 163 --><div id="fsk_splitbox" data-reactid="164"></div><div data-reactid="165"><p>&#x201c;The best part about Houston is how accommodating, kind and generous people are, and now it&#x2019;s time to give back some of what was shared with Ella and me. Houstonians continuously opened their homes to us. We had fans donate gift cards to restaurants for Ella and me to try. They just wanted us to enjoy and try some of what Houston has to offer. Nothing can truly destroy Houston as the people are what make that city . . . but they need help.&#x201d;</p><p>McLeod describes the painting as &#x201c;a collection of Houston street art that I had the pleasure of enjoying while there.&#x201d;</p><p>&#x201c;Some of the words and designs are what an outsider like myself thinks of when thinking about this incredible city &#x2014; powerful words like &#x2018;Give&#x2019; (one of the most charitable cities in the U.S.A,), &#x2018;Hope,&#x2019; for moments like this, &#x2018;Houston Raised Me,&#x2019; for the pride of coming from Houston, and finally &#x2018;Changing,&#x2019; as the people and city are constantly changing but the friendly culture remains.&#x201d;</p><p>She credits such graffiti artists as Dual, Sebastien Boileau, Shepard Fairey, El Nacho, Revok and POSE, as well as those who chose to remain anonymous.</p><p>&#x201c;None of this work is my own. 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