Pokemon Go has taken the world by storm, and it’s nearly impossible to walk outside without seeing people with their phones out, doing their level best to catch ‘em all.

The football world’s been caught up in Pokémania as well, where it’s even hit the pitch in Finland.

Rovaniemen Palloseura might sound like a special type of grass Pokémon, but it’s a Finnish Premier League team filled with fellas who love themselves some digital animals. They beat FC Lahti 2-1 in the league over the weekend, and for their second goal, they broke out a special celebration.

Nice, right? Currently fifth in the league, we’re sure RoPS supporters will hope to see many more Pokémon celebrations, especially if it means they’re scoring goals on their way to catching the league leaders. MLS side Vancouver Whitecaps have taken it to a whole new level

To announce their newest signings, Marcel De Jong and David Edgar, the MLS club tweeted out a video of the players actually being captured by a PokéBall earlier this week. For the uninitiated, PokéBalls are thrown by players in the game to try and catch Pokémon, hence the “gotta catch ‘em all” catchphrase.

It’s a pretty well done video. It just shows that when you think we’ve reached critical mass on the Pokémon Go craze, someone kicks it up a notch. So, what’s next? Maybe the Whitecaps could have included the players’ Combat Power ratings? Maybe someone drops a lure on a pitch and we have a mass pitch invasion? Or maybe it’s something even more intricate?

We’ll just have to wait and see.

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