TFC - Daily dose with a Question?
By: nicholas | May 1st, 2008In the past, I had personally not been a fan of the Toronto sun, for many reasons. (But that is not important right now.) But today I happened to notice one lying on my partner’s desk opened to an article about TFC’s aging starting lineup and its non-existent Canadian Quota of players. (Talk about playing devils advocate).
In the past I had been critical of the non-existent Canadian born players on TFC and even went on to criticize Mo Johnson player acquisition philosophy. But with 5 weeks of the season already completed, who in the right mind can complain about the players who he has brought in and the impact of those players on and off the pitch. For the first time in TFC’s short history, Coach Carver actually has a bench of players that can come in and do a job for the mighty red’s. and not be too reliant on the starters to play the entire 90 min’s every game. (Example: Dunivant, Cunningham, James, Phelan, Tebily, Harmse, Lombardo and Edwards)
With all the moves that Manager Mo has made, it is apparent that he is focusing on success now with international players rather than waiting on those few Canadians he has on the team to develop by giving them playing time. But one thing that stuck out in the article was his rational for the lack of Canucks on the roster. (My personal opinion is that it’s a little far fetched, blaming the salary cap was sooo last year).
***** AS TFC Fan what would you consider to be the best way to approach TFC, is it better to approach TFC development by waiting on the Academy team to develop players or is worth it to fill TFC roster with affordable foreigners at the expense of the Canadian soccer player ? ******
• To help make your decision, here is the complete Toronto Sun article
• And here is another blogger rant about the Canadian talent pool on TFC.
• Here is a list of all the Canadians abroad
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With the likes of Paul Stalteri and Tomasz Radzinski bitching about the tuff at BMO (by the way UEFA Champions League Final Man U vs Chelsea in Moscow…guess what kinda tuff they have there)and Hargraves and the de Guzman chosing other countries on an international level…its gonna be a hard long road for canadian success….so with that said this is a domestic league like sports at all levels…winning is everything…if the game of soccer is going to develop in Canada, Canada needs a winner for the country to look up to…yes Europe will be the destination of all the truly gifted and skilled Canadians…so be it…make the MLS (ie Toronto FC)the first step to Europe and last step to the pasture…We live in a hockey country and youth are giving up soccer at a young age because 1. Our winter is sooooo long and 2. hockey rules our boarders…and why does hockey rule…cause Canada wins!!! if we don’t see a winner nobody cares….So bring in the old Europeans that have skill that our youth can look up to and learn from and idolize and one day become…and if and when we start to win…people will care…let’s make a winner and increase the success of the sport and the profile of the games and great Canadians will follow…I hope!!
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Well, the way I see it there´s only one way for Canadian soccer to grow : from the bottom up , not from the top down. One thing that I don´t see discussed here or anywhere else in the Canadian press is the fact that in every country where soccer culture/tradition is strong there are many good teams competing with each other - and it helps the fittest become really strong because they are always facing fierce competition.
I think one way to strengthen Canadian soccer is to stimulate the appearence of small teams playing a regional championship. Why not having a team from Windsor or London playing a team from Toronto , or a team from Montreal facing a team from Laval or Québec city? You see what I´m trying to get to : teams playing each other over not so great distances. Regional rivalries fermenting fan support.
I don´t see any of that. It seems like Toronto FC wants to be the best Canadian soccer club . Well , what good is it if there´s no Canadian competition?
Small clubs in Europe or South America provide a challenge and also are breeding grounds for talented players .
There´s so many immigrants in Toronto or Montreal and many of them are still fans of the soccer teams from their native countries. Why not get these guys to play and to attend matches along with their kids? Yet , where are the Canadian teams? Where are the matches?
As provocative as I might sound , the “big” Canadian teams will only become competitive when the small ones get the chance to challenge them.Posted from
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