As Another One Bites The Dust
Paul James
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TFC not to blame for lack of Canadian talent
After appearing in 26 regular-season games last year, defender Adrian Serioux was released by Toronto FC last week.
Why the 30-year-old Toronto native was deemed surplus to requirements by the new, energized-but-no-nonsense technical staff of Canada’s lone Major League Soccer franchise isn’t the concern. The more significant issue here is the limited depth chart of Canadian soccer talent.
As another one bites the dust, so to speak, it again highlights the need for all three professional franchises in this country – TFC and the Vancouver Whitecaps and Montreal Impact of the United States Soccer Federation Division 2 – to address their development model for nurturing young Canadian players with the right technical and psychological attributes for competing at the professional level and, by extension, the national team.
