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I hope Borges earns full international caps before he moves on. It would be good optics for the league to have a Canadian prospect turn international. Borges would arguably represent the best chance of that. There's a part of me that wants to see him transfer directly to Europe, rather than MLS. Just in terms of optics, it would be cool to see the probable golden boot winner get scooped up by a Belgian or Dutch team, for example. If he goes to MLS and doesn't tear it up, it's kinda like meh, okay yet another decent Canadian in Major League Soccer, but if he goes to Gent (just for example) and does "just alright", it's more like, hey look CPL exports can hang in a European league. Just holds more clout, rightly or wrongly.

For what it's worth, some of the stats for the TFC players are incorrect. According to their website Laryea has one goal & one assist (rather than 1 goal and 2 assists), while Liam Fraser has one assist (rather than 0 assists).

And you were the guy who started a thread entitled "RIP Canadian Soccer" when TFC was announced. Birds of a feather...

Hope this is a breakthrough year for him to the national fold. Keep the upward trajectory going!

Ricketts and Borjan squaring off today in the second leg of their UCL qualifier. Everything is all square at 0-0 going into the match. Too bad only 1 of these 2 will advance.

Watched last 15-20 minutes of Chinese league game, entertaining finish, 3 goals by Paulinho, very poor defending by Dalian Yifang.

Black numbered column is the per-match price for year-long STH. Red/green column is how much more or less a fall-only STH pays

Simmons age 21 at HFX is mysteriously overlooked. He is Rarely named in the pre game HFX line up predictions written up by the CPL editors yet he has started 12/16 games for them in the key position as DM. His highlights video went on you tube a few weeks back and I think he will be one of the few young players who will be snapped up by a big league club within 1-2 seasons as his technique, passing, intelligence and decision making is on another level, which is not surprising when you look closer at his development background in England and Sweden. https://youtu.be/9gOIxP-zflY

I guess have only 178 players as they have listed Marcel de Jong twice (#88 and #101)???

As it appears that there are currently 179 Canadian players under contract with professional clubs, might as well complete the list here: # Player Age Nat. Club / league Matches     Pts 101 Marcel de Jong Left-Back 31 Pacific FC  Premier League Fall S. 0 0 0 0 102 Liam Fraser Defensive Midfield 20 Toronto FC  MLS 8 0 0 0 103 Jordan Murrell Centre-Back 25 Valour FC  Premier League Fall S. 10 0 0 0 104 Connor James Goalkeeper 21 FC Edmonton  Premier League Fall S. 11 0 0 0 105 Daniel Gogarty Centre-Back 21 York9 FC  Premier League Fall S. 10 0 0 0 106 David Norman Jr. Central Midfield 20 Vancouver  MLS 0 0 0 0 107 Triston Henry Goalkeeper 24 Forge FC  Premier League Fall S. 9 0 0 0 108 Matthew Baldisimo Defensive Midfield 20 Pacific FC  Premier League Fall S. 11 0 0 0 109 Diyaeddine Abzi Left-Back 19 York9 FC  Premier League Fall S. 11 0 0 0 110 Mason Trafford Centre-Back 31 Cavalry FC  Premier League Fall S. 5 0 0 0 111 Brian Wright Centre-Forward 23 Revolution  MLS 2 0 0 0 112 Skylar Thomas Centre-Back 24 Valour FC  Premier League Fall S. 8 0 0 0 113 André Bona Right-Back 28 HFX Wanderers  Premier League Fall S. 11 0 0 0 114 Tyson Farago Goalkeeper 27 Valour FC  Premier League Fall S. 6 0 0 0 115 Matthew Arnone Centre-Back 24 HFX Wanderers  Premier League Fall S. 9 0 0 0 116 Émile Legault Centre-Back 18 Pacific FC  Premier League Fall S. 8 0 0 0 117 Allan Zebie Right-Back 25 FC Edmonton  Premier League Fall S. 8 0 0 0 118 Dean Northover Right-Back 26 Cavalry FC  Premier League Fall S. 8 0 0 0 119 Mark Village Goalkeeper 26 Pacific FC  Premier League Fall S. 9 0 0 0 120 Dominic Samuel Centre-Back 23 Forge FC  Premier League Fall S. 10 0 0 0 121 Elliot Simmons Defensive Midfield 20 HFX Wanderers  Premier League Fall S. 8 0 0 0 122 Ajay Khabra Right Winger 23 FC Edmonton  Premier League Fall S. 7 0 0 0 123 Lukas MacNaughton Centre-Back 23 Pacific FC  Premier League Fall S. 7 0 0 0 124 Ndzemdzela Langwa Left-Back 20 HFX Wanderers  Premier League Fall S. 10 0 0 0 125 Zachary Sukunda Right-Back 23 HFX Wanderers  Premier League Fall S. 6 0 0 0   # Player Age Nat. Club / league Matches     Pts 126 Alessandro Hojabrpour Defensive Midfield 17 Pacific FC  Premier League Fall S. 7 0 0 0 127 Chrisnovic N'Sa Centre-Back 19 HFX Wanderers  Premier League Fall S. 7 0 0 0 128 Manolis Zambazis Central Midfield 21 York9 FC  Premier League Fall S. 1 0 0 0 129 Raphael Ohin Defensive Midfield 23 Valour FC  Premier League Fall S. 5 0 0 0 130 Callum Montgomery Centre-Back 21 FC Dallas  MLS 0 0 0 0 131 Julian Dunn-Johnson Centre-Back 17 Toronto FC  MLS 0 0 0 0 132 Sean Melvin Goalkeeper 23 Vancouver  MLS 0 0 0 0 133 Tomasz Skublak Centre-Forward 20 HFX Wanderers  Premier League Fall S. 7 0 0 0 134 Simon Colyn Attacking Midfield 16 Vancouver  MLS 0 0 0 0 135 Raphaël Garcia Right-Back 19 Valour FC  Premier League Fall S. 4 0 0 0 136 Dylon Powley Goalkeeper 21 FC Edmonton  Premier League Fall S. 0 0 0 0 137 Michael Baldisimo Defensive Midfield 18 Vancouver  MLS 0 0 0 0 138 Matthew Silva Goalkeeper 27 York9 FC  Premier League Fall S. 0 0 0 0 139 Niko Giantsopoulos Goalkeeper 24 Cavalry FC  Premier League Fall S. 1 0 0 0 140 Zachary Verhoven Midfielder 19 Pacific FC  Premier League Fall S. 6 0 0 0 141 Joseph Di Chiara Defensive Midfield 26 York9 FC  Premier League Fall S. 7 0 0 0 142 Steven Furlano Right-Back 20 York9 FC  Premier League Fall S. 5 0 0 0 143 Jonathan Grant Right-Back 24 Forge FC  Premier League Fall S. 2 0 0 0 144 Mauro Eustaquio Central Midfield 25 Cavalry FC  Premier League Fall S. 4 0 0 0 145 Philippe Lincourt-Joseph Attacking Midfield 23 FC Edmonton  Premier League Fall S. 4 0 0 0 146 Cyrus Rollocks Centre-Forward 20 York9 FC  Premier League Fall S. 8 0 0 0 147 Monti Mohsen Left-Back 18 Forge FC  Premier League Fall S. 3 0 0 0 148 Malyk Hamilton Right Winger 18 Cavalry FC  Premier League Fall S. 5 0 0 0 149 Christian Oxner Goalkeeper 21 HFX Wanderers  Premier League Fall S. 3 0 0 0 150 Pedro Pacheco Central Midfield 34 Santa Clara  Liga NOS 8 0 0 0   # Player Age Nat. Club / league Matches     Pts 151 Nicolás Galvis Attacking Midfield 21 Valour FC  Premier League Fall S. 5 0 0 0 152 David Doe Left Midfield 18 FC Edmonton  Premier League Fall S. 3 0 0 0 153 Alex de Carolis Left-Back 25 HFX Wanderers  Premier League Fall S. 5 0 0 0 154 Michael Cox Centre-Forward 25 York9 FC  Premier League Fall S. 2 0 0 0 155 Carlos Patino Attacking Midfield 22 Cavalry FC  Premier League Fall S. 3 0 0 0 156 Nolan Wirth Goalkeeper 23 Pacific FC  Premier League Fall S. 2 0 0 0 157 Victor Loturi Central Midfield 17 Cavalry FC  Premier League Fall S. 1 0 0 0 158 Roger Thompson Centre-Back 26 York9 FC  Premier League Fall S. 3 0 0 0 159 Glenn Muenkat Left Midfield 19 Valour FC  Premier League Fall S. 4 0 0 0 160 Randy Edwini-Bonsu Right Winger 28 FC Edmonton  Premier League Fall S. 5 0 0 0 161 Klaidi Cela Centre-Back 18 Forge FC  Premier League Fall S. 1 0 0 0 162 Theo Bair Centre-Forward 18 Vancouver  MLS 4 0 0 0 163 Vincent Lamy Centre-Forward 18 HFX Wanderers  Premier League Fall S. 3 0 0 0 164 Gabriel Bitar Left Winger 19 Cavalry FC  Premier League Fall S. 1 0 0 0 165 Luca Ricci Defensive Midfield 20 Montreal Impact  MLS 0 0 0 0 166 Federico Pena Right Winger 19 Valour FC  Premier League Fall S. 4 0 0 0 167 Prince Amanda Midfielder 17 FC Edmonton  Premier League Fall S. 0 0 0 0 168 Hanson Boakai Right Winger 21 FC Inter  Veikkausliiga 2 0 0 0 169 Dayne St Clair Goalkeeper 21 Minnesota Utd.  MLS 0 0 0 0 170 Scott Firth Midfielder 17 HFX Wanderers  Premier League Fall S. 3 0 0 0 171 Ajeej Sarkaria Centre-Forward 23 FC Edmonton  Premier League Fall S. 2 0 0 0 172 Benson Fazili Defensive Midfield 18 Metta  Virsliga 10 0 0 0 173 Abd-El-Aziz Yousef Right Winger 18 HFX Wanderers  Premier League Fall S. 0 0 0 0 174 Baj Maan Goalkeeper 17 Forge FC  Premier League Fall S. 0 0 0 0 175 Chris Ezoua Goalkeeper 18 FC Edmonton  Premier League Fall S. 0 0 0 0   # Player Age Nat. Club / league Matches     Pts 176 Patryk Misik Central Midfield 23 Eastern Sub.  New Zealand Premiership 1 0 0 0 177 Karifa Yao Centre-Back 17 Montreal Impact  MLS 0 0 0 0 178 Tyrone Venhola Goalkeeper 23 Pacific FC  Premier League Fall S. 0 0 0 0 179 Matthew Nogueira Goalkeeper 20 Marítimo  Liga NOS 0 0 0 0