Tesho Akindele, the 2014 MLS rookie of the year, has accepted a call up to the US national team. Previously the Canadian program had admitted to reaching out to him.
Akindele is a borderline prospect – for both programs. Although he's certainly fit into the rag-tag bunch Benito Floro called up for the Iceland game he's not exactly a lock for a full team call-up.
Still, it's another prospect (sort of. At 22, he's not really soccer young) that has seemingly turned away from the Canadian program.
It seems far-fetched that he's a US player – It's worth noting that Teal Bunbury didn't get a call up to the so-called US Cupcake Camp – and this doesn't cap tie him, but the fact that he's looking for “bigger” things now should make most Canadian fans weary of him moving forward.
He's not that good. If he doesn't want to play for Canada we should wish him well and move on. Focus our energy on the Cyle Larin and Jordan Hamilton generation that seems to actually want to represent the country.
That said, we totally can make fun of him for this: