TFC Academy 2013

[Leedsoronto]

Toronto FC Academy
@tfcacademy
#tfcacademy GA team @onalruf scores vs NYRB. Final 1-1. PK's to decide extra pt - NYRB 5-4. TFC - 1pt. NYRB 2pts. pic.twitter.com/xEwcnVlXGu
11:15 p.m. Fri, Aug 30

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By: Toronto FC Academy @tfcacademy

[Leedsoronto]

Payback for the Crew me thinks, academy style Lol


#tfcacademy final scores: 13's vs Chicago 2-0. 14's vs Columbus 9-0 (goalkeepers to come later)

[Leedsoronto]

Academy looking good at the GA comp

http://m.torontofc.ca/www.torontofc....derful-weekend

[Greatest Ripoff]

Anyone know why the TFCA twitter account has become inactive? They had been doing well most of the season giving updates but have now completely stopped.

[kodiakTFC]

Anyone know why the TFCA twitter account has become inactive? They had been doing well most of the season giving updates but have now completely stopped.

Pure guess but currently we don't have a community manager after Asif left. Once he's replaced, I wouldn't be surprised if that picks up to a regular pace.

[Leedsoronto]

Anyone know why the TFCA twitter account has become inactive? They had been doing well most of the season giving updates but have now completely stopped.

Quick update

TFCA needed to beat Caledon to stay in with a chance of winning the league. Thay played last week at Caledon and was 2-0 up cruising to victory when the lighting struck and game was abandoned :@(

They then played them at home (KIA) and lost to a penalty goal ??? No one within 100 km thought it was a pen, only the officials. (The Calendon striker stepped back and fell over our defender who laid injured in the area, ball had gone like 30 secs before) Game over !!

As for the team, Mannella took a hard hit in the 2-0 game and is out for a while, only 6 senior guys who started the season are still playing. Rest is made up of rising star jnrs. Tough few games though to throw them into.

Looks like TFC will finish second, not bad for the first try at OSL Premier Elite league. The boys done TFC proud this year.

Well Done !!!

[Greatest Ripoff]

Hamilton, Black and Roubos all starting for the Canadian against Austria at the U17 World Cup. All three looking good so far. I believe this will be on tv in Canada on Sportsnet World sometime this afternoon.

[flamehawk]

Hamilton, Black and Roubos all starting for the Canadian against Austria at the U17 World Cup. All three looking good so far. I believe this will be on tv in Canada on Sportsnet World sometime this afternoon.

Yep, and Roubos and Hamilton both scored goals so far. I have a thread up in Canadian Soccer section.

[PopePouri]

Sign up Hamilton now.

[prizby]

Sign up Hamilton now.

sign Bokkai from Edmonton please!

[Soccerpro]

Sign up Hamilton now.

And then loan him out to a non dysfunctional team please!!

[nonc]

Hamilton is a monster, too bad a homegrown 18 year old forward in 2014 isn't in the plans for this management. Not like New England has had any success with that.

For his sake I hope he's in Europe soon.

[Leedsoronto]

Canada U17 drew with Iran 1-1

Hamilton (aka Henderson) scored with a Roubos assist.

Commentator kept calling him Henderson Lol

[Pint]

2 goals for Hamilton

1 goal and 1 assist for Roubos

Black with a couple strong games.

So far a some good showings from our boys.

very refreshing to see a competitive Canadian side

[Leedsoronto]

Good entertaining game to watch too.

Argentina next

[inheavensince07]

And then loan him out to a non dysfunctional team please!!

lol ya tbo I hope the kids parents are smart enough to steer him away from TFC .. anywhere else would be a better choice ..

[Macksam]

Hamilton is a monster, too bad a homegrown 18 year old forward in 2014 isn't in the plans for this management. Not like New England has had any success with that.

For his sake I hope he's in Europe soon.

RN stated no homegrown signings for the upcoming 2014 season?

[Leedsoronto]

Argentina 3 Canada 0

Argies were worthy winners of this one and look fav to go semis or even finalists.

[Greatest Ripoff]

On the feed I had the announcer said he thought pound for pound, Kevon Black was the best Canadian player at the tournament.

[Leedsoronto]

I would agree with that statement. He quietly got on with his job, a close second has got to be the Canada goalie tho, he had an amazing first two games.

It was always Guna be a big ask to beat Argentina, but they tried their best, and that's all we can ask of these boys. All the games were very entertaining and just go to show that young talent does exist in the Academies.

[Macksam]

On the feed I had the announcer said he thought pound for pound, Kevon Black was the best Canadian player at the tournament.

I missed the tourney. What position does he play and what's his game all about?

[Leedsoronto]

Defence, left back.

[DigzTFC!]

Defence, left back.

In my opinion, he (Kevon Black) was probably the best player on the team outside of Carducci. I watched 2 of the three games and he is miles ahead of Ashtone Morgan at that age. He has speed, positioning, is more balanced between his left and right foot and he can actually play out of the back to the midfield. He was a stark contrast to Jose Lopez who almost singlehandedly lost the game with his coverage against Austria.

For those looking to sign Jordan Hamilton.... I think you need to watch the games. He blows a lot of chances. He can hold the ball up with some certainty but he's not more impressive the Haber when he was that age. He needs time in college. I don't have faith that he will pan out to be something special. He is more of a target forward that gets the occasional goal. Not a prime goal scorer.

Hanson Boakai has great vision, great technique but he will be he will have to finish his chances if he wants to be an attacking mid. It's great to be able to pull the strings and make cutting passes but if you can't finish you can't stay in the role. In my estimation, he won't be a traditional central midfield with his size. I'm hoping he moves on and gets higher level training than FC Edmonton.

[prizby]

hamilton is a RJ9 clone

[Leedsoronto]

Boakai was very dissapointing to me in this tournament

I agree with this, he was a beast at the qualifiers, but no where as good in any of the last 3 games.

As for the Hamilton debate, well IMO it's hard to score when the other team won't give up the ball. Ham had one chance to make it 2-1 and the Argie goalie was just too fast out and at his feet. Not a miss, more a very good save. Otherwise yeh overall he scored 6, in Qualies and Finals, that's a great acheavment for any striker.

[DigzTFC!]

Just my 2 cents

I was looking at it from a professional perspective. Projecting him as a professional. I did watch the Concacaf qualifiers. I did watch the U17 WC tournament. I understand he is the highest scorer. My opinion remains the same.

This happens every tournament mostly because TFC & Canada are starved for players. Very few of the players will go on to have successful professional careers even the biggest soccer nations in the world have this happen.

I don't believe Hamilton is the next great Canadian striker. I would like him to be. I'll leave it with a positive. He is great in the air. An absolute beast. That's his standout quality.

[ag futbol]

Jordan Hamilton did very well for himself at this tournament compared to his other attacking counterparts, Bustos was MIA, Gordon didn't take 1 shot, Boakai was decent compared to what we know he's capable of, Chow was the only player I would say was above average.. If you have watched Hamilton play for the last 3-4 years you would know the kid is special. TFC didnt bring him in the first team at 15 and he wasn't a part of the 94' u-17 cycle for no reason! However he did blow some great chances this tournament, but hey he has 2 goals at a world cup & that's more than any Canadian at past u-17 championships. This team formulated around Carducci , Black, Roubos, Comsia, Froese, Boakai and Hamilton. IMO Hamilton was misused because of his size on this team because they have no target forward. Hamilton is best at running at defenders and is a scorer of some pretty decent goals. It may even be said that without Hamilton this team wouldn't be where they are (If you watched CONCACAF). If you call 6-9 of Canada's goals since qualifying an 'occasional' goal scorer I don't know what you've been watching. Boakai was very dissapointing to me in this tournament compared to how well he did at CONCACAF, it was so fustrating because you could see all the talent the kid has been blessed with. Black was a rock at left back and often had opposing wingers swapping sides to get away from him. Lopez didn't see the field again after his mare' vs Austria. Haynes was consistent but had a little bit of a shocker against ARG. Dominguez was very good until Iran. At the end of the day the boys should have got a result against Austria and they would have been through. It will be interesting to see where these boys end up in the coming year! TFC was well represented.

Just my 2 cents

Yeah I agree with you here. I'd see Hamilton as something less than an out-and-out target which is how he was often used by Canada. He is way more versatile than Haber which is the comparison somebody threw out there. Moves off the ball a lot better as well, which is how he's getting a lot of these chances in the first place.

But you're right Kevon Black is probably the real revelation here. Considering the profile of a lot of MLS LB's he could see him ending up with the first team sometime in the near future.

[Macksam]

Maybe TFC can employ Hamilton as a winger to get his career started.

[Greatest Ripoff]

Toronto FC Academy have 8 players called into a U15 national team camp in the US.

GK- Alic Rasmussen | CAN / Bonvital SC
GK- Daniel Buckley | CAN / North Mississauga
D- Matthew Baldisimo | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency
D- Patrick Boyle | CAN / Toronto FC Academy
D- Steven Furlano | CAN / Toronto FC Academy
D- Nikola Stakic | CAN / Toronto FC Academy
D- Kadin Chung | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency
D- Reginald Laryea | CAN / Sigma FC
D- Matteo Cantave | FRA / USJA Carqufou
M- Munir Saleh | CAN / Kitchener Soccer Club
Julian Avila | CAN / Winnipeg South End United
M- Gabriel Boakye | CAN / Toronto FC Academy
M- Duwayne Ewart | CAN / North Scarborough SC
M- Thomas Gardner | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency
M- David Norman | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency
M- Alexander Pena | CAN / Toronto FC Academy
M- Mouhamed Touré | CAN / Académie Impact Montréal
M- Kevin Tran | CAN / Académie Impact Montréal
M- Aidan Daniels | CAN / Toronto FC Academy
M- Julian Esteves | CAN / FC Edmonton Reserves
F- Raheem Taylor-Parkes | CAN / Toronto FC Academy
F- Malik Johnson | CAN / Toronto FC Academy
F- Terran Campbell | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency
F- Daniel Sagno | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency

[gdg_9]

Rollins reporting that Greg Vanney may be coming in to head up the Academy.

Rongen's future with the club in doubt.