Jimmy I agree on the domestic player status item... I think that developing Canadian players is about balance. You're right that the team needs to thrive and the players need to earn their spots, however I think you need to present opportunities too. Its not about handing Canadians jobs but when players like Edwini Bonsu and Kyle Porter can handle a substitute appearance or two, they need to get that or their development gets stunted, or worse, they leave as they have.
Instead they have stocked their reserve bench with some mid career journeymen americans who don't have an upside and ultimately they might get a little short term gain, minimal as it is, but in the long run both they and the MNT are worse off.
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