TORONTO - Ayo Akinola learned all about patience in the long months spent rehabbing the injured anterior cruciate ligament in his knee.
Given a clean bill of health, the 22-year-old forward is now biding his time and waiting his turn in Toronto FC’s star-studded attack.
“Physically I feel much better … a lot stronger, fitter, more comfortable,” he said of his knee.
“It definitely taught me … what being a pro actually is like,” he said of the injury setback. “I’d say before the injury, I probably took a few things for granted. Just because I’m young, I’m healthy, I don’t think these type of things are going to happen to me … It definitely humbled me.