TORONTO, Canada—When Jacob Shaffelburg sent a cross to Jozy Altidore to nearly open the scoring in the first few seconds of TFC’s Wednesday night match against Leon, it highlighted the football club’s development pathway’s latest success.
In TFC’s first competitive match of 2021, debut head coach Chris Armas played eight players that have featured in TFC II matches and Luke Singh, who signed with TFC II in 2019 but has not played for the team.
Although some, such as Eriq Zavaleta, have long been first-team players and only have USL minutes because of rehab, the rest are evidence that TFC is getting something right in player development.