Toronto FC waived midfielder Terry Dunfield today.
The move surprised many, as Dunfield was an effective player for the Reds this year when healthy. That's the key word: healthy. Dunfield was recovering slowly from a knee injury suffered in training.
The move spoke to information that CSN received last week. A source told us that Dunfield was about to retire and that TFC had a coaching role waiting for him.
If that turns out to be true it will continue a trend that sees TFC offer coaching roles to former players who have little to no coaching experience.
It's likely that the coaching offers are being used as an incentive to have players walk away from a contract. However, the moves have rubbed some in the Ontario coaching community the wrong way. That, in turn, is causing harm to the reputation of the TFC Academy.