New Toronto FC academy director Stuart Neely says that the Reds will cooperate fully with the Canadian national youth teams.
"Absolutely," he said when asked if TFC would release players for u-17 and u-20 camps and tournaments, adding that the club viewed it as its "responsibility" to support the growth of Canadian soccer.
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Neely said that 2011 will be a year of tremendous growth for the academy program during an interview that will appear later on MLSsoccer.com. They plan to have an u14 program up and running by the start of the 2012 season and the new training facility is expected to find a home by about April.
Neely told me that Aron Winter and the rest of the new staff have confirmed to him that the academy is a major priority of the club moving forward. There are plans to expand it down to a u-7 team.
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