Last year, young goalkeeper Darlington Murasiranwa joined the Whitecaps FC Residency program from the FC Edmonton Academy. But his journey to Vancouver goes much further than his time in Alberta. In this feature from Future Legends, hosted by all-time Canadian men’s national team goalscorer Dwayne De Rosario, Darlington’s path is documented.
“In Zimbabwe we don’t have any medication, we don’t have any food to eat. It’s a hard time,” tells his mother. For 13 years, he and his brother were separated from his parents who came to North America to support their family back home.