A significant goal of the Canadian Championship in the eyes of Soccer Canada is the development of Canadian talent. This is evidenced by the requirement of each team to start at least three Canadians in each game. Perhaps, that would seem like a no-brainer for a club to give their Canadians a platform to get minutes and compete for their national cup. But, that hasn’t always been the case.
Patrick Johnston of The Province recently wrote how the ‘Caps reputation for not playing Canadians is somewhat deserved. He wrote how Terry Dunfield and rookie, Russell Teibert were the only Canadians to play early in VWFC’s MLS tenure, and at the time they were really the only Canadians who were getting any MLS minutes.