Doneil Henry has plenty to cheer about Wednesday when Toronto FC hosts Simcoe County Rovers FC in Canadian Championship play. Henry was the first Toronto FC academy player to graduate to the first team and had two stints with his hometown club.
Doneil Henry has plenty to cheer about Wednesday when Toronto FC hosts Simcoe County Rovers FC in Canadian Championship play.
Based in Barrie, a growing community some 90 kilometres north of Toronto, Simcoe County has grown up quickly. Qualifying for the Canadian Championship has been a goal from Day 1 for a club whose mantra is"Think big." Playing TFC is icing on the cake."We want to go there, obviously celebrate the success of our young club and the community, but also compete," he added."It would be nice," mused Raco, who spent a dozen years in finance on Bay Street but is now in industrial real estate when not working on the Rovers.
"So to see them owning a club, I just wish it wasn't us they were playing. I would like to see them play someone else and push on but, yeah, proud of what they have committed to Canadian football." "We know we're the better team and we have to show it," he said."Of course, we have respect for every opponent, but we know if we do our job, it's just one team who will win this game.""I think we'll surprise a lot of people outside looking in," he said.
Two of the Simcoe players work on the floor at a chemical plant while others are deliverymen, work at golf courses or coach soccer. Some are students.
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