TORONTO — York United FC unveiled Benjamin Mora as its new head coach Tuesday, hoping his experience in the Mexican top flight and success in Malaysia will help lead the Toronto-based Canadian Premier League club up the standings.
He succeeds former Canadian international Martin Nash, who was fired May 21 with the club sitting fifth at 2-3-1.Mora most recently was head coach of Mexico's Atlas FC, taking over the Guadalajara-based team in October 2022 after winning a title in Malaysia with Johor Darul Ta'zim FC.
But York is now under Mexican ownership, purchased by the Game Plan Sports Group led by brothers Ricardo, Eduardo and Miguel Pasquel. The consortium bought the team in November from Canadian Soccer Business, whose investors are the CPL team owners. "I want my team to control the game," he said."We are going to work very hard to make that possible in every game we play.""It takes time," he said."I think it is going to be fast. Normally in my past, teams that I've coached, it hasn't been too long until the team starts to play the way I want."Having found his coach, Pasquel said he is happy with his roster.
"We are rich in talent but we need to make a team that works like men … all running, all doing their job, putting their service for the team not individually," he said."And when we do that, I think we're going to be on the path of a winning team."Mora began his coaching career with Tijuana in 2011 before serving as an assistant coach with Mexico's Querétaro Fútbol Club, Atlante and Club de Fútbol Cafetaleros de Chiapas.
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