If Toronto FC fans are worried about their team’s current struggles, just wait a few years.
TFC’s U-12 squad posted an eye-popping result Friday at the Arousa Futbol 7 tournament in Vilagarcia de Arousa, Spain, playing Barcelona to a 2-2 result, the Canadian Press reported. They also beat Spanish side ED Xuventu Oroso 5-0.
Nakye Greenidge-Duncan and Stefano Capano bagged the memorable goals for Toronto in what was the second of two 30-minute, seven-on-seven games on smaller fields with smaller goals.
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Capano also scored two goals against Xuventu, with the rest of the goals coming from Luca Accettola, Ifeoluwa Adenuga and Charlie Bontis.
Gianni Cimini’s youngsters now sit atop Group C after the first day of the 20-team tournament that they qualified for by winning the inaugural U-12 tournament from Generation adidas Cup last month in Frisco, Texas. They’ll face Ajax and Deportivo La Coruna on Saturday.
