Toronto FC's Kosi Thompson: 'Self-praise is no praise'

Former Canadian international Terry Dunfield only needed a few minutes to recognize the talent in Kosi Thompson.

Dunfield had just started his tenure as a coach with Toronto FC’s youth academy in 2017 when he first saw Thompson who at the time was playing for the under-14 team.

“After five minutes of the first training session, [which was] my first time ever taking charge of a team, I remember saying to one of my assistants, ‘He’s our captain.’ The way Kosi carried himself both on and off the field, I thought he would be great for the other players to model themselves after. Even at age 14, he was a top pro,” Dunfield recalled.