Merriman, Nash again set to match wits on CPL benches

The ambition of the Canadian Premier League to foster Canuck pro soccer talent has been well chronicled. That includes on the other side of the white line as well on the benches.

The CPL story on the bench has been so impressive that Sportsnet last fall included former PFC head coach Pa-Modou Kah, now assistant coach of Charlotte FC in MLS, and Bobby Smyrniotis, head coach of four-time CPL champion Forge FC, as among its top-five picks to replace John Herdman as national team head coach heading to World Cup 2026.

“Marty has done a good job with his project in York and we are trying to build Pacific into one of the top teams.” Giant-killing is a big part of the lore of cup competitions around the world and that storyline played out in the opening round of the Canadian Championship with PFC needing a tying goal at the death in injury time, followed by seven rounds of penalty kicks, to get past the plucky TSS Rovers of League1 B.C. while Ligue1 Quebec-champion CS Saint-Laurent upset the ­Halifax Wanderers of the CPL on penalties.

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