David Edgar

It's an experience, but I think it teaches you no matter what on and off the field that you grow as a person.

But I wouldn't change it for the world.

That was where I wanted to be as a footballer.

But now one of my biggest things and my biggest goals is to help these young Canadians because there's a pathway here now.

I had to pack up a suitcase.

Atiba had to get in a suitcase and go to Sweden.

We all did.

Julian.

There was trailblazers of guys who just had to do it.

But now there is that on their doorstep.

It's clear that the talent's here, right?

There's numbers here and the talent's here and it just needs to be grown.

Yeah, and especially in a country like England, and I know if you're familiar with the media there, it can be brutal.

Excuse me.

But there, and especially back then where England, all those players were scared to play for England because of the amount of pressure, right?

You talk about, like, I think Steven Gerrard, they talked about not wanting to play for England.

They were so committed to their clubs and the rivalries were so deep and there was no

there was no togetherness when they got there.

Then the difference now with, with all of that is the, I think the pressure is kind of, they're more, a bit more guarded, a bit more shielded from that a little bit, although they do have the Twitters and whatnot.

There's more of the, of a culture building to try and get the group together.