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By Jake Courtepatte<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jim Brennan may be on the sidelines when York 9 FC makes its Canadian Premier League debut in 2019, but on Saturday, he took to the field one more time in support of a good cause.
\nThe former Canadian national team member, and current head coach of York 9 FC was joined by past teammates and CPL executives in a friendly against the Aurora Soccer Club on Saturday, in support of Southlake Foundation and the Aurora Food Pantry.
\nSupporters young and old waved their banners as Brennan and his squad showed off some new white and green kits, in a match they won 4 \u2013 1.
\nSome well-known names from across the Canadian soccer landscape joined Brennan for the cause, including former Toronto FCers Marco Reda and Terry Dunfield, as well as CPL Director Kurt Larson.
\nThe excitement in the air wafted farther than just the pitch: those in the stands were heavily decked out in fresh York 9 FC gear, many in anticipation of the CPL trials coming to Ontario in less than a week\u2019s time.
\nScouts and head coaches from across the league will be in Hamilton on October 1 \u2013 2, before visiting Toronto on October 11 \u2013 12, where Brennan is hoping to scoop up some homegrown talent.
\nWith hundreds of attendees expected from across York Region, is there any certain aspects that will give one player an advantage over another? No, according to Brennan, who said he and his staff will be looking for \u201ca good balance of players.\u201d
\n\u201cWe need some experienced players, we need some youth, we need some guys that can lead by example, that can take control in the dressing room,\u201d said Brennan.
\nEven positionally, the gates are wide open for any hopeful to pull on the green and black.
\n\u201cYou need utility players as well, guys that can play all over the park in different positions.\u201d
\nFor Brennan, he brings experience to the position in filling in a roster from scratch: he did so in 2016 in building the AYSC\u2019s branch of the semi-pro League1 Ontario squad, the Aurora FC, as the executive director.
\nYet on a larger scale, and representing not just Aurora but the nine municipalities of York Region, the grandiose task allows a much larger and more widespread pool of players to choose from: something he thinks will benefit the program.
\n\u201cI think a lot of times, when a coach inherits a team and he wants to play a certain formation, he can\u2019t because the players can\u2019t adjust to it and he\u2019s got to take a little bit of time in order to move players on and get the players he wants,\u201d Brennan said. \u201cWe\u2019re in a good situation here where we can really build our squad to suit our style of play and our system.\u201d
\nThe hundreds in the stands on Saturday may have caught a glimpse of the type of play Brennan hopes to bring to the team\u2019s inaugural season, opting to prefer to fill his roster down the middle of the field when they take to the pitch in 2019.
\nThough you can guarantee he and his staff are doing their research daily to find their best fit, regardless of position.
\n\u201cThe key to success is a difficult one, and everybody has to find the right ingredients that are going to make them successful. And it\u2019s not an easy task in world football.\u201d
\n\u201cIt\u2019s hard to win and it\u2019s hard to get your systems right, your formations right, and get the right players in place, so we\u2019ve got a hard task ahead of us but we\u2019re going to make sure we\u2019re very thorough in what we do and make sure we get the right players in.\u201d
\nMore information on the upcoming trials can be found at www.york9fc.canpl.ca.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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