TORONTO -- Artificial turf and Canadian talent were two of the topics that had Toronto FC supporters riled up at a recent question-and-answer session with the MLS teams braintrust. Tim Leiweke, president and CEO of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, shot down the turf question by saying its a non-starter. But the issue of how the team treats its Canadians kept coming back to the microphone. "Id like to see Canadians being played," said one fan. "I think that was one of the draws to me coming to this is to see Canadians play. Im not seeing enough of it from this team." "My concern is how youve treated the Canadian players since the beginning," lamented another supporter. "Ive looked at the salaries every year and every year since Year One, the Canadian kids get almost the lowest pay across the board. Every year. And this will never work unless you start to respect the Canadian soccer player." Manager Ryan Nelsen patiently answered the questions, pointing to local defenders Ashtone Morgan and Doneil Henry and midfielder Jonathan Osorio currently starting with rookies Kyle Bekker and Emery Welshman also in the squad. Goalie Quillan Roberts completes the TFC Canadian contingent with homegrown player Manuel Aparicio newly promoted from the academy. Talented and young, said Nelsen. "We have to nurture them. We cant throw them in the deep end, we cant scar them," he added. Theyll get their chance, he added, pointing to Sporting Kansas City star midfielder Graham Zusi, who made just nine starts in his first two MLS seasons. Bottom line, said Nelsen, "I want more Canadian players on my team. "Even when the Canadian (national) team goes and plays in Spain and they take all my players away and I cant field them for TFC, Ill take that hit. Not a problem." The questions about the handling of Canadian talent took Nelsen by surprise. "I was expecting a lot worse questions, to tell you the truth, but on that one I was a wee bit let down because no other Canadian team is producing the young kids that were playing and giving them the opportunity," he said after practice Tuesday. The Vancouver Whitecaps roster features three Canadians: midfielders Bryce Alderson and Russell Teibert and goalie Simon Thomas. Another Canadian, 20-year-old midfielder Caleb Clarke, is on loan to FC Augsburg in Germany. The 20-year-old Teibert has seen action in 20 MLS games this season, starting 18, and is seen as a rising star. Alderson, 19, and Thomas, 23, have yet to play in the league in 2013. The Montreal Impact have four Canadians listed on their roster, including hard-nosed veteran midfielder Patrice Bernier. The others are 19-year-old goalie Maxime Crepeau and 21-year-old defenders Karl Ouimette and Maxim Tissot, who have a handful of games between them this year. Nelsen identified Osorio as a rising talent from Day 1 of pre-season and he has partnered the 20-year-old Henry with captain Steven Caldwell at centre back. Morgan has won back his job at left fullback. And he says he remains a big backer of Bekker and Welshman, who have played 200 minutes between them in the league this season. Nelsen says the two first-round draft choices perhaps got "blown up a wee bit in the media" when they arrived on the Toronto FC scene. "But theyre fantastic players, theyre very good players and we believe in them," he said. Its a tough learning curve, however, Bekker, 23, choose his words carefully when asked about his first pro season. "It hasnt been the easiest," he said Tuesday. "It is what it is," he added. "Its my first year. I just have to keep working ... and bide my time." Nelsen reminded his Saturday morning audience that his players have every day at practice to stake their claim to a place in the starting 11. "I dont pick the team. The players pick the team ... trust me. Young Canadian players? Ill play them, Ill play them when theyre ready." "Its all about production," added Toronto GM Tim Bezbatchenko. Leiweke had the last word on nationality when asked about where the club is conducting its hunt for designated players. The focus is on the English Premier League and Italys Serie A, he said, adding: "I know this. If we win, I dont care where theyre from. Youll love them." Matt Andriese Jersey . The NFL says Wednesday that the game between the Atlanta Falcons and Detroit Lions at Wembley on Oct. 26 will start at 1:30 p. Curt Schilling Jersey . LUCIE, Fla. http://www.diamondbackssale.com/diamondb...greinke-jersey/. The two teams will play through the completion of the game starting at 5pm ct on Wednesday. The regularly scheduled Wednesday night matchup will follow that and will now be seven innings. Wilmer Flores Jersey . 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David McGoldrick, making his international debut, provided the through pass as Pilkington made his run.Mix Diskerud equalized in the 39th after Jozy Altidores lofted cross into the penalty area fell to Chris Wondolowski. He dropped a cushioned header to Diskerud, who used the outside of his right foot to flick the ball low into the right corner of the net as chants of U-S-A! U-S-A! rang out in Aviva Stadium.Brady restored Irelands lead in the 55th after he got behind the defence and scored from seven yards out, and James McClean made it 3-1 in the 82nd with a shot that deflected off defender Geoff Cameron.Brady scored his second of the night with a 25-yard (meter) free kick in the 86th that curled into the top left corner — extending the Americans winless streak to four games.Its good to finish the year on a high, Brady said. The Americans have had a good year. We knew it was going to be a tough game, because theyre no pushovers. So were delighted to get the win, and for a lot of our lads who dont normally get a chance to play to do so well.Ireland is battling to qualify for the 2016 European Championship in France. Fridays defeat meant the Irish slipped to fourth place in Group D behind Poland, Germany and Scotland — although they are level on points with the Germans and Scots.We scored 4 goals tonight and it was nice to reegain momentum from Friday night, said Ireland manager Martin ONeill, whose squad faces its next European test against Poland at home in March.ddddddddddddoming off Fridays 2-1 defeat to Colombia in London, the Americans have lost consecutive games for the first time since late 2011, while the four-game winless streak is their longest since Jurgen Klinsmann replaced Bob Bradley as coach in July 2011.In a worrisome trend for the defence, the U.S. has conceded 10 goals from the 80th minute onward in their last nine games.On Tuesday, the U.S. team also narrowly missed several scoring chances. Fabian Johnson hit the right post in the 22nd minute with a long-range shot and Altidores effort from the edge of the penalty area ricocheted off the crossbar in the 43rd.We controlled the first half and we should have scored a second goal before going in at halftime, Klinsmann said. We didnt do it and then we gave away the second goal, and that obviously kind of broke the game.He said the U.S. team needed to introduce young players, even at the cost of victories, to develop the squad ahead of 2018 World Cup qualifying. He highlighted the need to give a second cap for goalkeeper Hamid, who wasnt even listed in the official match program and was a surprise starter ahead of Brad Guzan.Obviously it always looks bad if you concede four goals, Klinsmann said of Hamid. But those four goals were not his fault.Jordan Morris, a 20-year-old forward who is a Stanford sophomore, made his debut in the 76th minute. 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