Toronto FC coach John Carver has been vocal these past few months about the obstacles he has faced as an MLS coach, but this does not mean the Englishman is ready to give up on the league. Even after losing at home to Chivas USA at the weekend when missing nine players on international duty, Carver said that “he wants to stay on with TFC to finish the task he started,” writes Larry Millson.
“I’ve come here to do a job,” Carver said, “and sometimes it takes longer than you think. I wanted instant success but I wasn’t aware of the obstacles that were going to be put in front of me when I got here. And trust me, there’s been some obstacles. But I’m learning and I’m starting to understand how people do things.”
The vagaries of coaching a team in a league with a salary cap, complicated roster rules, and a calendar that continues play even on World Cup qualifying dates just make him “stronger and more determined. I guarantee those people who put that banner up [which read In Carver We Trust] that I will give them the product that they deserve, whether it’s this season where we get to the playoffs or whether it’s the following season. If I don’t give them the product that they deserve then I don’t deserve to be here.”