Canadian wingback Raheem Edwards criss-crosses North America in one day
TORONTO — It’s been four days and three teams since Raheem Edwards celebrated winning the MLS Cup final with Toronto FC.
The 22-year-old wingback from Mississauga found himself — briefly — a member of Los Angeles FC when he was taken with the fifth and last pick of Tuesday’s expansion draft. LAFC promptly flipped Edwards and Finnish defender Jukka Raitala, taken fourth from Columbus, to Montreal for star defender Laurent Ciman.
On Monday, Edwards was celebrating a championship in a Toronto victory parade. Before dinner time Tuesday, he found himself a member of the Montreal Impact, TFC’s fiercest rival.
“My head’s all over the place,” Edwards told The Canadian Press on Tuesday night. “It’s been a whirlwind obviously … A lot of emotions, but I’m ready to work wherever I go and it’s Montreal so I’m ready to work for Montreal.”