![]() ![]() MacNaughton made 59 appearances for Pacific FC over his four seasons with the Victoria-based team, capping his time there with the franchise’s first CPL championship last December.īut his head coach over his final two seasons in the CPL knew that the defender had the ability to play at a higher level. Once he reached the CPL, he wasted little time displaying the ability to stick at that level as well. I cannot believe how fast and how far he’s made it.” That’s why I put the phone calls in for him to the CPL. “All I thought was at that level he was one of the better players and had a shot at the CPL. “Did I think that he would make it to this level this quickly? No chance,” says Orlov, now the head coach of the Varsity Blues. ![]() Ilya Orlov, who was an assistant coach at the University of Toronto during MacNaughton’s tenure there, and also coached him with League 1 Ontario side Alliance United FC, said one of his defining characteristics is confidence. ![]() The MacNaughton story may look like something of a fairy tale right now, but it has been underpinned by hard work and an unshakable belief in his own ability. “Of course, this is what you dream of and what you want, but for it to actually happen is a different story.” “… I knew if I put my head to certain things, they definitely were achievable, but never would I have thought these things would come so quickly, to play so many games for Toronto and to get a call-up. ![]() “It hasn’t really hit me,” he says of his climb up the professional soccer ladder. ![]()
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