Cyle Larin... soccer family (brother Elijah)... his mother Patricia Larin was born in Montréal, QC, CAN... his father was born in Clarendon, JAM... while grew up playing hockey, basketball and soccer... he was seven years old when he started playing soccer at Brampton YSC... growing up, favourites included Didier Drogba, Ángel Di María, Chelsea FC...
Canada’s joint top goalscorer across FIFA World Cup Qualifiers in 2015 and 2016 (four goals in 10 international matches)...
in Turkey with Beşiktaş JK, a Süper Lig winner (2020-21)...
about his scoring prowess as a rookie, he told Major League Soccer in 2015 that, “it’s like instinct when you go on the field: all your focus is on scoring”... said in 2017 on Yahoo! Sports, his mom “sacrificed a lot for me; she gave up a lot and worked very hard to keep me going”... said Bobby Smyrniotis in 2017, “he had a special mentality... he was very astute, asked a lot of the right questions in a soft-spoken manner and concentrated on his own ability, working every day to get better”...
