Ex-TFC academy product Kwasi Poku set for CPL Final with Forge

Toronto FC’s loss has been Forge FC’s substantial gain when it comes to Kwasi Poku. 

Poku, a former TFC youth academy product, has been one of the breakout players of the 2023 Canadian Premier League season, as the 20-year-old winger played a starring role in Forge’s run to its fifth consecutive CPL Final.  

But the Hamilton-based club wouldn’t be benefiting from Poku’s dynamic attacking play if he didn’t first bet on himself by leaving TFC’s youth academy in February 2022 after spending two-and-half years with the organization, which included a brief stint with TFC 2.