In this episode of the Paul James on Soccer podcast, Paul offers his thoughts on Toronto's recent loss to FC Dallas and their weekend draw with the Chicago Fire, the Vancouver Whitecaps comeback draw against San Jose and their loss to New England on Saturday, the return of Jay DeMerit to the Whitecaps lineup, the two positions that TFC are in most need of a talent upgrade at, the scoring woes of Eric Hassli and Camilo and Aron Winter's response to a piece in the media that suggested that Nana Attakora had been benched due to his refusal to sign a new contract with TFC.

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Paul James, who is a member of the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame, has been involved in Canadian soccer as a player, television analyst, writer and coach. He has an MBA in Football Industries from the University of Liverpool in England and has been a featured soccer analyst for the Globe and Mail, The Score Television Network, CBC, Sportsnet and GolTV. As a player, James represented Canada 47 times at the senior level, competing in all of Canada's games at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and 1986 FIFA World Cup Finals in Mexico. He coached the Canadian U20 men's team to CONCACAF Group title win in 2001, spent six seasons as the head coach of the York University women's team and was an assistant coach for the National U20 women's team which won the 2008 CONCACAF championship.

To send your questions to Paul, send an email to pauljames@rednationonline.ca.