Derek Cornelius knew he was in Bucharest. How he got there, exactly, took some remembering.

The end of Europe's summer transfer period ran hard against the opening of FIFA's September window for several members of the Canadian men's national team, set to play a friendly against 48th-ranked Romania on Friday.

Cyle Larin completed a last-minute loan to Feyenoord. Tani Oluwaseyi joined Tajon Buchanan at Villarreal. Theo Bair moved to Lausanne-Sport.

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Tani Oluwaseyi joins fellow Canadian attacker Tajon Buchanan at Spain's Villarreal

But Cornelius, the 27-year-old central defender, had perhaps the most tumultuous turnaround.

When he stepped on the grass for Tuesday's opening training session at a sweltering S

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