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    "title": "Canada announces preliminary roster for Gold Cup",
    "modified_at": "2026-05-05 14:22:12",
    "published_at": "2013-05-31 18:18:00",
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    "body": "<p>Canada&rsquo;s Men&rsquo;s National Team has announced its 35-man preliminary roster for the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup to take place 7-28 July in USA.</p><p>Canada will have to trim its roster to 23 players before entering the tournament.</p><p>The team will take part in a 10-day training camp in Oxnard, CA ahead of the tournament.</p><p>Canada will kick-off the Gold Cup on 7 July against Martinique in Pasadena, CA; will then travel to Seattle, WA for an 11 July fixture against Mexico; and will then close-out the group stage with a match against Panama in Denver, CO on 14 July.</p><p>The top two teams from each group; as well as the two highest-seeded third-place finishers will advance to the knock-out stages.</p><p>Canada won the Gold Cup in 2000 and has since succeeded in making it to the tournament semi-finals on two other occasions (2002, 2007); and made it to the quarter-finals in 2009.</p><p>All of Canada&rsquo;s matches at the tournament will be broadcast on Sportsnet. CanadaSoccerTV will also be on-site at all venues providing additional coverage.</p><p>GK- Haidar Al-Sha&iuml;bani | FRA / N&icirc;mes Olympique<br>\u200bGK- Milan Borjan | TUR / Sivasspor<br>\u200bGK- Tomer Chencinski | unattached<br>\u200bGK- Lars Hirschfeld | NOR / V&aring;lerenga Fotball<br>\u200bGK- Simon Thomas | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC<br>\u200bD- Nana Attakora | USA / San Jose Earthquakes<br>\u200bD- Marcel de Jong | GER / FC Augsburg<br>\u200bD- David Edgar | ENG / Burnley FC<br>\u200bD- Andr&eacute; Hainault | unattached<br>\u200bD- Doneil Henry | CAN / Toronto FC<br>\u200bD- Dejan Jakovic | USA / D.C. United<br>\u200bD- Ashtone Morgan | CAN / Toronto FC<br>\u200bD- Adam Straith | GER / FC Saarbr&uuml;cken<br>\u200bD/M- Nik Ledgerwood | SWE / Hammarby Fotboll<br>\u200bM- Fraser Aird | SCO / Rangers FC<br>\u200bM- Keven Aleman | ESP / Real Valladolid<br>\u200bM- Kyle Bekker | CAN / Toronto FC<br>\u200bM- Stefan Cebara | SVN / Nogometni Klub Celje<br>\u200bM- Julian de Guzman | unattached<br>\u200bM- Daniel Haber | unattached<br>\u200bM- Atiba Hutchinson | unattached<br>\u200bM- Will Johnson | USA / Portland Timbers<br>\u200bM- Jonathan Osorio | CAN / Toronto FC<br>\u200bM- Pedro Pacheco | POR / unattached<br>\u200bM- Samuel Piette | GER / Fortuna D&uuml;sseldorf<br>\u200bM/F- Dwayne De Rosario | USA / D.C. United<br>\u200bM/F- Issey Nakajima-Farran | CYP / Alki Larnaca<br>\u200bM/F &ndash; Russell Teibert | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC<br>\u200bF- Lucas Cavallini | URU / Club Nacional<br>\u200bF- Randy Edwini-Bonsu | unattached<br>\u200bF- Marcus Haber | ENG / Stevenage FC<br>\u200bF- Simeon Jackson | unattached<br>\u200bF- Frank Jonke | FIN / FF Jaro<br>\u200bF- Kyle Porter | USA / D.C. United<br>\u200bF- Tosaint Ricketts | NOR / Sandnes Ulf</p><div class=\"release-content-contact\" id=\"contact-892e70f6-043c-4c92-8a66-2c6a473d9849\">\n    \n    <div class=\"release-content-contact__details\">\n        <strong class=\"release-content-contact__name\">Paulo Senra</strong>\n        <em class=\"release-content-contact__description\">Chief Communications &amp; Content Officer | Chef des communications et du contenu, Canada Soccer</em>\n        <ul class=\"release-content-contact__details-list\"><li class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item\"><a href=\"mailto:psenra@canadasoccer.com\"  class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item-link\" title=\"psenra@canadasoccer.com\"><svg class=\"icon icon-paper-plane release-content-contact__details-list-item-icon\">\n                <use xlink:href=\"#icon-paper-plane\"></use>\n            </svg>psenra@canadasoccer.com</a></li>\n<li class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item\"><a href=\"tel:(416)&nbsp;882-7919\"  class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item-link\" title=\"(416)&nbsp;882-7919\"><svg class=\"icon icon-mobile release-content-contact__details-list-item-icon\">\n                <use xlink:href=\"#icon-mobile\"></use>\n            </svg>(416)&nbsp;882-7919</a></li></ul>\n    </div>\n</div>",
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