Canada’s men’s national team announced the roster today for their international friendly match with Estonia. The Canadian players will start to arrive on Sunday, a few days before their 26 March match on Wednesday in Tallinn. This will be Canada’s senior team’s second international match of the year.
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\u200b“It has been good to see the that most of our European based players have been getting a game each weekend with their professional clubs during the winter. This International date is a prime opportunity to get them together as a group. We will need to organize ourselves quickly on Monday and Tuesday before facing a very competitive Estonia team on Wednesday evening.”
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\u200bCanada has selected 19 players for this friendly match, almost all of which play professionally in Europe. Dwayne De Rosario of the Houston Dynamo is the only player based in North America making the trip overseas. Paul Stalteri has the most appearances of any Canadian player on this team (62) while Marcel de Jong has the least (one).
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\u200bCanada will be facing Estonia for the second time in its history. Five years ago, Canada lost a 1:2 friendly match in Tallinn on 29 March 2003. In 2007, Canada posted a record of four wins, three draws and three losses, its best record since 2000.
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\u200bMitchell is currently preparing for the upcoming run to the FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010. While CONCACAF’s first phase of 2010 World Cup Qualification began in February, Canada will wait until the second phase to play their first two games against Saint Vincent & the Grenadines.
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\u200b1 – G – Lars Hirschfeld – Edmonton, AB – ROM / CFR Cluj
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\u200b2 – D – Daniel Imhof – Smithers, BC – GER / VfL Bochum
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\u200b3 – D – Mike Klukowski – Oshawa, ON – BEL / Club Brugge KV
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\u200b4 – D – André Hainault – Hudson, QC – CZE / Sparta Praha
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\u200b5 – D – Kevin McKenna – Calgary, AB – GER / 1. FC Köln
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\u200b6 – M – Julian de Guzman – Scarborough, ON – ESP / Deportivo La Coruna
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\u200b7 – D/M – Paul Stalteri – Brampton, ON – ENG / Fulham FC
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\u200b8 – D/M – Marcel deJong – Newmarket, ON – NED / Roda JC
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\u200b9 – M/F – Tomasz Radzinski – Toronto, ON – GRE / Skoda Xanthi
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\u200b10 – F – Rob Friend – Kelowna, BC – GER / Borussia Mönchengladbach
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\u200b11 – D – Richard Hastings – Vancouver, BC – SCO / Inverness CT
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\u200b12 – M – Issey Nakajima-Farran – Calgary, AB – DEN / FC Nordsjælland
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\u200b13 – D/M – Atiba Hutchinson – Brampton, ON – DEN / F.C. København
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\u200b14 – M/F – Dwayne De Rosario – Scarborough, ON – MLS / Houston Dynamo
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\u200b15 – D/M – Josh Simpson – Victoria, BC – GER / FC Kaiserslautern
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\u200b16 – F – Ali Gerba – Montréal, QC – GER / FC Ingolstadt
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\u200b17 – M/F – Iain Hume – Brampton, ON – ENG / Leicester City
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\u200b20 – M – Patrice Bernier – Brossard, QC – GER / FC Kaiserslautern
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\u200b22 – G – Kenny Stamatopoulos – Markham, ON – NOR / Tromsø I.L.
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\u200bHead of Delegation / Tête de délégation : Victor Montagliani
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\u200bHead Coach / Entraîneur-chef : Dale Mitchell – Burnaby, BC
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\u200bAssistant Coach / Entraîneur adjoint : Stephen Hart
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\u200bVideo coach / Entraîneur video : Vic Mendes
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\u200bGoakeeping Coach / Entraîneur des gardiens : Paul Dolan
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\u200bManager / Gérant : Morgan Quarry
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\u200bEquipment manager / Gérant d’équipements : Mike Moretto
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\u200bPhysiotherapist / Physiothérapeute : Dave Foley Massage
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\u200bTherapist / Massothérapeute : Garret Kusch