{ "title": "Canada announces roster for Iceland friendly", "modified_at": "2026-05-05 17:33:20", "published_at": "2007-08-14 11:00:00", "url": "https://news.canadasoccer.com/canada-announces-roster-for-iceland-friendly", "short_url": "http://prez.ly/o0Fd", "culture": "en", "language": "EN", "subtitle": "Canadian roster for international friendly Canada\u2019s men\u2019s national team announced their roster today for their international friendly with Iceland. The Canucks will travel to Reykjavik this week for their first-ever meeting with Iceland on 22 August. Newly-appointed national coach Dale Mitchell has \u2026", "slug": "canada-announces-roster-for-iceland-friendly", "body": "

Canadian roster for international friendly
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\u200bCanada’s men’s national team announced their roster today for their international friendly with Iceland. The Canucks will travel to Reykjavik this week for their first-ever meeting with Iceland on 22 August. Newly-appointed national coach Dale Mitchell has selected 17 players for this first trip with the senior team.
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\u200bAs this particular international friendly match is in Iceland, Canada will be taking a roster featuring European-based players. Ten of the 17 players recently represented Canada at the CONCACAF Gold Cup. Paul Stalteri (59 senior caps) and Richard Hastings (43) are the most experienced players on the squad. Asmir Begovic and Nik Ledgerwood, both two-time members of past FIFA U-20 World Cup teams, are the least experienced players as each have yet to win their first senior cap.
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\u200b“You can see by looking at the squad that it is a European-based squad,” said Mitchell. “It is a midweek game in Europe, so it is an ideal time to get the majority of our European-based players together. We’ll look to incorporate our North American-based players in our match against Costa Rica (at home in Toronto on 12 September).”
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\u200bThis will be the first international match between Canada and Iceland. It is also Mitchell’s first match as senior head coach and Canada’s first match since the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
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\u200bCanada is currently ranked fourth amongst CONCACAF countries in the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Rankings with 562 points, just five back of third-place Costa Rica. Canada will face Costa Rica next in Mitchell’s first domestic match as senior head coach on 12 September in Toronto.
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\u200bHead of delegation / Chef de délégation : Colin Linford
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\u200bHead Coach / Entraîneur-chef :Dale Mitchell
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\u200bAssistant Coach / Entraîneur adjoint : Stephen Hart
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\u200bAssistant Coach / Entraîneur adjoint : Nick Dasovic
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\u200bManager / Gérant : Morgan Quarry
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\u200bPhysiotherapist / Physiothérapeute : Ted Tilbury
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\u200bPhysiotherapist / Physiothérapeute : Dave Foley
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\u200bEquipment manager / Gérant d’équipements : Mike Moretto
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\u200bVideo coach / Entraîneur video : Vic Mendes
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\u200b1 Hirschfeld, Lars
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\u200b2 Ledgerwood, Nik
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\u200b3 Klukowski, Mike
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\u200b5 Hainault, Andre
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\u200b6 De Guzman, Julian
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\u200b7 Stalteri, Paul
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\u200b8 Bernier, Patrice
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\u200b9 Radzinski, Tomasz
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\u200b10 Friend, Rob
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\u200b11 Hastings, Richard
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\u200b12 Nakajima-Farran, Issey
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\u200b13 Hutchinson, Atiba
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\u200b14 Imhof, Daniel
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\u200b15 Occean, Olivier
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\u200b16 Gerba, Ali
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\u200b17 Hume, Iain
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\u200b22 Begovic, Asmir

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