The team begins training on Monday 31 August in advance of the Friday 4 September match at BMO Field in Toronto. Tickets to the match, presented by BMO, are available via Ticketmaster.ca starting at just $20. The match will also be broadcast across the country on migmultidev-canada-soccer.pantheonsite.io.
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“I think that Belize is going to try to play a counterattacking style,” said Floro. “We need to have a good level over the two games against them.”
Following the home leg, Canada will then travel down to Belize for the second leg that takes place at FFB Field in the country’s capital of Belmopan on Tuesday 8 September.
The winner of the series moves into the fourth round that gets underway in November. That will be a four-team group that includes Mexico, Honduras, and the winner of another third round tie between El Salvador and Curaçao.
“We need to maintain our concentration against Belize,” said Floro. “It is very important to score goals and continue our strong play at the back. We consider that this is a good team and we must treat them with respect because in eliminatory games like this there are no small teams.”
The two teams haven’t met since June 2004 when they faced each other in another FIFA World Cup Qualifier. Canada won the two-game series with an 8-0 aggregate win with both matches taking place in Kingston, as Belize didn’t have a suitable facility to host a game at the time.
Canada advanced to this round of FIFA World Cup Qualifiers after eliminating Dominica in June 2015. Belize advanced after eliminating Dominican Republic.
CANADA
\u200bGK- Milan Borjan | BUL / PFK Ludogorets Razgrad
\u200bGK- Maxime Crépeau | CAN / Impact Montréal
\u200bGK- Kenny Stamatopoulos | SWE / AIK Fotbol
\u200bCB- David Edgar | ENG / Sheffield United
\u200bCB- Luca Gasparotto | SCO / Greenock Morton FC
\u200bCB- Manjrekar James | HUN / Diósgyöri VTK
\u200bFB- Samuel Adekugbe | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC
\u200bFB- Marcel de Jong | USA / Sporting Kansas City
\u200bFB- Nik Ledgerwood | GER / Energie Cottbus
\u200bFB- Karl W. Ouimette | USA / New York Red Bulls
\u200bM- Tesho Akindele | USA / FC Dallas
\u200bM- Kyle Bekker | CAN / Impact Montréal
\u200bM- Atiba Hutchinson | TUR / Be\u015fikta\u015f JK
\u200bM- Will Johnson | USA / Portland Timbers FC
\u200bM- Issey Nakajima-Farran | MAS / Terengganu FA
\u200bM- Michael Petrasso | ENG / Queens Park Rangers
\u200bM- Samuel Piette | ESP / Racing Ferrol
\u200bM- Adam Straith | NOR / Fredrikstad FK
\u200bM- Russell Teibert | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC
\u200bF- Marcus Haber | ENG / Crewe Alexandra
\u200bF- Cyle Larin | USA / Orlando City SC
\u200bF- Tosaint Ricketts | TUR / Boluspor FC
CANADA A-Z (Hometown & First Club)
\u200bAdekugbe, Samuel | 1995 | Calgary, AB, CAN | Manchester United Grassroots
\u200bAkindele, Tesho | 1992 | Thronton, CO, USA |
\u200bBekker, Kyle | 1990 | Oakville, ON, CAN | Oakville SC
\u200bBorjan, Milan | 1987 | Hamilton, ON, CAN | Radnicki JP
\u200bCrépeau, Maxime | 1994 | Candiac, QC, CAN | Ligue de soccer pour enfants de Candiac
\u200bde Jong, Marcel | 1986 | Toronto, ON, CAN |
\u200bEdgar, David | 1987 | Kitchener, ON, CAN |
\u200bGasparotto, Luca | 1995 | Ajax, ON, CAN | Ajax SC
\u200bHaber, Marcus | 1989 | Vancouver, BC, CAN | Dunbar SA
\u200bHutchinson, Atiba | 1983 | Brampton, ON, CAN | Brampton
\u200bJames, Manjrekar | 1993 | North York, ON, CAN | North York Azzuri
\u200bJohnson, Will | 1987 | Toronto, ON, CAN & Chicago, IL, USA |
\u200bLarin, Cyle | 1995 | Brampton, ON, CAN | Brampton SC
\u200bLedgerwood, Nik | 1985 | Lethbridge, AB, CAN | Lethbridge Cosmos
\u200bNakajima-Farran, Issey | 1984 | Tokyo, JPN & London, ENG |
\u200bOuimette, Karl W. | 1992 | Terrebonne, QC, CAN |
\u200bPetrasso, Michael | 1995 | Woodbridge, ON, CAN | Kleinburg SC
\u200bPiette, Samuel | 1994 | Le Gardeur, QC, CAN | Lionceaux de le Gardeur
\u200bRicketts, Tosaint | 1987 | Edmonton, AB, CAN | Edmonton Juventus
\u200bStamatopoulos, Kenny | 1979 | Markham, ON, CAN | Markham Lightning
\u200bStraith, Adam | 1990 | Victoria, BC, CAN | Bays United SC
\u200bTeibert, Russell | 1992 | Niagara Falls, ON, CAN | Niagara Falls SC