Canadian veteran Julian de Guzman has been given a green light to join Canada’s campaign against Belize in FIFA World Cup Qualifiers. The Ottawa Fury FC midfielder will join the Canadian team this week in preparation for matches on 4 September in Toronto and 8 September in Belmopan, Belize.
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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“Julian is very important for the team—not only because he’s an excellent captain but also because his play in games and in training is very intensive,” said Floro. “He has good quality so we can see he is a very good example for the other players.”
Ottawa’s de Guzman, a three-time Canadian Championship winner and one-time Canadian Player of the Year, has made 82 appearances for Canada’s national team. He sits two back of all-time record holder Paul Stalteri, who made 84 appearances before joining Canada’s national youth program as a coach.
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 – Julian de Guzman | CAN / Ottawa Fury FC
\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 Guzman, Julian | 1981 | Scarborough, ON, CAN | Wexford SC
\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