{ "title": "Canada\u2019s Roster Set for USA Friendly", "modified_at": "2026-05-05 17:36:12", "published_at": "2006-01-03 09:00:00", "url": "https://news.canadasoccer.com/canadas-roster-set-for-usa-friendly", "short_url": "http://prez.ly/r1Fd", "culture": "en", "language": "EN", "subtitle": "Ottawa, Ontario \u0096 Canada\u2019s Head Coach, Frank Yallop, has announced his squad of 19 players for Canada\u2019s upcoming friendly against the USA on January 22 in San Diego, California. The Canadians will hold their training camp from January 8\u009620 in Carson, CA before traveling to San Diego on January 20 fo\u2026", "slug": "canadas-roster-set-for-usa-friendly", "body": "

Ottawa, Ontario \u0096 Canada’s Head Coach, Frank Yallop, has announced his squad of 19 players for Canada’s upcoming friendly against the USA on January 22 in San Diego, California.
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\u200bThe Canadians will hold their training camp from January 8\u009620 in Carson, CA before traveling to San Diego on January 20 for the first match of 2006 for both countries.
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\u200bThe match will be played at Torero Stadium on the campus of the University of San Diego. Kickoff has been set for 5:00pm PT.
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\u200bTickets ranging in price levels from $25 to $90 are currently available at ussoccer.com, at the University of San Diego’s Jenny Craig Pavilion Box Office (Monday \u0096 Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.), and by phone at 619-260-7550 (Monday \u0096 Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.). Groups of 15 or more can purchase tickets through the University of San Diego by calling 619-260-7550.
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\u200bYallop has recalled eight players from the squad that beat Luxembourg 1-0 in mid-November. The youngest of those eight, Will Johnson, is presently with Dale Mitchell’s U20 team in Guadalajara, Mexico, but will join the squad following Canada’s involvement in the Chivas Cup.
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\u200bViking midfielder, Sandro Grande, has returned to the squad since recovering from the niggling calf strain that kept him out of the Luxembourg game.
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\u200bArmed with a new contract and club, Goteborg striker, Ali Gerba, has also recovered from a series of knocks and strains and is fit for selection.
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\u200bThe Montreal Impact will be sending six players to sunny California. Adam Braz, Gabe Gervais, and Greg Sutton were regular contributors in 2005 and have been recalled to Yallop’s squad. Joining them will be defenders Nevio Pizzolitto and Andre Hainault and midfielder Patrick Leduc. The trip will be Hainault’s first with the senior squad.
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\u200bMolde striker Rob Friend, who had to decline the invite to Luxembourg due to club commitments, makes a long-awaited return to the national team fold.
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\u200bToronto-native Adrian Serioux will also be back since his departure from Millwall in the fall of 2005. Serioux left the London-based club in late September for personal reasons and is presently unattached, but has been entertaining offers from several clubs interested in the midfielder’s services.
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\u200b\u0093I am looking forward to these two weeks with the squad,\u0094 said Head Coach Frank Yallop. \u0093It’s not often you get a chance to have your players for an extended training camp prior to a friendly so from that perspective, this is a welcome opportunity.\u0094
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\u200b\u0093It will also allow us the luxury of playing two or three scrimmages during the camp (in Carson), which is something we have been unable to do in the past.\u0094
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\u200bYallop is also fully aware of the dangers the Americans pose, even without many of their European regulars.
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\u200b\u0093I know the US will be without many of their European-based players but they still have the ability to put together a very talented \u0091domestic-based squad’, as was witnessed throughout the World Cup qualifying rounds and the last Gold Cup. A lot of guys will be keen to show Bruce (Arena) that they are capable of contributing to his World Cup squad, so they will take this game, and the games against Norway and Japan very seriously.\u0094
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\u200b\u00932006 will be an important year for us,\u0094 concluded Yallop. \u0093It’s vital that we solidify our pool of regular players this year and begin to move towards establishing a ’team’ that will compete for the 2007 Gold Cup, and of course qualifying for South Africa, which will likely start in 2008.\u0094
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\u200bFollowing the match against the USA, Canada’s Men’s National Team has agreed to an international friendly on March 1st, 2006 (the next available International Match Date on the FIFA coordinated International Calendar) against Austria. The match will be played at the Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna, Austria. Kick-off has tentatively been scheduled for 8:30pm local time.
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\u200bRoster \u0096 Canada Men’s National Team
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Player

POS

DOB

Caps

G/S

Club

Hometown

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Ademolu, Stephen

F

10/20/1982

1

 

Tromso

Windsor, ON

\n \n

Bernier, Patrice

M

9/23/1979

14

 

Tromso

Montreal, QC

\n \n

Braz, Adam

D

06/07/1981

6

 

Montreal Impact

St. Laurent, QC

\n \n

de Rosario, Dwayne

M/F

5/15/1978

35

7

Houston

Scarborough, ON

\n \n

Friend, Rob

F

1/23/1981

4

 

Molde

Kelowna, BC

\n \n

Gerba, Ali

F

7/27/1982

5

1

IFK Goteborg

Montréal, QC

\n \n

Gervais, Gabriel

D

9/18/1976

7

 

Montreal Impact

Brossard, QC

\n \n

Grande, Sandro

M

9/29/1977

9

1

Viking Stavanger

Montreal, QC

\n \n

Hainault, Andre (Andrew)

D

6/17/1986

 

 

Montreal Impact

Hudson, QC

\n \n

Hutchinson, Atiba

M

02/08/1983

18

2

Helsingborg

Brampton, ON

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Jazic, Ante

D/M

2/26/1976

13

 

FC Kuban

Halifax, NS

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Johnson, Will

F

1/21/1987

1

 

Chicago Fire

Woodridge, IL

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Leduc, Patrick

M

12/26/1977

3

 

Montreal Impact

Montréal, QC

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Pizzolitto, Nevio

D

8/26/1976

9

 

Montreal Impact

Montreal, QC

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Pozniak, Chris

D/M

01/10/1981

14

 

Haugesund FK

Scarborough, ON

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Reda, Marco

D

6/22/1977

2

 

unattached

Woodbridge, ON

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Serioux, Adrian

D/M

05/12/1979

7

 

unattached

Scarborough, ON

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Stamatopoulos, Kenny

GK

8/28/1979

3

1

Tromso

Markham, ON

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Sutton, Greg

GK

4/19/1977

6

2

Montreal Impact

Enfield, NH

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Staff
\u200bFrank Yallop – Head Coach
\u200bStephen Hart – Assistant Coach
\u200bJim Cannovan – Assistant Coach
\u200bSimon Smith – GK Coach (8-15 January)
\u200bPaul Dolan – GK Coach (15-22 January)
\u200bMorgan Quarry – Manager
\u200bDave Foley – Physiotherapist
\u200bVic Mendes – Equipment Manager

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\n Paulo Senra\n Chief Communications & Content Officer | Chef des communications et du contenu, Canada Soccer\n \n
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