Canada will face Curaçao on 13 June at Stade Saputo, with tickets available via migmultidev-canada-soccer.pantheonsite.io. The match will be broadcast live on TSN and RDS, the official broadcaster for Canada Soccer’s National Teams.
“The new guys have adapted well while the veterans can see a path that, if we stay on it, we can get some results,” said Octavio Zambrano, Canada Soccer’s Men’s National Team Head Coach. “You can start to see what the young guys can bring to the National Team, but you can also see why the experienced players are still part of the team. It is a good combination and a well balanced team.”
Included in the squad are players from four different Canadian teams, including Montréal players Patrice Bernier (from Brossard, QC), Maxime Crépeau (Candiac, QC) and Anthony Jackson-Hamel (Québec, QC). Samuel Piette (Le Gardeur, QC) of CD Izarra in Spain is also included in the squad.
“It is sure to be a wonderful event,” said striker Anthony Jackson-Hamel, who scored in his first international start earlier this year in Bermuda. “With the match in Montréal at Stade Saputo, some of us will have family and friends which is super. It will be important that we get a good result, not just for them, but for us, too.”
Bernier is the most experienced player in the squad with 53 international appearances, while Marcel de Jong of Vancouver Whitecaps FC, Will Johnson of Orlando City SC, Adam Straith of FC Edmonton, Dejan Jakovi\u0107 of New York Cosmos, and goalkeeper Milan Borjan of MKS Korona Kielce add to the experience.
Alongside that experience, the youngest player in the squad is 16-year old Alphonso Davies who is taking part in his first Men’s National Team camp. Davies, who has been part of Canada Soccer’s Men’s EXCEL Program since 2014, became a Canadian citizen earlier this week before flying across the country for his first call up with the National Team.
While Davies is the lone teenager, he is one of 12 players aged 23 or younger. He is also one of six players who hopes to make his international debut alongside Juan Córdova, Raheem Edwards, Andrés Fresenga, Mark-Anthony Kaye, and Tyler Pasher.
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\u200bSUMMER OF SOCCER IN CANADA
\u200bThis summer, Canada Soccer’s National Teams will play in Winnipeg, Toronto and Montréal from 8-13 June. The Women’s National Team face Costa Rica in back-to-back match on 8 and 11 June in Winnipeg and Toronto before the Men’s National Team, in their send-off match before the CONCACAF Gold Cup, face Curaçao on 13 June at Stade Saputo. For complete ticket and event information, fans can visit migmultidev-canada-soccer.pantheonsite.io/tickets.
CONCACAF GOLD CUP
\u200bTaking place every two years, the CONCACAF Gold Cup is the official national team championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean. Drawing large crowds and millions of television viewers from across the region, the Gold Cup is a celebration of soccer, sportsmanship, and culture.
Canada are two-time CONCACAF champions, having won the CONCACAF Championship in 1985 and the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2000. Since the first edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 1991, Canada’s best finishes are first place in 2000 and semi-final finishes in 2002 and 2007. All time, Canada have posted a record of 15 wins, 11 draws, and 15 losses in 41 matches.
In 22 international matches since the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Canada’s record is eight wins, five draws, and six losses, including most recently a 1:1 draw with Scotland on 22 March 2017.
CANADA
\u200b1- GK- Maxime Crépeau | CAN / Impact Montréal FC
\u200b2- FB- Fraser Aird | Unattached
\u200b3- CB- Manjrekar James | HUN / Vasas Budapest
\u200b4- CB- Dejan Jakovi\u0107 | USA / New York Cosmos
\u200b5- M- Kianz Froese | GER / Fortuna Düsseldorf
\u200b6- M- Samuel Piette | ESP / CD Izarra
\u200b7- M- Russell Teibert | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC
\u200b8- M- Will Johnson | USA / Orlando City SC
\u200b9- F- Cyle Larin | USA / Orlando City SC
\u200b10- M- David Junior Hoilett | WAL / Cardiff City FC
\u200b11- F- Marcus Haber | SCO / Dundee FC
\u200b12- M- Alphonso Davies | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC
\u200b13- M- Jonathan Osorio | CAN / Toronto FC
\u200b14- M- Mark-Anthony Kaye | USA / Louisville City FC
\u200b15- M- Adam Straith | CAN / FC Edmonton
\u200b16- M/F- Anthony Jackson-Hamel | CAN / Impact Montréal FC
\u200b17- FB- Marcel de Jong | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC
\u200b18- GK- Milan Borjan | POL / MKS Korona Kielce
\u200b19- M- Raheem Edwards | CAN / Toronto FC
\u200b20- M- Patrice Bernier | CAN / Impact Montréal FC
\u200b21- FB- Juan Córdova | CHI / CD Huachipato
\u200b23- FB- Andrés Fresenga | URU / Cerro Largo FC
\u200b24- FB- Tyler Pasher | USA / Sporting Kansas City
CANADA A-Z
\u200bName | Birthyear | Age | City in which he was raised | First club/active start
\u200bAird, Fraser | 1995 | 22 | Scarborough, ON, CAN | North Scarborough SC
\u200bBernier, Patrice | 1979 | 37 | Brossard, QC, CAN
\u200bBorjan, Milan | 1987 | 29 | Hamilton, ON, CAN | Radnicki JP
\u200bCórdova, Juan | 1995 | 21 | Los Anges, CHI | San Esteban Association
\u200bCrépeau, Maxime | 1994 | 23 | Candiac, QC, CAN | Ligue de soccer pour enfants de Candiac
\u200bDavies, Alphonso | 2000 | 16 | Edmonton, AB, CAN | Edmonton Strikers
\u200bde Jong, Marcel | 1986 | 30 | Valkenswaard, NED | De Valk
\u200bEdwards, Raheem | 1995 | 21 | Toronto, ON, CAN | Erin Mills SC
\u200bFresenga, Andrés | 1992 | 24 | Toronto, ON, CAN | Toronto Argentina
\u200bFroese, Kianz | 1996 | 21 | La Habana, CUB & Winnipeg, MB, CAN | Garden City Community
\u200bHaber, Marcus | 1989 | 28 | Vancouver, BC, CAN | Dunbar SA
\u200bHoilett, David Junior | 1990 | 27 | Brampton, ON, CAN | Mississauga SC
\u200bJackson-Hamel, Anthony | 1993 | 23 | Québec, QC, CAN | Impact Junior ARS Québec
\u200bJakovi\u0107, Dejan | 1985 | 31 | Etobicoke, ON, CAN | Kingsview
\u200bJames, Manjrekar | 1993 | 23 | North York, ON, CAN | North York Azzuri
\u200bJohnson, Will | 1987 | 30 | Toronto, ON, CAN & Chicago, IL, USA |
\u200bKaye, Mark-Anthony | 1994 | 22 | Toronto, ON, CAN | Wexford SC
\u200bLarin, Cyle | 1995 | 22 | Brampton, ON, CAN | Brampton YSC
\u200bOsorio, Jonathan | 1992 | 25 | Brampton, ON, CAN | Toronto Futsal League
\u200bPasher, Tyler | 1994 | 23 | Elmira, ON, CAN | Woolwich Soccer Association
\u200bPiette, Samuel | 1994 | 22 | Le Gardeur, QC, CAN | Lionceaux de le Gardeur
\u200bStraith, Adam | 1990 | 26 | Victoria, BC, CAN | Bays United SC
\u200bTeibert, Russell | 1992 | 24 | Niagara Falls, ON, CAN | Niagara Falls SC