Ottawa, Ontario \u0096 Canadian Men’s World Cup Team Head Coach Holger Osieck today announced the 16 player roster which will face Scotland in an international friendly on October 15. The game will be played at Hibernian’s Easter Road Stadium in Edinburgh at 8:00 p.m. The game will be shown live on Rogers Sportsnet at 3:00 p.m. ET.
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\u200bFourteen of the 16 players named were part of the team which defeated Switzerland on May 15. Nottingham Forest’s Jim Brennan and Livingston’s Davide Xausa are the two additions.
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\u200bThe game should feature some interesting match-ups as several Canadian players will face fellow club teammates in the game. Canadian striker Tomasz Radzinski could see fellow Everton players Scot Gemmil and Gary Naysmith, while Brennan’s Forest teammate Gareth Williams is on the Scottish roster. Heart of Midlothian is well represented with Canadian defender/midfielder Kevin McKenna and Scottish internationals Scott Severin and Steven Pressley.
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\u200bThe friendly will be a sort of homecoming for Richard Hastings whose parents live in Inverness. Hastings played eight seasons in Scotland before joining Austria’s Graz AK this summer. Jason deVos will return to Scotland for the first time since leaving Dundee United for Wigan Athletic in 2001. The same goes for Pat Onstad who spent two seasons with Dundee United before rejoining the Rochester Rhinos in 2001.
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\u200bThe game will also be special for Paul Fenwick who plays his club soccer for Hibernian at Easter Road Stadium, where the friendly will take place. This is the second consecutive game Canada has played at the home ground of one of its players. On May 15, 2002 Canada defeated Switzerland 3-1 at St. Gallen’s Espenmoos Stadium, home of Daniel Imhof. The other Canadian playing on his home turf is Xausa, who plays for Edinburgh club Livingston.
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\u200bCanadian Men’s World Cup Team Roster vs Scotland
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\u200bName Position Club D.O.B. Caps Goals/Shutouts
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\u200bLars Hirschfeld GK Tottenham Hotspur, English Premier 10/17/78 8 3
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\u200bPat Onstad GK Rochester Rhinos, A-League 1/13/67 34 15
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\u200bPaul Fenwick D Hibernian, Scottish Premier 8/25/69 25 0
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\u200bJason deVos D Wigan Athletic, English Second Division 1/2/74 38 3
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\u200bChris Pozniak D/M Orebro, Swedish Premier Division 1/10/81 3 0
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\u200bRichard Hastings D/M Graz AK, Austrian First Division 5/18/77 26 1
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\u200bKevin McKenna D/M/F Heart of Midlothian, Scottish Premier 1/21/80 12 4
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\u200bMartin Nash M Rochester Raging Rhinos, A-League 12/27/75 23 2
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\u200bTam Nsaliwa M Saarbrucken, German Bundesliga 2 1/28/82 7 0
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\u200bDaniel Imhof M St. Gallen, Swiss First Division 11/22/77 11 0
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\u200bPaul Stalteri M/F Werder Bremen, German Bundesliga 10/18/77 38 3
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\u200bJulian de Guzman M/F Hannover 96, German Bundesliga 3/25/81 3 0
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\u200bJim Brennan M Nottingham Forest, English First Division 5/8/77 31 2
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\u200bDavide Xausa M/F Livingston, Scottish Premier 3/10/76 30 2
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\u200bDwayne de Rosario F San Jose Earthquakes, MLS 5/15/78 15 1
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\u200bTomasz Radzinski F Everton, English Premier 12/14/73 15 3
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\u200bStaff
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\u200bJim Fleming Head of Delegation
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\u200bHolger Osieck Head Coach
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\u200bBruce Twamley Assistant Coach
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\u200bKevin Muldoon Equipment Manager/Goalkeeping Coach
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\u200bDr. Sanjay Gupta Team Doctor
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\u200bGreg Bay Physiotherapist
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\u200bHans Guenter Bruns Massage Therapist
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\u200bMorgan Quarry Director of Communications/World Cup Team Manager
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