Canada men's national youth soccer teams

Canada U-23, U-20, U-18 and U-17 teams

Nickname(s)	The Canucks, Les Rouges (The Reds)
Association	Canadian Soccer Association
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Tony Fonseca (U-23) Nick Dasovic (U-20) Robert Gale (U-18) Sean Fleming (U-17)
Home stadium	BMO Field
FIFA code	CAN
First colours Second colours
Biggest win
U17: Canada 10–0 Nicaragua (San Salvador, El Salvador; 2 November 1994) Canada 10–0 Bermuda (Bacolet, Trinidad; 15 August 2006) U20:Canada 9–0 Dominican Rep. (Tegucigalpa, Honduras; 26 November 1978) U23:Canada 14–0 USVI (St. John's, Canada; 10 September 2003)

Canada's men's national soccer teams compete at various age levels, including under-23 (or Olympic), under-20, and under-17. Many of Canada's current internationals have played at one or more of these age levels early in their career, often working with the same coaches and teammates throughout their progression into the senior squad.

U-20 Team

Main article: Canada men's national under-20 soccer team

Canada's under-20 compete at the FIFA U-20 World Cup level, a tournament that Canada hosted in 2007, going scoreless and winless in first-round play. In 2001, Canada hosted a group in the CONCACAF qualifying cycle for the tournament in Argentina later that year, winning their group at Swangard Stadium in Vancouver.

U-23 Team

Main article: Canada men's national under-23 soccer team

Unlike UEFA member associations that use under-21 regional competitions as Olympic qualifying, as a member of CONCACAF, Canada's under-23 team competes in regional qualifying in the same year as the summer Olympics and its call-ups are traditionally only limited to players under 23 years of age.

Canada won the football competition at the 1904 Summer Olympics in the United States, represented by Galt Football Club in St. Louis. The club side from modern-day Cambridge area defeated two American colleges to claim the gold medal several years before football at the Olympics was organized into competition between national sides and decades before age restrictions were put into place. The International Olympic Committee recognizes the 1900, 1904 and 1906 editions of the tournament as official international results while FIFA does not. Canada hosted the 1976 Summer Olympics, where the standing record for attendance at a soccer match in the country was set.

2008 qualifying

Known for his vocal antics on the touchline, Nick Dasovic led Canada through Olympic qualifying in 2008, drawing Mexico 1-1 and helping to eliminate the heavily favoured Mexican side in the process. After a highly promising 5-0 win over Guatemala on a night when Mexico had to better that result against Haiti but could only win 5-1, Canada fell to the United States 3-0 in the semifinal, losing out on a spot in Beijing at the Olympics that summer. Canada recovered to defeat Guatemala in the third-place playoff, a rematch of their first round game, winning on penalties (5-3) after a scoreless draw through 120 minutes.

Current U-23 National Team Members

The following players were called up to the Canada U23 Men's National Team camp 13–20 March 2012 in Sunrise, Florida for the 2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

Head coach: Tony Fonseca

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club - 1GK Adam Janssen 14 January 1991 (age 21) 0 Long Island University - 1GK Michal Misiewicz 11 October 1990 (age 21) 4 FC Edmonton - 1GK Simon Thomas 12 April 1990 (age 21) 0 Huddersfield Town - 2DF Nana Attakora 27 March 1989 (age 21) 3 FC Haka - 2DF Drew Beckie 30 September 1990 (age 21) 1 University of Denver - 2DF Andrés Fresenga 13 October 1992 (age 19) 3 Racing Club de Montevideo - 2DF Tristan Grant 31 January 1992 (age 20) 0 Nacional - 2DF Doneil Henry 20 April 1993 (age 18) 4 Toronto FC - 2DF Matt Stinson 9 September 1992 (age 19) 4 Toronto FC - 3MF Kyle Bekker 2 September 1990 (age 21) 4 Toronto FC - 3MF Philippe Davies 12 December 1990 (age 21) 4 Richmond Kickers - 3MF Bryce Alderson 5 February 1994 (age 18) 0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC - 3MF Mozesh Gyorio 1 August 1989 (age 22) 0 Unattached - 3MF Samuel Piette 12 November 1994 (age 17) 4 FC Metz - 3MF Shaun Saiko 13 November 1989 (age 22) 4 FC Edmonton - 3MF Russell Teibert 22 December 1992 (age 19) 4 Vancouver Whitecaps FC - 4FW Evan James 19 June 1990 (age 21) 4 Montreal Impact - 4FW Randy Edwini-Bonsu 20 April 1990 (age 21) 2(1) Eintracht Braunschweig - 4FW Sherif El-Masri 5 February 1990 (age 22) 2 Young Lions - 4FW Kyle Porter 19 January 1990 (age 22) 0 FC Edmonton - 4FW Babayele Sodade 26 July 1990 (age 21) 2 Seattle Sounders FC - 4FW Carl Haworth 4 June 1989 (age 21) 4 Niagara University - 4FW Lucas Cavallini 28 December 1992 (age 19) 4 Nacional - 4FW Marcus Haber 11 January 1989 (age 22) 7(3) St. Johnstone

Recent call-ups

Goalkeepers

Player	Date of birth	Club	Caps (clean sheets)
Julien Latendresse Lévesque	27 February 1991	Energie Cottbus	0 (0)

Defenders

Player	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)
Sean Hart	25 June 1991	Schulz Academy	0 (0)
Eddy Sidra	20 February 1989	FC Edmonton	0 (0)
Curtis Ushedo	29 March 1989	Unattached	0 (0)
Fabrice Lassonde	18 February 1989	FC Edmonton	0 (0)
Julien Edwards	30 July 1988	Drake Bulldogs	0 (0)
Taylor Lord	30/20/1990	Portugal FC	0 (0)
Konner McNamara	19 September 1990	Albany Great Danes	0 (0)
Alex Surprenant	4 September 1989	FC Edmonton	0 (0)
Ashtone Morgan	9 February 1991	Toronto FC	0 (0)

Midfielders

Player	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)
Cesar Santamaria	29 March 1990	Once Municipal	0 (0)
Derek Gaudet	14 March 1989	Halifax Dunbrack	0 (0)
Dane Roberts	26 January 1989	Furman University	0 (0)
Michael Perreira	9 March 1989	Providence College	0 (0)
Philip Appiah	25 October 1989	Eastleigh F.C.	0 (0)
Augustin De Medina	13 February 1990	Milltown FC	0 (0)
Michael Nonni	10 November 1989	UC Santa Barbara	0 (0)
Ethan Gage	8 May 1991	Reading F.C.	0 (0)
Jarek Whiteman	28 June 1990	Portugal FC	0 (0)
Jonathan Parolini		A.S.D. Bojano	0 (0)

Strikers

Player	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)
Reda Agourram	10 December 1990	Montreal Impact	0 (0)
Igor Pisanjuk	24 October 1989	Egri FC	1 (0)

U-17 team

Current U-17 National Team Members

Head coach: Sean Fleming

The roster that was called up for the 2013 CONCACAF U-17 Championship in Panama

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club - 1GK Daniel Milton 0 Ajax FC - 1GK Marco Carducci 0 Vancouver Whitecaps Residency - 1GK James Pantemis 0 Lakeshore SC - 2DF Alex Comsia 0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency - 2DF Aron Mkungilwa 0 Académie Impact Montréal - 2DF Elias Roubos 0 Toronto FC Academy - 2DF Kevon Black 0 Toronto FC Academy - 2DF Mathieu Laurent 0 Mississauga Soccer Club - 2DF Samuel Vinson 0 West Pine Strikers - 2DF Ian Fernandes 0 Toronto FC Academy - 3MF Mikaël Cantave 0 Orvault Sport Football - 3MF Marco-Leonel Dominguez 0 Braves d'Ahuntsic - 3MF Kianz Gonzales-Froese 0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency - 3MF Jose Manuel Lopez 0 FC Edmonton reserves - 3MF Jordan Haynes 0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency - 3MF Derick Sequeira 0 Toronto FC Academy - 3MF Ali Musse 0 WSA Winnipeg - 3MF Marco Bustos 0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency - 3MF Andrew Gordon 0 Woodbridge Strikers - 3MF Matthew Chow 0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency - 4FW Hanson Boakai 0 FC Edmonton - 4FW Jordan Hamilton 16 March 1996 3 Toronto FC Academy - 4FW El Mehdi Ibn Brahim 0 Braves d'Ahuntsic - 4FW Derek Cornelius 0 Unionville SC

Recent call-ups

Recent call-ups updated to February 2013.

Goalkeepers

Player	Date of birth	Club	Caps (clean sheets)

Defenders

Player	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)
Ian Fernandes		West Rouge SC	0 (0)

Midfielders

Player	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)
Justin White		Dixie SC	0 (0)
Kalifala D Konneh		St-Léonard	0 (0)

Strikers

Player	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)
Luca Uccello		Toronto FC Academy	0 (0)
Malik Johnson		Brampton East Soccer Club	0 (0)
Raheem Taylor-Parkes		VSI Flames	0 (0)
Paco Deckers		SC Heerenveen	0 (0)

Past U-17 national team members

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Jordan Campbell 13 February 1991 Golden Goal Soccer Academy 2 2DF Jeff Wreaks 7 January 1991 Brantford City F.C. 3 2DF Chris Merriman 22 January 1991 Victoria Highlanders 4 3MF Olivier Prud’Homme 31 January 1991 St-Jean-Sur-Le-Richelieu Celtix 5 2DF Ethan Gage 8 May 1991 Vancouver Whitecaps 6 3MF Ashtone Morgan 9 February 1991 TFC Academy 7 3MF James Stamopoulos 24 June 1991 Erin Mills S.C. 8 3MF Manvir Brar 30 August 1991 Brampton East Chargers 9 2DF Ian Greedy 19 April 1991 Dartmouth United S.C. 10 4FW Khaled Mohamed 20 April 1991 3 Foothills United 11 4FW Mircea Ilcu 1 April 1991 Lakers Lac St-Louis 12 2DF Brandon Ho 22 November 1991 Peace Arch S.C. 13 3MF Brayden Gant 26 March 1991 Whitecaps FC Prospects 14 2DF Kostantine Dekaneas 13 July 1991 5 Toronto Lynx 15 2DF Domenico Grasso 9 February 1991 University of Vermont 16 1GK Justin Baarts 21 February 1991 North Delta S.C. 17 3MF Indrek Romet 18 March 1991 Lakers Lac St-Louis 18 4FW David Velastegui 1 April 1991 Mississauga Dixie Blue Devils 19 3MF Riley Newport 10 January 1991 Whitecaps FC Prospects 20 4FW Damien Rolon Mérette 11 February 1991 Nepean City S.C. 21 3MF Matt Berrigan 7 February 1991 Dartmouth United S.C. 22 3MF Ryan Crowell 4 March 1991 Valley United 23 2DF Ben Hemphill 17 January 1991 Whitecaps FC Prospects 1GK Jason Blackley 10 February 1990 ? Saskatoon United Home: Regina, SK 3MF Cardin Davis 16 January 1990 ? Trinity Western University Home: Saltspring Island, BC 4FW William Hyde 25 October 1990 ? Oakville Bluestars Home: Oakville, ON 2DF Olivier Lacoste-Lebuis 28 August 1990 ? RC Strasbourg Home: Montreal, QU 2DF Colin Parenteau-Michon 15 July 1990 1 Trois-Rivières Attak 3MF Andrew Barsalona 3 August 1990 ? Cardinal Newman Catholic Secondary School Home: Stoney Creek, ON 3MF David-Antonio Piedimonte 12 July 1990 ? Lakeshore Soccer Club Home: Montreal, QC 4FW Devin Gunenc 11 February 1990 ? North Shore Selects Home: Vancouver, BC 3MF Daniel Kijowski 19 May 1990 ? NTC Ontario Home: Montreal, QC 2DF Mohamed Sylla 14 April 1990 ? Trois-Rivières Attak Home: Pierrefonds, QC 4FW Teal Bunbury 27 February 1990 ? St. Mary's High School Home: Minneapolis, MN 4FW Cristobal Robles 23 January 1990 ? Vancouver Selects Home: Vancouver, BC 2DF Kyle Bekker 2 September 1990 ? Oakville Soccer Club Home: Oakville, ON 4FW Marcus Johnstone 27 March 1990 ? Edmonton Scottish Soccer Club Home: Edmonton, AB 2DF Greg Smith 7 March 1990 ? FC Blaze Home: North Vancouver, BC 2DF Daniel Tannous 13 April 1990 ? NTC Ontario Home: Thornhill, ON 1GK Karem Shergill 24 January 1990 ? Surrey United Home: Surrey BC 1GK Julien Latendresse Lévesque 27 February 1991 3 Montreal Impact 4FW Randy Edwini-Bonsu 20 April 1990 1 Vancouver Whitecaps Residency 2DF Drew Beckie 30 September 1990 1 Regina Roadrunners 1GK Adam Street 7 July 1991 1 West Ham United 3MF Alex Semenets 10 March 1990 5 Vancouver Whitecaps Residency 2DF Gagandeep Dosanjh 1 November 1990 4 Vancouver Whitecaps Residency 2DF Adam Straith 11 September 1990 5 Vancouver Whitecaps Residency 3MF Vince Petrasso 4 November 1989 1 Toronto Lynx 2DF Colin Parenteau-Michon 15 July 1990 1 Trois-Rivières Attak 4FW Sherif El-Masri 2 May 1990 5 Home United 3MF William Hyde 25 October 1990 4 Vancouver Whitecaps Residency 4FW Jarek Whiteman 28 June 1990 5 Brampton Lions 3MF Philippe Davies 12 December 1990 5 Vancouver Whitecaps Residency 3MF Cédric Carrié 16 August 1990 1 Trois-Rivières Attak 3MF Kevin Chan-Yu-Tin 11 July 1990 8 Lakers Lac St-Louis 2DF Eric Leal 23 August 1990 1 Vaughan S.C.

U-18 National Development Team

Current U-18 National Team Members

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Samuel Slaunwhite 25 February 1992 Halifax County United 2 2DF Sean Hart 25 June 1991 Florida Atlantic Owls 3 2DF Cristiano 4 July 1991 Shattuck-Saint Mary's 4 2DF John Phillips 24 July 1991 Collingwood United SC 5 2DF Osmo Bimba 18 August 1991 Vancouver Whitecaps Residency 6 2DF Damiem Merette 2 November 1991 Nacional FC 7 3MF Roger Thompson 12 December 1991 East Bladen High School 8 3MF Andreas Hart 22 June 1991 Dartmouth United 9 4FW Joseph Costouros 31 March 1991 Leixoes SC 10 3MF Kent Oppelt 30 April 1991 Victoria Highlanders 11 4FW Rhys Volkenant 29 April 1991 Whitecaps FC Prospects 12 3MF Marcus Greenlaw 19 May 1991 Halifax Wanderers 13 1GK Rich Causton 15 February 1992 Coquitlam Metro-Ford S.C. 14 4FW Jordan Ongaro 14 January 1992 Edmonton Scottish SC 15 2DF Derrick Bassi 29 February 1992 Middlesbrough F.C. 16 2DF Amine Meftouh 1 April 1992 Trois-Rivières Attak 17 2DF Kevin Cobby 31 March 1992 Whitecaps FC Prospects 18 4FW John Pegg 12 May 1991 Edmonton Scottish SC 19 2DF Jimmy Jordan 19 November 1991 ? Simon Fraser University 20 4FW Sean Colvin 17 July 1991 Calgary Elbow Valley Villains 21 4FW Allando Matheson 29 February 1992 TFC Academy 22 2DF Marco South 27 February 1992 Calcio Padova 23 3MF Patrick Reddick 8 April 1992 Scotia S.C. 24 2DF Scott Gilroy 8 February 1991 Edmonton Green & Gold F.C.

Former U-18 National Team Members

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club - 1GK Andrew Kowan 1 April 1989 ? Trinity Western University Home: Richmond, BC - 1GK David Monslave 21 December 1988 ? Toronto FC Home: Brampton, ON - 2DF Marcus Haber 11 January 1989 ? FC Groningen Home: Vancouver, BC - 4FW Jorge Angel-Mira 5 February 1989 ? University of British Columbia Home: Burnaby BC - 3MF Keegan Ayre 4 July 1988 ? Hibernian F.C. Home: Coquitlam, BC - 3MF Alpha Bah 3 April 1987 ? Trois-Rivières Attak Home: Montreal, QC - 3MF Gabe Gala 29 June 1989 ? Brampton East S.C. Home: Toronto, QC - 3MF Rob Giezen 10 March 1989 ? FC Groningen Home: Vancouver, BC - 4FW Josue Jaramillo 28 November 1988 ? Italia Shooters Home: Toronto, QC - 3MF Amuri Kapongo 1 January 1988 ? Edmonton Green & Gold Home: Edmonton, AB - 2DF Adam Lang 9 February 1988 ? University of Washington Home: Chilliwack, BC - 2DF Stephen Leslie 23 October 1987 ? Trinity Western University Home: Vancouver, BC - 2DF Stephen Lumley 16 April 1987 ? North Mississauga S.C. Home: Mississauga, ON - 2DF Alex Marrello 28 September 1988 ? University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Home: Burnaby, BC - 3MF Ibrahim Baldeh 24 December 1987 ? Trois-Rivières Attak Home: Coquitlam BC - 1GK Kevin Murphy 16 March 1987 ? Utica College Home: Regina, SK - 2DF Liam Smith 1 January 1989 ? Simon Fraser University Home: Surrey, BC - 3MF Kennedy Owusu-Ansah 20 July 1989 ? Weston S.C. Home: Toronto, ON - 2DF Brayden Volkenant 3 March 1989 ? Trinity Western University Home: Surrey, BC

Staff

Head Coach

• Robert Gale

Assistant Coach

• Marc Bircham

Goalkeeper Coach

• Knut Rovde

Athletic Therapist

• Al Ezaki

Equipment Manager

• Davide DeDonato

Team Manager

• Les Meszaros

Past U-17 and U-16 National Team Members

• Chris Afonso
• Johnson Akuoko
• Salomon Amoako
• Joseph Awuakye
• Danny Bachar
• Karl Bardossy
• Marko Bedenikovic
• André Belotte
• Aaron Benjamin
• David Benning
• Paolo Bordignon
• Lorenzo Borella
• Cameron Bowman
• Paul Boyle
• Harman Braich
• Shyle Braithwaite
• Teal Bunbury
• Richardo Cardenas
• Ken Campbell
• Massimo Caprio
• Anthony Carrabino
• Sandro Cesario
• Carmine Ciccarelli
• Tony Clark
• Shaun Clarke
• Dave Clemente
• Alvin Clyne
• Chris Craveiro
• Rob Csabai
• Rick Curran
• Jason Dean
• Trevor Delpippo
• Josh Delrio
• Paolo Depietrantonio
• Giancarlo Di Sano
• Kris Donev
• Angelo Donia
• Sherwin Emmanuel
• Jamie Englefield
• Gad Espinoso
• Chris Fermanis
• Darrren Fernandes
• Danny Gallagher
• Andy García
• Jaswinder Gill
• Liam Girard
• Joaquin Gonzales
• Paul Grant
• Sam Grewal
• Devin Gunenc
• Oliver Heald
• Jordan Hughes
• Marko Janjicek
• Josue Jaramillo
• Ian Jeffrey
• Marcus Johnstone
• Rory Kennedy
• Robert Kerek
• Dennis Kindel
• Milan Kojic
• Antoine Lagarec
• Adam Lang
• Joe Leafloor
• Adam Lee
• Allan Lewis
• Steve London
• Michael Luk
• Scott Macey
• Matt Mahoney
• Steve Maio
• Dalvir Malhi
• Marinko Maras
• Alex Marrello
• Bryan Matic
• Scott McEachern
• Kyle McGuffin
• Kerr McLeod
• Eddie McMillan
• Simranjit Minhas
• Kenneth Morrison
• Bruno Napoleao
• Danny Nielson
• James Niermann
• Dominic Oppong
• Rob Orefice
• Mario Panizzon
• Vito Paoletto
• George Papageorgopoulos
• Dennis Peeman
• Tom Perks
• Nevio Pizzolitto
• Kyle Porter
• Andrew Proctor
• Eric Puig
• Carmelo Rago
• Curtis Ridley
• Derek Rios
• Gavin Russell
• Christian Salina
• Enzo Sallese
• Spencer Schmidt
• Gabriel Seguin-Gauthier
• Pasubio Carlo Seminara
• Greg Smith
• Mark Smith
• Roberto Sorella
• Chris Stathopoulos
• Jim Suriano
• Mohamed Sylla
• Agostino Vaglica
• Markus Valente
• Kashka Walker
• Jack Wendt
• Neil Wilson
• Kevin Rowe

External links

• Official Site