Canada men's national under-20 soccer team

Canada Under 20

Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	The Canucks, The Maple Leafs, Les Rouges (The Reds)
Association	Canadian Soccer Association
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Dale Mitchell
Captain	David Edgar
Most caps	-
Top scorer	-
FIFA code	CAN
First colours Second colours
First international
Canada 3-1 Portugal (Tokyo, Japan; August 25, 1979)
Biggest win
Canada 4-0 U.S.A. (Toronto, Canada; July 7, 1991)
Biggest defeat
Germany 4-0 Canada (Córdoba, Argentina; June 20, 2001)

Canada U-20 men's national soccer team, also known as Canada Under-20s or Canada U-20s, is the youth club for national soccer in Canada. It plays a large role in the development of Canadian soccer, and is considered to be the feeder team for the Canada men's national soccer team. The team has Qualified for 8 out of 16 FIFA U-20 World Cups, and their best result came in 2003 where they reached the Quarter-finals.

The team also competes in the CONCACAF U20 Tournament,

Team History

1976-1996

Canada's Under-20 soccer team was created in 1976 as Canada's response to the newly created World youth Championship. The team failed to quailify for the inaugural tournament in 1977 in Tunisia, but they qualified for the following tournament two years later in Japan. They finished last in their group with two points, but they did manage to defeat Portugal 3-1. The next time the team qualified for a World youth Championship was in 1985, in the USSR, again they came last in their group with only one point. In the 1987 WYC in Chile, Canada's Under-20 soccer team put up a good effort scoring four goals, and tying Italy, however they still did not manage to get out of the group stage.

1997-2004

In 1997, after failing to qualifie for four World youth Championship's in a row, Canada made it past the group stage for the first time, after an incredible 2-1 win against Hungary, in which a young Dwayne De Rosario scored a goal. Their luck would not continue, however, and they lost the round of 16 game against Spain 2-0. After missing the previous tournament in 1999, Canada once again did not compete well in Argentine 2001.

The 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship in United Arab Emirates was Canada's best effort yet. they qualified to the round of 16, then blanked Burkina Faso 1-0, before losing once again to Spain in the Quarter-Finals. It was very a very good tournament for Canada's U-20 team, and Iain Hume scored an impressive three goals for Canada.

2005-Present

The 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in The Netherlands was a repeat of previous years, as they did not fare well, tying once and loosing twice. The only bright side of the tournament was Jaime Peters', and Marcel De Jong's goals.

Canada's Under-20 team continued their success by defeating Brazil in the first game of a three game series, winning 2-1 in front of 14,000+ at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton on May 19, 2006. David Edgar and Will Johnson scored goals and Stephen Lumley made an amazing slide to kick the ball off the goal line to preserve Canada's first win over Brazil at any level. Canada lost the remaining two matches 3-1. The team's high expectations were not met on the pitch during the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, while on home turf. They lost all of their games, and did not score a single goal.

Current U-20 National Team Members

Head coach: Dale Mitchell

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Asmir Begovic	20 June 1987		Portsmouth
2	2DF	Nana Attakora-Gyan	27 March 1989		Toronto FC
3	2DF	Kent O'Connor	5 March 1987		1860 Munich
4	2DF	David Edgar	19 May 1987		Newcastle United
5	2DF	Marcus Haber	January 11 1989		FC Groningen
6	3MF	Jonathan Beaulieu-Bourgault	27 September 1988		FC St. Pauli
7	3MF	Jaime Peters	4 May 1987		Ipswich Town
8	3MF	Keegan Ayre	4 July 1988		Hibernian F.C.
9	4FW	Andrea Lombardo	23 May 1987		Toronto FC
10	3MF	Will Johnson	21 January 1987		SC Heerenveen
11	3MF	Simeon Jackson	28 March 1987		Rushden & Diamonds F.C.
12	2DF	Olivier Lacoste-Lebuis	28 August 1990		RC Strasbourg
13	2DF	Stephen Lumley	April 16 1987		Toronto FC
14	4FW	Tosaint Ricketts	6 August 1987		UW-Green Bay
15	3MF	Christian Nunez	7 July 1988		Toronto FC
16	4FW	Alex Elliott	24 April 1987		Univ. of Portland
17	2DF	Gabe Gala	29 June 1989		Toronto FC
18	2DF	Kennedy Owusu-Ansah	20 July 1989		Hertha Berlin
19	3MF	Michael D'Agostino	7 January 1987		Univ. of Kentucky
20	1GK	David Monsalve	21 December 1988		Toronto FC
21	1GK	Zach Kalthoff	20 November 1988		unattached

FIFA U-20 World Cup record

• 1977 - Did not Qualify
• 1979 - Round 1
• 1981 - Did not Qualify
• 1983 - Did not Qualify
• 1985 - Round 1
• 1987 - Round 1
• 1989 - Did not Qualify
• 1991 - Did not Qualify
• 1993 - Did not Qualify
• 1995 - Did not Qualify
• 1997 - Round of 16
• 1999 - Did not Qualify
• 2001 - Round 1
• 2003 - Quarter-finals
• 2005 - Round 1
• 2007 - Round 1