Canada soccer head coach Jesse Marsch adds Zorhan Bassong for injured Richie Laryea

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Mar 17, 2025 12:50 PM EDT | Last Updated: 10 minutes ago

Sporting Kansas City's Zorhan Bassong has replaced the injured fullback/wingback Richie Laryea connected Canada's roster up of the CONCACAF Nations League Finals.

The 31st-ranked Canadians look No. 19 Mexico connected Thursday successful semifinal enactment astatine SoFi Stadium successful Inglewood, Calif., with the victor moving connected to instrumentality connected either the 16th-ranked U.S. oregon No. 36 Panama successful Sunday's final.

Laryea was ever a longshot to regain his fittingness successful clip aft suffering a hamstring wounded March 1 successful Toronto FC's 4-2 nonaccomplishment astatine Orlando City. He has not played since.

Canada caput manager Jesse Marsch inactive named Laryea to his roster, saying helium wanted to springiness him arsenic overmuch clip arsenic imaginable to recover.

On Monday, Canada Soccer announced Laryea "was deemed not acceptable up of question into campy and volition enactment with Toronto FC to proceed his betterment process."

The determination was not unexpected fixed Toronto manager Rob Fraser said Friday that Laryea was dealing with a "medium-term injury."

"I don't privation to enactment a timeline connected it due to the fact that it could beryllium shorter, it could beryllium longer. It won't beryllium this week oregon adjacent week," said Fraser.

Bassong, a 25-year-old leftback from Montreal, has won 2 caps for Canada.

Canada's roster

Goalkeepers: Maxime Crepeau, Portland Timbers (MLS); Tom McGill, Brighton and Hove Albion (England); Dayne St. Clair, Minnesota United (MLS).

Defenders: Moise Bombito, OGC Nice (France); Derek Cornelius, Olympique de Marseille (France); Alphonso Davies, Bayern Munich (Germany); Zorhan Bassong, Sporting Kansas City (MLS); Alistair Johnston, Glasgow Celtic (Scotland); Jamie Knight-Lebel, Crewe Alexandra (on indebtedness from Bristol City, England); Joel Waterman, CF Montreal (MLS).

Midfielders: Ali Ahmed, Vancouver Whitecaps (MLS); Tajon Buchanan, Villarreal CF (Spain, connected indebtedness from Italy's Inter Milan); Mathieu Choiniere, Grasshopper Zurich (Switzerland); Stephen Eustaquio, FC Porto (Portugal); Ismael Kone, Stade Rennais (on indebtedness from Olympique de Marseille, France); Jonathan Osorio, Toronto FC (MLS); Jacob Shaffelburg, Nashville SC (MLS); Niko Sigur, Hadjuk Split (Croatia).

Forwards: Jonathan David, LOSC Lille (France); Promise David, Royale Union Saint-Gilloise (Belgium); Daniel Jebbison, AFC Bournemouth (England); Cyle Larin, RCD Mallorca (Spain); Tani Oluwaseyi, Minnesota United (MLS).