Canada Soccer names preliminary 60-man roster for this summer's CONCACAF Gold Cup

Neil Davidson · The Canadian Press

· Posted: May 19, 2025 2:54 PM EDT | Last Updated: May 19

Canada has filed its preliminary roster for adjacent month's CONCACAF Gold Cup, a 60-man database that volition beryllium reduced to a last squad of 23 to 26 players by June 4.

The 18th variation of the CONCACAF title runs June 14 to July 6, featuring 15 countries from North and Central America and the Caribbean positive No. 58 Saudi Arabia arsenic a impermanent team.

The tournament, spanning 14 stadiums crossed 11 metropolitan areas successful the U.S. and Canada (Vancouver), is coming to Canada for a 3rd clip with Toronto's BMO Field having staged games successful 2015 and 2023.

The Canadians, presently ranked a grounds 30th successful the world, unfastened Group B play June 17 against No. 75 Honduras astatine B.C. Place Stadium earlier moving to Houston to look No. 90 Curacao connected June 21 and No. 81 El Salvador connected June 24, with some games astatine Shell Energy Stadium.

The apical 2 successful each of the 4 groups beforehand to the knockout round.

Marsch to service 2-game ban

Canada volition beryllium without manager Jesse Marsch for the archetypal 2 games astatine the tournament. Marsch was handed a two-game prohibition aft being sent disconnected successful the CONCACAF Nations League third-place crippled successful March.

The preliminary roster features six players from CF Montreal (Victor Loturi, Luca Petrasso, Sam Piette, Nathan Saliba, Jonathan Sirois and Joel Waterman), 5 from Toronto FC (Theo Corbeanu, Deandre Kerr, Richie Laryea, Jonathan Osorio and Kosi Thompson) and 4 from the Vancouver Whitecaps (Sam Adekugbe, Ali Ahmed, Jayden Nelson and Ralph Priso).

Montreal's Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty, connected indebtedness astatine Charlotte FC from Montreal, is besides connected the roster.

Osorio (shoulder) and Laryea (hamstring) person been sidelined by wounded but are nearing a return. There is nary spot for Alphonso Davies, however, with the Canada skipper recovering from genu surgery. Winger Liam Millar (Hull City, England) has besides been sidelined by a genu injury.

Calendar clashes

Canada vice-captain Stephen Eustaquio is connected the preliminary roster contempt the information that his Portuguese broadside Porto is taking portion astatine the FIFA Club World Cup, which runs June 14 to July 13. Forward Jonathan David, acceptable to depart France's Lille with his declaration expiring, could besides look a calendar clash if helium signs with 1 of the 32 teams astatine the Club World Cup.

Canada's preliminary roster besides includes 17-year-old York United FC winger Shola Jimoh (York United FC, CPL), 19-year-old guardant Santiago Lopez (Pumas UNAM, Mexico), 20-year-old midfielder Jovan Ivanisevic (Italy's Bologna FC U-20 squad connected indebtedness from Croatia's NK Istra 1961), 20-year-old midfielder Dieu-Merci Michel (Vitoria de Guimaraes, Portugal), and 22-year-old midfielder Justin Smith (RCD Espanyol, Spain).

Promise David (Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, Belgium) and Daniel Jebbison (Bournemouth, England), called up for the CONCACAF Nations League Finals earlier this twelvemonth aft committing to Canada, some made the preliminary roster.

There is besides a spot for Kwasi Poku, who was named the 2024 CPL Best Canadian U-21 Player for Forge FC earlier transferring to Belgium's RWD Molenbeek for a CPL-record transportation fee.

Canada, the U.S, Mexico, Panama, El Salvador, Haiti, Curacao and the Dominican Republic, qualified for this year's tourney via the CONCACAF Nations League.

Costa Rica, Jamaica, Honduras, Trinidad and Tobago, Guatemala, Suriname and Guadeloupe booked their tickets by winning two-legged qualifying playoffs.

Mexico, Canada, Panama and the U.S., arsenic the apical teams successful the CONCACAF rankings, were seeded and kept portion successful antithetic groups.

The Canadian men are 9-13-7 all-time against Honduras, winning 4-1 the past clip they met successful March 2023 astatine BMO Field. They are 10-5-4 against El Salvador, winning 3-0 and 2-0 erstwhile they met successful September 2021 and February 2022.

Canada has won each 3 meetings with Curacao, including a 2-0 determination the past clip they met successful CONCACAF Nations League play successful March 2023. That crippled was Canada's archetypal aft the 2022 World Cup successful Qatar.

Mexico is the existent Gold Cup champion, having defeated Panama 1-0 successful the 2023 last for its grounds ninth Gold Cup title. The U.S. has lifted the trophy 7 times and Canada once, successful 2000.

The Canadian men mislaid to the U.S. successful a quarterfinal punishment shootout past clip out, astatine the 2023 tournament.

Canada finished 3rd successful 2002 and was a losing semifinalist successful 2007 and 2021, beaten by the U.S., and Mexico, respectively.

Preliminary roster

• Sam Adekugbe, Vancouver Whitecaps (MLS)
• Stephen Afrifa, Sporting Kansas City (MLS)
• Ali Ahmed, Vancouver Whitecaps (MLS)
• Theo Bair, AJ Auxerre (France)
• Zorhan Bassong, Sporting Kansas City (MLS)
• Moise Bombito, OGC Nice (France)
• Zachary Brault-Guillard, FC Lugano (Switzerland)
• Charles-Andreas Brym, Almere City FC (the Netherlands)
• Tajon Buchanan, Villarreal CF (Spain, connected indebtedness from Inter Milan)
• Lucas Cavallini, Puebla CF (Mexico)
• Mathieu Choiniere, Grasshopper Club Zurich (Switzerland)
• Theo Corbeanu, Toronto FC (MLS) 
• Derek Cornelius, Olympique de Marseille (France)
• Maxime Crepeau, Portland Timbers (MLS)
• Jonathan David, LOSC Lille (France)
• Promise David, Royale Union Saint-Gilloise (Belgium)
• Luc De Fougerolles, Fulham FC academy (England)
• Raheem Edwards, New York Red Bulls (MLS)
• Stephen Eustaquio, FC Porto (Portugal)
• Kyle Hiebert, St. Louis City SC (MLS)
• Junior Hoilett, Hibernian (Scotland)
• Jovan Ivanisevic, Bologna FC 1909 U20 (Italy connected indebtedness from NK Istra 1961, Croatia)
• Daniel Jebbison, Bournemouth (England)
• Shola Jimoh, York United FC (CPL)
• Alistair Johnston, Celtic (Scotland)
• Mark-Anthony Kaye, San Jose Earthquakes (MLS)
• Scott Kennedy, K.A.S. Eupen (Belgium)
• Deandre Kerr, Toronto FC (MLS)
• Jamie Knight-Lebel, Crewe Alexandra (on indebtedness from Bristol City, England)
• Ismael Kone, Stade Rennais FC (on indebtedness from Olympique de Marseille, France)
• Cyle Larin, RCD Mallorca (Spain); Richie Laryea, Toronto FC (MLS)
• Santiago Lopez, Pumas UNAM (Mexico)
• Victor Loturi, CF Montreal (MLS)
• Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty, Charlotte FC (on indebtedness from CF Montreal, MLS)
• Tom McGill, Brighton and Hove Albion (England)
• Zac McGraw, Portland Timbers FC (MLS)
• Dieu-Merci Michel, Vitoria de Guimaraes (Portugal)
• Kamal Miller, Portland Timbers FC (MLS)
• Jayden Nelson, Vancouver Whitecaps (MLS)
• Tani Oluwaseyi, Minnesota United (MLS)
• Jonathan Osorio, Toronto FC (MLS)
• James Pantemis, Portland Timbers FC (MLS)
• Harry Paton, Motherwell (Scotland)
• Luca Petrasso, CF Montreal (MLS)
• Samuel Piette, CF Montreal (MLS)
• Kwasi Poku, R.W.D. Molenbeek
• Ralph Priso, Vancouver Whitecaps (MLS)
• Jacen Russell-Rowe, Columbus Crew (MLS)
• Nathan Saliba, CF Montreal (MLS)
• Jacob Shaffelburg, Nashville SC (MLS)
• Niko Sigur, HNK Hajduk Split (Croatia)
• Jonathan Sirois, CF Montreal (MLS)
• Justin Smith, RCD Espanyol (Spain)
• Dayne St. Clair, Minnesota United (MLS)
• Kimani Stewart-Baynes, Colorado Rapids (MLS)
• Gregoire Swiderski, Deportivo Alaves B (Spain)
• Kosi Thompson, Toronto FC (MLS)
• Joel Waterman, CF Montreal (MLS)
• Dominick Zator, Korona Kielce (Poland)