Commentary: Canadian U-23 team remains a mystery While rest of CONCACAF preps for qualifying, Canucks still quiet With less than a month until the CONCACAF men’s Olympic qualification tournament kicks off, there seem to be more questions than answers when it comes to Canada’s entry. The American U-23 side has just finished up its latest of many pre-qualifying camps, Mexico have had their U-23 program in motion since last summer, and the same can be said for El Salvador and Panama, so Canadian fans can be excused for looking at their southern neighbors with a bit of envy. While Caleb Porter has held recent auditions in Europe and in the United States for his potential charges, leading to extensive debate among American fans on who will make the final cut, the conversation about their Canadian counterparts is alarmingly silent. http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2012/01/27/commentary-canadian-u-23-team-remains-mystery
US Under-23s to play Mexico in Olympic tune-up in Texas US Soccer announced on Wednesday that the US Under-23 team will face their counterparts from Mexico later this month as a crucial tune-up before men's Olympic qualifying tournament begins in March. The US and Mexico will face off on Feb. 29 at FC Dallas Stadium in Frisco, Texas, at 10 pm ET. The US U-23s will convene in Frisco on Feb. 19 to train in preparation for the match. US U-23 head coach Caleb Porter is expected to name his roster in the near future. http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2012/02/08/us-under-23s-play-mexico-olympic-tune-texas
Babayele Sodade On Thursday, the Sounders FC announced that he had signed with the club, joining Andrew Duran on the squad after both were selected in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft. He also let it out of the bag that he would join the Canadian National Team at U23 camp in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, from March 13-20 as they prepare for the Olympic Qualifying Tournament from March 22-April 2. In Fort Lauderdale, the group of invitees will be whittled down to a 20-man qualifying roster. http://myseattlesports.com/sounders-fc/sodade-off-to-canadian-u23-camp
Canada U-23 announces pre-tournament roster Players must be born 1989 or later. For the 23-player pre-tournament camp, coach Fonseca has selected players from professional clubs in Canada, USA, England, France, Germany, Scotland, Singapore and Uruguay. The oldest players were born in 1989 while the youngest players were born in 1994. CANADA GK- Adam Janssen | USA / Minnesota Stars GK- Michal Misiewicz | CAN / FC Edmonton GK- Simon Thomas | ENG / Huddersfield Town D- Nana Attakora | USA / San Jose Earthquakes D- Drew Beckie | USA / University of Denver D- Sherif El-Masri | SIN / Courts Young Lions D- Andrés Fresenga | URU / Racing Club de Montevideo D- Tristan Grant | URU / Club Nacional D- Doneil Henry | CAN / Toronto FC D- Matt Stinson | CAN / Toronto FC M- Bryce Alderson | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC M- Kyle Bekker | USA / Boston College M- Philippe Davies | Unattached / sans club M- Mozesh Gyorio | USA / Sporting Kansas City M- Evan James | CAN / Impact Montréal M- Samuel Piette | FRA / FC Metz M- Shaun Saiko | CAN / FC Edmonton M- Russell Teibert | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC F- Lucas Cavallini | URU / Club Nacional F- Marcus Haber | SCO / St. Johnstone FC F- Carl Haworth | CAN / Impact Montréal F- Kyle Porter | CAN / FC Edmonton F- Babayele Sodade | USA / Seattle Sounders http://www.canadasoccer.com/canada-m23-announces-pre-tournament-roster-p149571
Strikers Defeat Canadian U-23 Olympic Team Former FAU Owl Darnell King scores the game-winning goal in the 86th minute FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Mar. 18, 2012) – The Fort Lauderdale Strikers defeated the Canadian U-23 national team 1-0 at the Holiday Inn and Suites training facility in Sunrise, Fla. The Canadian team is the same who will attempt to qualify for the Summer Olympics later this month. Former Florida Atlantic University forward Darnell King scored the winning goal in the 86th minute of the match. The Strikers remain unbeaten in the preseason (4-0-1). http://www.nasl.com/index.php?id=3&newsid=1889
Alderson and Teibert make final Canadian Olympic qualifying roster Red and White play first match of qualifying on Thursday The Canadian Soccer Association (CSA) announced today that Vancouver Whitecaps FC midfielders Bryce Alderson and Russell Teibert have made Canada’s final 20-player roster for the upcoming 2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying tournament, which runs from March 22 to April 2. Canada's three group matches will be played in Nashville, Tennessee, on March 22 (against El Salvador), March 24 (USA) and March 26 (Cuba). CANADA 1- GK- Adam Janssen | USA / Minnesota Stars 2- FB- Andrés Fresenga | URU / Racing Club de Montevideo 3- M- Russell Teibert | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4- CB- Nana Attakora | 5- CB- Doneil Henry | CAN / Toronto FC 6- M- Kyle Bekker | USA / Boston College 7- M- Bryce Alderson | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC 8- M- Samuel Piette | FRA / FC Metz 9- M- Shaun Saiko | CAN / FC Edmonton 10- F- Marcus Haber | SCO / St. Johnstone FC 11- M- Matt Stinson | CAN / Toronto FC 12- F- Babayele Sodade | USA / Seattle Sounders FC 13- F- Lucas Cavallini | URU / Club Nacional 14- M- Philippe Davies | 15- M- Sherif El-Masri | SIN / Courts Young Lions 16- M- Drew Beckie | 17- F- Carl Haworth | CAN / Impact Montréal 18- GK- Michal Misiewicz | CAN / FC Edmonton 19- F- Randy Edwini-Bonsu | GER / Eintracht Braunsweig 20- M- Evan James | CAN / Impact Montréal http://www.whitecapsfc.com/news/201...make-final-canadian-olympic-qualifying-roster
