Canada roster for Honduras, Mexico qualifiers

Some of the contributors over at the Voyageurs forum are losing their shit over Dale Mitchell's selections for the next two qualifying matches, particularly the selection of Kevin Harmse and leaving Jim Brennan behind.

Harmse

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We're not big fans of the Pineapple Express either, but it's a depth move and Brennan hadn't done much useful for Canada anyway. Other surprises are the return of the Wizard of Poz, Chris Pozniak, and Josh Wagenaar coming into the squad to backup Lars, instead of Greg Sutton or Pat Onstad.

As always, you can consult the official version, but my quick and dirty summary of the player called up should be all you need:

Player	Pos.	Team	League
Lars Hirschfeld	GK	CFR Cluj	Romania
Chris Pozniak	D/M	Dundee FC	Scotland
Mike Klukowski	D	Club Brugge	Belgium
Kevin McKenna	D	1. FC Köln	Germany
Andre Hainault	D	FK SIAD Most	Czech Rep.
Julian de Guzman	M	Deportivo La Coruna	Spain
Paul Stalteri	D/M	Tottenham	England
Kevin Harmse	D/M	Toronto FC	MLS
Tomasz Radzinski	M/F	Lierse	Belgium
Ali Gerba	F	Milton Keynes Dons	England
Richard Hastings	D	Inverness CT	Scotland
Dejan Jakovic	D	Red Star Belgrade	Serbia
Atiba Hutchinson	M	F.C. København	Denmark
Marcel de Jong	D/M	Roda JC	Netherlands
Patrice Bernier	M	FC Nordsjælland	Denmark
Rob Friend	F	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Germany
Iain Hume	F	Barnsley FC	England
Joshua Wagenaar	GK	Yeovil Town FC	England
Dwayne De Rosario**	M/F	Houston Dynamo	MLS
Adrian Serioux**	D/M	FC Dallas	MLS

** Serioux and De Rosario are unavailable for the Honduras match due to suspension. Expect them to play against Mexico.

All-time caps and goals:

Player	Caps	Goals
Lars Hirschfeld	24	0
Chris Pozniak	21	0
Mike Klukowski	18	0
Kevin McKenna	37	9
Andre Hainault	11	0
Julian de Guzman	35	4
Paul Stalteri	70	7
Kevin Harmse	6	0
Tomasz Radzinski	43	9
Ali Gerba	21	10
Richard Hastings	51	1
Dejan Jakovic	1	0
Atiba Hutchinson	39	2
Marcel de Jong	4	0
Patrice Bernier	34	0
Rob Friend	21	2
Iain Hume	25	2
Joshua Wagenaar	1	0
Dwayne De Rosario	52	15
Adrian Serioux	18	1
Total	532	62
Average	26.6	3.1

I have a hard time getting too worked up about these selections. The dream is dead, or close to it, and there is no reason to believe Canada will play any worse with Poz, Harmse, and de Jong on the bench than when Imhof, Occean and Brennan were riding pine.

If you're as worked up as I am about the Montreal Impact's recent triumphs, you might want to make the case for Sandro Grande, but with the fixture congestion they've been dealing with (a figure I heard is a match every 2.8 days since August) he could probably use the rest.

I still think Will Johnson would have been a good choice, although the ridiculous MLS move to play on international dates complicates that a bit.