Official Canada roster for Macedonia, Poland

update 12.11.09: added Jonathan Beaulieu-Bourgault as 18th player

Enough with the speculation and wringing of hands. The official Canada roster for next week's friendlies has been released, and it's as close to an 'A' squad as you're likely to see:

Player	Pos.	Team	League
Lars Hirschfeld	GK	Energie Cottbus	Germany
Josh Wagenaar	GK	Falkirk	Scotland
Mike Klukowski	D/M	Club Brugge	Belgium
Kevin McKenna	D	1. FC Köln	Germany
Paul Stalteri	D/M	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Germany
Richard Hastings	D	Hamilton	Scotland
Dejan Jakovic	D	DC United	MLS
Julian de Guzman	M	Toronto FC	MLS
Atiba Hutchinson	M	FC København	Denmark
Patrice Bernier	M	FC Nordsjælland	Denmark
Iain Hume	M	Barnsley FC	England
Marcel de Jong	M	Roda JC	Netherlands
Jaime Peters	M	Ipswich Town FC	England
Josh Simpson	M/F	Manisaspor	Turkey
Simeon Jackson	F	Gillingham FC	England
Tomasz Radzinski	F	Lierse	Belgium
Rob Friend	F	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Germany
Jonathan Beaulieu-Bourgault	M	1. FC St Pauli	Germany

Perhaps it's surprising to see such a veteran-laden squad, but there's no point in not calling our best players. With the exception of Julian de Guzman and Dejan Jakovic, this is an all Euro squad with a lot of international experience.

Player	Caps
Paul Stalteri	77
Atiba Hutchinson	45
Tomasz Radzinski	45
Kevin McKenna	44
Patrice Bernier	42
Richard Hastings	41
Julian de Guzman	40
Lars Hirschfeld	28
Iain Hume	26
Mike Klukowski	24
Josh Simpson	24
Rob Friend	22
Jaime Peters	19
Marcel de Jong	11
Simeon Jackson	6
Dejan Jakovic	5
Josh Wagenaar	2
Jonathan Beaulieu-Bourgault	0
Total	501
Average	29.47

Tomasz Radzinski was called, according to Hart, because "we felt the game would mean a lot to him at this stage of his career". He is also the most prolific goal scorer among the group called.

Player	Goals
Tomasz Radzinski	10
Kevin McKenna	9
Paul Stalteri	7
Julian de Guzman	4
Atiba Hutchinson	2
Patrice Bernier	2
Iain Hume	2
Rob Friend	2
Richard Hastings	1
Marcel de Jong	1
Jaime Peters	1
Simeon Jackson	1
Lars Hirschfeld	0
Josh Wagenaar	0
Mike Klukowski	0
Dejan Jakovic	0
Josh Simpson	0
Jonathan Beaulieu-Bourgault	0
Total	42
Average	2.47

I think we all remember the goal he scored to get himself into double digits, just over a year ago (1:55 in the video)

Hart also mentioned that he is still looking for a possible 18th player to fill out the squad, likely to replace a certain mentally-unstable-sometime-Czech.