Canada squad for St Lucia, Puerto Rico qualifiers
| Player | Pos. | Team | League | Age | Caps | Gls |
| Lars Hirschfeld | GK | Vålerenga Fotball | Norway | 32 | 36 | 0 |
| Nik Ledgerwood | FB | SV Wehen Wiesbaden | Germany | 26 | 11 | 0 |
| Ashtone Morgan | FB | Toronto FC | MLS | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin McKenna | CB | FC Köln | Germany | 31 | 55 | 10 |
| Adam Straith | CB | FC Energie Cottbus | Germany | 21 | 6 | 0 |
| Julian de Guzman | M | Toronto FC | MLS | 30 | 49 | 4 |
| Iain Hume | F | Preston North End | England | 27 | 30 | 3 |
| Will Johnson | M | Real Salt Lake | MLS | 24 | 21 | 1 |
| Tosaint Ricketts | F | FC Politehnica Timişoara | Romania | 24 | 6 | 2 |
| Simeon Jackson | F | Norwich City | England | 24 | 21 | 3 |
| Josh Simpson | M | Manisaspor | Turkey | 28 | 38 | 3 |
| Joseph Di Chiara | M | FC Krylia Sovetov | Russia | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Ante Jazic | FB | Chivas USA | MLS | 35 | 25 | 1 |
| Dwayne De Rosario | F | DC United | MLS | 33 | 62 | 18 |
| David Edgar | CB | Burnley FC | England | 24 | 3 | 0 |
| Olivier Occean | F | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | Germany | 29 | 19 | 2 |
| Terry Dunfield | M | Toronto FC | MLS | 28 | 7 | 1 |
| Kenny Stamatopoulos | GK | AIK Stockholm | Sweden | 32 | 5 | 0 |
| Goals | 48 | |||||
| Avg age | 28.16 | |||||
| Avg caps | 21.89 |
Where do they play?
MLS: 6 players
Germany: 4
England: 3
Turkey, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Norway: 1 each
Youth is served
Stephen Hart's hand was, to a certain extent, forced by injuries to some key players. Atiba Hutchinson is out for the remainder of the fall, it seems. Instead of calling a veteran central midfielder (the recently healthy Patrice Bernier perhaps), he opted instead for sight-unseen Vs favourite Joseph di Chiara, a 19-year old (sometimes) playing in Russia.
A recent injury to Mike Klukowski and the mystery absence of Marcel de Jong opened a spot on the left side of defense. 20-year old Ashtone Morgan's recent strong play for TFC netted him the gig.
21-year old Adam Straith also draws in, and much like Andre Hainault who is absent this time, he can provide cover both at CB and RB.
Missing persons
I am counting on some intrepid reporters to uncover the reasons for the absences of Marcel de Jong (turns out he's injured), Andre Hainault, and Milan Borjan. The latter's omission necessitates bringing in down-the-depth-chart-guy Kenny Stamatopoulos as back-up keeper.
My roster
Nobody else cares, but here's how I'd line up the team against St Lucia
Simpson - Jackson - Hume
De Guzman - Dunfield - Johnson
Morgan - Straith - McKenna - Edgar
Hirschfeld
De Guzman - Dunfield - Johnson
Morgan - Straith - McKenna - Edgar
Hirschfeld
Your thoughts?
Labels: canada, mnt, puerto rico, roster, st lucia
2 Comments:
Quite ok with this line-up. Hart needs to have a look at his depth chart and guys don't need to criss-cross the world each month for games against Caribbean minnows.
When else can we try out the young'ens or oldies (like KennyStamp)?
Also Milan B & Kluks and any guys in Turkey have it kinda tough. They have a pretty nasty schedule after the delays in getting the season started. Not surprised that only Simpson is coming from Turkey.
Word is that both Milan and Kluka are dealing with injuries, though Borjan's are said to be minor. Simpson's on a 3-match red card ban so I'm sure the club is happy for him to be getting some games.
Just thought I'd also tweak the starting XI I posted. Jackson is a right-side guy for us, so I'd swap him and Hume, producing a forward 3 of Simpson - Hume - Jackson (L-R)
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