Jesse Marsch has named his 26-man squad for the FIFA World Cup 2026™, where co-hosts Canada will take on Bosnia and Herzegovina, Qatar and Switzerland in Group B.
As confirmed by Marsch last week, superstar full-back Alphonso Davies will headline the roster despite an ongoing hamstring injury, which is likely to keep him out of Canada’s opener against Bosnia and Herzegovina at Toronto Stadium on 12 June. The Bayern Munich star is not due to meet up with the squad until 31 May as he continues treatment back in Germany.
Elsewhere, the squad is balanced between veterans from the Qatar 2022 campaign, such as forwards Jonathan David and Cyle Larin, and a series of dual nationals that Marsch has brought in over the past two years, including defenders Alfie Jones, Luc de Fougerolles and Niko Sigur, plus forward Promise David.
The Royale Union Saint-Gilloise frontman, who has recovered from a serious hip problem which severely endangered his World Cup participation, is just one of four forwards in the roster, with Daniel Jebbison missing out. “I did not think it was possible [to make the squad]… I kind of gave up,” Promise David told TSN. “But Jesse called me and said, ‘We’re going to give you as much time as you need… you’ll be fine’.”
Among the ten midfielders is Norwich City winger Ali Ahmed, who six years ago was contemplating his future in the game after trials at non-league English clubs such as Enfield Town, Cheshunt FC and Tooting & Mitcham United all came to nothing.
Marsch revealed last week that has he still not decided who will be his No1 goalkeeper for the tournament, with Orlando City’s Maxime Crepeau and Inter Miami’s Dayne St. Clair both in the running. The situation is poised to be resolved following the upcoming friendly with Uzbekistan on 1 June. “Whatever the decision is we will be here for one another and for the team on and off the field,” Crepeau told TSN.
It will be Crepeau’s first World Cup after he agonizingly missed out on Qatar 2022 with a broken leg suffered just before the tournament.
Canada’s World Cup squad
Goalkeepers
Maxime Crepeau
Owen Goodman
Dayne St. Clair
Moise Bombito
Derek Cornelius
Alphonso Davies
Luc de Fougerolles
Alistair Johnston
Alfie Jones
Richie Laryea
Niko Sigur
Joel Waterman
Ali Ahmed
Tajon Buchanan
Mathieu Choiniere
Stephen Eustaquio
Marcelo Flores
Ismael Kone
Liam Millar
Jonathan Osorio
Nathan-Dylan Saliba
Jacob Shaffelburg
Jonathan David
Promise David
Cyle Larin
Tani Oluwaseyi
All squads are provisional until the final list of 26 players is announced by FIFA, following their submission by participating teams, on 2 June.
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