Keep those fingers crossed and those lucky socks on because if you whisper quietly enough, we might actually be able to see the Canadian Men’s National Soccer team in action once again, at least in some capacity.
The official roster for the players who will be donning the Red and White in order to fight for a place at the Tokyo Olympics has been revealed, and there have been interesting choices made both in inclusions and exclusions.
CANADA
Goalkeepers
GK- James Pantemis | CAN / CF Montréal
GK- Matthew Nogueira | POR / CS Maritimo
GK- Sebastian Breza | ITA / FC Bologna
Defenders
FB- Zachary Brault-Guillard | CAN / CF Montréal
FB- Zorhan Bassong | CAN / CF Montréal
FB- Marcus Godinho | GER / FSV Zwickau
CB- Thomas Meilleur-Giguère | CAN / Pacific FC
CB- Derek Cornelius | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC
CB- Callum Montgomery | USA / Minnesota United FC
Midfielders
M- Michael Baldisimo | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC
M- David Norman | CAN / Cavalry FC
M- Aidan Daniels | USA / Oklahoma City Energy
M- Ryan Raposo | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC
M- Patrick Metcalfe | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC
AM- Lucas Dias | POR / Sporting CP U-23
Forwards
F- Ballou Jean-Yves Tabla | CAN / CF Montréal
F- Kris Twardek | POL / Jagiellonia Biau0142ystok
F- Tajon Buchanan | USA / New England Revolution
F- Theo Bair | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC
F- Charles-Andreas Brym | BEL / Royal Mouscron
MLS players make up the majority of those selected among the 23 Olympic hopefuls, with five of them being Whitecaps.