Canada Soccer announced on Friday that all six Vancouver Whitecaps FC players from the pre-tournament camp have been named to Canada's final roster for the upcoming FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019, set to start next Saturday, October 26. This will mark Canada’s 15th participation at a FIFA men’s youth tournament since 1979 and their first at the FIFA U-17 World Cup since 2011. All matches will be broadcast live on TSN and RDS.
Included on the roster are centre backs Nathan Demian and Gianfranco Facchineri, fullback Deylen Vellios, midfielders Emiliano Brienza and Damiano Pecile, and forward Kamron Habibullah.