Canada Calls 22 Players

August 31, 2008 3:25 pm mnt, world cup

Twenty-two players selected for week in Montréal
Canada has called upon 22 players for its next match in the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ Qualifiers. The Canucks will have a full week together before the 6 September match against Honduras at Stade Saputo in Montréal.

Canada is playing six matches against three teams in Stage III of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ Qualifiers. Three of those matches are in Canada: 20 August against Jamaica in Toronto (a 1:1 draw), 6 September against Honduras in Montréal(admission.com or 514.790.1245) and 15 October against Mexico in Edmonton (Ticketmaster.ca / 780.451.8000).

Canada will also play Mexico on 10 September in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Honduras on 11 October (venue yet to be announced), and Jamaica on 19 November in Kingston, Jamaica. Canada needs to finish amongst the top-two teams in Group 2 to advance to CONCACAF Stage IV in 2009.

Goal Keepers	Home	Prov	Country	Club
Lars Hirchfeld	Edmonton	AB	ROM	CFR Cluj
Greg Sutton	Hamilton	ON	CAN	Toronto FC
Pat Onstad	Vancouver	BC	USA	Houston Dynamo
Defenders
Mike Klukowski	Oshawa	ON	BEL	Club Brugge KV
Dejan Jakovic	Etobicoke	ON	CRO	Red Star Belgrade
Kevin McKenna	Calgary	AB	GER	FC Köln
Jim Brennan	East York	ON	CAN	Toronto FC
Richard Hastings	Vancouver	BC	SCO	Inverness CT
Defender-Midfielders
Daniel Imhof	Smithers	BC	GER	VfL Bochum
Adrian Serioux	Scarborough	ON	USA	FC Dallas
Paul Stalteri	Brampton	ON	ENG	Tottenham Hotspur
Midfielders
Julian de Guzman	Scarborough	ON	ESP	Deportivo La Coruna
Issey Nakajima-Farran	Calgary	AB	DEN	FC Nordsjælland
Atiba Hutchinson	Brampton	ON	DEN	FC København
Patrice Bernier	Brossard	QC	DEN	FC Nordsjælland
Midfielders-Forwards
Tomasz Radzinski	Toronto	ON	GRE	Skoda Xanthi
Dwayne De Rosario	Scarborough	ON	USA	Houston Dynamo
Forwards
Ali Gerba	Montréal	QC	ENG	Milton Keynes Dons FC
Rob Friend	Kelowna	BC	GER	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Iain Hume	Brampton	ON	ENG	Barnsley FC
Olivier Ocean	Brossard	QC	NOR	Lillestrøm SK