Canada Needs Wins In Next Two Qualifiers

October 4, 2008 11:12 am mnt, world cup

Canada has announced its roster for its upcoming FIFA World Cup Qualifiers in San Pedro Sula, Honduras and Edmonton, AB.

The team will group early next week in Sunrise, FL before heading south to Honduras. Canada plays Honduras on the road on 11 October and Mexica at home on 15 October. Tickets to the home match are available via Ticketmaster at ticketmaster.ca or 780.451.8000.

Canada is currently taking part in CONCACAF Stage III of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ Qualifiers. After three matches, Canada is in third place in Group 2 with one point, trailing Honduras (six points) and Mexico (nine points). Canada needs a big win against Honduras to gain ground in the standings. Only the top-two teams will advance after six matches.

Canada has selected 18 players for the trip to Honduras. Two players – Dwayne De Rosario and Adrian Serioux – are unavailable for the match against Honduras because of suspensions, but will be added to the lineup before the match against Mexico. Also of note, Daniel Imhof and Issey Nakajima-Farran are injured and currently unavailable.

Seventeen of the 18 players arriving in Florida are coming over from European clubs. Patrice Bernier is back after serving a one-game international suspension, as is Tomasz Radzinski who suffered a hand injury in the 6 September match. New to the FIFA World Cup™ Qualifiers mix are Chris Pozniak (SCO / Dundee), Kevin Harmse (CAN / Toronto FC) and Joshua Wagenaar (ENG / Yeovil Town).

Goal Keepers	Home	Prov	Country	Club
Lars Hirchfeld	Edmonton	AB	ROM	CFR Cluj
Josh Wagenaar	Grimsby	ON	ENG	Yeovil Town FC
Defenders
Mike Klukowski	Oshawa	ON	BEL	Club Brugge KV
Dejan Jakovic	Etobicoke	ON	CRO	Red Star Belgrade
Kevin McKenna	Calgary	AB	GER	FC Köln
Andree Hainault	Hudson	QC	CZE	FK SIAD Most
Richard Hastings	Vancouver	BC	SCO	Inverness CT
Defender-Midfielders
Kevin Harmse	Vancoouver	BC	CAN	Toronto FC
Marcel De Jong	Newmarket	ON	NED	Roda JC
Chris Pozniak	Aurora	ON	SCO	Dundee FC
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