Canadian men’s soccer coach Benito Floro unveiled Wednesday his roster for his team’s upcoming friendly against Australia.
Floro’s 23-man roster is a mixture of Europe and Major League Soccer based players, including Russell Teibert of the Vancouver Whitecaps, and Toronto FC quartet Doneil Henry, Ashtone Morgan, Kyle Bekker and Jonathan Osorio.
Canada takes on the Aussies on Oct. 15 at London’s Craven Cottage, home of Premier League club Fulham.
“This (training) camp and match against Australia will be important as we continue to work on establishing our team’s tactical structure,” Floro said in a news release.
“With each camp we need to continue to build towards specific goals and maintain a certain quality of play. Australia is a strong opponent and will test our latest key learnings.”
Teibert will not miss any MLS games as the Whitecaps play on Oct. 9 and then not again until the 19th. The TFC players will also not miss any MLS action.
In addition to the 21 players that featured in the pair of matches against Mauritania last month, Floro also called up Michael Petrasso and Dylan Carreiro, members of Queen Park Rangers’ youth side. The duo has been invited to participate in the training camp but won’t play against Australia.
This will be Floro’s third game in charge of Canada since taking over the reins in August. The team drew and lost Mauritania in a pair of friendlies in Spain.
Canada last faced Australia during the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Australia is currently coached by former Canadian manager Holger Osieck.
CANADA’s ROSTER
GK – Milan Borjan | Sivasspor (Turkey)
GK – Lars Hirschfeld | Vålerenga Fotball (Norway)
D – Doneil Henry | Toronto FC (MLS)
D – Dejan Jaković | D.C. United (MLS)
D – Adam Straith | Wehen Wiesbaden (Germany)
D – Marcel de Jong | FC Augsburg (Germany)
D – David Edgar | Burnley FC (England)
D – Ashtone Morgan | Toronto FC (MLS)
D/M – Nik Ledgerwood | Hammarby Fotboll (Sweden)
M – Kyle Bekker | Toronto FC (MLS)
M – Dylan Carreiro | Queens Park Rangers (England)
M – Julian de Guzman | Skoda Xanthi (Greece)
M – Atiba Hutchinson | Besiktas (Turkey)
M – Jonathan Osorio | Toronto FC (MLS)
M – Samuel Piette | Fortuna Düsseldorf (Germany)
M/F – Stefan Cebara | Unattached
M/F – Dwayne De Rosario | D.C. United (MLS)
M/F – Michael Petrasso | Queens Park Rangers (England)
M/F – Russell Teibert | Vancouver Whitecaps FC (MLS)
F – Marcus Haber | Notts County (England)
F – Iain Hume | Preston North End (England)
F – Simeon Jackson | Eintracht Braunschweig (Germany
F – Tosaint Ricketts | Sandnes Ulf (Norway)