Canada men's national soccer team

Canada

Nickname(s)	The Canucks, Les Rouges (The Reds)
Association	Canadian Soccer Association
Confederation	CONCACAF
Head coach	Benito Floro
Captain	Julian de Guzman
Most caps	Julian de Guzman (85)
Top scorer	Dwayne De Rosario (22)
Home stadium	BMO Field
FIFA code	CAN
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	102 2 (5 November 2015)
Highest	40 (December 1996)
Lowest	122 (August 2014)
Elo ranking
Current	78 (June 2015)
Highest	32 (May 30, 2000)
Lowest	92 (May 1979, June 2014)
First international
Unofficial: Canada 1–0 United States (Newark, United States; November 28, 1885) Official: Australia 3–2 Canada (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; June 7, 1924)
Biggest win
Unofficial: Canada 7–0 United States (St. Louis, United States; November 16, 1904) Official: Canada 7–0 Saint Lucia (Gros Islet, St. Lucia; October 7, 2011)
Biggest defeat
Mexico 8–0 Canada (Mexico City, Mexico; June 18, 1993)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 1986)
Best result	Group Stage, 1986
CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup
Appearances	12 (First in 1977)
Best result	Champions (2), 1985, 2000
Confederations Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 2001)
Best result	Group Stage, 2001
Medal record Competitor for Canada Men's Soccer Olympic Games 1904 St. Louis Team

The Canada men's national soccer team represents Canada in international soccer competitions at the senior men's level. They are overseen by the Canadian Soccer Association and compete in the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF).

Their most significant achievements are winning the 1985 CONCACAF Championship to qualify for the 1986 FIFA World Cup and winning the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup to qualify for the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup. Canada also won a gold medal in the 1904 Summer Olympics. The 1986 World Cup was their only successful qualification campaign in their history.

History

Early years

Soccer was being played in Canada with the Dominion Football Association (1877) and Western Football Association (1880) acting as precursors to the modern-day Canadian Soccer Association. In 1885, the WFA sent a representative team to New Jersey to take on a side put forth by the American Football Association, the then-unofficial governing body of the sport in the United States. In an unofficial friendly, Canada defeated their hosts 1–0 in East Newark, New Jersey. The American team won 3–2 in a return match one year later. In 1888, a team represented the WFA in a tour of the British Isles, earning a record of nine wins, five draws, and nine losses. The squad comprised 16 Canadian-born players with the only exception being tour organizer David Forsyth, who had immigrated to Canada one year after his birth.

In 1904 Galt Football Club represented the WFA at the Olympic Games in St Louis, Missouri. As just one of three teams competing, Galt defeated two American clubs, Christian Brothers College (7–0) and St. Rose (4–0) to win the tournament. The Toronto Mail and Empire of November 18, 1904 reports that "Immediately after the game, the Galt aggregation, numbering about 50 persons, retired to the office of James W. Sullivan, chief of the Department of Physical Culture, where they received their prize. After a short talk by Mr. James E. Conlon of the Physical Culture Department, Mayor Mundy, of the City of Galt, presented each player on the winning team with a beautiful gold medal." The medals are clearly engraved with the name of the company in St. Louis that made them.

In 1905, a British team of touring amateurs nicknamed the "Pilgrims" toured Canada, with their match against Galt billed as the "championship of the world". The match was played in front of almost 4000 fans in Galt, now part of Cambridge, Ontario, and ended in a 3–3 draw. Earlier the Pilgrims had been beaten 2–1 by Berlin Rangers, in the city now known as Kitchener.

The Canadian national team toured Australia in 1924, playing a series of "test" friendlies against their hosts, including their first official match, a 3–2 friendly defeat to the Australian national football team in Brisbane, Queensland on June 7, 1924. Canada also played Australia at the Jubilee Oval, Adelaide on Saturday July 12, 1924 and defeated them by 4 goals to 1. In 1925, Canada played their old rivals, the United States, in Montreal, winning 1–0 on Ed McLaine's goal. In a return match in November 1925 in Brooklyn, New York, Canada was defeated 1–5. One year later, Canada lost 2–6 to the Americans in the same city before playing four internationals in a 1927 tour of New Zealand.

1924 Canadian Soccer Team

1957 to 1986

Following the lead of British football associations, Canada withdrew from FIFA in 1928 over a dispute regarding broken time payments to amateur players. They rejoined the confederation in 1946 and took part in World Cup qualifying in the North American Football Confederation (NAFC) (a precursor to CONCACAF) for the first time in 1957, the first time they had played as a national team in 30 years. Under the guidance of head coach Don Petrie, Canada defeated the USA in Toronto 5–1 in their opening game, but lost two games in Mexico (failing to play a home game due to financial reasons) 0–2 and 0–3 before defeating the USA 3–2 in St. Louis. Mexico advanced as group winners, meaning that Canada missed out on the World Cup in 1958 in Sweden.

Canada withdrew from World Cup qualifying for 1962 and did not enter a team for 1966. They did compete in soccer however at the 1967 Pan American Games, their first time to do so in the sixth edition of the games, which they hosted in Winnipeg. Canada finished a respectable fourth place, helped somewhat by defending champion Brazil's absence.

A 0–0 draw away to Bermuda meant the Canadians, under manager Peter Dinsdale, could not advance out of the first round of qualifying for the 1970 World Cup. Dinsdale was replaced by Frank Pike. In their second participation in soccer at the Pan Am games, held in Cali, Canada did well to finish second in their opening round group (to hosts Colombia). In the final group round however, they managed only one win (over Colombia) and finished next to last.

Canada again failed at the first hurdle in qualifying for the 1974 World Cup. Under German manager Eckhard Krautzun, they finished second in a home and away qualifying group for the 1973 CONCACAF Championship (to Mexico). For the 1975 Pan Am Games, Canada, along with most of the larger Pan Am countries, sent their Olympic team, which was amateur (and senior aged), to compete. After narrowing qualifying out of the first round, the Canucks were soundly defeated by Costa Rica, Cuba, and Mexico, conceding a total of 14 goals while scoring none. At the Summer Olympics the following year, under head coach Colin Morris, Canada failed to get out of the first round, losing both of their games. This despite the brilliant play of Jimmy Douglas, who scored a wonder goal against the USSR and another goal against North Korea, Canada's only two goals for the tournament.

At the 1977 CONCACAF Championship, with both group winners and runners-up now advancing, Canada, again under head coach Krautzun, qualified as runners-up after defeating the Americans 3–0 in a neutral site one-match play-off, played in Port-au-Prince. In the championship, played in Monterrey and Mexico City, Mexico won all five of their matches with a plus 15 goals difference to win the tournament handily. Canada finished fourth.

Matters were different however at the next CONCACAF championship, in 1981, played in Tegucigalpa. Canada entered the tournament raising eyebrows by winning their qualifying group over Mexico and the States. In tournament play, the Canadians opened strongly with a 1–0 win over El Salvador, with Mike Stojanovic the goal-scorer, and a 1–1 draw with Haiti, with Stojanovic scoring again. They next lost to the hosts Honduras 1–2 and then drew with Mexico 1–1. A win in their final game against Cuba would have put them through to Spain, but they were held to a 2–2 draw, allowing El Salvador to qualify as tournament runners-up.

1981 through 1985 saw Canada develop under the guidance of English manager Tony Waiters. So close in 1981, Waiters would see the Maple Leafs through to their first World Cup finals appearance in 1985. A 1–1 away draw to Guatemala was key in allowing them to eliminate Los Chapines in the first round group. The second round was also closely contested, in part as this Canadian squad was strong defensively but had limited ability to score goals. The Canucks managed to eke out a 1–0 away win over Honduras, thanks to a George Pakos winner, hold Costa Rica scoreless in San José, and then in their final game, one they needed to draw to qualify, beat Los Catrachos a second time, 2–1 in St. John's, Newfoundland, with Pakos and Igor Vrablic the goal scorers. The victory not only secured their first World Cup finals berth, but also the crown of CONCACAF champions for the first time, although Mexico did not compete, having already qualified automatically for the World Cup as hosts.

At the 1986 FIFA World Cup, Canada impressed defensively in their first game, allowing few chances and conceding a late Jean-Pierre Papin goal to lose to France 0–1. They lost their next two matches to both Hungary and the USSR 0–2, however, to finish at the bottom of their group.

1990s

Qualification for 1990 lasted all of two matches for Canada, a home-and-away series with Guatemala, played in October 1988. The Central Americans won the first game 1–0 in Guatemala City while Canada prevailed in Vancouver 3–2. Tied on goal difference, Los Chapines advanced on away goal rule.

1990 saw Canada take part in the first North American Nations Cup, hosting the three-team tournament. Mexico and Canada sent their full squads, but the USA sent a 'B' team. Canada won the tournament after a 1–0 win over the United States on May 6 and a 2–1 win over Mexico on May 13. All three Canadian goals were scored by John Catliff, the tournament's top scorer.

Canada came close to qualifying for the World Cup again in 1994 under the guidance of a defender on the 1986 team, Bob Lenarduzzi. They entered the tournament at the second round stage and advanced as group runners-up. Canada competed strongly in the final qualifying round, drawing their first match in Tegucigalpa after a controversial penalty allowed the Hondurans to draw even, winning their next two, over El Salvador and Honduras in Vancouver, losing convincingly at Azteca Stadium, and winning 2–1 in San Salvador. They went into their final group match against Mexico, in Toronto, needing a win to win the group and thus qualify directly for the World Cup. Canada went up 1–0 on a goal credited to Alex Bunbury off a corner, but Mexico scored twice in the second half to win, 2–1. The loss meant Canada finished second and advanced to an intercontinental play-off series where they needed to win two rounds to qualify for the USA 94 World Cup. The Reds went up against Oceania Football Confederation's champions Australia. Canada won the first leg 2–1 in Edmonton. Australia led the second leg 2–1 at the end of 90 minutes, sending the tie to extra time. There was no score in the extra 30 minutes, meaning the series was decided by a penalty shootout which Australia won 4–1 to eliminate Canada from contention. Australia went on to lose 2–1 on aggregate to Argentina, who advanced to the World Cup.

With the World Cup to be played in the US, Canada had the opportunity to play a number of high-profile squads in tune-up matches. The highlight of this set of matches—played against Morocco, Brazil, Germany, Spain, and the Netherlands all within 13 days—was Canada holding eventual World Cup champions Brazil to a 1–1 draw at Commonwealth Stadium, on 69th minute equalizer by Eddy Berdusco, on Canada's only real scoring chance in the game. Also memorable were accusations by Dutch players after their match of the Canadians tackling too aggressively for a friendly.

With three countries set to qualify out of CONCACAF for the 1998 World Cup, and with Canada handily winning their second round group over El Salvador, Panama, and Cuba, expectations were high for a second qualification in 12 years in the spring of 1997. The Canadians, however, fared miserably, losing their opening game to Mexico 0–4 and the following one to the US 0–3. At home in their next two matches to El Salvador and Jamaica they could only manage two 0–0 draws as they finished bottom of the group with 6 points from 10 games and a −15 goal difference. Having overseen two consecutive World Cup campaigns end in the side failing to qualify, Lenarduzzi stepped down in 1997 and was replaced by interim manager Bruce Twamley.

2000s

The Canadian Soccer Association turned to another German to lead the senior national team in 1999 with the signing to the post of Holger Osieck. Success came rather quickly with Canada winning the CONCACAF Gold Cup in February 2000. After emerging from the first round on a coin-toss tiebreaker with invited side Republic of Korea, the Canucks scored a quarter-final extra-time upset win over Mexico on Richard Hastings' golden goal. The win set the stage for an unprecedented run to the final, where Canada defeated Colombia 2–0 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. Canada swept the awards ceremony, with goalkeeper Craig Forrest winning MVP honours, Carlo Corazzin securing the Golden Boot and Hastings named Rookie of the Tournament.

Expectations were again high following the winter's result, but the campaign quickly and thoroughly sputtered, as several had done before. A positive 1–0 away result in Havana in June was followed by a listless 0–0 home draw against Cuba. For the semi-final round two out of four teams advanced. The Dwight Yorke-led Trinidad and Tobago showed in their game against Canada that they were contenders, defeating Canada 0–2 in Edmonton. Canada managed just one goal in 6 games while conceding 8 to finish third in the standings, well adrift of advancing sides T&T and Mexico.

Winning the Gold Cup earned Canada a place in the 2001 Confederations Cup, where the highlight was holding Brazil to a 0–0 draw. The Gold Cup victory also won them an invitation to compete in the Copa América 2001. When security concerns prompted the cancellation of the tournament, Canada disbanded their training camp and Canadian players returned to their club teams. The tournament was then reinstated and held on schedule. The Canadian Soccer Association announced they would not be able to participate in the reinstated tournament.

Canada had another strong showing in the 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup, losing to the United States in the semi-finals in penalties, and then defeating South Korea in the third-place game, 2–1. There was a Gold Cup held the following year so as to hold the event in years between the World Cup and the Olympics, and Canada was eliminated in the first round on goal difference. Head coach Osieck had seen the side progress but was unable to secure the inclusion of Canada's top scorer Tomasz Radzinski into the squad. The manager resigned in September 2003 and former player Colin Miller was put in charge as an interim.

2004 marked the beginning of 2006 World Cup qualification and a new era under the guidance of former Canadian skipper Frank Yallop. He seemed just the man for the job after seeing the San Jose Earthquakes to two Major League Soccer championships in three years. Things began brightly, with the Canadians dispatching of Belize handily in the Premilinary Round, 8–0 on aggregate, in a home-and-home series. Matters turned, however, just as they had done four years earlier, with Canada finishing bottom in a group featuring Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Honduras. They managed only 5 points from 6 matches and a −4 goal difference. Hard times continued under Yallop as the Canucks again went out at the first barrier in the Gold Cup, losing to both the US and Costa Rica, while defeating Cuba. The manager stayed on through 2005 into the following summer, overseeing a series a friendlies against European sides. He resigned on June 7, 2006 to become head coach of the Los Angeles Galaxy, finishing with a win-lose record of 8–9–3.

Things turned around under interim coach Stephen Hart's guidance. Canada opened their 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup campaign with a 2–1 win over Costa Rica. A 1–2 upset loss to upstarts Guadeloupe was followed by a 2–0 victory over Haiti, securing Canada first-place in their group. They next beat Guatemala 3–0 in their quarter-final match setting up a semi-final showdown with the host Americans at Soldier Field. Frankie Hejduk scored first in the 39th minute and Landon Donovan added to the American tally, scoring on a penalty. Substitute Iain Hume scored for Canada in the 76th minute. After the United States were reduced to ten men, Canada pressed for the equalizer but were denied when Atiba Hutchinson's stoppage-time goal was incorrectly flagged offside by linesman Ricardo Louisville.

The team faced criticism for its poor handling of goalkeeper Greg Sutton, who suffered a concussion during a practice in Miami prior to the start of the Gold Cup in May. Without a doctor accompanying the team, Sutton instead saw a local physician who cleared him to practice, resulting in Sutton suffering post-concussion syndrome. Sutton was lost to his professional club Toronto FC for nearly a year.

Prior to the Gold Cup on May 18, 2007, the Canadian Soccer Association announced that former national team player Dale Mitchell would take over as head coach of the senior team after the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Mitchell had previously served as an assistant coach under coach Frank Yallop. Mitchell was head coach of the men's U-20 squad at three U-20 World Cups. Under Mitchell, Canada drew friendlies with Iceland away and against Costa Rica at home, lost 0–2 to South Africa in Durban, had a 1–0 win over Martinique, and a 0–2 defeat to Estonia in Tallinn. Optimism grew however as Canada played well in a 2–3 loss to Brazil, in a match played at Qwest Field.

Despite defeating Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7–1 on aggregate in a second round series—they had had a bye in the first—Canada did not play at the level they had at the Gold Cup and were eliminated from qualifying for the 2010 World Cup. They conceded an equalizer shortly after scoring the opening goal in a 1–1 draw to Jamaica at BMO Field, conceded two-second half goals in quick succession in a 1–2 home loss to Honduras at Saputo Stadium, and then lost away to Mexico and Honduras. They finished last in the four-team group with just 2 points from 6 matches. On March 27, 2009, head coach Dale Mitchell was fired. The president of the Canadian Soccer Association, Dominic Maestracci, said that "the Canadian Soccer Association is committed to the future of our men's national team program. We have made this decision to move the program in a new direction." Technical director Stephen Hart was renamed as interim head coach. On December 9, 2009, Hart was named as head coach.

2010s

Stephen Hart's first competitive action as the full-time head coach was a poor showing at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup, not managing to get out of the group stage. However, during the early stages qualifying for the 2014 World Cup, Canada put up a string of good results. They topped their group in the second round but were eliminated in the third round of CONCACAF qualifying, finishing one point behind Honduras and Panama after losing 8–1 in Honduras on the final match day.

After a series of interim coaching changes following Stephen Hart's dismissal on October 12, 2012 Benito Floro replaced Colin Miller as Canada's coach on August 1, 2013. Being a coach with top-flight management experience in La Liga, he is expected to help Canada raise its competitiveness prior to 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. In the midst of Floro's player identification and restructuring phase, the team experienced many difficulties including a 958-minute goal-scoring drought, which was finally broken by Atiba Hutchinson in a 1–1 draw with Bulgaria on May 23, 2014. Despite showing improvement with two draws in Europe, Canada continued to shed FIFA points having gone winless for nearly two years, and sank to their lowest ever FIFA ranking of 122 in August 2014. Canada ended a 16-match winless streak on September 10, 2014 defeating Jamaica 3–1 in Toronto.

Canada learned their qualifying path to the 2018 FIFA World Cup on January 15, 2015. Canada was drawn into the second round of qualifying against Dominica, who had won a home and away series against British Virgin Islands, in June 2015. Canada entered the second round of 2018 World Cup qualifying against Dominica with a game at Windsor Park in Dominica which they one 2–0 with goals from Cyle Larin and a penalty converted by Russell Teibert. In the return leg at BMO Field in front of 9,749 fans they defeated Dominica 4–0 with two goals from Tosaint Ricketts and one each from Tesho Akindele and Cyle Larin. The team did not score a single goal and finished last in their group in the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup after two 0–0 draws to El Salvador and Costa Rica, while also suffering a 1–0 loss against Jamaica. Canada then advanced to the third round of 2018 World Cup qualifying against Belize, winning 4–1 on aggregate and advancing to the fourth round of 2018 World Cup qualifying. Canada was then drawn into a group against Honduras, El Salvador and Mexico. They played their first pair of matches in the fourth round on November 13 and 17, 2015. The first match was played in Vancouver at BC Place against Honduras, resulting in a 1–0 win for Canada thanks to a deflected goal by Cyle Larin off a header from Will Johnson. The crowd of 20,108 set a new record for the Canadian men's team in the province of British Columbia. In their next game on November 17, away at El Salvador, Canada drew with El Salvador 0-0 as Julian De Guzman broke Canada's record for most caps for the national team with his 85th cap, passing Paul Stalteri's record of 84 caps. With this result in Canada's last game of 2015, they ended off the year conceding just 3 goals in their final 12 games and in 14 games overall, they ended off with a record of 6 wins, 6 draws, and 2 losses.

Stadiums

Soccer-specific stadiums in Canada include BMO Field in Toronto (home to Toronto FC) and Saputo Stadium in Montreal (home to Montreal Impact). A 2003 FIFA report refers to BMO Field as Canada's national stadium. Canada played its 2010 World Cup qualification home games at BMO Field, Saputo Stadium, and Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton. From 2011 to 2015, Canada played all home games at BMO Field in Toronto except for a 2013 friendly against Costa Rica at Commonwealth Stadium. In November 2015 Canada played a World Cup qualifying game at BC Place in Vancouver.

Schedule and recent results

Main article: Canada men's national soccer team match results

As of November 17, 2015

      Win       Draw       Loss

2015

Canada v Iceland

January 16 Friendly	Canada	1–2	Iceland	Orlando, Florida, United States
16:30 EST	De Rosario  70'	Report	Steindórsson  6' Vilhjálmsson  42'	Stadium: UCF Soccer and Track Stadium Referee: Edvin Jurisevic (United States)

Canada v Iceland

January 19 Friendly	Canada	1–1	Iceland	Orlando, Florida, United States
16:00 EST	De Rosario  30' (pen.)	Report	Friðjónsson  65' (pen.)	Stadium: UCF Soccer and Track Stadium Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

Canada v Guatemala

March 27 Friendly	Canada	1–0	Guatemala	Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
16:30	Haber  10'	Report		Stadium: Lockhart Stadium

Puerto Rico v Canada

March 30 Friendly	Puerto Rico	0–3	Canada	Bayamón, Puerto Rico
19:30		Report	Ricketts  42' Edwini-Bonsu  60' Larin  77'	Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Referee: Sandy Vasquez (Dominican Republic)

Dominica v Canada

June 11 2018 World Cup Q	Dominica	0–2	Canada	Roseau, Dominica
19:00 (UTC-4)		Report	Larin  5' Teibert  63' (pen.)	Stadium: Windsor Park Referee: Jeffrey Solís (Costa Rica)

Canada v Dominica

June 16 2018 World Cup Q	Canada	4–0	Dominica	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
19:37 (UTC-4)	Akindele  4' Larin  41' Ricketts  52', 77'	Report		Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 9,749 Referee: Gianni Ascani (Turks and Caicos Islands)

El Salvador v Canada

July 8 2015 Gold Cup	El Salvador	0–0	Canada	Carson, California, United States
22:30 (UTC-8)		Report		Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 22,648 Referee: Oscar Moncada (Honduras)

Jamaica v Canada

July 11 2015 Gold Cup	Jamaica	1–0	Canada	Houston, Texas, United States
18:30 (UTC-6)	Austin  90+2'	Report		Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 22,017 Referee: Yadel Martinez (Cuba)

Canada v Costa Rica

July 14 2015 Gold Cup	Canada	0–0	Costa Rica	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
20:30 (UTC-5)		Report		Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 16,674 Referee: Héctor Rodríguez (Honduras)

Canada v Belize

September 4 2018 World Cup Q	Canada	3–0	Belize	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
19:35 (UTC-4)	Ricketts  25', 65' Hutchinson  90+1'	Report		Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 10,412 Referee: Jhon Pitti (Panama)

Belize v Canada

September 8 2018 World Cup Q	Belize	1–1	Canada	Belmopan, Belize
19:00 (UTC-6)	McCaulay  26'	Report	Johnson  45'	Stadium: FFB Stadium Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Javier Santos (Puerto Rico)

Canada v Ghana

October 13 Friendly	Canada	1–1	Ghana	Washington, DC, United States
19:30 (UTC-4)	de Jong  29'	Report	Adomah  44'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 2,300

Canada v Honduras

November 13 2018 World Cup Q	Canada	1–0	Honduras	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
19:00 (UTC-8)	Larin  38'	Report		Stadium: BC Place Stadium Attendance: 20,108 Referee: Kevin Morrison (Jamaica)

El Salvador v Canada

November 17 2018 World Cup Q	El Salvador	0–0	Canada	San Salvador, El Salvador
19:30 (UTC-6)		Report		Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

2016

Canada v Mexico

March 25 2018 World Cup Q	Canada	v	Mexico	Canada

Mexico v Canada

March 29 2018 World Cup Q	Mexico	v	Canada	Mexico

Honduras v Canada

September 2 2018 World Cup Q	Honduras	v	Canada	Honduras

Canada v El Salvador

September 6 2018 World Cup Q	Canada	v	El Salvador	Canada

Coaching staff

Name	Nation	Position
Benito Floro	Spain	Head coach
Antonio Floro	Spain	Assistant coach
Rafael Carbajal	Uruguay	Assistant coach
Michael Findlay	Canada	Assistant coach
Morgan Quarry	Canada	General manager

Players

Current squad

The following is the 23-man squad for the World Cup qualifiers on November 13 against Honduras and November 17 against El Salvador.
Caps and goals as of November 17, 2015, after the game against El Salvador.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 18 1GK Milan Borjan (1987-10-23) October 23, 1987 27 0 Ludogorets Razgrad 22 1GK Kenny Stamatopoulos (1979-08-28) August 28, 1979 19 0 AIK 1 1GK Simon Thomas (1990-04-12) April 12, 1990 2 0 Bodø/Glimt 17 2DF Marcel de Jong (1986-10-15) October 15, 1986 41 3 Sporting Kansas City 5 2DF David Edgar (1987-05-19) May 19, 1987 35 2 Sheffield United 15 2DF Adam Straith (1990-09-11) September 11, 1990 32 0 Fredrikstad 12 2DF Dejan Jakovic (1985-07-16) July 16, 1985 26 0 Shimizu S-Pulse 20 2DF Karl Ouimette (1992-06-18) June 18, 1992 14 0 New York Red Bulls 4 2DF Manjrekar James (1993-08-05) August 5, 1993 3 0 Diósgyőr 3 2DF Sam Adekugbe (1995-01-16) January 16, 1995 2 0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 2DF Fraser Aird (1995-02-02) February 2, 1995 1 0 Rangers 19 2DF Wandrille Lefèvre (1989-12-17) December 17, 1989 1 0 Montreal Impact 6 3MF Julian de Guzman (1981-03-25) March 25, 1981 85 4 Ottawa Fury FC 13 3MF Atiba Hutchinson (1983-02-08) February 8, 1983 72 6 Beşiktaş 8 3MF Will Johnson (1987-01-21) January 21, 1987 38 4 Portland Timbers 14 3MF Samuel Piette (1994-11-12) November 12, 1994 21 0 Racing de Ferrol 7 3MF Russell Teibert (1992-12-22) December 22, 1992 17 1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 10 3MF Junior Hoilett (1990-06-05) June 5, 1990 3 0 Queens Park Rangers 16 3MF Kianz Froese (1996-04-16) April 16, 1996 1 0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 11 4FW Tosaint Ricketts (1987-08-06) August 6, 1987 47 12 Boluspor 9 4FW Marcus Haber (1989-01-11) January 11, 1989 21 2 Crewe Alexandra 21 4FW Cyle Larin (1995-04-17) April 17, 1995 14 4 Orlando City 23 4FW Tesho Akindele (1992-03-31) March 31, 1992 7 1 FC Dallas

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up within the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up GK Maxime Crépeau (1994-04-11) April 11, 1994 0 0 Montreal Impact v. Belize, September 9, 2015 GK Lars Hirschfeld (1978-10-17) October 17, 1978 48 0 Vålerenga 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup GK Quillan Roberts (1994-09-13) September 13, 1994 1 0 Toronto FC 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup DF André Hainault (1986-06-17) June 17, 1986 43 2 1. FC Magdeburg v. Honduras, November 13, 2015INJ DF Nana Attakora (1989-03-27) March 27, 1989 8 0 San Antonio Scorpions v. Ghana, October 13, 2015 DF Nikolas Ledgerwood (1985-01-16) January 16, 1985 45 0 Energie Cottbus v. Belize, September 9, 2015 DF Luca Gasparotto (1995-03-09) March 9, 1995 0 0 Greenock Morton v. Belize, September 9, 2015 DF Ashtone Morgan (1991-02-09) February 9, 1991 13 0 Toronto FC 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup DF Mallan Roberts (1992-06-06) June 6, 1992 1 0 FC Edmonton 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup PRE DF Jonathan Grant (1993-10-15) October 15, 1993 0 0 FC Montreal v. Puerto Rico, March 30, 2015 DF Tyler Pasher (1994-04-27) April 27, 1994 0 0 Pittsburgh Riverhounds v. Puerto Rico, March 30, 2015 DF Daniel Stanese (1994-01-21) January 21, 1994 1 0 Augsburg II v. Iceland, January 19, 2015 DF Kevon Black (1996-02-11) February 11, 1996 0 0 Duke University v. Iceland, January 19, 2015 MF Kyle Bekker (1990-09-02) September 2, 1990 16 0 Montreal Impact v. Ghana, October 13, 2015 INJ MF Maxim Tissot (1992-05-13) May 13, 1992 8 0 Montreal Impact v. Ghana, October 13, 2015 MF Manny Aparicio (1995-09-17) September 17, 1995 1 0 Toronto FC v. Ghana, October 13, 2015 MF Marco Bustos (1996-04-22) April 22, 1996 1 0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC v. Ghana, October 13, 2015 MF Charlie Trafford (1992-05-24) May 24, 1992 1 0 Korona Kielce v. Ghana, October 13, 2015 MF Issey Nakajima-Farran (1984-05-16) May 16, 1984 38 1 Terengganu v. Belize, September 9, 2015 MF Michael Petrasso (1995-07-09) July 9, 1995 0 0 Queens Park Rangers v. Belize, September 9, 2015 MF Pedro Pacheco (1984-06-27) June 27, 1984 18 0 Santa Clara 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup MF Jonathan Osorio (1992-06-12) June 12, 1992 13 0 Toronto FC 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup MF Chris Mannella (1994-06-07) June 7, 1994 3 0 Toronto FC v. Puerto Rico, March 30, 2015 MF Patrice Bernier (1979-09-23) September 23, 1979 53 2 Montreal Impact v. Iceland, January 19, 2015 FW Lucas Cavallini (1992-12-28) December 28, 1992 3 0 Fénix v. Honduras, November 13, 2015INJ FW Simeon Jackson (1987-03-28) March 28, 1987 45 6 Barnsley v. Ghana, October 13, 2015 FW Jordan Hamilton (1996-03-17) March 17, 1996 1 0 Toronto FC v. Ghana, October 13, 2015 FW Randy Edwini-Bonsu (1990-04-20) April 20, 1990 10 1 VfR Aalen 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup PRE FW Dwayne De Rosario (1978-05-15) May 15, 1978 81 22 Retired v. Iceland, January 19, 2015 RET FW Iain Hume (1983-10-30) October 30, 1983 41 6 Atlético de Kolkata v. Iceland, January 19, 2015 FW Kyle Porter (1990-01-19) January 19, 1990 7 0 Atlanta Silverbacks v. Iceland, January 19, 2015 FW Caleb Clarke (1993-06-23) June 23, 1993 2 0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC v. Iceland, January 19, 2015

Notes:

• INJ = Withdrew due to an injury.
• PRE = Preliminary squad
• RET = Retired from national team

Most capped and top scorers

Main article: List of Canadian international soccer players

Bold notes player is still active with the national team.

Caps and goals updated as of November 17, 2015.

Rank	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Julian de Guzman	2002–	85	4
2	Paul Stalteri	1997–2010	84	7
3	Randy Samuel	1983–1997	82	0
4	Dwayne De Rosario	1997–2015	81	22
5	Mark Watson	1994–2004	78	3
6	Atiba Hutchinson	2003–	72	6
7	Lyndon Hooper	1986–1997	67	3
8	Alex Bunbury	1986–1997	66	16
9	Nick Dasovic	1992–2004	63	2
	Kevin McKenna	2000–2012	63	11

Rank	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Dwayne De Rosario	1997–2015	81	22
2	Dale Mitchell	1980–1993	55	19
3	John Catliff	1984–1994	44	18
4	Alex Bunbury	1986–1997	66	16
5	Ali Gerba	2005–2012	31	15
6	Igor Vrablic	1984–1986	36	12
	Tosaint Ricketts	2011–	47	12
8	Kevin McKenna	2000–2012	63	11
	Carlo Corazzin	1994–2004	59	11
10	Paul Peschisolido	1992–2004	53	10
	Tomasz Radzinski	1995–2009	46	10

Manager history

Name	Nation	From	To
Don Petrie	Canada	1957	1957
Peter Dinsdale	England	1968	1970
Frank Pike	England	1970	1973
Eckhard Krautzun	West Germany	1973	1977
Barrie Clarke	Canada	1979	1981
Tony Waiters	England	1981	1985
Bruce Wilson (interim)	Canada	1985	1985
Tony Waiters	England	1985	1986
Bob Bearpark	England	1986	1987
Tony Taylor	Scotland	1988	1989
Bob Lenarduzzi	Canada	1989	1990
Tony Waiters	England	1990	1991
Bob Lenarduzzi	Canada	1992	1997
Bruce Twamley (interim)	Canada	1998	1998
Holger Osieck	Germany	1999	2003
Colin Miller (interim)	Canada	Fall 2003	Fall 2003
Frank Yallop	Canada	2004	June 2006
Stephen Hart (interim)	Trinidad and Tobago	July 2006	June 2007
Dale Mitchell	Canada	June 2007	March 2009
Stephen Hart (interim)	Trinidad and Tobago	April 2009	December 2009
Stephen Hart	Trinidad and Tobago	December 2009	October 2012
Colin Miller (interim)	Canada	January 2013	January 2013
Tony Fonseca (interim)	Portugal	March 2013	March 2013
Colin Miller (interim)	Canada	May 2013	July 2013
Benito Floro	Spain	August 2013

Bruce Wilson coached two matches at the 1985 President's Cup in the Republic of Korea during Tony Waiters' first term.

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

Main article: Canada at the FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record										FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Did not enter									–	–	–	–	–	–
1934										–	–	–	–	–	–
1938										–	–	–	–	–	–
1950										–	–	–	–	–	–
1954										–	–	–	–	–	–
1958	Did not qualify									4	2	0	2	8	8
1962	Withdrew									–	–	–	–	–	–
1966	Did not enter									–	–	–	–	–	–
1970	Did not qualify									4	2	1	1	8	9
1974										4	1	1	2	6	7
1978										10	4	3	3	12	11
1982										9	2	6	1	10	9
1986	Group stage	24th of 24	3	0	0	3	0	5		8	5	3	0	11	4
1990	Did not qualify									2	1	0	1	3	3
1994										14	6	4	4	22	20
1998										16	6	4	6	15	21
2002										8	2	3	3	2	8
2006										8	3	2	3	12	8
2010										8	2	2	4	13	14
2014										12	7	3	2	24	11
2018	To be determined									6	4	2	0	11	1
Total	Group stage	1/20	3	0	0	3	0	5		113	47	34	32	157	134

CONCACAF Gold Cup

CONCACAF Gold Cup Record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1963	Did not enter
1965
1967
1969
1971
1973	Did not qualify
1977	Fourth place	4th of 6	5	2	1	2	7	8
1981	Fourth place	4th of 6	5	1	3	1	6	6
1985	Champions	1st of 9	4	2	2	0	4	2
1989	Did not qualify
1991	Group stage	6th of 8	3	1	0	2	6	9
1993	Group stage	6th of 8	3	0	2	1	3	11
1996	Group stage	5th of 9	2	1	0	1	4	5
1998	Withdrew
2000	Champions	1st of 12	5	3	2	0	7	3
2002	Third place	3rd of 12	5	2	2	1	5	4
2003	Group stage	9th of 12	2	1	0	1	1	2
2005	Group stage	9th of 12	3	1	0	2	2	4
2007	Semi-finals	3rd of 12	5	3	0	2	9	5
2009	Quarter-finals	5th of 12	4	2	1	1	4	3
2011	Group stage	9th of 12	3	1	1	1	2	3
2013	Group stage	11th of 12	3	0	1	2	0	3
2015	Group stage	10th of 12	3	0	2	1	0	1
Total	2 Titles	15/23	55	20	17	18	60	69

FIFA Confederations Cup

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA	Squad
1992	Did not qualify
1995
1997
1999	Withdrew from 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup
2001	Group stage	7th of 8	3	0	1	2	0	5	Squad
2003	Did not qualify
2005
2009
2013
2017
Total	Group stage	1/10	3	0	1	2	0	5	-

Summer Olympics

Summer Olympics record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1900	Did not participate
1904	Gold medal	1st of 3	2	2	0	0	11	0
1908	Did not participate
1912
1920
1924
1928
1936
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976	Group stage	12th of 13	2	0	0	2	2	5
1980	Withdrew
1984	Quarter-finals	6th of 16	3	1	1	1	4	3
1988	Did not participate
Total	1 Title	3/19	7	3	1	3	17	8

CONMEBOL Copa América

CONMEBOL Copa América Record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2001	Withdrew

Honours

• CONCACAF Championship & CONCACAF Gold Cup
  • Winners (2): 1985, 2000
• Summer Olympics
  • Winners: 1904
• North American Nations Cup
  • Winners: 1990

Trophies

* In 1985, Canada won the George Kafaty Trophy for top CONCACAF nation in World Cup qualifying (as hosts, Mexico did not participate).

See also

• Canada women's national soccer team
• List of Canadian international soccer players
• 1986 FIFA World Cup squad
• Canada men's national soccer team records
• The Voyageurs
• Canada men's national youth soccer teams
• Québec official soccer team

External links

• Canadian Soccer Association
• RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers
• International Results until 1999

Preceded by 1981 Honduras	CONCACAF Champions 1985 (first title)	Succeeded by 1989 Costa Rica
Preceded by 1998 Mexico	CONCACAF Champions 2000 (second title)	Succeeded by 2002 United States
Preceded by Inaugural	North American Champions (CONCACAF era) 1990 (first title)	Succeeded by 1991 Mexico