[Sandon Mibut]

Has Canada relesed its roster for U20 qualifying for the World Youth Championship later this month in South Carolina?

[Canadian_Supporter]

I don't think it has, but I could have missed it at some point.

This was the roster for a recent tour of Costa Rica a few weeks ago. Not sure how many players were missing for the games in Costa Rica. The roster should be released in the next week or so...

If you want to be technical, I think the team that was sent to Costa Rica was called the U20 Developmental team and not the U20 national team.

UNDER-20 TEAM ROSTER
Player POS D.O.B. Club/Hometown
DUTRA, Waldemar M 2/20/83 Calgary Storm FC/Sherwood Park, AB
HUTCHINSON, Atiba M 2/08/83 Toronto Lynx/Brampton, ON
LEMIRE, Chris F 11/03/83 Calgary Storm FC/Edmonton, AB
MATONDO, Sita-Taty M 12/28/84 Quebec/St-Laurent, QC
CHIN, Gordon M 3/26/83 BC/Burnaby, BC
HARMSE, Kevin D 7/04/84 BC/Coquitlam, BC
LEDGERWOOD, Nikolas D/M 1/16/85 Calgary Storm FC/Lethbridge, AB
TODARO, Joey F 2/25/83 Ontario/Woodbridge, ON
BELOTTE, Wyn F 5/06/84 Ängelholms FF/Montreal, QC
DJEKANOVIC, Srdjan GK 1/08/83 FC Zemun/Vancouver, BC
FERNANDES, Daniel GK 9/25/83 Celta Vigo/Vancouver, BC
DI TULLIO, Jason M 1/06/84 Montreal Impact/Montreal, QC
ARANGO, Andres D 4/23/83 Mercer County CC/Etobicoke, ON
SIMPSON, Josh M 5/15/83 Portland University/Victoria, BC
GODFREY, Elliott F 2/02/83 Watford FC/Hempstead, UK
BALLARD, Paul D 17/05/83 Trinity Western Univ./Vancouver, BC

[TopDogg]

I think the only two players missing from that roster are strikers Iain Hume and Alex Chursky.

Last week, Hume scored his first goal for Tranmere's first team, then turned 19 a couple of days later.

[DoyleG]

Originally posted by Canadian_Supporter
I don't think it has, but I could have missed it at some point.

This was the roster for a recent tour of Costa Rica a few weeks ago. Not sure how many players were missing for the games in Costa Rica. The roster should be released in the next week or so...

If you want to be technical, I think the team that was sent to Costa Rica was called the U20 Developmental team and not the U20 national team.

UNDER-20 TEAM ROSTER
Player POS D.O.B. Club/Hometown
DUTRA, Waldemar M 2/20/83 Calgary Storm FC/Sherwood Park, AB
HUTCHINSON, Atiba M 2/08/83 Toronto Lynx/Brampton, ON
LEMIRE, Chris F 11/03/83 Calgary Storm FC/Edmonton, AB
MATONDO, Sita-Taty M 12/28/84 Quebec/St-Laurent, QC
CHIN, Gordon M 3/26/83 BC/Burnaby, BC
HARMSE, Kevin D 7/04/84 BC/Coquitlam, BC
LEDGERWOOD, Nikolas D/M 1/16/85 Calgary Storm FC/Lethbridge, AB
TODARO, Joey F 2/25/83 Ontario/Woodbridge, ON
BELOTTE, Wyn F 5/06/84 Ängelholms FF/Montreal, QC
DJEKANOVIC, Srdjan GK 1/08/83 FC Zemun/Vancouver, BC
FERNANDES, Daniel GK 9/25/83 Celta Vigo/Vancouver, BC
DI TULLIO, Jason M 1/06/84 Montreal Impact/Montreal, QC
ARANGO, Andres D 4/23/83 Mercer County CC/Etobicoke, ON
SIMPSON, Josh M 5/15/83 Portland University/Victoria, BC
GODFREY, Elliott F 2/02/83 Watford FC/Hempstead, UK
BALLARD, Paul D 17/05/83 Trinity Western Univ./Vancouver, BC

Reyner (sp) isn't on there but should be.

[pugetsoundmls]

This kid isn't new to you guys, but I thought I'd point out the brief article.

Chursky brothers waiting to join forces at Seattle U.-Seattle Times

[Canadian_Supporter]

Originally posted by pugetsoundmls
This kid isn't new to you guys, but I thought I'd point out the brief article.

Chursky brothers waiting to join forces at Seattle U.-Seattle Times

Thanks, I always wondered what how he was doing at Seattle U. Good to see he has been called up to the U20 squad.

[CanuckFan]

Canadian Soccer Association · l'Association canadienne de soccer

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Media Release · Communiqué

Friday, November 8, 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MEN'S U-20 TEAM ROSTER ANNOUNCED

Mitchell Names 18 Players for Qualification Tournament in Charleston

Ottawa, Ontario - The Canadian Men's Youth Under-20 Team will begin their attempts to qualify for their second consecutive FIFA World Youth Championships when they travel to Charleston, South Carolina for the CONCACAF Qualifying Tournament from November 13-17.

Canada will play El Salvador on Wednesday, November 13 and Haiti on Friday, November 15th, before concluding the tournament against the host nation, USA on November 17.

"We have to play three good games in five days" said Canadian head coach Dale Mitchell "the boys have had some success on several projects over the last year and a half and I'm confident that the boys will get the job done here in Charleston"

Mitchell will have Atiba Hutchinson, who was included in Holger Osieck's World Cup squad for the October 15 friendly match against Scotland. The senior call-up was the first for Hutchinson. Mitchell will also have European-based players available such as Iain Hume from Tranmere Rovers, Elliott Godfrey of Watford FC, currently fourth in the English First Division, and goalkeeper Daniel Fernandes of Spanish giants Celta Vigo.

Goalkeeper Alim Karim was a late addition to the roster, replacing Simon Rayner due to an injury.

The top two teams will advance to the FIFA World Youth Championships held March 25th - April 16th, 2003 in the United Arab Emirates.

Matches
Date Time Venue Opponent
13-Nov-02 1700 Blackbaud Stadium, Charleston SC, USA El Salvador
15-Nov-02 1700 Blackbaud Stadium, Charleston SC, USA Haiti
17-Nov-02 1430 Blackbaud Stadium, Charleston SC, USA USA

Canadian U-20 Team Roster

# Pos Name DOB Club Hometown Prov
1 GK FERNANDES, Daniel 25/09/1983 Celta Vigo Vancouver BC
2 D MARSHALL, Winston 26/02/1983 Wright State University Scarborough ON
3 D/M LEDGERWOOD, Nikolas 16/01/1985 Calgary Storm FC Lethbridge AB
4 D HARMSE, Kevin 04/07/1984 ICSF-Inter Coquitlam BC
5 M DUTRA, Waldemar 20/02/1983 Calgary Storm FC Sherwood Park AB
6 D ARANGO, Andres 23/04/1983 Mercer County CC Etobicoke ON
7 M DI TULLIO, Jason 06/01/1984 Montreal Impact Montreal QC
8 M CHIN, Gordon 26/03/1983 Burnaby Canadians Burnaby BC
9 F HUME, Iain 30/10/1983 Tranmere Rovers FC Brampton ON
10 F BELOTTE, Wyn 06/05/1984 Angelholms FF Montreal QC
11 F LEMIRE, Chris 03/11/1983 Calgary Storm FC Edmonton AB
12 F TODARO, Joey 25/02/1983 Ontario Woodbridge ON
13 M HUTCHINSON, Atiba 08/02/1983 Toronto Lynx Brampton ON
14 F CHURSKY, Alex 07/09/1983 Seattle University Seattle WA
15 M SIMPSON, Josh 15/05/1983 Portland University Victoria BC
16 F GODFREY, Elliott 02/02/1983 Watford FC Hempstead UK
17 M MATONDO, Sita-Taty 28/12/1984 Quebec St-Laurent QC
22 GK KARIM, Alim 20/04/1983 Syracuse University Scarborough ON

STAFF
Clive Wilkinson - Head of Delegation
Dale Mitchell - Head Coach
Nick Dasovic - Assistant Coach
Kevin Muldoon - Equipment Manager/Goalkeeper Coach
Ed Johnson - Team Doctor
Eddie Cannon - Athletic Therapist
Earl Cochrane - Team Manager/Head of Administration

For more information please contact:
Richard Ivan (613) 237-7678 ext.: 242 or rivan@soccercan.ca
Visit our web site at www.canadasoccer.com



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[Canadian_Supporter]

What happened to Simon Rayner? Wasn't he supposed to be one of the keepers? Who is Alim Karim? Has he been called to a national team before?

[Gordon]

Originally posted by Canadian_Supporter
What happened to Simon Rayner? Wasn't he supposed to be one of the keepers? Who is Alim Karim? Has he been called to a national team before?

Rayner has an injured thumb. Krim has played for Canada before. I believe he was on the U-20 team that participated in the Houston Tournament a few months back (Beat US, lost to Mexico 1-0 finished game with 9 men).

[Canadian_Supporter]

Devin Matthews replaces Nikolas Ledgerwood (injury in training). Matthews plays for University of Louisville.