Canada Soccer is sending a team physiotherapist to France to work with Ligue 1 club Nice to get centre back Mo\u00efse Bombito healthy for June\u2019s World Cup, multiple sources tell TSN.<\/p>\n
Last week, during Canada\u2019s penultimate international window before the tournament, head coach Jesse Marsch revealed Bombito\u2019s recovery from a broken left leg was not as far along as the team had hoped. <\/p>\n
Marsch also told the media then that Canada Soccer and Nice were working together on a plan for Bombito. The 26-year-old is now seven months removed from breaking his left leg during a Ligue 1 match last October. At the time, Bombito was also dealing with a stress fracture in the same leg.<\/p>\n
Bombito attended Canada\u2019s March camp as a training player, and was seen during practice working alongside Canada\u2019s medical team. Bombito worked through a circuit of stability drills and moved carefully through agility exercises. When he was seen jogging, Bombito moved slowly and intentionally.<\/p>\n
There was hope around both Bombito and Canada that the Montreal native would have already seen game action before the March camp, if not shortly after. While there is still plenty of optimism there is enough time to get Bombito healthy to play in the World Cup, at the moment there\u2019s no specific return-to-play date set.<\/p>\n
What makes Bombito\u2019s health a compelling storyline as Canada\u2019s opening game against Bosnia and Herzegovina approaches on June 12 is his undeniable importance in Canada\u2019s lineup, and the influence his presence has on the team\u2019s tournament hopes.<\/p>\n
Bombito is considered not only Canada\u2019s best centre back, but also one of the best defenders in the Concacaf region. In his first real opportunity to start in Canada\u2019s defence at the 2024 Copa Am\u00e9rica, Bombito quickly showed intelligence, composure, strength, and explosive speed as Canada progressed to the semifinals.<\/p>\n
From May 2024 through March 2025, Bombito made 15 starts for Canada, playing the full 90 minutes on each occasion. As his Canadian profile grew, so too did his European club prospects, and he almost immediately became a mainstay in Nice\u2019s lineup following a transfer from the Colorado Rapids in August 2024.<\/p>\n
Nevertheless, come June, when Canada has pre-tournament friendlies scheduled against Uzbekistan in Edmonton and Ireland in Montreal, it will be almost 15 months since Bombito has worn a Canadian jersey, if he\u2019s available to play.<\/p>\n
Bombito\u2019s prognosis will continue to be a major talking point around this team, but his is hardly the only injury affecting the fitness of Canada\u2019s roster. Over the past month, nearly every position group has been hit.<\/p>\n
Alphonso Davies\u2019 health has been its own saga since Canada\u2019s captain tore his ACL during the 2025 Concacaf Nations League Finals and missed nine months.<\/p>\n
Davies has dealt with thigh and hamstring issues as he\u2019s attempted to play himself back up to his supreme skill and speed, although he did come on late and set up the winner in Bayern Munich\u2019s victory over Freiburg this past weekend.<\/p>\n
In February, forward Promise David ruptured a tendon connecting his hip and thigh. And even if the 24-year-old continues to post updates of his post-surgery rehabilitation on social media, right now he is considered a longshot to be healthy in time for June.<\/p>\n
Bombito\u2019s fellow centre backs Luc de Fougerolles (ankle) and Derek Cornelius (hamstring) have not seen much gametime recently either. <\/p>\n
Cornelius is healthy and multiple sources tell TSN he is now training with Rangers first team and, in the event of an injury to the lineup, may feature in the late spring championship phase of this season\u2019s Scottish Premiership.<\/p>\n
Rangers manager Danny R\u00f6hl allowed Cornelius to travel to Canada\u2019s camp in Toronto in early March after reports emerged that the two were in the midst of a dispute and R\u00f6hl had sent Cornelius to train away from his teammates. Marsch then told the media he had attempted to act as a mediator.<\/p>\n
By the end of March\u2019s camp, de Fougerolles was training with the team and is closing in on a return for his Belgian club.Midfielder Jacob Shaffelburg (groin) and team vice-captain Stephen Eust\u00e1quio (leg hematoma) both missed March\u2019s camp.<\/p>\n
And though goalkeeper Maxime Cr\u00e9peau nursed an injury early in camp too, he was fit enough to start Canada\u2019s second March friendly against Tunisia.Canada\u2019s opening game against Bosnia and Herzegovina is now 66 days away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canada Soccer is sending a team physiotherapist to France to work with Ligue 1 club Nice to get…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":588158,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,224334,44,218405],"class_list":["post-588157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-derek-cornelius","tag-news","tag-promise-david"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}