{"id":702924,"date":"2026-05-30T03:13:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T03:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/702924\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T03:13:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T03:13:10","slug":"fifa-world-cup-in-canada-full-list-of-26-player-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/702924\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA World Cup in Canada: full list of 26-player roster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"c-overline b-overline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cp24.com\/local\/toronto\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"b-date-custom__date-item\">Updated:\u00a0May 29, 2026 at 8:53PM EDT<\/p>\n<p class=\"b-date-custom__date-item\">Published:\u00a0May 29, 2026 at 7:49PM EDT<\/p>\n<p>Head coach Jesse Marsch will name the final squad of 26 players who will represent Canada at the FIFA World Cup. Heather Wright has more on the announcement. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Alphonso Davies will lead Canada in the 2026 FIFA World Cup as the men\u2019s roster was revealed Friday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Canada will kick off the tournament against Bosnia and Herzegovina in Toronto on June 12.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Head coach Jesse Marsch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/soccer\/fifa-world-cup\/article\/injured-canadian-captain-davies-named-to-world-cup-training-camp-roster\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said earlier this week<\/a> that Davies, who is recovering from a hamstring injury, will likely miss the opening match.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Here\u2019s who will don the red and white:<\/p>\n<p>Forwards Promise David, Brampton, Ont. Tami Oluwaseyi, Mississauga, Ont. Cyle Larin, Brampton, Ont. Jonathan David, Ottawa, Ont.DefendersJoel Waterman, Aldergrove, B.C.Mo\u00efse Bombito, Montreal, Que.Alfie Jones, Hillcrest, Alta.Derek Cornelius, Ajax, Ont.Richie Laryea, Toronto, Ont.Alphonso Davies, Edmonton, Alta.Alistair Johnston, Aurora, Ont.Niko Sigur, Burnaby, B.C.Luc de Fougerolles, Montreal, Que.Midfielders Liam Millar, Brampton, Ont. Isma\u00ebl Kon\u00e9, Montreal, Que. Stephen Eust\u00e1quio, Leamington, Ont. Jacob Shaffelburg, Port Williams, N.S. Jonathan Osorio, Brampton, Ont. Tajon Buchanan, Brampton, Ont. Ali Ahmed, Toronto, Ont. Marcelo Flores, Georgetown, Ont. Nathan Saliba, Longueuil, Que. Mathieu Choini\u00e8re, St-Alexandre, Que. KeepersMaxime Cr\u00e9peau, Candiac, Que.Dayne St. Clair, Pickering, Ont.Owen Goodman, Allison, Ont.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toronto Updated:\u00a0May 29, 2026 at 8:53PM EDT Published:\u00a0May 29, 2026 at 7:49PM EDT Head coach Jesse Marsch will&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":702925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[712,43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-702924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-apple-news","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702924","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=702924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/702925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=702924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=702924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=702924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}