Samuel Peet is the only Montreal club representative called up by Canada for international matches in mid-November. So Mathieu Choiniere and Joel Waterman, who would like to become regular starters for the Maple Leaf, were not called up.
Canada will play two very important matches against Jamaica on November 17 and 21. He will first travel to Kingston, before playing the second game of this home-and-away series in Toronto.
These matches constitute the quarter-finals of the Nations League. The winner of these doubles on aggregate goals will not only qualify them for the 2023-2024 Nations League Finals, but will also qualify them for the Copa America. This tournament will be held in the United States in the summer of 2024.
Therefore, for the matches that will be played in “difficult” conditions next November, interim coach Mauro Bello wants to use “a group of experienced and veterans who are accustomed to matches in which the pressure is high.”
Perhaps this explains the exclusion of Mathieu Choiniere and Joel Waterman. The latter two have excelled in Major League Soccer this year, but do not have much experience with the national team yet.
We understand that Bellew did not want to experiment too much by including new faces in his squad. He seems to prefer to play it safe and use players he knows. Even if they have up and down 2023 seasons, like Marc-Anthony Kay and Lucas Cavallini.
In addition to Samuel Peet, Canada’s regular lineup was called up.
Bello will also be able to rely on the in great form of Steven Eustaquio, who is having a very good time in Portugal with FC Porto. Eustaquio was forced to withdraw at the last minute from the training camp in Japan and did not participate in this meeting in October.
Mauro Bello will speak to the media in the afternoon.
Canada’s full roster in November
Guardians
- Milan Borjan
- Maxime Crepeau
- Dane St. Clair
Defenders
- Derek Cornelius
- Stephen Vitoria
- Luc de Fougerolles
- Alistair Johnston
- Kamal Miller
Full-backs and wingers
- Samuel Adekugbe
- Alphonso Davies
- Richie Larrea
Environments
- Ali Ahmed
- Stephen Eustaquio
- Mark Anthony Kay
- Ismail Koneh
- Jonathan Osorio
- Samuel Beatty
attackers
- Junior Howlett
- Tajon Buchanan
- Lucas Cavallini
- Jonathan David
- Sil Larin
- Liam Millar
