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August 28, 2014 Email

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With Canada set to face off against Jamaica on September 9th for their first home fixture of the Benito Floro, the Spanish Head Coach announced his roster for the match on Thursday.



“As you can imagine for me, this is a very special game because it’s a chance to correspond with the supporters,” said Floro via a press release. “So I would like a very good game—not only to pick up a win but to also get a good performance.”



See also: Floro to call up first choice squad for Jamaica match



The team will start to assemble on August 31st at the Nottawasaga Inn Resort in Alliston, ON. After a few days of training north of Toronto, the team will make the trip down to Toronto on 6 September.



The squad is comprised of a mix of veterans and young players, as well as a combination of players that play their club football abroad and in North America.



Floro has characterized the match against Jamaica and the training camp that accompanies it as the beginning of phase two of the plan he put in place with respect to rebuilding the Canadian Men’s Nation Team according to his vision.



With that in mind, the former Real Madrid Head Coach has spoken of the importance of playing matches against those opponents from the CONCACAF region that Canada will be competing against in next summer’s Gold Cup and ultimately in the next round of World Cup qualifying.



“We’ve seen several Jamaican games and we consider them to be a physically good team,” said Floro. “This means that technically and tactically it is a very good test for us.”



CANADA

GK- Kenny Stamatopoulos | SWE / AIK

GK- Milan Borjan | unattached / sans club

GK- Quillan Roberts | CAN / Toronto FC

D- Nik Ledgerwood | GER / Energie Cottbus

D- Andre Hainault | GER / VfR Aalen

D- Doneil Henry | CAN / Toronto FC

D- Dejan Jakovic | JPN / Shimizu S-Pulse

D- Adam Straith | unattached / sans club

D- Karl W. Ouimette | CAN / Impact de Montréal

D- Jeremy Gagnon-Laparé | CAN / Impact de Montréal

D- David Edgar | ENG / Birmingham City FC

M- Ashtone Morgan | CAN / Toronto FC

M- Julian de Guzman | unattached / sans club

M- Pedro Pacheco | POR / Santa Clara

M- Kyle Bekker | CAN / Toronto FC

M- Atiba Hutchinson | TUR / Besiktas

M- Marcel de Jong | GER / Augsburg

M- Issey Nakajima-Farran | CAN / Impact de Montréal

M- Patrice Bernier | CAN / Impact de Montréal

F-Tosaint Ricketts | ISR / Hapoel Haifa

F- Simeon Jackson | ENG / Coventry City

F- Marcus Haber | ENG / Crewe Alexandra

F- Randy Edwini-Bonsu | GER / Stuttgarter Kickers

F- Dwayne De Rosario | CAN / Toronto FC



