EDMONTON

A trio of Eddies are down south looking to represent the North.

FC Edmonton's Marko Aleksic, Hanson Boakai and Sadi Jalali, are in Sunrise, Fla., where they battling to win a spot on the Canadian men's U-20 soccer team during its final training camp prior to the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.

Camp runs Thursday through Wednesday, in advance of the championship, which takes place in Jamaica from Jan. 9 to 24 and serves as a qualifier for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Twenty-one players are in camp, with 20 making the final cut.

"Given the importance of this camp being so close to the Championship, it's a great incentive for our players to go in and do well," FC Edmonton head coach Colin Miller said in a release. "It compliments our club having three players in the running for this squad and it's all to play for at this point and we're all confident that they will show well in representing themselves and FC Edmonton."

Defender Aleksic, midfielder Boakai and forward Jalali were all part of the Canadian U-20 side's European exhibition tour last month, which included matches against England, Russia and the United States.

Canada begins play in Montego Bay on Jan. 10, when they meet Haiti.

brian.swane@sunmedia.ca