EDMONTON — Warmer climes await Hanson Boakai — the FC Edmonton midfielder is leaving the frigid sub-zero termperatures of central Alberta for Jamaica, where he will join Canada’s under-20 men’s squad for the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.

The 18-year-old joins a roster of 20, which was announced Monday by head coach Rob Gale.

The association soccer toruney runs January 9-24 at Montego Bay, Jamaica to determine which four CONCACAF teams will play in this year’s FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand.

Canada is one of 12 countries in the CONCACAF tournament, playing out of Group B with Mexico, Haiti, Cuba, Honduras and El Salvador. The United States, Panama, Guatemala, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and Aruba make up Group A.

Canada is slated to play Haiti on Saturday, Mexico on Monday, El Salvador on Jan. 15, Cuba on Jan. 19 and Honduras on Jan. 22.

Canada has not taken part at the FIFA U-20 championship since it hosted the event in 2007, when it failed to score a goal or pick up a point. Mexico is the two-time defending champion, having won the CONCACAF under-20 crown at home in Puebla in 2013 and in Guatemala City in 2011.

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