De Guzman Named to Canada MNT Provisional Squad for 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Published on June 10, 2015 under North American Soccer League (NASL)
Ottawa Fury FC News Release
OTTAWA, ON - Ottawa Fury FC midfielder Julian De Guzman has been named to the Canadian Men's National Team 35-man provisional roster for the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Canada Soccer announced on Wednesday.
The final roster of 23-players must come from the provisional roster and in the event of an injury or in the event a player needs to be replaced, only a player from the provisional roster can be called into fill his place.
Canada opens the Gold Cup on Wednesday, July 8 against El Salvador at StubHub Center in Carson, California, USA. They then head to Houston to take on Jamaica on July 11 before coming to Toronto to take on Costa Rica at BMO Field on July 14.
It will be the first time a Gold Cup game takes place in Canada.
Canada will assemble at the end of June in Santa Barbara, California prior to the tournament's opening game.
The top two teams from each group; as well as the two highest-seeded third-place finishers will advance to the knock-out stages.
Canada won the Gold Cup in 2000 and has since succeeded in making it to the tournament semi-finals on two other occasions (2002, 2007); and made it to the quarter-finals in 2009.
De Guzman is currently with the Canadian Men's National Team in Dominica as they commence their qualifying odyssey for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia.
Canada face Dominica June 11 (7:00pm local) at Warner Park in Roseau before flying to Toronto the next day to prepare for the second leg at BMO Field in Toronto on Tuesday, June 16 (kick-off 7:30pm local).
The 35-man provisional roster includes 3 NASL players - De Guzman (Ottawa), Nana Attakora (San Antonio) and Mallan Roberts (Edmonton).
CANADA MNT SQUAD
GK-Milan Borjan | BUL / Ludogorets Razgrad
GK- Lars Hirschfeld | NOR / Valerenga
GK- Quillan Roberts | CAN / Toronto FC
GK- Kenny Stamatopoulos | SWE / AIK
D- Sam Adekugbe | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC
D- Nana Attakora | USA / San Antonio Scorpions
D- Luca Gasparotto | SCO / Glasgow Rangers
D- Andre Hainault | unattached / sans club
D- Dejan Jakovic | JPN / Shimizu S-Pulse
D- Nik Ledgerwood | GER / Energie Cottbus
D- Ashtone Morgan | CAN / Toronto FC
D- Karl W. Ouimette | USA / New York Red Bulls
D- Mallan Robers | CAN / FC Edmonton
D- Adam Straith | NOR / Fredrikstad
D/M- Marcel de Jong | USA / Sporting KC
D/M- David Edgar | ENG / Birmingham City FC
D/M- Maxim Tissot | CAN / Impact de Montréal
M- Tesho Akindele | USA / FC Dallas
M- Kyle Bekker | USA / FC Dallas
M- Julian de Guzman | CAN / Ottawa Fury FC
M- Kianz Froese | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC
M- Atiba Hutchinson | TUR / Besiktas
M- Will Johnson | USA / Portland Timbers
M- Issey Nakajima-Farran | MAS / Terengganu
M- Jonathan Osorio | CAN / Toronto FC
M- Pedro Pacheco | POR / Santa Clara
M- Michael Petrasso | ENG / Queens Park Rangers
M- Samuel Piette | ESP / Deportivo la Coruna
M- Tosaint Ricketts | ISR / Hapoel Haifa
M- Russell Teibert | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC
M/F- Randy Edwini-Bonsu | GER / Stuttgarter Kickers
M/F- Simeon Jackson | unattached / sans club
F- Marcus Haber | ENG / Crewe Alexandra
F- Jordan Hamilton | CAN / Toronto FC
F- Cyle Larin | USA / Orlando City SC
Ottawa Fury FC close out their NASL Spring Season in San Antonio this Saturday at 8:30pm ET. Ottawa will open the NASL Fall Season at TD Place on July 5 against the Jacksonville Armada. Tickets available at OttawaFuryFC.com.
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