Six players from the Vancouver Whitecaps FC BMO MLS Boys Academy have been called up to Canada's U-17 men's national team squad for an upcoming domestic camp in Montréal from October 2 to 7.
The players include goalkeeper Trystan Read, defenders Immanuel Mathe and Aidan Fong, midfielders Jeevan Badwal and Liam Mackenzie, and striker Kyler Vojvodic.
The Canada camp comes on the heels of three Canada Soccer NEX-PRO integration camps with MLS academies in Vancouver, Toronto and Montréal in the month of September. The series of September and October camps are all part of Canada’s preparations for next year’s Concacaf Men’s Under-17 Championship and the FIFA U-17 World Cup.
Next year’s Concacaf Men’s Under-17 Championship runs February 11 to 26 in Guatemala. Canada have been drawn into Group F alongside Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago, USA. The top-three teams from the group advance to the Round of 16. From the knockout phase, the top-four teams will qualify for the FIFA U-17 World Cup Peru 2023.
Canada Soccer’s Men’s EXCEL Program channels our nation’s exceptional players into the best soccer environments. The Canada Soccer Pathway works in collaboration with our provincial and territory partners as well as the professional clubs and academies. For Canada’s elite players, the program emphasizes player development on the pathway to representing Canada’s Men’s National Team in international soccer.
CANADA SOCCER’S MEN’S NATIONAL TEAM PROGRAM
Canada Soccer’s Men’s National Team are three-time Concacaf champions, previously winning the 1985 Concacaf Championship, 2000 Concacaf Gold Cup, and 2021-22 Concacaf Qualifiers. Canada most recently qualified for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar and have previously featured at the 1976 and 1984 Olympic Games, the 1986 FIFA World Cup, and the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup.
Canada Soccer’s Men’s National Youth Teams have won two Concacaf titles: both the 1986 and 1996 Concacaf Men’s Youth Championships. Canada have qualified for 15 FIFA men’s youth tournaments: eight editions of the FIFA U-20 World Cup and seven editions of the FIFA U-17 World Cup. Canada most recently qualified for the FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019, which was the last FIFA men’s youth competition before the global pandemic.
CANADA
GK- Nathaniel Abraham | CAN / Toronto FC Academy
GK- Trystan Read | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC Academy
CB- Victor Fung | USA / Inter Miami Acadeny
CB- Étienne Godin | CAN / Académie CF Montréal
CB- Simon Guardiero | CAN / Sigma FC
CB- Immanuel Mathe | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC Academy
CB- Dylan Pierre-Alexis | CAN / Académie CF Montréal
CB- Lazar Stefanovic | CAN / Toronto FC Academy
FB- Gaël de Montigny | CAN / Académie CF Montréal
FB- Aidan Fong | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC Academy
FB- Chimere Omeze | CAN / Toronto FC Academy
M- Jeevan Badwal | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC Academy
M- Alessandro Biello | CAN / Académie CF Montréal
M- Luke Boiteau | FRA / US Boulogne Côte d'Opale
M- Quentin Christey | CAN / Toronto FC Academy
M- Richard Chukwu | CAN / Toronto FC Academy
M- Ruben de Sa | POR / Vitoria SC
M- Ewan Derrien-Lairet | CAN / Académie CF Montréal
M- Liam MacKenzie | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC Academy
M- Antoine N’Diaye | CAN / Académie CF Montréal
F- Joses Chukwu | CAN / Toronto FC Academy
F- Joaquim Coulanges | CAN / Académie CF Montréal
F- Lucas Ozimec | CAN / Toronto FC Academy
F- Erik Pop | CAN / Mississauga Prostars FC
F- Kyler Vojvodic | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC Academy
CANADA A-Z
Name | Birthyear | Where they grew up | Active start/first club
Abraham, Nathaniel | 2007 | Toronto, ON, CAN | Vaughan SC Azzurri
Badwal, Jeevan | 2006 | Surrey, BC, CAN | Surrey FC
Biello, Alessandro | 2006 | Montréal, QC, CAN | CS St-Léonard
Boiteau, Luke | 2006 | Lille, FRA | Lambersart
Christey, Quentin | 2007 | Milton, ON, CAN | Milton YSC
Chukwu, Joses | 2007 | Toronto, ON, CAN | Bradford Eagles SC
Chukwu, Richard | 2008 | Toronto, ON, CAN | Bradford Eagles S
Coulanges, Joaquim | 2006 | Montréal, QC, CAN | CS Les Boucaniers
de Montigny, Gaël | 2006 | Montréal, QC, CAN | CS Mascouche
de Sa, Ruben | 2006 | Toronto, ON, CAN | Sporting FC Toronto Academy
Derrien-Lairet, Ewan | 2007 | Montréal, QC, CAN | CS Les Boucaniers
Fong, Aidan | 2006 | Vancouver, BC, CAN | Killarney YSA
Fung, Victor | 2007 | Caracas, VEN & Weston, FL, USA | Escuela Campo Alegre|
Godin, Étienne | 2006 | Montréal, QC, CAN | S Mont-Royal Outremont
Guardiero, Simon | 2006 | Guelph, ON, CAN | Guelph SC
MacKenzie, Liam | 2007 | Comox, BC, CAN | Comox Valley United SC
Mathe, Immanuel | 2006 | Burnaby, BC, CAN | Cliff Avenue United
N’Diaye, Antoine | 2006 | Longueuil, QC, CAN | CS Longueuil
Omeze, Chimere | 2006 | Toronto, ON, CAN | Brampton East SC
Ozimec, Lucas | 2006 | Oakville, ON, CAN | Oakville SC
Pierre-Alexis, Dylan | 2006 | Boucherville, QC, CAN | CS Boucherville
Pop, Erik | 2006 | Mississauga, ON, CAN | Mississauga Prostars FC
Read, Trystan | 2007 | Delta, BC, CAN | South Delta United SC
Stefanovic, Lazar | 2006 | Oakville, ON, CAN | Oakville SC
Vojvodic, Kyler | 2006 | Port Coquitlam, BC, CAN | Port Coquitlam Eurorite SA
