By Edgardo Avelar
Aug 27, 2024, 9:14 PM EDT
Canada’s national team will face Mexico in the preparation duels on the FIFA date of September with 18 players from the squad that had an outstanding participation in the last Copa América and that now again called upon coach Jesse Marsch and who will seek to continue with his football progress to place the Maple Leaf team in a prominent place in the next 2026 World Cup, which will be organized jointly with the United States and the Aztec nation.
As you may recall, Canada had a prominent place in the continental event held in the United States with outstanding results. like the victories over Peru and Venezuela, which allowed them to play in the semi-final in an epic semi-final duel against Argentina where they ended up winning 2-0 to send the Canadians to the duel for third place against Uruguay.
Mexico will face Canada Next Tuesday, September 10th at the AT&T StadiumIn a rivalry in which they have faced each other 35 times in history, with a balance of 21 victories for Mexico, 6 for the Canadian entity and 8 draws. Meanwhile, the Tricolor has scored 74 goals and Canada has scored 24.
The Mexican national team now led by Javier Aguirre will seek revenge for the last duel between both teams in 2021, when the Maple Leaf team defeated the Aztec team 2-1 at a meeting held in Edmonton.
Finally, the North American team had to settle for fourth place after losing 4-3 on penalties. with the Charrúas, but demonstrating the ability of their players led by Alphonso Davies and complemented by Moise Bombito, Derek Cornelius, Alistair Johnston, Mathieu Choiniere, Theo Bair, Stephen Eustaquio, Jonathan David, Cyle Larin and Liam Millar, among several others.
Those who repeat from the Copa America 2024
For now, the players who were called up for the 2024 Copa América and they repeat for the preparation duel:
Maxime Crepeau,
Dayne St. Clair
Moses Bombito
Derek Cornelius
Alphonso Davies
Alistair Johnston
Richie Laryea
Kamal Miller
Ali Ahmed
Mathieu Chounière
Stephen Eustace
Jonathan Osorio
Theo Bair
Jonathan David
Clye Larin
Liam Millar
Tani Oluwaseyi
Schaffelburg Jacob
The news
Meanwhile, the news for the match against Mexico are:
Jonathan Sirois,
Sam Adekugbe
Joel Waterman
Niko Sigur.
Stephen Arfifa
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