Canada men's national under-20 soccer team

Canada Under-20
Nickname(s)	The Canucks; Les Rouges (The Reds)
Association	Canadian Soccer Association
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Mauro Biello
Most caps	David Edgar (27)
Top scorer	Iain Hume (7)
FIFA code	CAN
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Nicaragua 1–1 Canada ; (Puebla, Mexico; February 20, 1973)
Biggest win
	Canada 9–0 Dominican Republic ; (Tegucigalpa, Honduras; November 26, 1978)
Biggest defeat
	United States 5–0 Canada ; (Sunrise, Florida, United States; December 18, 2010) ; Cameroon 5–0 Canada ; (Niamey, Niger; December 6, 2005) ; Niger 6–1 Canada ; (Niamey, Niger; December 8, 2005)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	8 (first in 1979)
Best result	Quarter-finals (2003)
CONCACAF Under-20 Championship
Appearances	24 (first in 1973)
Best result	Champions (1986, 1996)

The Canada U-20 men's national soccer team (also known as Canada Under-20s or Canada U-20s) represents Canada in international soccer at this age level. They are overseen by the Canadian Soccer Association, the governing body for soccer in Canada.

It plays a large role in the development of Canadian soccer, and is considered to be the feeder team for the Canada men's national soccer team. The team has qualified for eight out of nineteen FIFA U-20 World Cups. Their best result came in 2003 where they reached the quarterfinals.

The team also competes in the CONCACAF U-20 Championship, which they won in 1986 and 1996.

Canada's most significant accomplishments at youth level are winning the CONCACAF U-20 Championship and Francophone Games twice, reaching quarterfinals of the 2003 FIFA U-20 World Cup, and defeating Brazil U-20 2-1 in a friendly on May 19, 2006, at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta.

Team history

1976–1996

Canada's Under-20 soccer team was created in 1976 as Canada's response to the newly created World youth Championship. The team failed to qualify for the inaugural tournament in 1977 in Tunisia, but they qualified for the following tournament two years later in Japan. They finished last in their group with two points, but they did manage to defeat Portugal 3–1. The next time the team qualified for a World youth Championship was in 1985, in the USSR, again they came last in their group with only one point. In the 1987 WYC in Chile, Canada's Under-20 soccer team put up a good effort scoring four goals, and tying Italy, however they still did not manage to get out of the group stage.

1997–2004

In 1997, after failing to qualify for four World Youth Championships (as the event was known until 2005) in a row, Canada made it past the group stage. The team progressed to the second round after a 2–1 win against Hungary in which a young Dwayne De Rosario scored a goal. They lost the round of 16 game against Spain 2–0. After missing the tournament in 1999, Canada qualified for Argentina 2001 after winning the qualifying tournament based on home soil in Vancouver, British Columbia. At the finals, they finished last and were eliminated from a group including Brazil, Germany and Iraq.

Canada once again appeared in the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship in United Arab Emirates. They qualified to the round of 16 where they blanked Burkina Faso 1–0, and in a rematch against 1997 conquerors Spain, Canada lost in the quarter-finals. Iain Hume scored three goals for Canada including a direct free kick against Spain while Atiba Hutchinson was an impressive performer in midfield.

2005–present

At the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championships in the Netherlands, Canada were eliminated in the group stage after tying once and losing twice. One bright side of the tournament was Jaime Peters' and Marcel De Jong's goals.

In the build-up to the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, as the tournament came to be known, Canada's defeated Brazil in the first game of a three-game series, winning 2- in front of 14 000+ at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton on May 19, 2006. David Edgar and Will Johnson scored and Stephen Lumley made goal-line clearance to preserve Canada's first win over a Brazilian men's team at any level. Canada lost the remaining two matches 3–1. Despite an impressive run in friendlies leading up to the competition, Canada went winless in first round play without scoring a goal on home soil.

Coaching history

Caretaker managers are listed in italics.

Barrie Clarke (1979–1980)
Bob Bearpark (1987–1994)
Tony Taylor (1987–1988)
Bruce Twamley (1997)
Paul James (1998–1999)
Dale Mitchell (2000–2006)
Stephen Hart (2002)
Valerio Gazzola (2010-2011)
Nick Dasovic (2011–2013)
Rob Gale (2014–2018)
Andrew Olivieri (2018–2022)
Mauro Biello (2022–present)

Fixtures and recent results

The following is a list of match results from the previous 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Win Draw Loss

2022

April 15 Friendly	Costa Rica	0–3	Canada	Alajuela Province; Costa Rica
1:00 PM EDT		Report	Habibullah 20' Jesse Costa 46' Catavolo 86'	Stadium: Complejo Deportivo FCRF-Plycem

April 21 Friendly	Costa Rica	1–0	Canada	Alajuela Province; Costa Rica
1:00 PM EDT	J. Bennette 15'	Report		Stadium: Complejo Deportivo FCRF-Plycem

June 18 CONCACAF U-20 Championship Group E	Cuba	1–0	Canada	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
15:00	Kevin Martin 42'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nacional Referee: Said Martínez

June 20 CONCACAF U-20 Championship Group E	Canada	2–2	United States	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
19:30	L. Wright 42' M. Halliday { 69' (o.g.)	Report	J. McGlynn 53' C. Cowell 72'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: Marco Ortiz

June 22 CONCACAF U-20 Championship Group E	Canada	4–0	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
15:00	T. Coimbra 59' M. Catavolo 65' L. Wright 78' M. Henry 80'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nacional Referee: Oshane Nation

June 26 CONCACAF U-20 Championship R16	Guatemala	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Canada	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
14:00	O. Villagrán 120'	Report	K. Habibullah 100'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Referee: Daneon Parchment
	Penalties
	Santos Urizar Franco Bantes Villagrán		Pellegrino Poku Ferdinand Smith Habibullah

Players

Current squad

The following 20 players were called up for the 2022 CONCACAF Men's U20 Championship[1] hosted in Honduras, in the cities of San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa from June 18 to July 3, 2022.[2]

Caps and goals as of June 26, 2022, after the match against Guatemala U20 team.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Ben Alexander	(2003-06-27) June 27, 2003	4	0	South Carolina Gamecocks
18	1GK	Dino Bontis	(2004-08-03) August 3, 2004	1	0	Sigma FC

2	2DF	Noah Abatneh	(2004-09-28) September 28, 2004	3	0	York United FC
6	2DF	Matteo Campagna	(2004-06-27) June 27, 2004	6	0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
12	2DF	Jefferson Alphonse	(2003-06-12) June 12, 2003	5	0	CF Montréal Academy
15	2DF	Keesean Ferdinand	(2003-08-17) August 17, 2003	4	0	Portland Timbers 2
13	2DF	Kobe Franklin	(2003-05-10) May 10, 2003	4	0	Toronto FC
5	2DF	Jamie Knight-Lebel	(2004-12-24) December 24, 2004	5	0	Bristol City U21
3	2DF	Kwasi Poku	(2003-02-06) February 6, 2003	5	0	Forge FC
4	2DF	Justin Smith	(2003-02-04) February 4, 2003	6	0	US Avranches

10	3MF	Matthew Catavolo	(2003-02-13) February 13, 2003	6	3	Toronto FC II
17	3MF	Jessé Costa	(2005-04-28) April 28, 2005	4	1	VfL Wolfsburg U19
16	3MF	Maël Henry	(2004-05-26) May 26, 2004	5	1	Cavalry FC
14	3MF	Gabriel Pellegrino	(2004-03-25) March 25, 2004	5	0	Freiburg U19
8	3MF	Rida Zouhir	(2003-11-23) November 23, 2003	4	0	San Antonio FC

7	4FW	Jean-Aniel Assi	(2004-08-12) August 12, 2004	3	0	Atlético Ottawa
19	4FW	Tiago Coimbra	(2004-01-17) January 17, 2004	4	0	HFX Wanderers FC
11	4FW	Kamron Habibullah	(2003-10-23) October 23, 2003	5	2	Vancouver Whitecaps 2
20	4FW	Hugo Mbongue	(2004-07-24) July 24, 2004	4	0	Toronto FC
9	4FW	Lowell Wright	(2003-08-19) August 19, 2003	6	2	Vancouver Whitecaps 2

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team within the last twelve months.[3]

Players in bold have been called up by the senior team.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Max Anchor	(2004-07-21) July 21, 2004	1	0	Vancouver Whitecaps 2	2022 CONCACAF U20 Championship^PRE
GK	Samuel Banfi	(2003-03-07) March 7, 2003	0	0	CF Montréal Academy	2022 CONCACAF U20 Championship^PRE
GK	Nikola Borjan	(2004-01-03) January 3, 2004	0	0	Zvezdara	2022 CONCACAF U20 Championship^PRE
GK	Adisa De Rosario	(2004-10-27) October 27, 2004	0	0	York United	2022 CONCACAF U20 Championship^ALT
GK	Owen Goodman	(2003-11-27) November 27, 2003	1	0	Colchester United	2022 CONCACAF U20 Championship^PRE

DF	Loïc Cloutier	(2004-04-26) April 26, 2004	1	0	CF Montréal U23	v. Cuba; June 18, 2022^INJ
DF	Elage Bah	(2004-07-30) July 30, 2004	0	0	Vancouver Whitecaps 2	2022 CONCACAF U20 Championship^PRE
DF	Renaud Caron	(2004-06-12) June 12, 2004	0	0	CF Montréal U23	2022 CONCACAF U20 Championship^PRE
DF	Tyler Crawford	(2004-03-09) March 9, 2004	2	0	Vancouver FC	2022 CONCACAF U20 Championship^PRE
DF	Luc de Fougerolles	(2005-10-12) October 12, 2005	0	0	Fulham U21	2022 CONCACAF U20 Championship^PRE
DF	Joshua Gordon	(2005-07-24) July 24, 2005	0	0	Toronto FC II	2022 CONCACAF U20 Championship^PRE
DF	Kundai Mawoko	(2005-02-11) February 11, 2005	0	0	Toronto FC II	2022 CONCACAF U20 Championship^PRE
DF	Joshué Ndakala	(2004-08-04) August 4, 2004	0	0	Vancouver Whitecaps 2	2022 CONCACAF U20 Championship^PRE
DF	Adam Pearlman	(2005-04-05) April 5, 2005	0	0	Toronto FC II	2022 CONCACAF U20 Championship^ALT
DF	Eric White	(2003-03-05) March 5, 2003	1	0	Vancouver Whitecaps 2	2022 CONCACAF U20 Championship^ALT

MF	Jordan Alvarez	(2004-02-14) February 14, 2004	0	0	Boavista U19	2022 CONCACAF U20 Championship^PRE
MF	Paul Amedume	(2003-02-28) February 28, 2003	0	0	Pacific FC	2022 CONCACAF U20 Championship^PRE
MF	Antoine Coupland	(2003-12-13) December 13, 2003	0	0	Vancouver Whitecaps 2	2022 CONCACAF U20 Championship^PRE
MF	Lucas Dias	(2003-01-18) January 18, 2003	0	0	Sporting CP B	2022 CONCACAF U20 Championship^PRE
MF	Tomas Giraldo	(2003-03-08) March 8, 2003	0	0	HFX Wanderers FC	2022 CONCACAF U20 Championship^PRE
MF	Jay Herdman	(2004-08-14) August 14, 2004	1	0	Vancouver Whitecaps 2	2022 CONCACAF U20 Championship^PRE
MF	Max Piepgrass	(2004-02-07) February 7, 2004	0	0	Cavalry FC	2022 CONCACAF U20 Championship^PRE
MF	Jeronimo Sabbatasso	(2004-06-04) June 4, 2004	0	0	Vaughan SC	2022 CONCACAF U20 Championship^PRE
MF	Nathan-Dylan Saliba	(2004-02-07) February 7, 2004	0	0	CF Montreal	2022 CONCACAF U20 Championship^PRE
MF	Matteo Schiavoni	(2005-04-09) April 9, 2005	0	0	Bologna U19	2022 CONCACAF U20 Championship^PRE
MF	Hugo Tavares	(2003-01-30) January 30, 2003	2	0	Thunder Bay Chill	2022 CONCACAF U20 Championship^ALT
MF	Kosi Thompson	(2003-01-27) January 27, 2003	0	0	Lillestrøm	2022 CONCACAF U20 Championship^PRE

FW	Theo Afework	(2004-01-24) January 24, 2004	0	0	York United FC	2022 CONCACAF U20 Championship^PRE
FW	Georgi Atanassov	(2004-03-06) March 6, 2004	0	0	Arda Kardzhali	2022 CONCACAF U20 Championship^PRE
FW	Mataeo Bunbury	(2005-06-13) June 13, 2005	1	0	Columbus Crew 2	2022 CONCACAF U20 Championship^PRE
FW	Mouhamadou Kane	(2003-10-12) October 12, 2003	0	0	Vancouver FC	2022 CONCACAF U20 Championship^PRE
FW	Luca Koleosho	(2004-09-15) September 15, 2004	0	0	Burnley	2022 CONCACAF U20 Championship^PRE
FW	Ronan Kratt	(2003-09-02) September 2, 2003	1	0	Werder Bremen II	2022 CONCACAF U20 Championship^PRE
FW	Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty ^INJ	(2004-01-16) January 16, 2004	0	0	Toronto FC	2022 CONCACAF U20 Championship^PRE
FW	Dieu-Merci Michel	(2004-02-09) February 9, 2004	0	0	Vitoria Guimares B	2022 CONCACAF U20 Championship^PRE
FW	Shyon Omrani	(2003-10-21) October 21, 2003	1	0	Portimonense U23	2022 CONCACAF U20 Championship^PRE
FW	Federico Rose	(2004-07-08) July 8, 2004	0	0	Vélez Sarsfield Academy	2022 CONCACAF U20 Championship^PRE
FW	Alexander Sarakinis	(2003-06-23) June 23, 2003	0	0	Iliakos Vartholomiou	2022 CONCACAF U20 Championship^PRE
FW	Lucas Sarakinis	(2004-07-30) July 30, 2004	0	0	Bolton Wanderers Youth	2022 CONCACAF U20 Championship^PRE
ALT = Alternate player INJ = Injured player PRE = Preliminary squad

Previous Canada U-20 squads

FIFA U-20 World Cup

CONCACAF U-20 Championship

Jeux de la Francophonie

2013 Jeux de la Francophonie squad

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 World Cup

U-20 World Cup record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1977	did not qualify
1979	Group stage	13th of 16	3	1	0	2	3	5
1981	did not qualify
1983	did not qualify
1985	Group stage	14th of 16	3	0	1	2	0	7
1987	Group stage	12th of 16	3	0	2	1	4	5
1989	did not qualify
1991
1993
1995
1997	Round of 16	13th of 24	4	1	1	2	3	5
1999	did not qualify
2001	Group stage	24th of 24	3	0	0	3	0	9
2003	Quarter-finals	8th of 24	5	2	0	3	4	6
2005	Group stage	21st of 24	3	0	1	2	2	7
2007	Group stage	24th of 24	3	0	0	3	0	6
2009	did not qualify
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021	Cancelled
2023	did not qualify
Total	Quarter-finals	8/24	27	4	5	18	16	50

CONCACAF U-20 Championship

CONCACAF U-20 Championship record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1962	did not enter
1964
1970
1973	Fourth place	4th of 6	4	0	1	3	2	6
1974	Quarter-finals	4th of 12	4	3	1	0	13	4
1976	Second round	5th of 15	6	2	1	3	14	13
1978	Runner-up	2nd of 13	7	3	1	3	16	4
1980	Semi-finals	4th of 18	5	2	3	0	6	2
1982	Second round	5th of 12	5	2	1	2	10	8
1984	Runner-up	2nd of 16	8	4	3	1	13	4
1986	Champions	1st of 10	7	6	1	0	23	2
1988	Group stage	6th of 10	4	1	1	2	4	4
1990	Group stage	5th of 12	2	1	1	0	1	0
1992	Third place	3rd of 11	5	3	1	1	12	6
1994	Third place	3rd of 12	6	3	0	3	18	10
1996	Champions	1st of 12	5	4	1	0	10	2
1998	Group stage	6th of 8	3	1	0	2	4	7
2001	Group stage	3rd of 8	3	2	1	0	2	0
2003	Group stage	2nd of 8	3	2	1	0	5	2
2005	Group stage	2nd of 8	3	3	0	0	4	1
2007	did not enter
2009	Group stage	5th of 8	3	1	0	2	3	3
2011	Quarter-finals	7th of 12	3	1	0	2	2	7
2013	Quarter-finals	6th of 12	3	1	0	2	8	7
2015	Group stage	9th of 12	5	1	0	4	8	11
2017	Group stage	9th of 12	3	1	0	2	2	6
2018	Group stage		5	3	0	2	10	6
2020	Cancelled
2022	Round of 16		4	1	2	1	7	4
Total	2 Titles	24/28	106	51	20	35	197	119

Jeux de la Francophonie

Jeux de la Francophonie record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1989	Gold medal	1st of 10	4	3	1	0	9	3
1994	Group stage	5th of 9	2	1	0	1	6	5
1997	Gold medal	1st of 10	5	2	2	1	3	2
2001	Quarter-finals	6th of 12	4	1	1	2	4	7
2005	Group stage	12th of 12	3	0	0	3	1	13
2009	Fourth place	4th of 9	4	1	1	2	4	9
2013	Group stage	10th of 14	3	1	0	2	3	7
2017	Group stage	7th of 16	3	2	0	1	3	4
Total	2 Titles	8/8	28	11	5	12	33	50

Honours

CONCACAF U-20 Championship
- Winners (2): 1986, 1996
- Runners-up (2): 1978, 1984
- Third place (3): 1992, 1994, 2001
Football at the Jeux de la Francophonie
- Winners (2): 1989, 1997

References

"CANADA ANNOUNCES SQUAD FOR CONCACAF MEN'S UNDER-20 CHAMPIONSHIP". Canadian Soccer Association. June 10, 2022. Retrieved June 10, 2022.
"Honduras named host for 2022 Concacaf Men's U-20 Championship". Concacaf.com. February 24, 2022. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
"CANADA SOCCER'S PROVISIONAL LIST FOR THE CONCACAF MEN'S UNDER-20 CHAMPIONSHIP". Canadian Soccer Association. May 18, 2022. Retrieved June 26, 2022.

External links

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[1] "CANADA ANNOUNCES SQUAD FOR CONCACAF MEN'S UNDER-20 CHAMPIONSHIP". Canadian Soccer Association. June 10, 2022. Retrieved June 10, 2022.

[2] "Honduras named host for 2022 Concacaf Men's U-20 Championship". Concacaf.com. February 24, 2022. Retrieved February 25, 2022.

[3] "CANADA SOCCER'S PROVISIONAL LIST FOR THE CONCACAF MEN'S UNDER-20 CHAMPIONSHIP". Canadian Soccer Association. May 18, 2022. Retrieved June 26, 2022.

Canada men's national soccer team
General	Canadian Soccer Association History Head coaches Stadiums BC Place BMO Field Commonwealth Stadium
Statistics	All-time record FIFA World Cup CONCACAF Gold Cup Summer Olympics FIFA Confederations Cup Honours Hat-tricks
Results	1924–1977 1980–1999 2000–2019 2020–present Unofficial matches 1888 Great Britain Tour
Players	International players Individual records
Goals	Dwayne De Rosario
Culture	The Voyageurs Rivalry with the United States
Other teams	U-23 U-20 U-17 Women's WU-20 WU-17 Beach soccer Futsal

National under-20 association football teams of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)
North America	Canada Mexico United States
Central America	Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama
Caribbean	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Bermuda¹ Bonaire³ British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Cuba Curaçao Dominica Dominican Republic French Guiana^{2 3} Grenada Guadeloupe³ Guyana² Haiti Jamaica Martinique³ Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint-Martin³ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten³ Suriname² Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands U.S. Virgin Islands
Defunct	Netherlands Antilles
1: Inside the North American zone, but CFU member. 2: South American country, but affiliated to CONCACAF and CFU. 3: Full CONCACAF member, but non-FIFA member.