Canada releases preliminary roster for CONCACAF Gold Cup

OTTAWA (ONTARIO) – All 12 preliminary rosters for the 2007 CONACACAF Gold Cup have been released this week at goldcup.org, the tournament’s official website. Canada has named 30 players to its preliminary roster



Canada’s final roster does not need to be submitted until 23 May, 15 days before their first match on 6 June. Canada’s final roster will consist of 23 players.



Canada opens their tournament on 6 June against Costa Rica at the Orange Bowl in Miami, FL. Their next two opening-round matches are on 9 June against Guadeloupe and 11 June against Haiti, both of which will also be played at the Orange Bowl. Canada also has an international friendly just before the tournament starts, 1 June against Venezuela at the the Estadio José Pachencho Romero in Maracaibo.



From the tournament’s 16-year history (eight finals), Canada were Gold Cup champions in 2000. The 2007 Gold Cup team will be coached by Stephen Hart.



Patrice Bernier MD 23.09.1979 Tromsø I.L./NOR

Adam Braz DF 07.06.1981 Toronto FC

Jim Brennan MD 08.05.1977 Toronto FC

Julian DeGuzman MD 25.03.1981 Deportivo La Coruna/ESP

Dwayne DeRosario AT 15.05.1978 Houston Dynamo/USA

Robert Friend AT 23.01.1981 FC Heerenveen/NED

Ali Gerba DF 27.07.1982 FC Gothenborg/SWE

Gabriel Gervais DF 18.09.1976 Montreal Impact

Sandro Grande MD 29.09.1977 Viking Stavanger/NOR

Andrew Hainault DF 16.06.1986 Said Most FC/CZE

Kevin Harmse MD 04.07.1984 Los Angeles Galaxy/USA

Lars Hirschfeld GK 17.10.1978 Rosenborg/NOR

Iain Hume MD 20.10.1983 Leicester City/ENG

Atiba Hutchinson MD 08.02.1983 FC Copenhagen/DEN

Daniel Imhof MD 22.11.1977 Bochum/GER

Ante Jazic MD 27.02.1976 Los Angeles Galaxy/USA

Mike Klukowski MD 27.05.1981 FC Brugge/BEL

Kevin McKenna AT 12.01.1980 Energie Cottus/GER

Issey Nakajima-Farran MD 16.05.1984 FC Vejle Bodklub/DEN

Martin Nash MD 27.12.1975 Vancouver Whitecaps

Olivier Occean AT 23.10.1981 Lillestrom/NOR

Chris Pozniak DF 10.01.1981 Toronto FC

Marco Reda DF 22.06.1977 Toronto FC

Antonio Ribeiro MD 08.10.1980 Montreal Impact

Dave Simpson AT 11.01.1983 Sparta Prague/CZE

Josh Simpson MD 15.05.1983 FC Kaiserslautern/GER

Paul Stalteri MD 18.10.1977 Tottenham Hotspur/ENG

Kenny Stamatopoulous GK 26.08.1976 Tromsø I.L./NOR

Greg Sutton GK 19.04.1977 Toronto FC

Josh Wagenaar GK 26.02.1985 ADO Den Haag/NED