Canada at the Concacaf Boys’ Under-15 Championship

Canada have arrived in the Dominican Republic in preparation for the biennial Concacaf Boys’ Under-15 Championship that kicks off with 16 nations in League A for the 2023 edition. Canada coach Mike Vitulano has a group of 18  players that will face group opponents Dominican Republic, Guatemala and Panama with a target of advancing to the Concacaf Final on Sunday 13 August in Santo Domingo.
 
Canada will face hosts Dominican Republic on Sunday 6 August, Guatemala on Monday 7 August and Panama on Tuesday 8 August across their group phase at the Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez in Santo Domingo. From there, two nations from each of four groups will advance to the Thursday Quarterfinals and then the top-four nations will play on both Friday 11 August in the Concacaf Semifinals and Sunday 13 August in either the Match for 3^rd Place or the Concacaf Final.
 
This Canada’s third participation at the Concacaf Boys’ Under-15 Championship, having reached the Concacaf Semifinals in both 2017 and 2019 (there was no tournament in 2021 because of the global pandemic). Matches are 70 minutes long and Canada will train with a squad of 22 players including four alternates, with all players in the competition born 2008 or later.

CANADA SQUAD
1- GK- Dominic Kantorowicz | CAN / Toronto FC Academy
2- FB- Sahil Deo | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC Academy
3- FB- William Daniels | ENG / Leicester City FC Academy
4- M- Tim Fortier | CAN / Toronto FC Academy
5- CB- Daniel Panait | CAN / Académie de CF Montréal
6- CB- Sergei Kozlovskiy | CAN / Académie de CF Montréal
7- F- Shola Jimoh | CAN / Toronto FC Academy
8- M- Aghilas Abdelmalek Sadek | CAN / CS Longueuil
9- F- Kemari Record-Wright | CAN / Toronto FC Academy
10- M- Kevin Khan | NED / Feyenoord Academy
11- F- André Ali-Gayapersad | ESP / CF Damm
12- FB- Ajahni Carter | CAN / Toronto FC Academy
13- CB- Richard Chukwu | CAN / Toronto FC Academy
14- M- Dylan Judelson | USA / Orlando City SC Academy
15- CB- Spencer Sappleton | CAN / Toronto FC Academy
16- F- Grady McDonnell | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC Academy
17- M- Philip Biskupski | CAN / Toronto FC Academy
18- GK- Jean-Christophe Belzile | CAN / Académie de CF Montréal

Alternate Players *
19- F- Johnny Selemani | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC Academy
20- CB- Stefan Kapor | CAN / Toronto FC Academy
21- M- Antone Bossenberry | CAN / Toronto FC Academy
22- FB- Josh Nteziryayo | CAN / Académie de CF Montréal

CANADA (A-Z)  
Player | Pronouns | Birth year | City in which they grew up | Notable youth clubs  
Ali-Gayapersad, André | 2008 | Brampton, ON, CAN | Brampton East SC
Belzile, Jean-Christophe | 2008 | Winnipeg, Colorado Springs, Ottawa & Beloeil, QC, CAN | Winnipeg Bonivital SC
Biskupski, Philip | 2008 | Toronto, ON, CAN | Erin Mills SC
Bossenberry, Antone | 2008 | Toronto, ON, CAN | Toronto Brazilian Soccer Academy
Carter, Ajahni | 2008 | Toronto, ON, CAN | Scarborough Timbits
Chukwu, Richard | 2008 | Toronto, ON, CAN | Bradford Eagles SC
Daniels, William | 2008 | St-Hilaire, QC, CAN | CS de la Vallée-du-Richelieu (Beloeil)
Deo, Sahil | 2008 | Port Coquitlam, BC, CAN | Port Coquitlam Euro-Rite FC
Fortier, Tim | 2008 | Toronto, ON, CAN | Toronto’s Canada First Academy
Jimoh, Shola | 2008 | Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, ENG & Brampton, ON, CAN | Brampton East SC
Judelson, Dylan | 2008 | Weston, CT & Winter Park, FL, USA | Darien SA
Kantorowicz, Dominic | 2008 | Caledon, ON, CAN | Brampton Elite SA
Kapor, Stefan | 2009 | Stoney Creek, ON, CAN | Hamilton Serbians
Khan, Kevin | 2008 | Woodbridge, ON, CAN | Brampton YSC,
Kozlovskiy, Sergei | 2008 | Montréal, QC, CAN | AS Dynamo Montréal
McDonnell, Grady | 2008 | Vancouver, BC, CAN | Coastal FC
Nteziryayo, Josh | 2008 | Terrebonne, QC, CAN | AS Mascouche
Panait, Daniel | 2008 | Laval, QC, CAN | CS Fabrose Laval
Record-Wright, Kemari | 2008 | Toronto, ON, CAN | Unionville-Milliken SC
Sadek, Aghilas Abdelmalek | 2008 | Longueuil, QC, CAN | CS Longueuil
Sappleton, Spencer | 2008 | Toronto, ON, CAN | East York SC
Selemani, Johnny | 2008 | Edmonton, AB, CAN | Edmonton Blue Quill Community

CANADA SOCCER’S MEN’S NATIONAL TEAM PROGRAM
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 16 FIFA men’s youth tournaments: eight editions of the FIFA U-20 World Cup and eight editions of the FIFA U-17 World Cup. Across Brazil 2019 and Peru 2023, Canada have qualified for back-to-back FIFA U-17 World Cups.
 
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.