CANM20 Squad announced for 2024 Concacaf U-20 Championship

Canada Soccer has announced the 21 players led by Head Coach Andrew Olivieri that will represent Canada in the 2024 U-20 Concacaf Championship in Mexico. The tournament also serves as a qualifier for the 2025 U-20 FIFA World Cup Chile, with the semi-finalists earning their spot at the bi-annual tournament. 

Canada have been drawn in Group B and will face Honduras on 20 July, last year’s tournament runners-up Dominican Republic on 23 July and El Salvador on 26 July. 

Following group stage play, the top two teams of each group and the two-best third-placed teams will advance to the quarter-finals. 

“We’re heading into this tournament fully aware of the challenge it has been for Canada at this age group over the last couple of decades. But there is a belief that the talent in this group will allow us to approach the moment with measured confidence. There has been some positive work being done within the organization to build greater opportunities for our youth system to move forward. This group is completely determined to achieve success and qualify for the World Cup.” – Andrew Olivieri, CANM20 Head Coach and Men’s National Youth Director

Overall, 15 players are returning from the squad that played in the 2024 CONCACAF Championship qualifiers. Back in February, Canada dominated their qualifying group winning all three games scoring 15 goals and conceding none. 

Unavailable for selection due to club commitments are Ivan Pavela and Jovan Ivanesivec while Luc De Fougerolles will prepare for pre-season with Fulham FC after spending time with the senior Men’s National Team. Lazar Stefanovic was unavailable for selection due to injury. 

Canada are making their 25th appearance at the Concacaf Men’s Under-20 Championship having won the tournament twice (1986, 1996). At the 2022 edition of the bi-annual competition, Canada advanced from their group but were eliminated in the Round of 16 to Guatemala on penalties.        

All of Canada’s matches will air exclusively on OneSoccer, available on the fuboTV Canada platform, as a linear channel on Telus’s Optik TV (Channel 980), as well as online at OneSoccer.ca and through the OneSoccer app.  

Fans will find coverage across Canada Soccer’s digital channels on Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube featuring the hashtag #CANM20.  

CANADA  
GK – Nathaniel Abraham | CAN / Toronto FC Academy 
GK – Isaiah Goldson | USA / Michigan University 
GK – Grégoire Swiderski | FRA / Girondins de Bordeaux B  
FB – James Cameron | CAN / Vancouver FC  
FB – Christian Greco-Taylor | CAN / Pacific FC  
FB – Theo Rigopoulous | CAN / Toronto FC Academy 
CB – Richard Chukwu | CAN / Toronto FC Academy 
CB – Immanuel Mathe | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2
CB – Adam Pearlman | CAN / Toronto FC  
CB – Ethan Schilte-Brown | SCO / Kilmarnock FC B 
M – Alessandro Biello | CAN / CF Montréal  
M – Jeevan Badwal | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2
M – Jesse Costa | Unattached 
M – Andrei Dumitru | CAN / Toronto FC II 
M – Khadim Kane | CAN / Forge FC  
FW – Mataeo Bunbury | USA / Portland Timbers II  
FW – Tavio Ciccarelli | CAN / Halifax Wanderers FC  
FW – Oumar Diallo | AUT / LASK Linz 
FW – Santiago Lopez | MEX / Pumas Unam 
FW – Myles Morgan | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2
FW – Kimani Stewart-Baynes | USA / Colorado Rapids 

CANADA (A-Z)  
Player | Birthyear | City in which they grew up | Notable Canadian youth clubs  
Abraham, Nathaniel | 2007 | Vaughan, ON | Vaughan SC  
Badwal, Jeevan | 2006 | Surrey, BC | Surrey FC  
Biello, Alessandro | 2006 | Montréal, QC | FC St-Léonard  
Bunbury, Mataeo | 2005 | Lakeville, USA | Lakeville SC  
Cameron, James | 2005 | North Vancouver, BC | North Vancouver FC  
Chukwu, Richard | 2008 | Toronto, ON | Bradford Eagles SC  
Ciccarelli, Tavio | 2006 | Winnipeg, MB | Bonivital SC  
Costa, Jesse | 2005 | Brampton, ON | Brampton Blast  
Diallo, Oumar | 2005 | Aurora, ON | Scarborough National Team  
Dumitru, Andrei | 2006 | Mississauga, ON | Mississauga Prostars  
Goldson, Isaiah | 2005 | Oakville, ON | Vaughn SC 
Greco-Taylor, Christian | 2005 | Calgary, AB | Calgary Rangers SC  
Kane, Khadim | 2005 | St-Laurent, QC | FSS Salabery  
Lopez, Santiago | 2005 | Oakville, ON | Oakville SC  
Mathe, Immanuel | 2006 | Burnaby, BC | Clicc Avenue United  
Morgan, Myles | 2005 | Pickering, ON | Ajax SC  
Pearlman, Adam | 2005 | Toronto, ON | Glen Shields FC  
Rigopoulos, Theo | 2006 | London, ON | London Norwest  
Schilte-Brown, Ethan | 2005 | Tampa, USA | Halifax Wanderers FC  
Stewart-Baynes, Kimani | 2005 | Toronto, ON | Vaughan SC  
Swiderski, Grégoire | 2005 | Bordeaux, FRA | FC Saint-Médard-en-Jalles  

CANADA SOCCER’S MEN’S NATIONAL TEAM PROGRAM 

Canada Soccer’s Men’s National Team Program channels our nation’s exceptional players from the best soccer environments across the globe. Domestically, the Canada Soccer Pathway works in collaboration with our provincial and territory partners as well as our 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.