Canada turns to foreign-based talent
Reuters - Friday 18 March 2011, 20:10
OTTAWA, March 18 (Reuters) - Canada coach Stephen Hart
stocked his line-up with mostly foreign-based players for an
international friendly against Belarus on March 29 in Turkey,
the Canadian Soccer Association said on Friday.
Only two of the 18 players, Major League Soccer midfielders
Andre Hainault of the Houston Dynamo and Real Salt Lake's Will
Johnson, are not currently with European clubs.
"It will be another good opportunity to get the squad
together in light of this summer's CONCACAF Gold Cup," Hart
said in a statement. "Belarus is a formidable opponent that has
done very well in Euro qualifiers."
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Lars Hirschfeld (Valerenga), Milan Borjan (FK
Rad)
Defenders: Jaime Peters (Ipswich Town), Paul Stalteri
(Borussia Monchengladbach), David Edgar (Burnley FC), Nik
Ledgerwood (Wehen Wiesbaden), Adam Straith (Energie Cottbus),
Kevin McKenna (FC Koln)
Midfielders: Mike Klukowski (MKE Ankaragucu), Andre
Hainault (Houston Dynamo), Pedro Pacheco (CD Santa Clara), Will
Johnson (Real Salt Lake), Simeon Jackson (Norwich City), Josh
Simpson (Vestel Manisaspor), Atiba Hutchinson (PSV Eindhoven),
Jonathan Beaulieu-Bourgault (Preussen Munster)
Forwards: Rob Friend (Hertha Berlin), Tosaint Ricketts
(Politehnica Timioara)