Canada men's national under-20 soccer team

The Canada U-20 men's national soccer team, also known as Canada Under-20s or Canada U-20s, is a youth team for national 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.

Canada Under-20

Nickname(s)	The Canucks Les Rouges (The Reds)
Association	Canadian Soccer Association
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Andrew Olivieri
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)

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.

Players

Current squad

The following 20 players were named to the squad for the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[1]

Caps and goals as of November 10, 2018, after the game against Martinique.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Alessandro Busti	June 30, 2000	3	0	Vado
18	GK	Thomas Hasal	July 9, 1999	5	0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC Academy
2	DF	Émile Legault	April 10, 2000	4	0	Rio Grande Valley FC
3	DF	Daniel Kinumbe	March 15, 1999	3	0	HFX Wanderers FC
5	DF	Julian Dunn-Johnson	July 11, 2000	4	0	Valour FC
13	DF	Terique Mohammed	January 27, 2000	2	0	FC Edmonton
16	DF	Rocco Romeo	March 25, 2000	3	0	HB Køge
4	MF	Michael Baldisimo	April 13, 2000	3	0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
6	MF	Yohan Le Bourhis	March 9, 2000	3	0	Valour FC
7	MF	Clément Bayiha	March 8, 1999	5	1	CF Montréal
8	MF	Noble Okello	July 20, 2000	5	3	HB Køge
10	MF	Mathieu Choinière	February 7, 1999	5	1	CF Montréal
11	MF	Noah Verhoeven	June 15, 1999	5	0	Pacific FC
12	MF	Dante Campbell	May 22, 1999	5	0	Valour FC
14	MF	Benson Fazili	January 12, 2000	1	0	FK Metta
20	MF	Steffen Yeates	January 4, 2000	1	1	UConn Huskies
9	FW	Theo Bair	August 27, 1999	5	1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
15	FW	José Hernández	March 19, 2000	3	1	Cavalry FC
17	FW	Adonijah Reid	August 13, 1999	5	1	Miami FC
19	FW	Jordan Perruzza	January 16, 2001	4	1	Toronto FC

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up within the last 12 months and are still eligible at U20 level.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Axel Desjardins	January 13, 2000	0	0	Novara	2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship ^TRA
DF	Justin Yarde	May 20, 2001	0	0	Ridgebacks	2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship ^TRA
MF	Calin Calaidjoglu	January 18, 2001	0	0	SO Cholet	2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship ^TRA
MF	Mohamed Omar	August 9, 1999	0	0	Toronto FC II	2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship ^TRA
MF	Jacob Shaffelburg	November 26, 1999	0	0	Toronto FC	2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship ^TRA

Notes:

• TRA = Training player

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
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	To be determined
Total	Quarter-finals	8/23	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	qualified
Total	2 Titles	24/28	102	50	18	34	190	115

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

Football at the Jeux de la Francophonie

• Winners (2): 1989, 1997

See also

• Canada men's national under-17 soccer team
• Canada men's national under-18 soccer team
• Canada men's national under-23 soccer team
• Canada men's national soccer team
• Soccer in Canada

References

1. "Canada announces squad for the Concacaf Men's Under-20 Championship". CanadaSoccer.com. October 24, 2018. Retrieved October 25, 2018.

External links

• Canucks Abroad
• Canadian Soccer Association