Gold Cup Preliminary Squad Announced...we're losing 5 guys.

[Ron Manager]

Canada Announces Gold Cup Squad
June 20, 2009 @ 10:58:54
Canada's 2009 Gold Cup roster was recently announced via CONCACAF.com.

Lars Hirschfeld GK 10/17/1978 Cluj (ROM)
Greg Sutton GK 4/19/1977 Toronto FC
Kiriakos Stamatopoulos GK 8/26/1976 Lyn FC (NOR)
Asmir Begovic GK 6/20/1987 Portsmouth (ENG)
Adrian Cann DF 9/19/1980 FC Esbjerg (DEN)
Atiba Hutchinson DF/MD 2/8/1983 FC Copenhagen (DEN)
Dwayne De Rosario MD/AT 5/15/1978 Toronto FC
Richard Hastings DF 5/18/1977 Inverness CT (SCO)
Andre Hainault DF 6/16/1986 Houston Dynamo (USA)
Josh Simpson MD 5/15/1983 FC Kaiserslautern (GER)
Patrice Bernier MD 9/23/1979 FC Nordsjaelland (DEN)
Kevin McKenna DF 1/21/1980 FC Cologne (GER)
Mike Klukowski DF/MD 5/27/1981 FC Brugge (BEL)
Nik Ledgerwood DF/MD 1/16/1985 1860 Munich (GER)
Daniel Imhof MD 11/22/1977 Bochum (GER)
Adrian Serioux DF 5/12/1979 Toronto FC
Marcel De Jong DF/MD 10/15/1986 Roda JC (NED)
Issey Nakajima-Farran MD 5/16/1984 FC Nordsjaelland (DEN)
Ali Gerba AT 7/27/1982 MK Dons (recently signed with Toronto FC) (ENG)
Dejan Jakovic DF 7/16/1985 DC United (USA)
Kevin Harmse DF/MD 7/4/1984 Toronto FC
Simeon Jackson AT 3/28/1987 Gillingham (ENG)
Chris Pozniak DF/MF 1/10/1981 Dundee (SCO)
Jaime Peters DF/MD 5/4/1987 Ipswich Town (ENG)
Nana Attakora-Gyan DF 3/27/1989 Toronto FC
Ante Jazic DF/MD 2/27/1976 Chivas USA (USA)
Julian De Guzman MD 3/25/1981 Deportivo La Coruna (ESP)
Paul Stalteri DF/MD 10/18/1977 Borussia Monchengladbach (GER)
Olivier Occean AT 10/23/1981 Lillestrom (NOR)
Will Johnson AT 1/11/1983 Real Salt Lake (USA)


Could be a tough time.

[London]

add marvel wynne to that list

[poppamidnight]

Canada Announces Gold Cup Squad
June 20, 2009 @ 10:58:54
Canada's 2009 Gold Cup roster was recently announced via CONCACAF.com.

Lars Hirschfeld GK 10/17/1978 Cluj (ROM)
Greg Sutton GK 4/19/1977 Toronto FC
Kiriakos Stamatopoulos GK 8/26/1976 Lyn FC (NOR)
Asmir Begovic GK 6/20/1987 Portsmouth (ENG)
Adrian Cann DF 9/19/1980 FC Esbjerg (DEN)
Atiba Hutchinson DF/MD 2/8/1983 FC Copenhagen (DEN)
Dwayne De Rosario MD/AT 5/15/1978 Toronto FC
Richard Hastings DF 5/18/1977 Inverness CT (SCO)
Andre Hainault DF 6/16/1986 Houston Dynamo (USA)
Josh Simpson MD 5/15/1983 FC Kaiserslautern (GER)
Patrice Bernier MD 9/23/1979 FC Nordsjaelland (DEN)
Kevin McKenna DF 1/21/1980 FC Cologne (GER)
Mike Klukowski DF/MD 5/27/1981 FC Brugge (BEL)
Nik Ledgerwood DF/MD 1/16/1985 1860 Munich (GER)
Daniel Imhof MD 11/22/1977 Bochum (GER)
Adrian Serioux DF 5/12/1979 Toronto FC
Marcel De Jong DF/MD 10/15/1986 Roda JC (NED)
Issey Nakajima-Farran MD 5/16/1984 FC Nordsjaelland (DEN)
Ali Gerba AT 7/27/1982 MK Dons (recently signed with Toronto FC) (ENG)
Dejan Jakovic DF 7/16/1985 DC United (USA)
Kevin Harmse DF/MD 7/4/1984 Toronto FC
Simeon Jackson AT 3/28/1987 Gillingham (ENG)
Chris Pozniak DF/MF 1/10/1981 Dundee (SCO)
Jaime Peters DF/MD 5/4/1987 Ipswich Town (ENG)
Nana Attakora-Gyan DF 3/27/1989 Toronto FC
Ante Jazic DF/MD 2/27/1976 Chivas USA (USA)
Julian De Guzman MD 3/25/1981 Deportivo La Coruna (ESP)
Paul Stalteri DF/MD 10/18/1977 Borussia Monchengladbach (GER)
Olivier Occean AT 10/23/1981 Lillestrom (NOR)
Will Johnson AT 1/11/1983 Real Salt Lake (USA)


Could be a tough time.

Nana??? They Took Nana???

If they make him ride the pine I'll be downright pissed.... In fact, I have a strong belief they will make him ride the pine and get the 'experience'

...When in fact "experience" would be better suited to MLS on-field production (in our starting 11)

[Marc"2L"]

Emergency hardship please.

[Azerban]

Didn't DeRo say he was out and concentrating on TFC?

[Broadview]

Nana being named surprised me as well. Good for him but geez.

No Jimmy B though....if it were one or the other to ride pine, send Nana.

[mighty_torontofc_2008]

lets hope Canada does a quick 3 and out so the club will not suffer too much..why cant they play thois gold cup in January or February? it would be more easier for MLS teams

[Sab0tage]

Didn't DeRo say he was out and concentrating on TFC?

That's what I thought, too.

[Nazzer]

THis is only the preliminary roster. On the site it says that at minimum 24 hours before the first game the roster will have to be reduced to 23 players.

[spezz44]

Marvell was named to the US team, no big surprise their.

[rocker]

The Gold Cup Group stage (July 3-July 10) would be over before our first July game (July 11).... of course, if Canada does well and advances out of the group then they would miss games. and its pretty tight there..

Serioux is so beat up. I hope he declines.

[werewolf]

If we go out in the group stage, the players would miss 1 game. If we make the quarter-finals, 2 games. If we make the final, all 3 games in July.

[Pinkie]

IF canada makes it to the final(which I hope they don't) we won't have these guys for our first home game vs. Puerto Rico-
The final is on July 26th and as such I sincerely doubt they will be able to play two days later..
this is shitty

[rocker]

we'll give em Harmse as a consolation prize and keep the rest

[poppamidnight]

Nana being named surprised me as well. Good for him but geez.

No Jimmy B though....if it were one or the other to ride pine, send Nana.

That's the problem I have with this,
Some players are not in season with their clubs,
we are...

Hence, the actuall need for the player to be somewhere else,

I would only give them Nana if they assured Toronto FC that they will have him in the starting 11,

Ride the bench there really doesn't do much for Canada, NOR does it help TFC's cause

If they want a spectator to get 'experience' send Gabe Gala

[rocker]

hmm. by my calculation no team loses more than 1 player according to that roster -- except TFC which has 5 called up. No way will those 5 be leaving. That's too much for one team in season. Houston loses Hainault, RSL loses Will Johnson, and DC loses Dejan Jakovic.. but one guy per team is not a hardship.

[ensco]

Maybe we should have a look at this guy Kiriakos for TFC.....

[prizby]

hmm. by my calculation no team loses more than 1 player according to that roster -- except TFC which has 5 called up. No way will those 5 be leaving. That's too much for one team in season. Houston loses Hainault, RSL loses Will Johnson, and DC loses Dejan Jakovic.. but one guy per team is not a hardship.

still haven't counted Guevara (CHECK THAT...GUEVARA WAS NOT CALLED UP WTF!!!) or Wynne for us...other teams will lose Americans (and others)...



...this is a preliminary squad (see 4 goalies called up)...they can only carry 23 or maybe 22 players, so i expect nana and possibly harmse to get cut...im surprised about jimmy though...but more importantly NO ROB FRIEND OR DAVID EDGAR (STILL)

they got will johnson's age wrong...he was born in 87

[BeninatoTFC]

IF canada makes it to the final(which I hope they don't.)

Club pride over National pride? Get real, that's an embarrassing statement.

[Broadview]

Club pride over National pride? Get real, that's an embarrassing statement.

Not all TFC fans are Canadian.

[Kaz]

Good for Nana if he gets a starting spot, then he should take it, he's done very well for himself

[boban]

im surprised about jimmy though..

Why??
He told them a year or so ago to go fuck themselves.

[rocker]

I hope the US can choose Heyduk for the Gold Cup and leave Wynne behind. Wynne's played what, only 1 of 4 games now with the US since he's been gone.
And if he stays with the US and they go far in the Gold Cup, he'll have been gone for almost 2 months. That's unacceptable for a guy who's just going to sit on the bench.

[MFBODD]

Not all TFC fans are Canadian.

True, but showing respect for the country your club plays in can go a long way.

With the CSA constantly screwing up we need to show well in torunaments like these in order for support of the spot to grow. I just hate the fact that MLS clubs have to deal with playing league games with depleted squads. I wish they could halt play and work around it.

I totally understand why many will not support national play because of the risk it creates for club football

[Cas87]

One question, why are they taking our guys yet Paul Onstad from Houston isn't selected?

[Keegan]

Nana??? They Took Nana???

If they make him ride the pine I'll be downright pissed.... In fact, I have a strong belief they will make him ride the pine and get the 'experience'

...When in fact "experience" would be better suited to MLS on-field production (in our starting 11)

Canada can cap tie Nana in this tournament, I believe he has african ties. Not that he would betray Canada or anything its just good to get him locked down. With new FIFA rules you need to cap all players you can. Also being around defenders such as Stalteri, Klukowski, De Jong, Ledgerwood, McKenna, Jakovic, Hainault will be good for him that is a ton of competition.

Before people start crying about no Rob Friend or David Edgar.... Friend is injured and Edgar is out of contract and going to sign for either Birmingham City or Burnley. Apparently Birmingham though.

This is an excellent squad called and we should be proud of any TFC player called for this team. This team just gets better and better, already since WCQ we've seen the emergence of new potential MNT regulars such as Simeon Jackson, Will Johnson, Dejan Jakovic, Nana Attakora, Nik Ledgerwood, Asmir Begovic. A lot of those guys should have maybe been on the MNT for WCQ but such is life with Dale Mitchell.....

TFC probably isn't going to lose Serioux or De Rosario. Serioux has a lot of competition to start for Canada and they are all younger anyways so why would he risk coming?

De Rosario can be replaced by Josh Simpson or Will Johnson pretty easily.

[Keegan]

IF canada makes it to the final(which I hope they don't) we won't have these guys for our first home game vs. Puerto Rico-
The final is on July 26th and as such I sincerely doubt they will be able to play two days later..
this is shitty

Wow.... go support Columbus or something.

[TFC07]

One question, why are they taking our guys yet Paul Onstad from Houston isn't selected?

because Canada has better goalkeepers available?

[elvis]

True, but showing respect for the country your club plays in can go a long way.

With the CSA constantly screwing up we need to show well in torunaments like these in order for support of the spot to grow. I just hate the fact that MLS clubs have to deal with playing league games with depleted squads. I wish they could halt play and work around it.

I totally understand why many will not support national play because of the risk it creates for club football

I enjoy Liverpool but fuck England as far as I'm concerned.

[Lucky Strike]

Canada can cap tie Nana in this tournament, I believe he has african ties. Not that he would betray Canada or anything its just good to get him locked down. With new FIFA rules you need to cap all players you can. Also being around defenders such as Stalteri, Klukowski, De Jong, Ledgerwood, McKenna, Jakovic, Hainault will be good for him that is a ton of competition.

Before people start crying about no Rob Friend or David Edgar.... Friend is injured and Edgar is out of contract and going to sign for either Birmingham City or Burnley. Apparently Birmingham though.

This is an excellent squad called and we should be proud of any TFC player called for this team. This team just gets better and better, already since WCQ we've seen the emergence of new potential MNT regulars such as Simeon Jackson, Will Johnson, Dejan Jakovic, Nana Attakora, Nik Ledgerwood, Asmir Begovic. A lot of those guys should have maybe been on the MNT for WCQ but such is life with Dale Mitchell.....

TFC probably isn't going to lose Serioux or De Rosario. Serioux has a lot of competition to start for Canada and they are all younger anyways so why would he risk coming?

De Rosario can be replaced by Josh Simpson or Will Johnson pretty easily.

How does this affect whether or not he would be called up to the national squad? Is it something like: well, he's busy trying to get a new contract so we'll let him do it, because it's good for Canadian football (i.e. a player not playing can't improve) or something like that?