The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team’s bid for an unprecedented place in the Copa America tournament stalled this afternoon at the Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas, as the Soca Warrio
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Canada’s long-overdue youth movement is officially on thanks to the squad that interim coach Mauro Biello named for today's playoff, which he called the “youngest squad since 2019,” with 22 of the 23 players under the age of 30.While the lone player to be called into a Canada camp for the first time is CF Montreal goalkeeper Jonathan Sirois, 22, there are no shortage of young, intriguing names on the team looking to solidify their spots in the squad with the 2026 World Cup on the horizon.Jacob Shaffelburg, 24, is coming off a striking performance against Inter Miami in MLS action, notching a brace and breaking the game wide open with his pace. Jacen Russell-Rowe, 21, has one goal in just 106 minutes for the defending MLS Cup Champions Columbus Crew this season. And Theo Blair, 24, has rebounded from a poor start in the Scottish Premiership to tally 11 goals in 29 appearances this season.
FRISCO, Texas Canada is headed to Copa America and a marquee matchup with World Cup champion Argentina. But it took a while to get there with a well-organized Trinidad and Tobago hard to pierce in a CONCACAF Nations League play-in match Saturday.
Canada’s men’s national team has named their squad for the Copa America play-in against Trinidad and Tobago, and the program’s long-overdue youth movement is officially on.
Interim coach Mauro Biello has named a squad he calls “youngest squad since 2019,” with 22 of the 23 players under the age of 30.
Most notable are the names missing from the previous team who lost to Jamaica in the Concacaf Nations League quarter-finals in November: long-standing Canada captain and goalkeeper Milan Borjan, 36, who debuted for Canada in 2011 and guided the team through the 2022 World Cup, was not.