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Bisnis.comJAKARTA – The Canadian national team has summoned all its best players, including those from Major League Soccer (MLS) Toronto FC, to participate in the 2023 U-17 World Cup in Indonesia from November 10 to December 2.

Quoted on the official Canadian football website, coach Andrew Olivieri named 21 players, 10 of whom came from Toronto FC’s youth team.

The ten names are Nathaniel Abraham, Alexander O’Brien, Dominic Kantorowicz, Chimere Omeze, Lazar Stefanovic, Theo Rigopoulos, Philip Igbinobaro, Richard Chukwu, Tyler Londono and Lucas Ozimec.

“This is the kind of culminating event that Canada’s most talented and promising young people must experience on their journey to the highest levels of world football,” said Andrew Olivieri, Canada Soccer Excel Men’s National Youth Director. .

“Putting in a disciplined and courageous collective performance in Indonesia will be exactly what the team needs to take their program to the round of 16 for the first time at the FIFA U-17 World Cup. could also help boost the careers of some of these young men, he added.

Among the 21 names called, 17 were players who played for Canadian clubs. The other four names are players playing in foreign competitions, such as Antoni Klukowski from the Polish club Pogoń Szczecin, Victor Fung from the American club Inter Miami CF Academy, Erik Pop from the German club Karlsruher FC U-19​​​ ​​​, and Lino Aklil at the French club HSC Montpellier​​​​​​​.

Canada is in Group B of the U-17 World Cup with Mali, Spain and Uzbekistan. Canada will play the first two matches, against Spain (November 10) and Uzbekistan (November 13) at Manahan Stadium in Solo. Meanwhile, the final match against Mali (November 16) will be played at the Gelora Bung Tomo Stadium in Surabaya.

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Here are 21 player names from Canada’s U-17 national team participating in the U-17 World Cup:
1. Nathaniel Abraham (Toronto FC Academy)
2. Alexander O’Brien (Toronto FC Academy)
3. Dominic Kantorowicz (Toronto FC Academy)
4. Chimere Omeze (Toronto FC Academy)
5. Lazar Stefanovic (Toronto FC Academy II)
​​​​​​​6. Victor Fung (Inter Miami CF Academy)
7. Etienne Godin (CF Montreal Academy)
8. Théo Rigopoulos (Toronto FC Academy)
9. Gaël de Montigny (CF Montreal Academy)
10. Aidan Fong (Vancouver Whitecaps Academy)
11. Lino Aklil (HSC Montpellier)
12. Alessandro Biello (CF Montreal Academy)
13. Jeevan Badwal (Vancouver Whitecaps Academy)
​​​​​​​14. Philip Igbinobaro (Toronto FC Academy)
15. Richard Chukwu (Toronto FC Academy)
​16. Tyler Londono (Toronto FC Academy)
​17. Taryck Tahid (Vancouver FC)
​18. Antoni Klukowski (Pogon Szczecin)
​19. Kevaughn Tavernier (Forge FC Hamilton)
​20. Erik Pop (Karlsruher FC U-19)
​21. Lucas Ozimec (Toronto FC Academy)

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