Canada men's national under-20 soccer team

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.

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.

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.

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	1GK	Alessandro Busti	(2000-06-30) June 30, 2000	3	0	Vado
18	1GK	Thomas Hasal	(1999-07-09) July 9, 1999	5	0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC Academy
2	2DF	Émile Legault	(2000-04-10) April 10, 2000	4	0	Rio Grande Valley FC
3	2DF	Daniel Kinumbe	(1999-03-15) March 15, 1999	3	0	HFX Wanderers FC
5	2DF	Julian Dunn-Johnson	(2000-07-11) July 11, 2000	4	0	Valour FC
13	2DF	Terique Mohammed	(2000-01-27) January 27, 2000	2	0	FC Edmonton
16	2DF	Rocco Romeo	(2000-03-25) March 25, 2000	3	0	HB Køge
4	3MF	Michael Baldisimo	(2000-04-13) April 13, 2000	3	0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
6	3MF	Yohan Le Bourhis	(2000-03-09) March 9, 2000	3	0	Valour FC
7	3MF	Clément Bayiha	(1999-03-08) March 8, 1999	5	1	CF Montréal
8	3MF	Noble Okello	(2000-07-20) July 20, 2000	5	3	HB Køge
10	3MF	Mathieu Choinière	(1999-02-07) February 7, 1999	5	1	CF Montréal
11	3MF	Noah Verhoeven	(1999-06-15) June 15, 1999	5	0	Pacific FC
12	3MF	Dante Campbell	(1999-05-22) May 22, 1999	5	0	Valour FC
14	3MF	Benson Fazili	(2000-01-12) January 12, 2000	1	0	FK Metta
20	3MF	Steffen Yeates	(2000-01-04) January 4, 2000	1	1	UConn Huskies
9	4FW	Theo Bair	(1999-08-27) August 27, 1999	5	1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
15	4FW	José Hernández	(2000-03-19) March 19, 2000	3	1	Cavalry FC
17	4FW	Adonijah Reid	(1999-08-13) August 13, 1999	5	1	Miami FC
19	4FW	Jordan Perruzza	(2001-01-16) January 16, 2001	4	1	Toronto FC

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	(2000-01-13) January 13, 2000	0	0	Novara	2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship TRA
DF	Justin Yarde	(2001-05-20) May 20, 2001	0	0	Ridgebacks	2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship TRA
MF	Calin Calaidjoglu	(2001-01-18) January 18, 2001	0	0	SO Cholet	2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship TRA
MF	Mohamed Omar	(1999-08-09) August 9, 1999	0	0	Toronto FC II	2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship TRA
MF	Jacob Shaffelburg	(1999-11-26) November 26, 1999	0	0	Toronto FC	2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship TRA

Notes:

• TRA = Training player