Canada men's head coach Marsch adds experienced Johnston, Osorio for CONCACAF Gold Cup

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Defender Alistair Johnston and midfielder Jonathan Osorio are included connected Canada's 26-man roster for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup aboriginal this month. Goalkeeper Tom McGill and defender Kamal Miller person besides been added to the 26-player roster.

Club opens play June 17 successful Vancouver against Honduras earlier heading to Houston

Neil Davidson · The Canadian Press

· Posted: Jun 05, 2025 12:19 PM EDT | Last Updated: 9 minutes ago

Costa Rica's Johan Venegas vies for the shot shot with Canada’s Jonathan Osorio and Alistair Johnston during their FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 CONCACAF qualifying lucifer astatine the National Stadium successful San Jose, connected March 24, 2022.

Veterans Alistair Johnston and Jonathan Osorio volition rejoin Canada aboriginal this period for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Both are included successful Jesse Marsch's 26-man roster, which besides adds goalkeeper Tom McGill and defender Kamal Miller to those held implicit from the 23-player Canadian Shield Tournament, which begins Saturday astatine 3:30 p.m. ET with No. 30 Canada hosting No. 25 Ukraine astatine Toronto's BMO Field. The Canadians look No. 41 Ivory Coast adjacent Tuesday astatine 8:30 p.m.

"We're excited to beryllium bringing a precise beardown squad to the upcoming Gold Cup," Marsch said successful a statement. "We're precise assured successful the radical and are looking guardant to challenging for the title."

Osorio (84 caps), Johnston (53) and Millar (47) bring a combined 184 caps to the squad.

Osorio could skip the Shield tourney aft suffering a enarthrosis wounded with TFC connected April 30. Celtic's Johnston had been dealing with a backmost issue.

Fulback/wingback Richie Laryea, replaced by Zorhan Bassong owed to wounded successful the CONCACAF Nations League Final roster successful March, returned to enactment May 31 for Toronto FC from a hamstring wounded that had sidelined him since March 1 and is portion of some the Shield and Gold Cup squads.

Midfielder Stephen Eustaquio is included successful the Gold Cup roster adjacent though his club, Portugal's FC Porto, is progressive successful the FIFA Club World Cup, which runs astatine the aforesaid clip successful the United States. The anticipation is helium volition beryllium capable to rejoin Canada astatine immoderate constituent during the Gold Cup.

McGill is added arsenic the 3rd goalkeeper connected the roster, joining Maxime Crepeau and Dayne St. Clair.

Osorio astir experienced player

There are 12 MLS players, including 2 from Toronto (Laryea and Osorio), 2 from CF Montreal (Nathan Saliba and Joel Waterman) and 3 from Vancouver (Sam Adekugbe, Ali Ahmed and Jayden Nelson).

The roster ranges successful property from 19 for Fulham defender de Fougerolles to 32 for Osorio, the astir experienced subordinate successful the group.

Canada opens Gold Cup play June 17 against No. 75 Honduras successful Vancouver earlier heading to Houston to implicit Group B play against No. 90 Curacao connected June 21 and No. 81 El Salvador connected June 24.

The 16-team Gold Cup, the title of North and Central America and the Caribbean runs June 14 done July 6 successful 13 cities (all but Vancouver successful the U.S.). The tract includes No. 58 Saudi Arabia arsenic a impermanent team.

The victor and runner-up from each of the 4 groups beforehand to the knockout stage.

Canada won the Gold Cup successful 2000 and was 3rd successful 2002. The Canadian men mislaid to the U.S. successful a punishment shootout successful the circular of 16 past clip retired successful 2023.

Mexico has won the rubric 7 times and finished runner-up twice. The U.S. has lifted the trophy 7 times and finished 2nd connected 5 occasions.