Jeevan Badwal has been named to the provisional roster
VANCOUVER Whitecaps FC on Friday said that Canada Soccer have confirmed that five of their alumni will represent Canada on home soil at the FIFA World Cup 2026. The 26-player roster includes former ‘Caps first team players Ali Ahmed, Derek Cornelius, Maxime Crépeau, Alphonso Davies, and Richie Laryea.
Additionally, current Whitecaps FC players Sam Adekugbe, Jeevan Badwal, and Ralph Priso were all named to the provisional roster, and are still eligible to be called in as an injury replacement up until 24 hours before the first match.
Priso was part of the pre-World Cup training camp in Charlotte, and will remain with the squad through the upcoming pre-World Cup friendlies against Uzbekistan on June 1 on Play Alberta Field at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta and then against Republic of Ireland on June 5 at Stade Saputo in Montréal, Quebec. Both matches will be presented by BMO and air live nationally on TSN, RDS, and OneSoccer.
Davies is also one of two players who were part of the Whitecaps FC BMO Academy program, alongside Burnaby’s Niko Sigur. In total, 23% of Canada’s roster spent time with Whitecaps FC.
The group will be returning to familiar surroundings, training at the Whitecaps FC National Soccer Development Centre and playing two matches at BC Place.
As a host nation, Canada was placed in Group B of the 2026 World Cup and will play each of their Group Stage matches in the Great White North. Canada kicks off their World Cup tournament on Friday, June 12 in Toronto against Bosnia and Herzegovina. Then, Vancouverites will be treated to Canada’s remaining group matches at BC Place against Qatar on Thursday, June 18 and Switzerland on Wednesday, June 24. All matches will be broadcast live on TSN, CTV, Crave and RDS in Canada.
Six Whitecaps FC first team players have been called up during this FIFA international window, including Priso (Canada pre-World Cup camp), Sebastian Berhalter (United States), Rayan Elloumi (Tunisia), Bruno Caicedo (Ecuador pre-World Cup camp), Liam Mackenzie (Canada U-20), and Kenji Cabrera (Peru).
CANMNT’s World Cup Squad
Canada’s three goalkeepers will be Maxime Crépeau from Orlando City SC, Owen Goodman from Crystal Palace FC, and Dayne St. Clair from Inter Miami FC.
Defenders named to the squad are: Moïse Bombito from OGC Nice, Derek Cornelius from Olympique de Marseille, Alphonso Davies from Bayern Munich, Luc de Fougerolles from Fulham FC, Alistair Johnston from Celtic FC, Alfie Jones from Middlesbrough FC, Richie Laryea from Toronto FC, Niko Sigur from Hadjuk Split and Joel Waterman from Chicago Fire FC.
Midfielders taking part are: Ali Ahmed from Norwich City FC, Tajon Buchanan from Villarreal CF, Mathieu Choinière from LAFC, Stephen Eustáquio from FC Porto, Marcelo Flores from Tigres UANL, Ismaël Koné from U.S. Sassuolo Calcio, Liam Millar from Hull City FC, Jonathan Osorio from Toronto FC, Nathan Saliba from R.S.C. Anderlecht and Jacob Shaffelburg from LAFC.
The rest of the squad will feature forwards: Jonathan David from Juventus FC, Promise David from Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, Cyle Larin from RCD Mallorca, and Tani Oluwaseyi from Villarreal CF.
CANMNT A-Z
Player | Age | City in which they grew up | Notable Canadian youth clubs
Ahmed, Ali | 25 | Toronto, ON, CAN | North Toronto SC
Bombito, Moïse | 26 | Montréal, QC, CAN | CS St-Laurent
Buchanan, Tajon | 27 | Brampton, ON, CAN | Brampton YSC
Choinière, Mathieu | 27 | St-Alexandre, QC, CAN | AS Haut-Richelieu
Cornelius, Derek | 28 | Ajax, ON, CAN | Ajax SC
Crépeau, Maxime | 32 | Candiac, QC, CAN | Ligue de soccer pour enfants de Candiac
David, Jonathan | 26 | Ottawa, ON, CAN | Ottawa Gloucester Dragons
David, Promise | 24 | Brampton, ON, CAN | Vaughan Azzuri
Davies, Alphonso | 25 | Edmonton, AB, CAN | Edmonton Internationals
de Fougerolles, Luc | 20 | London, UK |
Eustàquio, Stephen | 29 | Leamington, ON, CAN | Leamington MS
Flores, Marcelo | 22 | Georgetown, ON, CAN | Guelph SC
Goodman, Owen | 22 | Alliston, ON, CAN | South Simcoe United
Johnston, Alistair | 27 | Vancouver, BC, CAN | Aurora Youth SC
Jones, Alfie | 28 | Bristol, UK |
Koné, Ismaël | 23 | Montréal, QC, CAN | AS Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
Larin, Cyle | 31 | Brampton, ON, CAN | Sigma FC
Laryea, Richie | 31 | Toronto, ON, CAN | Club Uruguay Toronto
Millar, Liam | 26 | Toronto, ON, CAN | North Mississauga SC
Oluwaseyi, Tani | 26 | Mississauga, ON, CAN | GPS Academy
Osorio, Jonathan | 33 | Brampton, ON, CAN | Brampton YSC
Saliba, Nathan | 22 | Longueuil, QC, CAN | CS Longueuil
Shaffelburg, Jacob |26 | Port Williams, NS, CAN | Valley United SC
Sigur, Niko | 22 | Burnaby, BC, CAN | Mountain United FC
St. Clair, Dayne | 29 | Pickering, ON, CAN | Ephinay Church Soccer League
Waterman, Joel | 30 | Surrey, BC, CAN | Surrey United SC
