Head coach Darren Bazeley has made three changes to his starting line-up as New Zealand prepare to face Ukraine at the Canadian Shield tournament in Toronto.
Winger Callum McCowatt misses the match through a hamstring injury and has been replaced by Matt Garbett.
Ben Waine takes the place of Kosta Barbarouses in the forward line, while Michael Boxall goes into the backline instead of Bill Tuiloma.
Liberato Cacace will again captain the All Whites instead of Chris Wood, who is expected to come off the bench as he did in New Zealand’s 1-0 win against Côte d’Ivoire.
Ukraine’s head coach Serhiy Rebrov has made nine changes to the starting line-up from the side that lost 4-2 in their tournament opener.
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Squads
1 Max Crocombe
4 Tyler Bindon
5 Michael Boxall
6. Joe Bell
7. Matt Garbett
8. Marko Stamenic
10 Sarpreet Singh
11. Eli Just
13. Liberato Cacace (captain)
14. Finn Surman
18. Ben Waine
Substitutes
Alex Paulsen (GK)
Nik Tzanev (GK)
Kosta Barbarouses
Callan Elliot
Ben Old
Nando Pijnaker
Alex Rufer
Tommy Smith
Bill Tuiloma
Francis de Vries
Chris Wood
Head coach
Darren Bazeley
1 Andriy Lunin
3 Bogdan Mykhaylichenko
14 Yevhen Cheberko
13 Ilya Zabarnyi
18 Oleksandr Tymchyk
21 Mykola Mykhailenko
25 Yegor Nazaryna
19 Oleksandr Pikhalionok
11 Vladyslav Kabaiev
20 Oleksandr Zubkov
7 Oleksiy Hutsulyak
Substitutes
12 Anatoliy Trubin (GK)
23 Dmytro Riznyk (GK)
2 Oleksandr Martyniuk
4 Maksym Talovierov
5 Valerii Bondar
6 Ivan Kaliuznyi
8 Heorhii Sudakov
9 Roman Yaremchuk
10 Mykola Shaparenko
15 Viktor Tsyhankov
16 Artem Bondarenko
17 Oleksandr Zinchenko
22 Mykola Matviienko
Head coach
Serhiy Rebrov
Tournament format
The Canadian Shield tournament, which is planned to become an annual event, awards three points for a win, one point for a draw and two points for a shootout win.
All matches will have a winner and games will go directly to penalties after 90 minutes (plus injury time).
Both games will take place at BMO Field in Toronto.
BMO Field, Toronto. Photo credit: Pablopicassotoronto / Wikipedia. Licensed under Creative Commons deed.
Rankings
The latest FIFA men’s rankings for the teams at the tournament are New Zealand (#86), Côte d’Ivoire (#41), Ukraine (#25) and Canada (#30).
Fixtures
Games to be played on Wednesday June 11, 2025 (NZT)
All Whites v Ukraine
BMO Field, Toronto, Canada, 9am (NZT)
Canada v Côte d’Ivoire
BMO Field, Toronto, Canada, 2.30pm (NZT)
This story was first published on June 11, 2025.