This is where the injured players who would otherwise be locks are grouped. Hello, Alphonso Davies, who, if healthy, will play every single minute for Canada at this World Cup, likely at left back.<\/p>\n
Alongside Davies are several other experienced national team players who are effective roster locks but not certain starters. Of the 54 players called in under Marsch\u2019s tenure, the core of the national team has become quite clear.<\/p>\n
At the back, Toronto FC\u2019s Richie Laryea, Celtic\u2019s Alistair Johnston and center backs including Derek Cornelius, who has not played for Rangers since November, FCV Dender\u2019s Luc De Fougerolles and Mo\u00efse Bombito stand out as certain roster locks, with Hajduk Split right back and central midfielder Niko Sigur also fitting into that category.<\/p>\n
Bombito was a key figure in the run to the 2024 Copa Am\u00e9rica semifinals and has been slowly returning to health after breaking his leg in October. However, he is still expected to be healthy and, if so, a starter this summer.<\/p>\n
Johnston may not start due to Davies\u2019 potential impact and Laryea\u2019s form. He missed most of Celtic\u2019s season because of hamstring issues and has not played for Canada since June, while the pool around him has improved.<\/p>\n
Most wingers regularly in the squad should feel confident as well, with Norwich City\u2019s Ali Ahmed and Hull City\u2019s Liam Millar both likely locks. Ahmed is coming off four goals and three assists in his first EFL Championship season, while Millar is headed to the EFL Championship promotion playoff final.<\/p>\n
Up top, Tani Oluwaseyi will likely serve as Larin\u2019s understudy after his first campaign with Villarreal. Likely midfielders on the roster outside the starting group include LAFC\u2019s Mathieu Choini\u00e8re and RSC Anderlecht\u2019s Nathan Saliba.<\/p>\n
As for the goalkeepers, both Inter Miami CF\u2019s Dayne St. Clair and Orlando City\u2019s Maxime Cr\u00e9peau should feel fairly confident despite less-than-dominant records in MLS. They\u2019re both playing behind two of the league\u2019s weakest defensive setups, and neither has fully claimed the position, leaving both believing they can emerge as the top choice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This is where the injured players who would otherwise be locks are grouped. Hello, Alphonso Davies, who, if…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48525,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[21537,21541,21539,17,21542,17655,8134,21543,21540,21538],"class_list":["post-48524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-a-davies","tag-a-johnston","tag-c-larin","tag-canada","tag-d-cornelius","tag-j-david","tag-j-marsch","tag-l-de-fougerolles","tag-r-laryea","tag-t-buchanan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}