\n MLS background<\/p>\n
Beginning his MLS career with CF Montr\u00e9al<\/a> in 2018, Choini\u00e8re helped the club win two Canadian Championships<\/a> and earned two MLS All-Star selections.<\/p>\n Choini\u00e9re’s success earned him a move to Swiss Super League powerhouse Grasshopper in 2024, before returning to MLS on loan with LAFC in 2025 (later made permanent).<\/p>\n Part of a larger Canadian contingent in Los Angeles under new head coach Marc Dos Santos, Choini\u00e9re plays with compatriots Eust\u00e1quio, Shaffelburg, Ryan Raposo<\/a> and Thomas Hasal<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n Awards & stats<\/p>\n 14g\/14a in 144 MLS appearances \n International experience<\/p>\n After playing in the final two matches at the 2024 Copa Am\u00e9rica<\/a>, Choini\u00e8re has become a prominent piece of Canada’s midfield, appearing in every match for his country at the 2024-25 Concacaf Nations League<\/a> and 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup<\/a>.<\/p>\n One of many players to benefit from the appointment of head coach Jesse Marsch, Choini\u00e8re\u00a0will be playing in his first World Cup this summer.<\/p>\n \n World Cup schedule<\/p>\n Canada\u00a0are in Group B alongside Bosnia & Herzegovina, Qatar and Switzerland.<\/p>\n June 12:\u00a0Canada vs. Bosnia & Herzegovina, 3 pm ET | Toronto, Ontario The 2026 World Cup has expanded from the usual 32 nations to 48 total. The top two teams advance from each group, and the top eight third-place finishers also make the knockout phase (Round of 32).<\/p>\n The tournament, which is co-hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada, spans from June 11 to July 19.<\/p>\n \n World Cup history<\/p>\n Canada have made two previous World Cup appearances (1986, 2022), exiting at the group stage without a point in each edition.<\/p>\n \n How Canada qualified<\/p>\n Canada earned automatic qualification as one of three tournament co-hosts, alongside Mexico and the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MLS background Beginning his MLS career with CF Montr\u00e9al in 2018, Choini\u00e8re helped the club win two Canadian…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67082,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[17,28197,7311,28203,28202,1072,3543],"class_list":["post-67081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-canada","tag-essentials","tag-los-angeles-football-club","tag-mathieu-choiniere","tag-player-profiles","tag-sendtonews","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67081","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=67081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n2x Canadian Championship winner (2019, ’21)
\n2x MLS All-Star (2023, ’24)<\/p>\n
\nJune 18:\u00a0Canada vs. Qatar, 6 pm ET | Vancouver, British Columbia
\nJune 24:\u00a0Canada vs. Switzerland, 3 pm ET | Vancouver, British Columbia<\/p>\n