{"id":67357,"date":"2026-05-30T07:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T07:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/67357\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T07:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T07:00:13","slug":"winners-and-losers-from-canadas-world-cup-squad-promise-davids-recovery-alphonso-davies-progress-and-ralph-prisos-heartbreak-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/67357\/","title":{"rendered":"Winners and losers from Canada’s World Cup squad: Promise David’s recovery, Alphonso Davies’ progress and Ralph Priso’s heartbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"

When striker Promise David went down in a heap while playing for Royale Union Saint-Gilloise in January and was told he would need hip surgery, it seemed like his World Cup dreams may have been over. The same could be said for Middlesbrough center back Alfie Jones’ recovery from ankle surgery, Mo\u00efse Bombito’s efforts to return from a broken leg suffered in October, winger Ali Ahmed’s hamstring injury and several others.<\/p>\n

For months, Marsch and those around the CanMNT have spoken of timelines that would make the team’s best players available for the World Cup squad. By Friday, that had somehow, mostly happened.<\/p>\n

In David’s case, it was a remarkable recovery. Earlier this week, he joked to CBC that his genes might be needed to start a human colony on Mars, given how quickly he regrew muscle to fit his towering 6-foot-5 frame.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I could regrow a limb if I lost it, in all seriousness. I could regrow a f–king limb if I wanted to,\u201d David, who goes by Tobi, told CBC<\/a>. \u201cI have a s–t immune system. If I get a cold, I\u2019m dying. But in terms of regrowth, if we want to start a new colony on Mars, I should be the number one candidate.\u201d<\/p>\n

The biggest worry remains Alphonso Davies, who is on the roster and will join the group in Edmonton. After straining his hamstring in the UEFA Champions League semifinal, he is unlikely to play in the friendlies or the opening match, but Marsch assured reporters that he will play at some point during the World Cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When striker Promise David went down in a heap while playing for Royale Union Saint-Gilloise in January and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67358,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[21537,21541,17,28261,8134,28259,28260,25123,25124,28258],"class_list":["post-67357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-a-davies","tag-a-johnston","tag-canada","tag-d-jebbison","tag-j-marsch","tag-j-osorio","tag-j-shaffelburg","tag-m-bombito","tag-p-david","tag-r-priso-mbongue"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67357","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=67357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}