Murrell, Essa and an injured Alderson don’t make final U-20 cut 16 Feb 2013 Nick Dasovic has pared the national U-20 team roster down to 20 players, 48 hours before the team opens the CONCACAF Championship in Puebla, Mexico.
Dasovic: Canada’s U-20s will be ready for tough Mexican conditions 5 Feb 2013 On Tuesday, Dasovic named his preliminary 23-man roster for the CONCACAF U-209 Championship. The team will gather Feb. 11 in Mexico City for a pre-tournament camp. And, right before the team plays its Feb. 18 opener in Puebla against Cuba, Dasovic will need to pare the roster down to 20 players.
Canada names roster for final U-17 camp ahead of CONCACAF qualifying 31 Jan 2013 While the TFC Academy and Whitecaps Residency players take up 60 per cent of the roster, the player on this squad that has the best chance of breaking into a senior pro squad this season is FC Edmonton Reserves’ Hanson Boakai. Not many training days go by without someone at FCE raving about his potential.
Henry, D’Angelo win Canadian U-20 player honours 10 Dec 2012 Toronto FC’s Doneil Henry won a close vote over Fortuna Dusseldorf’s Samuel Piette and claimed the title of Canada 2012 male U-20 player of the year.
Two Clarke goals give Canadian U-20s a win in Costa Rica 28 Nov 2012 Two goals from Vancouver Whitecap Caleb Clarke supplied all of the offence that coach Nick Dasovic’s charges needed, as Canada beat the host Costa Ricans by a 2-0 count.
Dasovic: Had conversations with FC Edmonton, but committed to Canadian U-20s 21 Nov 2012 Nick Dasovic spoke with FC Edmonton’s front office about the vacant coaching position, but he remains committed to the Canadian U-20 program.
U-20 roster announcement: Dasovic out of the running for FCE coaching job? 20 Nov 2012 The news that U-20 coach Nick Dasovic will be in the United States and Costa Rica from Nov. 20-30 looks to have taken him off the board for the FC Edmonton coaching job.
Canada U-20 loses its second in a row at Marbella Cup 15 Oct 2012 After a bright start with a 2-1 win over the United States, Canada’s U-20 squad has now lost two in a row at the Marbella Cup in Spain.
Alderson red card highlights U-20 team’s loss to Azerbaijan 12 Oct 2012 Coach Nick Dasovic’s men lost the match after midfielder and Vancouver Whitecap Bryce Alderson was sent off, and then Azerbaijan got a late penalty-kick winner.
Sources: Ottawa likely not to be an U-20 WWC host city, NASL still bullish for 2014 28 Sep 2012 The NASL believes that the Ottawa expansion team will be ready to play in 2014, even if the stadium isn’t. But sources close to the Canadian Soccer Association have told The 11 that Ottawa's won't be a host city for the U-20 Women's World Cup.
