Coach Dos Santos names Canadian roster for Francophone Games

The Canadian Soccer Association’s eyes are already on the 2016 Olympics in Rio De Janeiro. On Friday, coach Phillip Dos Santos (who’s also the technical director of the Ottawa Fury) names the roster for the upcoming Francophone Games in Nice, France. The U-21 squad named could very well be the core of the future U-23 team that will try and qualify for the 2016 Summer Games. The Canadian team will kick off the group stage of the tournament against Cameroon Sept. 3, followed by matches against France on Sept. 6, Rwanda on Sept. 8 and Congo on Sept. 10. The team has a very heavy Vancouver Whitecaps feel: Both Ben Fisk and Bryce Alderson, who the ‘Caps loaned out the USL Charleston Battery, are on the team. Also on the squad is striker Caleb Clarke, who the Whitecaps loaned out to German side, Augsburg. Whitecaps Residency attacker Yassin Essa is on the U-21 team. As well, there are two unattached players on Dos Santos’s roster. Defenders Jon Dollery and Allan Zebie. Zebie is a former FC Edmonton Reserves player who went off to Europe looking to hook onto a club. CANADA ROSTER GK- Maxime Crépeau | CAN / Impact Montréal GK- Ricky Gomes | POR / Uniao de Montemor D- Jon Dollery | Unattached / sans club D- Manjrekar James | HUN / PMFC-MATIAS D- Michael Krzeminski | CAN / Toronto FC Academy D- Dominique Morin | CAN / Académie Impact Montréal D- Tyler Pasher | FIN / PS Kemi Kings D- Daniel Stanese | GER / FC Nürnberg Reserve D- Allan Zebie | Unattached / sans club M – Bryce Alderson | USA / Charleston Battery on loan from CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC M- Mauro Eustaquio | POR / SC Pombal M- Ben Fisk | USA / Charleston Battery on loan from CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC M- Patrick Majcher | POL / WKS Slask Wroclaw M- Zakaria Messoudi | CAN / Académie Impact Montréal M- Patryck Misik| POL / WKS Slask Wroclaw M- Anthony Osorio | URU / Club Nacional M/F- Alessandro Riggi | ROM / Cluj M/F- Yassin Essa | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency F- Caleb Clarke | GER / FC Augsburg on loan from CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC F- Stefan Vukovic | SVK / FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín