Fleming doesn’t toy with Canadian U-17 World Cup roster

Canada’s lineup for the U-17 World Cup will be almost identical to the squad coach Sean Fleming brought to Jamaica for the CONCACAF Championship.

Canada lost the CONCACAF championship game to the United States 3-0 in extra time, after a great run in the tourney which saw it go from the round-robin through to the 90-minute mark of the championship game without giving up a goal.

The only new additions to the Canadian fold are both from Toronto FC Academy: Defender Tyler Pasher and keeper Chad Bush.

“It will be a great challenge,” said Canadian U-17 head coach Sean Fleming in a release from the Canadian Soccer Association. “The team has prepared to the best of its ability and now we hope to give a good showing for Canada.”

Before Canada kicks off the U-17 World Cup June 19 in Mexico against Uruguay, it will play friendlies against Ecuador on June 11 and Australia June 13.

TFC Academy sent a total of eight players to the national team, two more than the Vancouver Whitecaps Academy. Of course, TFC Academy would have had nine players on the team, but forward Keven Aleman and TFC parted ways last month after the teenager didn’t sign an exclusivity deal that would have pledged his future to the club.

Aleman is unattached, but is expected to lead the team’s offensive thrusts as it looks to go deep into the U-17 World Cup.

CANADA U-17 ROSTER
1- GK- Maxime Crépeau | CAN / Academie Impact Montreal
2- M- Samuel Piette | FRA / FC Metz
3- D- Tyler Pasher | CAN / Toronto FC Academy
4- D- Ismaïl Benomar | CAN / Academie Impact Montreal
5- D- Daniel Stanese | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps Residency
6- D- Parker Seymour | CAN / Toronto FC Academy
7- M- Marco Lapenna | CAN / Académie Impact Montréal
8- M- Bryce Alderson | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency
9- F- Sadi Jalali | CAN / Edmonton Juventus
10- M- Keven Aleman | Unattached / sans club
11- M- Chris Nanco | CAN / Sigma FC Academy
12- M- Matteo Pasquotti | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps Residency
13- D- Luca Gasparotto | CAN / SC Toronto
14- M- Omari Morris | CAN / Toronto FC Academy
15- M- Sergio Camargo | CAN / Toronto FC Academy
16- F- Jay Chapman | CAN / Toronto FC Academy
17- F- Yassin Essa | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency
18- GK- Quillan Roberts | CAN / Toronto FC Academy
19- M- Alex Halis | CAN / SC Toronto
20- M- Michael Petrasso | CAN / Toronto FC Academy
21- GK- Chad Bush | CAN / Toronto FC Academy
22- D- Adam Polakiewicz | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency
23- M- Wesley Cain | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency