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Ben Steiner

Predicting Canada’s 2026 World Cup Roster 50 Days From Kickoff

The next time Canada’s men’s national team returns to BMO Field in Toronto, it will be for the 2026 FIFA World Cup opener on June 12 against Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Before then, manager Jesse Marsch will have to make some challenging choices, including narrowing his pool to 26 players on May 30, when FIFA requires all national teams to submit rosters for the tournament. However, with pressing injury timelines and final tune-ups against Uzbekistan and Ireland in Edmonton and Montréal on June 1 and June 5, those decisions have become even more quizzical.

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