Whitecaps teen star Davies headlines young Canadian Gold Cup squad
Vancouver Whitecaps rising star Alphonso Davies headlines a young Canadian squad for the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
The Canadian Soccer Association announced its 23-player squad Tuesday for the biennial championship for teams from North and Central America and the Caribbean.
The squad features 14 Gold Cup debutantes including Davies, a 16-year-old who was born in a refugee camp in Ghana to Liberian parents and recently received his Canadian citizenship.
Veterans include Vancouver’s Marcel de Jong, who was named to his fifth Gold Cup team, and Montreal’s Patrice Bernier and Toronto’s Tosaint Ricketts, who were named to their fourth. Ricketts is recovering from a hamstring strain suffered earlier this month but is expected to return before Canada’s Gold Cup opener.