The CSA released its roster ahead of next week's friendlies against Poland and Macedonia:
GK- Lars Hirschfeld - Energie Cottbus
GK- Josh Wagenaar - Falkirk
D/M- Mike Klukowski - Club Brugge KV
D- Kevin McKenna - FC Köln
D/M- Paul Stalteri - Borussia Mönchengladbach
D- Richard Hastings - Hamilton
D- Dejan Jakovic - DC United
M- Julian de Guzman - Toronto FC
M- Atiba Hutchinson - F.C. København
M- Patrice Bernier - FC Nordsjælland
M- Ian Hume - Barnsley
M- Marcel de Jong - Roda JC
M- Jaime Peters - Ipswich Town FC
M/F- Josh Simpson - Manisaspor
F- Simeon Jackson - Gillingham FC
F- Tomasz Radzinski - Lierse
F- Rob Friend - Borussia Mönchengladbach
The big surprise is the inclusion of Radzinski. Most assumed he had retired from international play. However, it's pretty clear that this is, essentially, a testimonial for Radz. It will be the first time he played in his native Poland.
Credit where credit is due, it's a classy move to include him.--especially considering he walked off the pitch in Edmonton wearing a Sack the CSA t-shirt. It's a little surprising that Nana Attakora didn't get a look, but another appearance by Dejan Jakovic is appreciated.
We've known for a while that Richards Hastings was getting the call. It's caused a little bit of concern over at the Vs, but in light of Jacob Lensky's recent head-flakery, we should probably celebrate the dedication of a bit player like Hastings. Besides, he scored the third most important goal n Canadian football history (does anyone have a link to a clip of that goal? If so, could you post it in the comments?).
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Good Lineup
No Nakjima-Farren; hopefully he'll be the 18th man. I think he'll be an important piece of manpower for the next campaign.
I always thought Simpson was an out and out striker, no? Odd.
No Ali Gerba? Is he working on his off-season exercise routine or something?
Now all we need is the games on TV........
Is De Ro out of the picture or is it just as Hart has said, he wants to see the youngsters play against some reasonable opposition.
Im not holding out for the games being shown Nationaly but what about sites like atdhe.net?
Couple of decent friendlies against Poland and FYROM.
I'm not upset by the selection list. It's nice to see some of the youngsters getting into the action along with some established vets. I don't have a problem with only De Guzman and Dejan getting the call from the MLS. These are friendlies that are more for the European based players than the ones playing here in North America. It's nice to see Hume back into the mix. I am also really looking forward to what Friend and Jackson can do together.
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