Canada coach Holger Osieck is bringing 15 players for its match against the United States Jan. 18 in Ft. Lauderdale (TV: DirecTV, live, 7:30 pm ET).
Included are a pair of players — Kevin Harmse and Atiba Hutchinson — from the Canada U-20 team that beat the United States, 3-2, in UAE '03 qualifying last fall. The other uncapped player is former A-League player Marcos Reda, who now plays for Sogndal in Norway.
Missing are six players from the Canada roster for its last international match, a 3-1 loss to Scotland in October: Jason deVos (Wigan Athletic, ENG), Kevin McKenna (Hearts, SCO), Martin Nash (Rochester Rhinos), Paul Stalteri (Werder Bremen, GER), Jim Brennan (Nottingham Forest, ENG), Tomasz Radzinski (Everton, ENG).
CANADA ROSTER:
Goalkeepers — Lars Hirschfeld (age 24, Tottenham/ENG, 9 games/0 goals); Pat Onstad (35, Rochester Rhinos, 34/15).
Defenders — Paul Fenwick (33, Hibernian/SCO, 26/0); Carl Fletcher (31, Atlanta Silverbacks, 36/2); Marco Reda (25, Sogndal/NOR, 0/0); Tony Menezes (28, Ganzu Nongken/CHN, 26/0); Kevin Harmse (18, ICSF Inter, 0/0); Atiba Hutchinson (19, Oesters/SWE, 0/0).
Midfielders — Chris Pozniak (21, Oerebro/SWE, 4/0); Richard Hastings (25, Graz AK/AUT, 27/1); Tam Nsaliwa (20, Saarbruecken/GER, 8/0); Daniel Imhof (25, St. Gallen/SUI, 12/0).
Forwards — Julian de Guzman (21, Hannover/GER, 4/0); Davide Xausa (Livingston/SCO, 31/2); Dwayne de Rosario (24, San Jose Earthquakes, 6/2)