The Canadian men’s national U-17 team announced their squad in the 2025 Concacaf U-17 qualifiers on Wednesday.
Canada have been drawn into Group A alongside Bermuda, Curaçao, Anguilla, and Turks and Caicos. Bermuda hosts Group A action, with each team playing each other once. Win that group, and Canada will qualify for the newly expanded 48-team 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar.
The 21-player squad includes 16-year-old York United attacker Shola Jimoh, who scored four goals in 16 matches in all competitions in his first professional campaign. Jimoh was also called up to a Canadian senior national team camp in November.
Jimoh recently scored for Canada in a 2-1 victory over Mexico in a U-17 friendly back in November. Canada also defeated Costa Rica 3-0 during that camp, which was held down in San José — results which will fill the group with plenty of confidence heading into qualifying.
Canada are looking to qualify for their ninth U-17 World Cup, having been to the last two editions. Canada are still searching for their first win at a FIFA U-17 World Cup.
The competition kicks off for Canada on Feb. 9 when they face Turks and Caicos before taking on Anguilla on Feb.11, Curaçao on Feb. 13 and Bermuda on Feb. 16. The team will be coached by Mike Vitulano.
Here is the full Canadian squad:
1 – Kantorowicz, Dominic // Toronto FC Academy
2 – Deo, Sahil // Vancouver Whitecaps FC Academy
3 – Archange, Moise Clovis // Orlando City U17
4 – Judelson, Dylan // Orlando City U17
5 – Roche, Elijah // Toronto FC Academy
6 – Kozlovskiy, Sergei // CF Montréal Academy
7 – Jimoh, Shola // York United FC
8 – Khan, Kevin // Feyenoord U17
9 – Evans, Aidan // Fulham FC U18
10 – Tortola, Isaac // Columbus Crew Academy
11 – Ali-Gayapersad, Andre // CF Damm Youth
12 – Beimers, Milo // Glentoran FC
13 – Chukwu, Richard // Toronto FC Academy
14 – Fortier, Timothy // Toronto FC Academy
15 – Bossenberry, Antone // Toronto FC Academy
16 – Sadek, Aghilas // CF Montréal Academy
17 – Selemani, Johnny // Vancouver Whitecaps FC Academy
18 – Graham-Roache, Owen // CF Montréal Academy
19 – Aiyenero, Marius // Los Angeles FC 2
20 – Daniels, William // Leicester City U-18
21 – Ransom, Jonathan // Atlanta United 2
Alternate – Badwal, Manav // Vancouver Whitecaps FC Academy
Alternate – Kapor, Stefan // Toronto FC Academy