On March 20, the Canadian men’s national team step out onto the pitch at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles looking to reach a second-ever Concacaf Nations League final. They face Mexico in the 2024-25 semi-final, before a chance to play either the United States or Panama in the final on March 23. On Monday, Canada Soccer revealed which players may be part of that squad, announcing the 60-man preliminary roster for the competition. All players from their final squad must be selected from the preliminary roster. The deadline to submit a final 23-player roster is March 10. Canada will make its final squad announcement in the coming weeks. Canada’s group includes 16-year-old York United sensation Shola Jimoh, who was recently part of a Canadian senior men’s national team training camp in November. This past month, Jimoh helped Canada to qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup, scoring a pair of goals during Concacaf qualifying. With York United in his debut CPL season, he scored four times and added one assist in all competitions — including a second-half stoppage time equalizing stunner against Atlético Ottawa in the 2024 CPL Playoffs. The Canadian preliminary group also includes some intriguing dual-nationals and youth national team standouts. Union Saint-Gilloise striker Promise David, who recently filed his one-time switch to join Canada, is on the list, as is Bournemouth striker Daniel Jebbison — who is reported to be doing the same in the coming weeks. Justin Smith of Espanyol in La Liga also makes the list as does Santiago López of Pumas UNAM, who recently scored against the CPL’s Cavalry FC in Concacaf Champions Cup action. Canada U-17 star Andre Ali-Gayapersad of CF Damm and Moise Clovis Archange of Orlando City’s academy were also included after their strong performances during Concacaf U-17 World Cup qualifiers. Other names to note: Jovan Ivanisevic, who after experience in the Croatian top flight was recently loaned to Bologna’s U-20 team in Italy and Vitoria SC’s Dieu-Merci Michel. Former CPLers include Lukas MacNaughton, James Pantemis, Kwasi Poku, Jonathan Sirois and Joel Waterman. Here is Canada’s full 60-man preliminary roster: Adekugbe, Sam // Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Afrifa, Stephen // Sporting Kansas City
Akinpelu, Promise // Royale Union Saint-Gilloise
Ali-Gayapersad, Andre // CF Damm
Ahmed, Ali // Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Archange, Moise Clovis // Orlando City Academy
Bair, Theo // AJ Auxerre
Bassong, Zorhan // Sporting Kansas City
Bombito, Moïse // OGC Nice
Brault-Guillard, Zachary // FC Lugano
Brym, Charles-Andreas // Almere City FC
Buchanan, Tajon // Villarreal CF
Choinière, Mathieu // Grasshopper Club Zurich
Corbeanu, Theodor // Toronto FC
Cornelius, Derek // Olympique de Marseille
Crépeau, Maxime // Portland Timbers FC
David, Jonathan // LOSC Lille
Davies, Alphonso // FC Bayern Munich
De Fougerolles, Luc // Fulham FC Academy
Edwards, Raheem // New York Red Bulls
Eustáquio, Stephen // FC Porto
Hiebert, Kyle // St. Louis CITY SC
Hoilett, Junior // Hibernian FC
Ivanisevic, Jovan // Bologna FC 1909 U20
Jebbison, Daniel // Bournemouth FC
Jimoh, Shola // York United FC
Johnston, Alistair // Celtic FC
Kaye, Mark-Anthony // San Jose Earthquakes
Kennedy, Scott // K.A.S. Eupen
Kerr, Deandre // Toronto FC
Knight-Lebel, Jamie // Crewe Alexandra
Koné, Ismaël // Stade Rennais FC
Larin, Cyle // RCD Mallorca
Laryea, Richie // Toronto FC
López, Santiago // Pumas UNAM
MacNaughton, Lukas // D.C. United
Marshall-Rutty, Jakheele // CF Montréal
McGill, Thomas // MK Dons FC
McGraw, Zac // Portland Timbers FC
Michel, Dieu-Merci // Vitória de Guimarães
Miller, Kamal // Portland Timbers FC
Nelson, Jayden // Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Oluwaseyi, Tani // Minnesota United FC
Osorio, Jonathan // Toronto FC
Pantemis, James // Portland Timbers FC
Paton, Harry // Motherwell FC
Piette, Samuel // CF Montréal
Poku, Kwasi // R.W.D. Molenbeek
Priso, Ralph // Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Russell-Rowe, Jacen // Columbus Crew
Saliba, Nathan // CF Montréal
Shaffelburg, Jacob // Nashville SC
Sigur, Niko // HNK Hajduk Split
Sirois, Jonathan // CF Montréal
Smith, Justin // RCD Espanyol
St. Clair, Dayne // Minnesota United FC
Stewart-Baynes, Kimani // Colorado Rapids
Świderski, Grégoire // Deportivo Alavés B
Thompson, Kosi // Toronto FC
Waterman, Joel // CF Montréal
Written by:Mitchell Tierney