Day 1 of the Canadian Premier League’s #GotGame Open Trials in Hamilton has come to an end, with former Hamilton Steelers striker Alex Bunbury leading the tryouts at Tim Hortons Field while newly-announced Forge FC head coach Bobby Smyrniotis and his peers watched on and assessed all the talent on display. Now, only 56 of the more than 220 participants will be invited back for Day 2 of the Hamilton trials, to play in full-fielded 11-v-11 matches.
Who might those trialists be? Here’s a list of players who have made it to Day 2 of the Open Trials in Hamilton:
| Tony | Awad | Goalkeeper |
| Brayden | Flores | Goalkeeper |
| Brody | Miles | Goalkeeper |
| Jessie | Munarolo | Goalkeeper |
| Jared | St. Thomas | Goalkeeper |
| Atif | Ali | Defender |
| Estevan | Carles | Defender |
| Ephraim | Cirillo | Defender |
| Vladyslav | Hoshovskyi | Defender |
| Turner | Johnson | Defender |
| Borna | Juracic | Defender |
| Daryl Michael | Lupo | Defender |
| Mahadi | Mahadi | Defender |
| Hussein | Mohammed | Defender |
| Troy | Moulton | Defender |
| Aidan | Nagy | Defender |
| Adam | Rombough | Defender |
| Zachary | Rushe | Defender |
| Yong Chan | Son | Defender |
| Kyle | Walton | Defender |
| Daniel | Whyte | Defender |
| Jordan | McMillan | Defender |
| Anthony | Legendre | Defender |
| Edgar Oswaldo | Osorio Rios | Defender |
| Segun | Akinshipe | Midfielder |
| Justin | Baker | Midfielder |
| Jordan | Baker | Midfielder |
| Jonah | Boria | Midfielder |
| Juan Sebastian | Gomez Galeano | Midfielder |
| Christian | Inchima | Midfielder |
| Jonny | Kam | Midfielder |
| Theodore | Lopez De Castilla | Midfielder |
| William | Mokake | Midfielder |
| Bradley | Mupambawashe | Midfielder |
| Naveen | Paraparan | Midfielder |
| Juan | Rincon | Midfielder |
| Safiullah | Safiullah | Midfielder |
| Tristan | Scott | Midfielder |
| Cameron | Stephan | Midfielder |
| Justin | Stoddart | Midfielder |
| Christian | Samaniego | Midfielder |
| Ivan | Prieto | Midfielder |
| Rabbi | Addei | Midfielder |
| Mohamad | Ahmad | Forward |
| Ogheneruona | Akpotu | Forward |
| Xhoeljan | Cekaj | Forward |
| Adriano | Chegancas | Forward |
| Thiago | Da Rocha | Forward |
| Evroy | Ellis | Forward |
| Daniel | Gonzalez Vega | Forward |
| Taha | Ilyass | Forward |
| Daniel | Jodah | Forward |
| Nick | Miszczyk | Forward |
| Stefan | Mitrovic | Forward |
| James | Nathan | Forward |
| Kenrick | Williams | Forward |
In the video (above), CanPL.ca’s Managing Editor Kurt Larson talks to Bunbury about Day 1 of the #GotGame Open Trials in Hamilton, who shared his excitement on returning to see the talent in his “second home” and offered advice for the 56 chosen trialists for Day 2 on Tuesday. You can follow Kurt throughout the trials by adding “CPLsoccer” on Snapchat.
The CPL’s #GotGame trials continue in Laval on Friday before making stops in Hamilton (Oct. 1-2), Toronto (Oct. 11-12), Winnipeg (Oct. 18-19), Calgary (Oct. 25-26) and Vancouver Island (Nov. 5-6). Think you’ve #GotGame? Register at CanPL.ca/GotGame.