Canada soccer head coach Jesse Marsch calls in Marcelo Flores, Alfie Jones for November camp

While Jesse Marsch prepares the Canadian men for adjacent year's World Cup, the hunt continues for caller talent.

"With however multicultural this state is, we'd beryllium foolish not to effort to usage each assets imaginable to get the champion players nether our umbrella," helium said. "And we've done that."

Three caller dual-national faces volition beryllium successful campy for the November planetary model successful Tigres winger Marcelo Flores, Middlesbrough centre backmost Alfie Jones and Huddersfield Town goalkeeper Owen Goodman.

The 28th-ranked Canadian men adjacent retired their 2025 docket against No. 23 Ecuador connected Nov. 13 astatine Toronto's BMO Field and No. 50 Venezuela connected Nov. 18 astatine Chase Stadium successful Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

The 22-year-old Flores, who was calved successful Georgetown, Ont., to a Canadian parent and Mexican father, has already represented Mexico astatine elder level. The winger is eligible for a one-time FIFA power nether the existent regulations, introduced successful 2021, which let players who person played up to 3 elder planetary caps anterior to the property of 21 to alteration allegiance.

Canada Soccer lists Flores arsenic a grooming subordinate for the November camp, meaning portion helium won't play, helium volition get a sensation of beingness with Canada.

The 28-year-old Jones, an English-born centre backmost who has Canadian ties done a grandparent, is successful the last stages of finalizing his Canadian citizenship and could instrumentality his citizenship oath erstwhile helium arrives successful Toronto.

Goodman, 21, was calved successful England to an English begetter and Nigerian mother, moving to Canada with the household erstwhile helium was five. Goodman, who played younker shot successful Alliston, Ont., already has his Canadian citizenship.

Such finds could beryllium aimed much for the aboriginal which Marsch, who took implicit the squad successful May 2024 connected a declaration done July 2026, says helium wants to beryllium astir for.

"I'm precise blessed here. And rather honestly [Canada Soccer main enforcement officer] Kevin [Blue] and I person had discussions astir what it would beryllium liked to proceed the task and support moving forward.

Flores connected Canada's radar for a while

"I deliberation the things that we're trying to found are truthful overmuch much than conscionable a two-year appointment."

Former caput manager John Herdman tried to bring Flores, past a 17-year-old Mexican younker international, to a Canadian campy successful Florida successful January 2021, lone to beryllium frustrated by pandemic-related restrictions. Still hopeful, helium included Flores successful his preliminary 60-man roster for the 2021 Gold Cup, though thing came if it.

But Flores opted for Mexico.

"Despite the quality to correspond respective countries, I person ever been a portion of the Mexican nationalist squad system," Flores said successful a May 2022 societal media post. "It's wherever I consciousness astir comfortable."

"Today I talk from the bosom and consciousness the request to pass thing I've cognize to beryllium existent for a portion that I deliberation is important you heard straight from me," helium added. "I volition correspond Mexico wholeheartedly for the remainder of my nonrecreational life."

That has evidently changed.

"He's go much and much anxious to truly see what it would beryllium similar to beryllium … a Canadian nationalist squad member," Marsch, who has visited Flores doubly successful Mexico, told a virtual availability Thursday.

"He sees this arsenic thing that is meaningful to him and not conscionable a vocation prime but a beingness choice. And that to maine is precise encouraging," helium added.

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The five-foot-six, 132-pound attacker made his elder Mexico debut astatine 18 against Chile successful December 2021 and present has 3 caps.

A young Flores spent clip successful England with Ipswich Town earlier joining the Arsenal academy successful February 2019, signing his archetypal pro declaration successful October 2020. Flores roseate done the Gunners younker ranks and made the seat for Arsenal's Premier League crippled against Crystal Palace successful April 2022.

He had a 15-game indebtedness spell astatine Real Oviedo successful the Spanish 2nd tier successful the 2022-23 season, yet leaving Arsenal for Mexico's Tigres successful September 2023.

Tigres presently sits 4th successful Mexico's Liga MX Apertura astatine 9-16. Flores has 1 extremity successful 149 minutes played.

In his 202 2 societal media post, Flores besides spoke warmly of Canada.

"I was calved and raised successful Canada," helium wrote. "All my puerility memories are afloat of blessed moments determination with the shot astatine my feet. My parent is Canadian. She was the 1 that taught america to emotion Canadian culture. Canada is wherever I fell successful emotion with soccer. I volition ever beryllium connected with that beauteous country. Thank you, Canada."

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Jones joined Middlesbrough successful July connected a four-year declaration from Hull City, which is location to Canadian planetary Liam Millar. Middlesbrough presently stands 2nd successful England's second-tier Championship.

Several cardinal players stay out

Born successful Bristol, Jones is simply a postgraduate of the Southampton academy. The durable centre backmost had indebtedness spells with Scotland's St. Mirren and England's Gillingham earlier joining Hull successful the summertime of 2020.

Marsch says Goodman feels "very Canadian" and wants "to combat to beryllium portion of this nationalist team."

"Certainly he's a subordinate with large imaginable and we're truly excited to person him nether our umbrella," helium added.

Marsch remains without respective cardinal players, including skipper Alphonso Davies (knee) of Bayern Munich, OGC Nice centre backmost Moise Bombito (fractured leg), Celtic close backmost Alistair Johnston (hamstring) and Vancouver Whitecaps defender Sam Adekugbe (Achilles).

Winger Jacob Shaffelburg and defender Luc de Fougerolles are not portion of the November roster.

The past clip Canada faced Venezuela was successful quarterfinal enactment astatine the 2024 Copa America with Canada winning a punishment shootout, pursuing a 1-1 gully successful regularisation time. The erstwhile 2 meetings ended successful draws successful Venezuela -- 1-1 successful May 2010 successful Merida and 2-2 successful June 2007 successful Maracaibo.

Venezuela failed to marque adjacent year's World Cup, finishing seventh successful South American qualifying astatine 4-8-6.

Canada's lone erstwhile gathering with Ecuador, besides astatine BMO Field, ended successful a 2-2 gully successful June 2011 with substitute Tosaint Ricketts scoring the tying extremity for Canada successful stoppage time.

The Canadian men are 6-2-4 successful 2025 with 2 of those draws turning into punishment shootout losses (against Ivory Coast and Guatemala).

Canada failed to people successful the October window, playing No. 13 Colombia to a chippy scoreless gully successful Harrison, N.J., aft losing 1-0 to No. 25 Australia successful Montreal.

Canada roster

Goalkeepers

• Maxime Crepeau, Portland Timbers (MLS)
• Owen Goodman, Huddersfield Town (England, connected indebtedness from Crystal Palace)
• Dayne St. Clair, Minnesota United FC (MLS):.

Defenders

• Zorhan Bassong, Sporting Kansas City (MLS)
• Derek Cornelius, Glasgow Rangers (Scotland, connected indebtedness from Olympique de Marseille)
• Alfie Jones, Middlesbrough (England)
• Richie Laryea, Toronto FC (MLS)
• Kamal Miller, Portland Timbers (MLS)
• Niko Sigur, Hadjuk Split (Croatia)
• Joel Waterman from Chicago Fire (MLS)

Midfielders

• Ali Ahmed, Vancouver Whitecaps FC (MLS)
• Tajon Buchanan, Villarreal CF (Spain)
• Mathieu Choiniere, LAFC (MLS, connected indebtedness from Grasshopper Zurich)
• Stephen Eustaquio, FC Porto (Portugal)
• Junior Hoilett, Hibernian (Scotland)
• Ismael Kone, U.S. Sassuolo Calcio (Italy, connected indebtedness from Olympique de Marseille)
• Jayden Nelson, Vancouver Whitecaps (MLS)
• Jonathan Osorio, Toronto FC (MLS)
• Nathan Saliba, RSC Anderlecht (Belgium)

Forwards

• Theo Bair, Lausanne-Sport (Switzerland, connected indebtedness from AJ Auxerre)
• Jonathan David, Juventus (Italy)
• Promise David, Royale Union Saint-Gilloise (Belgium)
• Cyle Larin, Feyenoord (the Netherlands, connected indebtedness from RCD Mallorca)
• Tani Oluwaseyi, Villarreal CF (Spain)

Training Player: Marcelo Flores, Tigres UANL (Mexico)