Canada men's national under-20 soccer team

Canada's Under-20 soccer team was created in 1976 as Canada's response to the newly created World youth Championship. The team failed to qualify for the inaugural tournament in 1977 in Tunisia, but they qualified for the following tournament two years later in Japan. They finished last in their group with two points, but they did manage to defeat Portugal 3–1. The next time the team qualified for a World youth Championship was in 1985, in the USSR, again they came last in their group with only one point. In the 1987 WYC in Chile, Canada's Under-20 soccer team put up a good effort scoring four goals, and tying Italy, however they still did not manage to get out of the group stage.

In 1997, after failing to qualify for four World Youth Championships (as the event was known until 2005) in a row, Canada made it past the group stage. The team progressed to the second round after a 2–1 win against Hungary in which a young Dwayne De Rosario scored a goal. They lost the round of 16 game against Spain 2–0. After missing the tournament in 1999, Canada qualified for Argentina 2001 after winning the qualifying tournament based on home soil in Vancouver, British Columbia. At the finals, they finished last and were eliminated from a group including Brazil, Germany and Iraq.

Canada once again appeared in the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship in United Arab Emirates. They qualified to the round of 16 where they blanked Burkina Faso 1–0, and in a rematch against 1997 conquerors Spain, Canada lost in the quarter finals. Iain Hume scored three goals for Canada including a direct free kick against Spain while Atiba Hutchinson was an impressive performer in midfield.

At the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championships in the Netherlands, Canada were eliminated in the group stage after tying once and losing twice. One bright side of the tournament was Jaime Peters' and Marcel De Jong's goals.

In the build-up to the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, as the tournament came to be known, Canada's defeated Brazil in the first game of a three-game series, winning 2- in front of 14 000+ at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton on May 19, 2006. David Edgar and Will Johnson scored and Stephen Lumley made goal-line clearance to preserve Canada's first win over a Brazilian men's team at any level. Canada lost the remaining two matches 3–1. Despite an impressive run in friendlies leading up to the competition, Canada went winless in first round play without scoring a goal on home soil.

The following 25 players were named to the squad for friendly matches against Costa Rica on April 15 and 21, 2022.[1]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Max Anchor	(2004-07-21) July 21, 2004	1	0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
16	1GK	Dino Bontis	(2004-08-03) August 3, 2004	1	0	Forge FC
18	1GK	Adisa De Rosario	(2004-10-27) October 27, 2004	0	0	Toronto FC
28	1GK	Owen Goodman	(2003-11-27) November 27, 2003	1	0	Crystal Palace
2	2DF	Noah Abatneh	(2004-09-28) September 28, 2004	2	0	Lazio
14	2DF	Jefferson Alphonse	(2003-06-12) June 12, 2003	1	0	CF Montréal
6	2DF	Matteo Campagna	(2004-06-27) June 27, 2004	2	0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
24	2DF	Loïc Cloutier	2004	1	0	CF Montréal
13	2DF	Tyler Crawford	(2004-03-09) March 9, 2004	2	0	Columbus Crew 2
	2DF	Luc de Fougerolles	2005	0	0	Fulham
15	2DF	Jamie Knight-Lebel	2004	2	0	Bristol City
3	2DF	Kwasi Poku	(2003-02-06) February 6, 2003	1	0	Forge FC
5	2DF	Justin Smith	(2003-02-04) February 4, 2003	2	0	Nice
22	2DF	Eric White	(2003-03-05) March 5, 2003	1	0	Whitecaps FC 2
10	3MF	Matthew Catavolo	(2003-02-13) February 13, 2003	2	1	Valour FC
20	3MF	Jessé Costa	(2005-04-28) April 28, 2005	2	1	VfL Wolfsburg
21	3MF	Maël Henry	2004	2	0	CF Montréal
12	3MF	Jay Herdman	(2004-08-14) August 14, 2004	1	0	Whitecaps FC 2
8	3MF	Gabriel Pellegrino	(2004-03-25) March 25, 2004	1	0	SC Freiburg
	3MF	Max Piepgrass	(2004-02-07) February 7, 2004	0	0	Cavalry FC
4	3MF	Hugo Tavares	(2003-01-30) January 30, 2003	2	0	Paços de Ferreira
23	4FW	Mataeo Bunbury	(2005-06-13) June 13, 2005	1	0	Sporting Kansas City II
19	4FW	Tiago Coimbra	2004	1	0	Palmeiras
11	4FW	Kamron Habibullah	(2003-10-23) October 23, 2003	2	1	Pacific FC
17	4FW	Ronan Kratt	(2003-09-02) September 2, 2003	1	0	SSV Ulm 1846
7	4FW	Shyon Omrani	(2003-10-21) October 21, 2003	1	0	Vitória de Setúbal
9	4FW	Lowell Wright	(2003-08-19) August 19, 2003	2	0	York United

The following players have been called up within the last 12 months and are still eligible at U20 level.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
DF	Keesean Ferdinand	(2003-08-17) August 17, 2003	0	0	CF Montréal	vs.  Costa Rica; April 15, 2022 UNA
DF	Kobe Franklin	(2003-05-10) May 10, 2003	0	0	Toronto FC	vs.  Costa Rica; April 15, 2022 UNA
DF	Luca Koleosho	(2004-09-15) September 15, 2004	0	0	Espanyol	vs.  Costa Rica; April 15, 2022 UNA
DF	Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty	(2004-06-16) June 16, 2004	0	0	Toronto FC	vs.  Costa Rica; April 15, 2022 UNA
MF	Tomas Giraldo	(2003-03-08) March 8, 2003	0	0	CF Montréal	vs.  Costa Rica; April 15, 2022 UNA
MF	Kosi Thompson	(2003-01-27) January 27, 2003	0	0	Toronto FC	vs.  Costa Rica; April 15, 2022 UNA
MF	Rida Zouhir	(2003-11-23) November 23, 2003	0	0	CF Montréal	vs.  Costa Rica; April 15, 2022 UNA
FW	Jules-Anthony Vilsaint	(2003-01-06) January 6, 2003	0	0	Antwerp	vs.  Costa Rica; April 15, 2022 UNA

Notes:

• UNA = Unavailable