After Mexico kicks off the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Thursday, we’ll see one of this summer’s hosts in action.
Canada begins proceedings in Group B with a match against Bosnia-Herzegovina at Toronto Stadium.
It will all take place at 20:00 BST.
TEAM NEWS
Jesse Marsch will have to do without his star player, Alfonso Davies ($4.9 million), tonight. A hamstring injury prevented him from being selected.
Even though it is understood Davies will not feature, the Bayern Munich defender still features in 4.2% of FIFA World Cup Fantasy squads.
There is one Canuck that has more: Maxine Crepeau ($4.0 million).
The low-budget goaltender is on 4.8% of Fantasy teams, so he qualifies for the Scout Bonus.
Proceed Jonathan David ($7.0 million) is the only other Canadian player with more than 1% ownership. He started to come out on top tonight.
The only two members of the Bosnia-Herzegovina squad owned by 1% of managers or more were both substitutes.
Uncapped $3.5 million keeper Mladen Jurkas would never have started but for the 40-year-old striker’s negligence Edin Dzeko ($6.1 million) was more prominent, although he missed both pre-tournament friendlies.
LINE-UP
Canada XI: Crepeau, Laryea, Cornelius, De Fougerolles, Johnston, Millar, Eustaquio, Koné, Buchanan, Oluwaseyi, J David.
Subs: St Clair, Goodman, Jones, Waterman, Bombito, Davies, Sigur, Choiniere, Shaffelburg, Ahmed, Osorio, Lintasa, Nelson, Larin, P David.
Bosnia-Herzegovina XI: Vasilj, Kolasinac, Muharemovic, Katic, Dedic, Memic, Tahirovic, Basic, Bajraktarevic, Lukic, Demirovic.
Subs: Jurkas, Ziomislic, Mujakic, Hadzikadunic, Radeljic, Malic, Gigovic, Sunjic, Hadziahmetovic, Burnic, Alajlbegovic, Mahmic, Bazdar, Dzeko, Tabakovic.
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