More than a few dreams officially came true in Canada's World Cup roster announcement Sunday, but it also delivered a dose of disappointment.
Canada defender Doneil Henry heads the ball on a corner kick during the second half of the team's CONCACAF Gold Cup soccer match against Haiti in Kansas City, Kan., Thursday, July 15, 2021. Henry is going to Qatar but only in a non-playing role after a calf injury suffered in the warmup prior to Friday's 2-2 tie with Bahrain ruled him out of the tournament.
“He tried to push it a little bit further and it sort of led to maybe a tear in there,” Herdman told reporters from Doha. “We’re just working through the MRIs and getting all the final details. But he just wasn’t able to create any explosivity out of the calf.”“Doneil put the team first … we could have tried to return him to play and had him later on in the tournament.
But 39-year-old captain Atiba Hutchinson and fellow midfielder David Wotherspoon both made it back in time. Hutchinson, Canada’s all-time men’s caps leader with 97, returned to action Wednesday in a Turkish Cup game with Besiktas.Toronto FC midfielder Jonathan Osorio also made it into the squad despite seeing just 18 minutes of Major League Soccer action since Aug. 18 due to post-concussion syndrome. But he played the full match in Bahrain.
The 41st-ranked Canadians have plenty of firepower up front in Davies, Buchanan, Hoilett, Jonathan David, Cyle Larin, Lucas Cavallini, Liam Millar and Ike Ugbo.“A kid born in a refugee camp wasn’t supposed to make it!” said the 22-year-old Bayern Munich star, who was born in Ghana after his parents fled the civil war in Liberia. “But here we are GOING TO THE WORLD CUP. Don’t let no one tell you that your dreams are unrealistic.
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