VANCOUVER, BC – Vancouver Whitecaps FC midfielder/forward Ali Ahmed has been called up to Canada's men's national team for the 2025 Concacaf Nations League Finals, the federation confirmed on Wednesday.
Canada will begin camp in Los Angeles before kickoff against Mexico on March 20 at 7:30 p.m. PT at SoFi Stadium. The other semifinal match features Panama and United States with the winners set to square off March 23 for the championship.
The Nations League Finals marks the official start to the 2025 season for CANMNT. Canada Soccer have recently announced September 2025 Friendlies in Romania and Wales, as well as an October 2025 Friendly in Montréal against a to be determined opponent based on out of region FIFA World Cup 26™ qualifiers. Canada Soccer will be announcing further details for the Men’s National Team’s June, October, and November 2025 windows in the coming weeks.
Concacaf Nations League Finals Format
The Nations League Finals will be contested by the four winners of the League A quarter-final round. Canada defeated Suriname over two legs in the quarterfinals back in November 2024, winning 4:0 on aggregate following a dominant 3:0 win at BMO Field in Toronto.
Canada will be joined by USA, Mexico and Panama in the semifinals. Both semi-final matches will be played as double-headers at SoFi Stadium on March 20, with USA taking on Panama at 4 p.m. PT followed by Canada versus Mexico at 7:30 p.m. PT. The winners of the semifinals will take part in the Final and the losers in the Third-Place match on March 23.
Canada placed fifth (‘23-’24), second (‘22-’23) and fifth (‘19-’20) in the three previous editions of the Concacaf Nations League.
Broadcast Information
The Concacaf Nations League Finals matches will air live on OneSoccer, available on the fuboTV Canada platform, as a linear channel on Telus’s Optik TV (Channel 980), as well as online at OneSoccer.ca and through the OneSoccer app. Fans will find extended coverage across Canada Soccer’s digital channels on Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, Bluesky, and YouTube featuring the hashtag #CANMNT.
CANMNT Squad
Canada’s three goalkeepers this window will be Maxime Crépeau from Portland Timbers, Tom McGill from Brighton & Hove Albion and Dayne St. Clair from Minnesota United FC.
Defenders selected are: Moïse Bombito from OGC Nice, Derek Cornelius from Olympique de Marseille, Alphonso Davies from Bayern Munich, Alistair Johnstonfrom Celtic FC, Jamie Knight-Lebel from Crewe Alexadra (on loan from Bristol City), Richie Laryea from Toronto FC, and Joel Waterman from CF Montréal.
Midfielders joining the group are: Ali Ahmed from Vancouver Whitecaps FC, Tajon Buchanan from Inter Milan, Mathieu Choinière from Grasshopper Zurich, Stephen Eustáquio from FC Porto, Ismaël Koné from Stade Rennais (on loan from Olympique de Marseille), Jonathan Osorio from Toronto FC, Jacob Shaffelburg from Nashville SC and Niko Sigur from Hadjuk Split.
The rest of the squad will feature forwards: Jonathan David from LOSC Lille,Promise David from Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, Daniel Jebbison from AFC Bournemouth, Cyle Larin from RCD Mallorca and Tani Oluwaseyi from Minnesota United FC.
CANMNT A-Z
Player | Age | City in which they grew up | Notable Canadian youth clubs
Ahmed, Ali | 24 | Toronto, ON, CAN | North Toronto SC
Buchanan, Tajon | 26 | Brampton, ON, CAN | Brampton YSC
Bombito, Moïse | 24 | Montréal, QC, CAN | CS Saint-Laurent
Choinière, Mathieu | 26 | St-Alexandre, QC, CAN | AS Haut-Richelieu
Cornelius, Derek | 27 | Ajax, ON, CAN | Ajax SC
Crépeau, Maxime | 30 | Candiac, QC, CAN | Ligue de soccer pour enfants de Candiac
David, Jonathan | 25 | Ottawa, ON, CAN | Ottawa Gloucester Dragons
David, Promise | 23 | Brampton, ON, CAN | Vaughan Azzurri
Davies, Alphonso | 24 | Edmonton, AB, CAN | Edmonton Inter
Eustáquio, Stephen | 28 | Leamington, ON, CAN | Leamington MS
Jebbison, Daniel | 21 | Oakville, ON, CAN | ANB Futbol
Johnston, Alistair | 26 | Aurora, ON, CAN | Lakeshore SC
Knight-Lebel, Jamie | 20 | Montréal, QC, CAN |
Koné, Ismaël | 22 | Montréal, QC, CAN | AS Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
Larin, Cyle | 29 | Brampton, ON, CAN | Brampton YSC
Laryea, Richie | 30 | Toronto, ON, CAN | Club Uruguay Toronto
McGill, Tom | 24 | Brighton and Hove, ENG | Brighton & Hove Albion
Oluwaseyi, Tani | 24 | Mississauga, ON, CAN | GPS Academy
Osorio, Jonathan | 32 | Brampton, ON, CAN | Toronto Futsal League
Shaffelburg, Jacob | 25 | Port Williams, NS, CAN | Valley United SC
Sigur, Niko | 21 | Burnaby, BC, CAN | Mountain United FC
St. Clair, Dayne | 27 | Pickering, ON, CAN | Ephinay Church Soccer League
Waterman, Joel | 29 | Surrey, BC, CAN | Surrey United SC
