Canadian soccer youth teams heading to Florida

The Canadian Soccer Association has announced upcoming men’s youth camps in Sunrise, FL. Both the men’s U-20 and men’s U-17 teams will open camp this 5 February.

The men’s U-20 team will train from 5-12 February in Sunrise, FL, USA. Canada will play one exhibition match and two international matches. Canada faces Major League Soccer club D.C. United on 7 February and then faces Trinidad and Tobago in a pair of Men’s U-20 International Friendly matches on 9 and 11 February.

Coach Gazzola will select 21 players for the men’s U-20 camp. The camp roster will be announced in the coming days. Canada’s men’s U-20 team is currently preparing for the 2011 CONCACAF Men’s Under-20 Championship which runs 3-17 April in Ciudad Guatemala, Guatemala.

The men’s U-17 team will train from 5-13 February also in Sunrise, FL, USA. Coach Fleming will select 23 players for the nine-day camp from which 20 players will be selected for the 2011 CONCACAF Men’s Under-17 Championship. Canada will head straight from the camp in USA to the CONCACAF event in Montego Bay, Jamaica on 13 February.