Wales v Canada

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Wales v Canada (Friendly) Swansea.com Stadium Tuesday 9 Sept 19:45

A rare chance to see the National side in Swansea, albeit only a friendly match, the first time in five years Wales have played there. Swans have two players in the Welsh squad, Cullen and Cabango.
Canada are 28th in the FIFA men’s football world rankings, above Wales who are in 31st place.
Canada manager and former MLS player is Jesse Marsch since May 2024, previous to that he was manager of Leeds United for a year. He was also assistant to Bob Bradley in the USA men’s national team that reached the last 16 of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
Last Friday, 5 Sept, they played a friendly international v Romania in Bucharest and won 0-3. It was their first win in Europe since 2011, as they continue their preparations for next year’s FIFA World Cup.

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Here are the highlights of that match:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptug9FzCkuQ

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By the way, another men’s friendly international match to look forward to this year is England v Wales at Wembley Stadium on Thursday 9 0ct at 19:45.

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Tickets still available:

Adults: 20 pounds

Young adults (17-21) and Seniors (65+): 15 pounds

Junior (16 & under): 5 pounds


https://www.eticketing.co.uk/fawtick...SADEgJiFfD_BwE

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Wales squad -

Karl DARLOW (Leeds United), Adam DAVIES (Sheffield United), Danny WARD (Wrexham), Ben CABANGO (Swansea City), Jay DASILVA (Coventry City), Ben DAVIES (Tottenham Hotspur), Ronan KPAKIO (Cardiff City), Dylan LAWLOR (Cardiff City), Chris MEPHAM (Bournemouth), Joe RODON (Leeds United), Neco WILLIAMS (Nottingham Forest), Kai ANDREWS (Coventry City), David BROOKS (Bournemouth), Charlie CREW (Doncaster Rovers- On loan from Leeds United), Jordan JAMES (Stade Rennais), Josh SHEEHAN (Bolton Wanderers), Sorba THOMAS (Stoke City), Harry WILSON (Fulham), Nathan BROADHEAD (Wrexham), Liam Cullen (Swansea City), Mark HARRIS (Oxford United), Lewis KOUMAS (Birmingham City- On loan from Liverpool), Daniel JAMES (Leeds United), Brennan JOHNSON (Tottenham Hotspur), Kieffer MOORE (Wrexham).

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Wales will take a back seat for the next two Group J match days, playing friendlies against Canada and England, before facing Belgium at Cardiff on 13 October.

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It’s catch up time for Belgium though, three points behind Wales with two games in hand.
They have successive home games against Kazakhstan on 7 October and then North Macedonia on 10 October.

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Wales:
A. Davies, Kpakio, Cabango, B. Davies, Williams, Crew, J. James, Brooks, Wilson, D. James, Harris
Subs: Andrews, Colwill, Cullen, Darlow, Johnson, King, Koumas, Lawlor, Mepham, Moore, Norrington-Davies, Thomas.

Canada:
St Clair, Sigour, De Fougrolles, Cornelius, Laryea, Buchanan, Kone, Saliba, Ahmed, J. David, Oluwaseyi.
Subs: Blair, Bassong, Choiniare, Hibbert, Hoilett, Knight-Lebel, Marshall-Rutty, McGill, Nelson, P. David, Shaffelburg, Waterman

HT: Wales 0 - Canada 1 (Cornelius free-kick 41’)

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FT: Wales 0 - Canada 1
Wales poor tonight with all the changes and looked disjointed and pretty clueless. Canada the better side and deserved the win.