Soccer: Depleted Canada looking to grow at Olympic qualifying tournament

[ASFN Admin]

The selection process for the Canadian team competing at this month's CONCACAF men's Olympic qualifying tournament may have been hampered by COVID-19 and other issues but head coach Mauro Biello remains confident in his squad. Nine Toronto FC players were on the provisional roster but, due to positive COVID-19 tests at the MLS club's training camp, none made the 20-player squad named on Wednesday that will compete in the March 18-30 tournament in Guadalajara, Mexico. Biello said it did not make much sense to select the Toronto players as they would be in quarantine and miss Canada's first game before being thrown into the second match without any training.

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