{allcanada} Canada calls-ups a mix of experience

 

OTTAWA -- Dwayne De Rosario and Atiba Hutchinson will lead a Canadian lineup that's a mix of veterans and young players in a soccer friendly against Greece on Wednesday.

Canadian head coach Stephen Hart named his squad Thursday for the game versus the former European champion in Larissa, Greece.

De Rosario leads the team in international appearances with 55 while Hutchinson has 50. Goalkeeper Lars Hirschfeld and forward Rob Friend are among the other veterans.

Kevin McKenna had originally been named to the team, but Hart received a call from the veteran defender Thursday morning informing him that he was injured.

Hart was considering adding either Nana Attakora or Adrian Cann to round out his roster -- the two are with Toronto FC at training camp in Turkey.

Goalie Milan Borjan will make his Canadian debut while Tosaint Ricketts and David Edgar have participated in national camps but haven't played for the team.

Borjan, Ricketts, Edgar, Jaime Peters, Simeon Jackson and Will Johnson are among the team's youngest players -- all born in 1987 --and all but Borjan played for Canada at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Adam Straith, 20, is the youngest player on the roster.

Full roster (with club team in brackets):

1- GK Lars Hirschfeld | NOR (Vålerenga Fotball)

2- D Jaime Peters | ENG (Ipswich Town FC)

3- M Marcel de Jong | GER (FC Augsburg)

4- D Dejan Jakovic | USA (DC United)

5- D Kevin McKenna | GER (FC Köln)

6- M Nik Ledgerwood | GER (SV Wehen Wiesbaden)

7- M Pedro Pacheco | POR (CD Santa Clara)

8- M Will Johnson | USA (Real Salt Lake)

9- F Rob Friend | GER (Hertha BSC)

10- F Simeon Jackson | ENG (Norwich City FC)

11- D David Edgar | ENG (Burnley FC)

12- D Adam Straith | GER (FC Energie Cottbus)

13- M Atiba Hutchinson | NED (PSV Eindhoven)

14- M Dwayne De Rosario | CAN (Toronto FC)

15- M Josh Simpson | TUR (Vestel Manisaspor)

16- M Tosaint Ricketts | FC (Politehnica Timiþoara)

17- F Olivier Occean | GER (Kickers Offenbach)

22- GK Milan Borjan | SRB (FK Rad)

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