Canada's draw for the u17 World Cup is in and...it's not bad.
The Canucks have arguably one of the weaker seeds in England and a nation with even less football history than itself in Rwanda. Uruguay is in the mix as well and will be tough. The South American sides are always tricky at the age groups.
England is hard to read because traditionally they do not take age group play all that serious. A lot will depend on the roster.
Speaking of the roster, the 24 invites to Canada's camp are as follows:
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GK- Chad Bush | CAN / Toronto FC Academy
GK- Maxime Crépeau | CAN / Académie Impact Montréal
GK- Quillan Roberts | CAN / Toronto FC Academy
D- Luca Gasparotto | CAN / SC Toronto
D- Marco Lapenna | CAN / Académie Impact Montréal
D- Tyler Pasher | CAN / Toronto FC Academy
D- Adam Polakiewicz | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency
D- Parker Seymour | CAN / Toronto FC Academy
D- Daniel Stanese | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps Residency
M- Bryce Alderson | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency
M- Wesley Cain | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency
M- Sergio Camargo | CAN / Toronto FC Academy
M- Yassin Essa | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency
M- Alex Halis | CAN / SC Toronto
M- Shadrack Mmunga | Unattached / sans club
M- Omari Morris | CAN / Toronto FC Academy
M- Chris Nanco | CAN / Sigma FC Academy
M- Matteo Pasquotti | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps Residency
M- Michael Petrasso | CAN / Toronto FC Academy
M- Samuel Piette | FRA / FC Metz
F- Keven Aleman | CAN / Toronto FC Academy
F- Jay Chapman | CAN / Toronto FC Academy
F- Moses Danto | CAN / World Soccer Academy
F- Sadi Jalali | CAN / Edmonton Juventus
The rest of the draw was:
Group A -
Mexico
North Korea
Holland
Congo
Group B -
Japan
Jamaica
France
Argentina
Group C -
Uruguay
Canada
England
Rwanda
Group D -
USA
Czech Republic
Uzbekistan
New Zealand
Group E -
Burkina Faso
Panama
Germany
Ecuador
Group F -
Australia
Côte d'Ivoire
Brazil
Denmark
Since you have to label one group every tournament as such, let's call group F the Group of Death. Group D is likely the easiest touch.
Looking ahead, the winner of Canada’s group gets a third place team from groups A, B or F, while the second place team gets second from group A.