2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship squads explained

The 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship was an international football tournament that was held in Mexico from 18 to 30 March 2021. The eight national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of twenty players, three of whom had to be goalkeepers.[1]

Each national team had to submit a provisional list with up to fifty players to FIFA and CONCACAF at least thirty days before their first match in the tournament.[1] The final list of twenty players per national team had to be submitted to FIFA and CONCACAF up to ten days before the start of the tournament. Once the final lists had been submitted, teams were only permitted to make replacements in cases of force majeure or serious injuries up to 24 hours before their first match, where the replacement players needed to be in the preliminary squad.[2]

The provisional lists were published by CONCACAF on 23 February 2021.[2] [3] The final lists were published by CONCACAF on 11 March 2021.[4] [5]

All registered players had to have been born on or after 1 January 1997 (Regulations Article 13).[1] The age listed for each player is on 18 March 2021, the first day of the tournament. A flag is included for coaches who are of a different nationality than their own national team. Players marked in bold have been capped at full international level.

Group A

Mexico

Head coach: Jaime Lozano

The 50-man provisional squad was announced on 23 February 2021.[6] The 20-man final squad was announced on 11 March 2021.[7]

United States

Head coach: Jason Kreis

The 48-man provisional squad was announced by CONCACAF on 23 February 2021,[3] [8] and was reduced to 31 players on 1 March 2021.[9] [10] The 20-man final squad was announced on 11 March 2021.[11] On 18 March 2021, midfielder Ulysses Llanez was ruled out due to an ankle injury and was replaced by Tanner Tessmann.[12]

Costa Rica

Head coach: Douglas Sequeira

The 50-man provisional squad was announced by CONCACAF on 23 February 2021,[3] The 20-man final squad was announced on 10 March 2021.[13]

Dominican Republic

Coach: Jacques Passy

The 50-man provisional squad was announced by CONCACAF on 23 February 2020.[3] The 20-man final squad was announced on 8 March 2021.[14] Defender Lean Torres withdrew injured and was replaced by Josué Báez on 18 March 2021.[15]

Group B

Honduras

Head coach: Fabián Coito

The 48-man provisional squad was announced by CONCACAF on 23 February 2021.[3] The 20-man final squad was announced on 8 March 2021.[16]

Canada

Head coach: Mauro Biello

The 50-man provisional squad was announced on 23 February 2021.[17] The 20-man final squad was announced on 10 March 2021.[18] On 19 March, defender Thomas Meilleur-Giguère and forward Kris Twardek were replaced on the roster by Diyaeddine Abzi and Mohamed Farsi for medical reasons.[19] [20]

El Salvador

Head coach: Hugo Pérez

The 33-man provisional squad was announced by CONCACAF on 23 February 2021.[3] The 20-man final squad was announced on 7 March 2021.[21]

Haiti

Head coach: Webens Princimé

The 50-man provisional squad was announced on 21 February 2021.[22] The 20-man final squad was announced on 10 March 2021.[23]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: REGULATIONS for the Olympic Football Tournaments - Games of the XXXII Olympiad Tokyo 2020. FIFA. 26 October 2018.
  2. Web site: 2020 Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying preliminary rosters confirmed. CONCACAF. 23 February 2021.
  3. Web site: National team roster 2020 Men's Olympic Qualifying. CONCACAF. 23 February 2021.
  4. Web site: 2020 Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying final rosters confirmed. CONCACAF. 11 March 2021.
  5. Web site: National team roster 2020 Men's Olympic Qualifying. CONCACAF. 11 March 2021.
  6. Web site: Convocatoria preliminar para el Preolímpico. Mexican Football Federation. miseleccion.mx/. 23 February 2021. es.
  7. Web site: Convocatoria de la SNM para el Preolímpico de Concacaf. Mexican Football Federation. miseleccion.mx/. 11 March 2021. es.
  8. Web site: United States, Canada release preliminary rosters for 2020 Concacaf Men's Olympic qualifiers. Major League Soccer. mlssoccer.com/. Sigal. Jonathan. 23 February 2021.
  9. Web site: THIRTY-ONE PLAYERS CALLED TO U-23 USMNT TRAINING CAMP AHEAD OF CONCACAF MEN’S OLYMPIC QUALIFYING CHAMPIONSHIP. United States Soccer Federation. 1 March 2021.
  10. Web site: US Under-23 national team calls in 31 players ahead of Concacaf men's Olympic qualifying. Major League Soccer. mlssoccer.com/. Butler. Dylan. 1 March 2021.
  11. Web site: U.S. UNDER-23 MEN'S NATIONAL TEAM HEAD COACH JASON KREIS NAMES ROSTER FOR CONCACAF MEN’S OLYMPIC QUALIFYING CHAMPIONSHIP. United States Soccer Federation. 11 March 2021.
  12. Web site: MIDFIELDER TANNER TESSMANN REPLACES ULYSSES LLANEZ ON USA ROSTER FOR CONCACAF MEN’S OLYMPIC QUALIFYING CHAMPIONSHIP. United States Soccer Federation. 18 March 2021.
  13. Web site: Douglas Sequeira definió a los 20 guerreros para el Preolímpico. Costa Rican Football Federation. fedefutbol.com/. Gustavo. Jiménez. 10 March 2021. es.
  14. Web site: Definida la lista de jugadores para el preolímpico de concacaf. Dominican Football Federation. 8 March 2021. es.
  15. Selección Dominicana de Futbol. sedofutbol. 1372574939686047745.
    1. ParteMédico
    . 18 March 2021. es.
  16. Web site: Convocatoria oficial Pre-Olímpico, #Guadalajara2021, Concacaf. National Autonomous Federation of Football of Honduras Facebook. 8 March 2021.
  17. Web site: CANADA SOCCER ANNOUNCES PROVISIONAL LIST FOR CONCACAF MEN’S OLYMPIC QUALIFYING. Canadian Soccer Association. canadasoccer.com/. 23 February 2021.
  18. Web site: Canada Soccer announces squad for Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying. Canadian Soccer Association. canadasoccer.com/. 10 March 2021. 10 March 2021.
  19. Web site: CANADA SOCCER KICKS OFF CONCACAF MEN’S OLYMPIC QUALIFYING IN GUADALAJARA. Canadian Soccer Association. canadasoccer.com/. 19 March 2021. 19 March 2021.
  20. Web site: CPLers Farsi, Abzi added to Canada's Olympic qualifying team. Canadian Premier League. canpl.ca. 19 March 2021. 19 March 2021.
  21. La Selecta. LaSelecta_SLV. 1368724994423984136. Los 2️0️ convocados por @hugoperez_07 para la #SelecciónPreOlimpica que buscará el boleto a #Tokio2020. 7 March 2021. es.
  22. Web site: JO 2021, sélection Olympique masculine. Haitian Football Federation Facebook. 21 February 2021. fr.
  23. Web site: Tokyo 2020-Eliminatoires de la Concacaf, la liste finale des grenadiers.. Haitian Football Federation Facebook. 10 March 2021. fr.