By:Aaron Campbell (Twitter:@AaCamp81)
Match details by The FA
England (4-2-3-1): 1 Angus Gunn (Manchester City); 2 Ola Aina (Chelsea), 5 Jake Cooper (Reading), 6 Mason Holgate (Everton), 3 Harry Toffolo (Norwich City); 8 Harry Winks (Tottenham Hotspur, captain), 4 Joe Williams (Everton); 7 Tyler Walker (Nottingham Forest – on loan at Burton Albion), Brandon Barker (Manchester City – on loan at Rotherham United), 11 Rees Greenwood (Sunderland); Marcus Rashford (Manchester United)
Substitutes: 12 Kasey Palmer (Chelsea) for Walker 46; 14 Kean Bryan (Manchester City) for Aina 58; 15 Ashley Fletcher (Manchester United) for Barker 69; 16 Bryn Morris (Walsall, on-loan from Middlesbrough) for Williams 80
Unused substitute: 13 Ted Smith (Southend)
Goal: Palmer 71
Head coach: Keith Downing
Canada (4-2-3-1): 18 James Pantemis; 2 Marcus Godinho, 5 Fikayo Tomori (Captain), 4 Thomas Meilleur-Gigeuere, 3 Kadin Chung; 8 Alphonso Davies, 7 Shamit Shome; 10 Marco Bustos, 11 Ballou Tabla, 17 Duwayne Ewart; 25 Dario Zanatta
Substitutes: 12 Gabriel Boakye for Davies 65; 9 Jordan Hamilton for Ewart 74; 21 Marco Dominguez for Tabla 90
Unused substitutes: 1 Marco Carducci, 24 Kosovar Sadiki, 6 Liam Fraser, 19 Marko Aleski, 14 Josh Doughty
Goals: Chung 13; Bustos 68
Head coach: Rob Gale
Attendance: 3,264
Read more at http://www.thefa.com/news/england/development/2016/mar/match-report-england-u20s-1-2-canada-u20s#3avpyfT4P8JQX8tY.99
Match report by Canada Soccer
Match Report:
Canada has wrapped up a successful eight-day men’s U-20 camp with a 2:1 win over their hosts England in Doncaster. Goals by Kadin Chung and Marco Bustos put Canada in front before the team “did well to dig in and fight for the victory.”
The Canada U-20 camp featured a mix of players at different ages, with U-20 Coach Rob Gale taking the opportunity to emphasize player development as part of Canada Soccer’s Men’s EXCEL Program. Young players mentored up with older players while the full group worked on building a culture within the program.
“We worked on creating a culture within the camp,” said Gale. “These boys faced quality this week and they have been first class – that’s what led to the result.”
Canada played England in a closed-door exhibition on 24 March, but fell 1:4 after conceding three goals in the last half hour. Jordan Hamilton was Canada’s goal scorer in this first match. In the second match on 27 March, Gale fielded a younger starting XI, opting for some of Canada’s best young talents regardless of age.
“We told them to believe in their talent, to express themselves, and to just play,” said Gale. “It is a good experience for this group of players.”
As this group featured a mix of players born between 1996 and 2000, it was not the proper squad that Gale can feature in the qualification process for next year’s FIFA U-20 World Cup Korea Republic 2017. That squad will need to feature players born 1997 or later, with the dates for the CONCACAF Men’s Under-20 Championship yet to be announced. For this particular camp, Canada decided to provide their young players with valuable international experience while also fostering culture and continuity across the youth program.
Canada Soccer’s Men’s EXCEL Program channels our nation’s exceptional players into the best soccer environments. The Canada Soccer Pathway works in collaboration with our provincial and territory partners as well as the professional clubs and academies. For Canada’s elite players, the program emphasizes player development on the pathway to representing Canada’s Men’s National Team in international soccer.
