Canada coach Jesse Marsch says captain Alphonso Davies is back at full strength after returning to training in Cancun for the Nations League quarterfinal series versus Guatemala.
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Canada men’s soccer captain Alphonso Davies returned to training with the national team on Tuesday for the first time since this summer’s World Cup.
Coach Jesse Marsch said Davies is at 100 per cent and looked sharp and confident on the first day of Canada’s training camp in Cancún, Mexico, ahead of the CONCACAF Nations League quarterfinal series against Guatemala.
The Bayern Munich star played limited minutes in just one World Cup match while recovering from a hamstring injury. Canada reached the round of 16 before falling 3-0 to Morocco on July 4 in Houston.
Davies missed Canada’s fall friendlies against Chile in Toronto, Peru in Montréal, and the United States in Minnesota while on his honeymoon.
Canada opens the two-legged quarterfinal series Friday in Guatemala City before hosting the return match Monday in Toronto, with the winner advancing to the Nations League Finals and qualifying for next year’s Gold Cup.
The Canadian squad also enters the series without several injured regulars, including Jonathan Osorio, Jacob Shaffelburg, Stephen Eustáquio, Cyle Larin, Derek Cornelius, Alfie Jones and Alistair Johnston.
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