Canada men's head coach Marsch adds experienced Johnston, Osorio for CONCACAF Gold Cup

Veterans Alistair Johnston and Jonathan Osorio will rejoin Canada later this month for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Both are included in Jesse Marsch's 26-man roster, which also adds goalkeeper Tom McGill and defender Kamal Miller to those held over from the 23-player Canadian Shield Tournament, which begins Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET with No. 30 Canada hosting No. 25 Ukraine at Toronto's BMO Field. The Canadians face No. 41 Ivory Coast next Tuesday at 8:30 p.m.

"We're excited to be bringing a very strong squad to the upcoming Gold Cup," Marsch said in a statement. "We're very confident in the group and are looking forward to challenging for the title."

Osorio (84 caps), Johnston (53) and Millar (47) bring a combined 184 caps to the squad.

Osorio could skip the Shield tournament after suffering a shoulder injury with TFC on April 30. Celtic's Johnston had been dealing with a back issue.

Fulback/wingback Richie Laryea, replaced by Zorhan Bassong due to injury in the CONCACAF Nations League Final roster in March, returned to action May 31 for Toronto FC from a hamstring injury that had sidelined him since March 1 and is part of both the Shield and Gold Cup squads.

Midfielder Stephen Eustaquio is included in the Gold Cup roster even though his club, Portugal's FC Porto, is involved in the FIFA Club World Cup, which runs at the same time in the United States. The hope is he will be able to rejoin Canada at some point during the Gold Cup.

McGill is added as the third goalkeeper on the roster, joining Maxime Crepeau and Dayne St. Clair.

There are 12 MLS players, including two from Toronto (Laryea and Osorio), two from CF Montreal (Nathan Saliba and Joel Waterman) and three from Vancouver (Sam Adekugbe, Ali Ahmed and Jayden