Canada Soccer names preliminary 60-man roster for this summer's CONCACAF Gold Cup

Canada has filed its preliminary roster for next month's CONCACAF Gold Cup, a 60-man list that will be reduced to a final squad of 23 to 26 players by June 4.

The 18th edition of the CONCACAF championship runs June 14 to July 6, featuring 15 countries from North and Central America and the Caribbean plus No. 58 Saudi Arabia as a guest team.

The tournament, spanning 14 stadiums across 11 metropolitan areas in the U.S. and Canada (Vancouver), is coming to Canada for a third time with Toronto's BMO Field having staged games in 2015 and 2023.

The Canadians, currently ranked a record 30th in the world, open Group B play June 17 against No. 75 Honduras at B.C. Place Stadium before moving to Houston to face No. 90 Curacao on June 21 and No. 81 El Salvador on June 24, with both games at Shell Energy Stadium.

The top two in each of the four groups advance to the knockout round.

Canada will be without coach Jesse Marsch for the first two games at the tournament. Marsch was handed a two-game ban after being sent off in the CONCACAF Nations League third-place game in March.

The preliminary roster features six players from CF Montreal (Victor Loturi, Luca Petrasso, Sam Piette, Nathan Saliba, Jonathan Sirois and Joel Waterman), five from Toronto FC (Theo Corbeanu, Deandre Kerr, Richie Laryea, Jonathan Osorio and Kosi Thompson) and four from the Vancouver Whitecaps (Sam Adekugbe, Ali Ahmed, Jayden Nelson and Ralph Priso).

Montreal's Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty, on loan at Charlotte FC from Montreal, is also on the roster.

Osorio (shoulder) and Laryea (hamstring) have been sidelined by injury but are nearing a return. There is no place for Alphonso Davies, however, with the Canada captain recovering from knee surgery. Winger Liam Millar