Canada head coach Jesse Marsch has said that captain Alphonso Davies is unlikely to feature in Canada’s 2026 World Cup opener against Bosnia and Herzegovina on June 12.While many of the players hopeful to crack the most important Canadian World Cup squad of all time have reported in Charlotte for the team’s training camp, the Bayern Munich left-back has not yet arrived.Davies sustained a hamstring injury during Bayern’s second leg of the Champions League semi-final on May 6.Asked on Monday specifically if Davies will play in the World Cup for Canada, Marsch said “yes” but added: “I don’t think he’ll be ready quite on June 12, but we’ll see.”Marsch added that Davies will report to Canada camp on May 31 in Edmonton.“We spoke with Bayern and thought that the best thing for (Davies) was to continue his initial recovery treatment until the (May 28th),” Marsch said. “Then we’re giving him a few days to get away, and then (on the) 31st and we’ll pick up his rehab from there, and try to put him in a position to physically succeed, and to be part of our team.”“We’re going to have to just put a process in place for him that doesn’t put him further at risk and make sure that even in his return to play, when we’re talking about minutes, and we’re even evaluating, like, do we put together some test matches after Bosnia, after Qatar, after Switzerland, so that Alphonso can get exactly what he needs, along with our other players, right?” Marsch said. “So there’s a lot of work going on behind the scenes to try to put all our players in position to succeed in this week coming up before we name the full squad. And then throughout the tournament, so that we can achieve our goals of making a deep run.”
Jesse Marsch says Alphonso Davies likely to miss Canada’s World Cup opener, will not report training camp in Charlotte
Davies sustained a hamstring injury during Bayern Munich’s Champions League semi-final on May 6.













