Canada's Osorio to miss rest of CONCACAF Gold Cup after sustaining lower-body injury
Midfielder, 33, returning to Toronto for further tests and can’t be replaced on roster
Veteran midfielder Jonathan Osorio has left the Canada camp at the CONCACAF Gold Cup with a lower-body injury.
Canada Soccer, in a social media post, said the Toronto FC captain will miss the rest of the tournament. The injury occurred in training the day before Canada's 1-1 draw with Curacao on Saturday in Houston.
"Oso will return to Toronto FC today for further evaluation," it said in a social media post Sunday.
The TFC captain cannot be replaced on Canada's tournament roster at this point.
With 85 caps, the 33-year-old Osorio was the most experienced member of coach Jesse Marsch's squad. He had yet to play at the tournament.
Osorio was sidelined with a shoulder injury April 30 in a Canadian Championship loss to CF Montreal, returning May 24 off the Toronto bench in an MLS game against Nashville SC.
He was added to Marsch's Canadian Shield Tournament squad, playing 62 minutes in the penalty shootout loss to Ivory Coast.
The 30th-ranked Canadians (1-0-1) wrap up Group B play at the Gold Cup on Tuesday against No. 81 El Salvador (0-1-1) in Houston.
Canada roster
Goalkeepers
- Maxime Crepeau, Portland Timbers (MLS)
- Tom McGill, Brighton & Hove Albion (England)
- Dayne St. Clair, Minnesota United (MLS)
Defenders
- Sam Adekugbe, Vancouver Whitecaps (MLS)
- Derek Cornelius, Olympique de Marseille (France)
- Luc De Fougerolles, Fulham (England)
- Jamie Knight-Lebel, Bristol City (England)
- Richie Laryea, Toronto FC (MLS)
- Alistair Johnston, Celtic (Scotland)
- Kamal Miller, Portland Timbers (MLS)
- Niko Sigur, Hadjuk Split (Croatia)
- Joel Waterman, CF Montreal (MLS)
Midfielders
- Ali Ahmed, Vancouver Whitecaps (MLS)
- Tajon Buchanan, Inter Milan (Italy)
- Mathieu Choiniere, Grasshopper Zurich (Switzerland)
- Stephen Eustaquio, FC Porto (Portugal)
- Ismael Kone, Olympique de Marseille (France)
- Jayden Nelson, Vancouver Whitecaps (MLS)
- Jonathan Osorio, Toronto FC (MLS)
- Nathan Saliba, CF Montreal (MLS)
- Jacob Shaffelburg, Nashville SC (MLS)
Forwards
- Jonathan David, LOSC Lille (France)
- Promise David, Royale Union Saint-Gilloise (Belgium)
- Daniel Jebbison, AFC Bournemouth (England)
- Cyle Larin, RCD Mallorca (Spain)
- Tani Oluwaseyi, Minnesota United (MLS)
