Injured Canadian captain Alphonso Davies will likely miss his team’s World Cup opener next month but is expected to feature at some point during the tournament, men’s national team head coach Jesse Marsch said Monday.
Davies suffered a hamstring injury on May 6 during Bayern Munich’s Champions League semi-final second leg, and Marsch was asked whether that setback would keep the captain out of his team’s World Cup opener against Bosnia and Herzegovina on June 12 in Toronto.
“I think Alphonso will play in the World Cup,” Marsch told reporters at Canada’s training camp in Charlotte, North Carolina, before addressing Davies’ chances for the opener. «No, I don’t think it will be completely ready by June 12… but we’ll see.»
Earlier on Monday, Davies was among 32 players invited to Canada’s training camp, but Marsch said the player would not be in Charlotte and would instead join the team on the eve of their June 1 friendly against Uzbekistan in Edmonton.
Davies has suffered a number of injuries which have forced him to miss a full year of international duty.
The speedy left back suffered an ACL tear in March 2025 while playing for Canada. He returned to Bayern Munich in December but tore muscle fibers in his right hamstring in February before a hamstring injury kept him out of two friendlies in Canada in March.
Canada will announce its official World Cup roster on Friday at 7pm ET (11pm GMT).
After the World Cup opener, Canada heads to Vancouver for games against Qatar (June 18) and Switzerland (June 24).
Published on May 26, 2026
