Valter Sedin, son of Vancouver Canucks’ Henrik Sedin, has been named to Canada Soccer’s men’s U-18 roster. Article content

Sedin, born in 2007 to Henrik and wife Johanna, was selected to join the U-18 squad in Finland next month for a camp and a pair of friendlies against Finland and Switzerland on Sept. 5 and 7. Article content Article content

“We’re excited to bring this group together as we take an important step in preparing for the next FIFA U-20 World Cup cycle,” said Andrew Olivieri, Canada Soccer’s men’s youth excel director.

“This will be a first event for the 2007-born generation and an opportunity to assess the talent pool prior to integrating some of Canada’s top 2008 performers at the U17 World Cup this November.

“With the increase in youth camps across our programs, w

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