One step closer. Just 40 weeks away.

After an unexpected quarterfinal exit at the 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup , the Canadian men’s national team returns to the field looking to turn the page in their September friendlies against Romania and Wales.

With friendlies being the only remaining fixtures until the 2026 FIFA World Cup opener at Toronto FC ’s BMO Field, each match presents a vital opportunity to assess.

“We've taken a strategy that these next three windows, we're almost treating like one window. So it's six matches, six good matches,” head coach Jesse Marsch told reporters in Bucharest ahead of Friday’s contest.

There are certain things we want to develop on the inside of our team to fully prepare for what next summer looks like. One of them is about our leadership and commun

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