Hoilett, Wotherspoon to miss Canada’s World Cup qualifier due to quarantine rules | CBC Sports

Canada Soccer says the two are skipping the Mexico game because of the quarantine requirements following a visit to the country by British residents.

There is also uncertainty about the availability of veteran goalkeeper Milan Borjan, who is recovering from COVID, according to his Red Star Belgrade club. Maxime Crepeau of the Vancouver Whitecaps and James Pantemis of CF Montreal are the other ‘keepers on the Canadian roster.

WATCH | Canada’s men begin October qualifying against Mexico:

Men’s national soccer team travels to Mexico to kick off October World Cup qualifier window

Alphonso Davies, Jonathan David and the Canadian men’s national soccer team travel to Mexico and Jamaica for Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying matches before heading home to BMO field to face Panama. Michael Singh, managing editor of Waking the Red, joins CBC’s Signa Butler to preview the three-match fixture list. 5:36

The 51st-ranked Canadian men play No. 9 Mexico at Mexico’s City’s historic Azteca Stadium on Thursday before heading to Kingston to play No. 59 Jamaica on Sunday. Canada then returns home to host No. 68 Panama on Wednesday at Toronto’s BMO Field.

Mexico (2-0-1) currently leads the eight-team final round of CONCACAF qualifying. Canada (1-0-2) is second on goal difference, tied on points with the U.S. and Panama.

Jamaica is last in the so-called Octagonal at 0-2-1.

Come March, the top three teams will qualify for Qatar 2022 with the fourth-place team taking part in an intercontinental playoff to see who joins them from the region covering North and Central America and the Caribbean.