Ben Steiner

And it's been a very slow recovery for his broken leg.

He has a metal rod in his leg and looked poor in his first minutes against Uzbekistan in a pre-World Cup friendly.

And that does not give you much confidence where he said at that point that he was ready and healthy to go back in.

And then it was very clear that he wasn't.

And he's saying that he's ready and healthy again.

well, is he actually ready and healthy this time?

With Alphonso Davies, it's a hamstring, and that's going to be very crucial if you're trying to rely on his speed, especially if he's a left back where you don't want to be overwhelmed in wide areas against the Switzerland team.

Well, how complicated do you want to get with Davies?

Because I think you can see him at various points of this lineup.

And I think there's actually a crucial factor to having both Richie Larea and Alistair Johnston in this team.

The question is, Alistair Johnston has a yellow card.

If he gets a yellow card in this game, he misses the round of 32.

So I would actually put Richie Larea on the right and then put Davies on the left if you're starting.

But the center back is a big question because Luke de Fougereau, he's 20 years old.

He's lived up to every task that he's been given with this Canadian team.

It started at the 2024 Copa America where he played against Uruguay in the third place game and he's thrived at this World Cup.

Maybe not surprising to people that have followed the Canadian national team closely, but when you see this kid that looks like a kid at centre-back and bossing around some of these big forwards that Canada has played against, it's been very impressive.

And I think the future is going to be Bombido and DeFuzio when both are healthy.

And I think I'd go to that right now.

I think Luke DeFuzio has given us enough confidence in his play.