Marcelo Flores to Miss World Cup for Canada After Injuring His Right Knee
The 22-year-old midfielder left the final in tears after a non-contact injury, raising doubts about his role for Canada at the World Cup.
- Canada midfielder Marcelo Flores will miss the 2026 World Cup after rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament during Saturday's CONCACAF Champions Cup final with Tigres UANL.
- The 22-year-old Mexican-Canadian went down in the 77th minute while playing for Tigres UANL against Toluca, leaving the field in tears as his club team fell in a penalty shootout.
- National team head coach Jesse Marsch confirmed the diagnosis and invited Flores to join the team during the tournament, as Flores becomes the 10th player on Canada's 26-man roster dealing with injury concerns.
- Before the June 12 opening match against Bosnia-Herzegovina in Toronto, Marsch must select a replacement within 24 hours, though he has not yet decided who will fill the vacant roster spot.
- Junior Hoilett, Daniel Jebbison, and Jayden Nelson are candidates for the replacement, as Canada prepares for its first men's World Cup appearance as hosts under intense scrutiny.
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The 2026 North American World Cup is getting closer and closer. In a few days more competition will start in Mexico, the United States and Canada. Of course in the last hours one of these host countries has had to suffer a sensitive low. Canadian Marcelo Flores was left out of the Cup due to a knee injury that he suffered on Saturday in the final between Tigres, his team, and Toluca for the Concacaf Champions Cup.Flores had entered in the last 1…
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Independent EspañolMEXICO CITY (AP) — Marcelo Flores will miss the World Cup with Canada after injuring his right knee in the CONCACAF Champions Cup final, his club, UANL Tigres, announced Sunday.
The half-attacker Marcelo Flores is outside the 2026 World Cup with the Canadian selection due to a knee injury suffered on Saturday, at the end of the Concacaf Champions Cup between his club, Tigers, and Toluca. Flores entered the field in the second half of the final and, at 75 minutes, during an attack in the Toluca area, his leg was stuck on the lawn, forcing him to leave the field without being able to support the weight on the leg.
The image of Marcelo Flores on the lawn of the Nemesio Diez Stadium did not need a description.The Canadian footballer who plays in Tigers played the final of the Concacaf Champions Cup against Toluca and he knew what had just happened.The pain that Canada's footballer called for the 2026 World Cup turned all the alarms on, both in Tigers and in his selection.Marcelo Flores broke the anterior ligament of the knee and was left out of the planetar…
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