One of Energy FC's offseason signings, winger Aidan Daniels, has been added to Canada Soccer's 50-player Provisional List ahead of the upcoming Concacaf Men’s Olympic Qualifying.
The upcoming eight-nation tournament will take place from March 18-30 in Guadalajara, JA, Mexico, with two nations qualifying for the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Canada faces El Salvador on March 19, Haiti on March 22 and Honduras on March 25 in Group B of the 2020 Concacaf Men’s Olympic Qualifying Championship. From the group phase, the top-two nations advance to the Concacaf Semifinals on March 28 against Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Mexico or USA. The two nations that win their Concacaf Semifinals qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and advance to the Concacaf Final on March 30.
Daniels started in all 16 matches for Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC in 2020, scoring three goals and recording one assist with an 84.2% passing accuracy. Daniels led the team in chances created (27) and was third in minutes played (1,288).
Daniels, a 22-year-old native of Markham, Ontario, Canada and product of the Toronto FC Academy, signed as a homegrown player with Toronto FC in 2018 and made his Major League Soccer debut a week later against Houston Dynamo FC. Daniels also appeared in the USL Championship for Toronto FC II and Ottawa Fury FC and has earned Canadian national team caps at the U-17, U-20 and U-23 levels.
The full, 50-player Provisional List:
Diyaeddine Abzi: CAN / York United FC
Theo Bair: CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Michael Baldisimo: CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Zorhan Bassong: CAN / CF Montréal
Clément Bayiha: CAN / CF Montréal
Zachary Brault-Guillard: CAN / CF Montréal
Sebastian Breza: ITA / Bologna
Charles-Andreas Brym: BEL / Royal Excel Mouscron
Tajon Buchanan: USA / New England Revolution
Terran Campbell: CAN / Pacific FC
David Choinière: CAN / Forge FC Hamilton
Kadin Chung: CAN / Pacific FC
Theo Corbeanu: ENG / Wolverhampton Wanderers FC
Derek Cornelius: CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Nikola Curcija: FRA / Le Havre AC
Aidan Daniels: USA / Oklahoma City Energy FC
Lucas Dias: POR / Sporting Lisbon
Julian Dunn: CAN / Toronto FC
Mohamed Farsi: CAN / Cavalry FC
Liam Fraser: CAN / Toronto FC
Marcus Godinho: GER / FSV Zwickau
Cristián Gutiérrez: CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Thomas Hasal: CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Malik Johnson: USA / Real Monarchs SLC
Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty: CAN / Toronto FC
Thomas Meilleur-Giguère: CAN / Pacific FC
Patrick Metcalfe: CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Callum Montgomery: USA / Minnesota United FC
Jayden Nelson: CAN / Toronto FC
Matthew Nogueira: POR / CS Maritimo
David Norman: N/A
Chrisnovic N’sa: CAN / York United FC
Noble Okello: CAN / Toronto FC
Easton Ongaro: CAN / FC Edmonton
James Pantemis: CAN / CF Montréal
Ben Paton: ENG / Blackburn U-23
Harry Paton: SCO / Ross County FC
Jordan Perruzza: CAN / Toronto FC
Ralph Priso: CAN / Toronto FC
Ryan Raposo: CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Antonio Rocco Romeo: CAN / Toronto FC
Jacob Shaffelburg: CAN / Toronto FC
Shamit Shome: CAN / FC Edmonton
Steven Simpson: ENG / Barnsley FC
Dayne St. Clair: USA / Minnesota United FC
Frank Sturing: NED / FC Den Bosch
Ballou Tabla: CAN / CF Montréal
Kris Twardek: POL / Jagiellonia
Noah Verhoeven: CAN / York United FC
Karifa Yao: CAN / Cavalry FC