{"id":344840,"date":"2026-06-03T02:15:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T20:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=344840"},"modified":"2026-06-03T02:15:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T20:45:26","slug":"alphonso-davies-completely-happy-to-be-back-with-canadian-teammates-ahead-of-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/03\/alphonso-davies-completely-happy-to-be-back-with-canadian-teammates-ahead-of-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Alphonso Davies completely happy to be back with Canadian teammates ahead of World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>It wasn\u2019t the way in which Alphonso Davies desired to return to the sector in his hometown of Edmonton, but Canada\u2019s captain was still completely happy to be there.<\/p>\n<p>Davies got some running in before his teammates took on Uzbekistan in a pre-World Cup friendly at Commonwealth Stadium on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The strides gave him a probability to check out the injured hamstring that prevented him from joining the group for training camp in Charlotte, N.C., last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt feels nice to get back on the pitch and do some running,\u201d the 25-year-old Bayern Munich defender said after watching Canada down Uzbekistan 2-0.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m completely happy to be home and I\u2019m completely happy to be with the boys and support them.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"c-blockquote l-article__blockquote\">\n<div class=\"c-infoBox\">\n<div class=\"c-infoBox__inner\">\n<p class=\"c-blockquote__content l-article__blockquoteContent\">\u201cWhether it\u2019s on or off the pitch, I\u2019m completely happy to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Davies met up with the national squad in Edmonton on Sunday night, but how long it would be before he joins them on the sector stays to be seen.<\/p>\n<p>Head coach Jesse Marsch has said the star left back is continuous the rehabilitation program set out by his club, and now that he\u2019s with Canada, he\u2019ll be monitored each day.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories.\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h2 class=\"c-inlineSignup__title\">Get each day National news<\/h2>\n<p>Get each day Canada news delivered to your inbox so you may never miss the day&#8217;s top stories.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Neither Bayern nor the Canadians want him to feel pressure to return back, Marsch added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously when the games start, he\u2019s going to wish to play,\u201d he said. \u201cBut what we don\u2019t wish to do is put him in a situation to suffer again and be vulnerable again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Davies has made 58 appearances for the senior national team, scoring 15 goals and contributing 17 assists across the stretch.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>His biggest strike got here in November 2022 when he scored Canada\u2019s first-ever World Cup goal in a group-stage match against Croatia.<\/p>\n<p>A string of injuries \u2014 including a torn anterior cruciate ligament \u2014 have kept the young star from fiddling with the Maple Leaf on his chest since March 2025, and questions have lingered over whether he\u2019ll return in time for this summer\u2019s World Cup.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Sports<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Canada kicks off the tournament in Toronto against Bosnia-Herzegovina on June 12.<\/p>\n<p>Asked whether he\u2019s holding out hope he\u2019ll be ready for that game, Davies said it was too soon to inform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t really say right away. Obviously I can say yes or no, but it surely all depends upon how the rehab goes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just need to see how every part goes over the following couple of days.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"c-blockquote l-article__blockquote\">\n<div class=\"c-infoBox\">\n<div class=\"c-infoBox__inner\">\n<p class=\"c-blockquote__content l-article__blockquoteContent\">\u201cI just proceed my rehab, my progression and see how I\u2019m feeling, day-to-day, step-by-step.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Davies is providing the remainder of the group motivation because it prepares for the globe\u2019s biggest soccer showcase, Marsch said.<\/p>\n<p>All of them want to provide him a probability to play, the coach said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re all hopeful we are able to get it done within the group phase but we all know that the further we go on this tournament, the more time he\u2019ll need to get well,\u201d Marsch said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cAnd what it\u2019s going to be is a progression of a couple of minutes in the primary game. We would like to provide him a probability to be a giant player on this tournament for us. And so the deeper that we go, the higher probability we\u2019ll have at that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&#038;copy 2026 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It wasn\u2019t the way in which Alphonso Davies desired to return to the sector in his hometown of Edmonton, but Canada\u2019s captain was still completely happy to be there. Davies got some running in before his teammates took on Uzbekistan in a pre-World Cup friendly at Commonwealth Stadium on Monday. 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