HOUSTON, TEXAS (June 22, 2009) Houston Dynamo defender Andrew Hainault was named to Canada’s 23-man roster for the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup, the Canadian Soccer Association announced today.
Hainault, 23, joined the Dynamo early this season from Czech club SIAD Most and has been a regular at outside back over the last nine games, including eight starts, alternating between left and right back. He has also contributed two assists.
Hainault will join Canada on Wednesday for a training camp prior to their tournament opener against Jamaica on July 3. Canada will also face El Salvador (July 7) and Costa Rica (July 10). Hainault is expected to miss at least four Dynamo games, including Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Galaxy.
“It’s great to be called up,” Hainault said. “I’ve changed leagues, I’ve changed teams, so you never know what’s going to happen, but it was great to be called up again.”
The Hudson, Québec native has already been capped 14 times for Canada, making his debut in 2006 at age 20. He helped Canada to the semifinals of the 2007 Gold Cup, along with Dynamo goalkeeper Pat Onstad, and scored his first international goal in a 3-1 World Cup Qualifying loss at Honduras on October 11, 2008.
“If we come together and play like we should, we should be a top team in CONCACAF, but sometimes we don’t come out the right way,” Hainault said. “It’s frustrating. We reached the semifinals two years ago, and even though we’ve got a tougher group this time, I don’t see why we can’t get out of it.”
The Dynamo will face the Los Angeles Galaxy on the road Sunday night at 9:00 p.m. CT in a game nationally televised on ESPN2 before traveling to face the Austin Aztex in the third round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup on Wednesday, July 1.
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