Canada’s Henry to miss Finals, Hutchinson on roster

TORONTO: Toronto defender Doneil Henry will miss the World Cup with a torn calf sustained during warm-ups in a pretournament exhibition against Bahrain.

Atiba Hutchinson, a 39-year-old midfielder and Canada’s captain, was among 26 players picked for the roster by coach John Herdman.

The only player on the roster alive during Canada’s last World Cup appearance in 1986, Hutchinson made his first appearance of the season for Turkey’s Besiktas on Wednesday after recovering from a bone bruise.

Henry, who played in eight of 20 qualifiers, became the third Canadian player to miss the tournament with an injury after goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau, who broke a leg playing for Los Angeles in Major League Soccer’s championship match, and defender Scott Kennedy, who injured a shoulder playing for Regensburg on Oct 29.

“He just felt a little bit of tightness,” Herdman said.

“He tried to push it a little bit further. It sort of led to a maybe a tear in the there ... he just wasn’t able to create any explosivity out of the calf.” — AP