North Vancouver's Alex Comsia is in Jamaica with the rest of Canada's national U20 soccer team battling it out at the CONCACAF Championships with a trip to the FIFA U20 World Cup on the line. Play got underway yesterday with Canada taking on Haiti. They'll meet Mexico on Monday, El Salvador Thursday, Cuba on Jan. 19 and Honduras on Jan. 22 to finish off Group B play.
The group winner will receive an automatic World Cup berth and move to the CONCACAF final, scheduled for Jan. 24 at Montego Bay Sports Complex. The second and third place teams from the group will play off against the second and third place teams from Group A with two more World Cup berths up for grabs.
Comsia, an 18-year-old defender, currently plays for RC Strasbourg in France. In 2013 he was an assistant captain for Team Canada at the FIFA U17 World Cup held in the United Arab Emirates.
Last month he was nominated for the 2014 Canadian U20 Player of the Year Award, just one year after being nominated for the 2013 U17 Player of the Year Award.
