Earthquakes defender Nana Attakora joined the Canadian National Team over the weekend with a pair of World Cup qualifiers against St. Kitts and Nevis on tap.
The first fixture will be played on Nov. 11 in the St. Kitts and Nevis capital city of Basseterre at 4 p.m. PT with a return game slated for Nov. 15 in Toronto at 3 p.m. PT. Canada leads its group with 10 points from four games and needs just one point against St. Kitts and Nevis to advance to the next round of qualifying.
Attakora earned his first cap with Canada in a friendly against Jamaica on Jan. 31, 2010. Previously, he represented Canada at the FIFA U20 World Cup in 2007 and made appearances with the Canadian U15 and U17 teams.
The Earthquakes acquired Attakora on July 14, 2011 in a four-player trade that sent Ryan Johnson along with an international player slot and allocation money to Toronto FC for Jacob Peterson, Alan Gordon and the young center back. He played in six matches, starting five, for San Jose.
For full CONCACAF World Cup qualifying standings, click here. For a full list of qualifying matches and results, click here.
Team |
MP |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
<a href="/worldcup/preliminaries/nccamerica/teams/team=43899/index.html"><img alt="Canada" class="flagSmall" height="13" src="http://img.fifa.com/imgml/flags/s/can.gif" title="Canada" width="19"></a> Canada |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
14 |
1 |
10 |
<a href="/worldcup/preliminaries/nccamerica/teams/team=43916/index.html"><img alt="St. Kitts and Nevis" class="flagSmall" height="13" src="http://img.fifa.com/imgml/flags/s/skn.gif" title="St. Kitts and Nevis" width="19"></a> St. Kitts and Nevis |
4 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
4 |
6 |
<a href="/worldcup/preliminaries/nccamerica/teams/team=43915/index.html"><img alt="Puerto Rico" class="flagSmall" height="13" src="http://img.fifa.com/imgml/flags/s/pur.gif" title="Puerto Rico" width="19"></a> Puerto Rico |
4 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
<a href="/worldcup/preliminaries/nccamerica/teams/team=43917/index.html"><img alt="St. Lucia" class="flagSmall" height="13" src="http://img.fifa.com/imgml/flags/s/lca.gif" title="St. Lucia" width="19"></a> St. Lucia |
4 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
16 |
1 |
