Welcome to the
2025 U18 Football Canada Cup - U16 Eastern Challenge
U18 FCC - July 12 - 20
U16 EC - July 14 - 19
St. FX Stadium, Antigonish,
Nova Scotia
About the events
WHAT IS THE FOOTBALL CANADA CUP?
St. Francis Xavier University (StFX) in Antigonish will host the 2025 Under-18 Football Canada Cup from July 12 to 20, bringing together the top young football talent from across the country. This premier national championship features eight provincial teams—Nova Scotia (the host), Ontario (the defending champions), Quebec, Alberta, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick, Manitoba, and British Columbia—battling for gold.
As Football Canada’s marquee tournament, the U18 Canada Cup serves as a critical platform for player development and USports recruitment. It gives athletes a unique opportunity to represent their provinces, test their skills against the nation’s best, and showcase their abilities to scouts and coaches. The event also plays an important role in preparing players for higher levels of competition, including potential selection for national team programs.
WHAT IS THE Eastern Challenge?
St. Francis Xavier University (StFX) in Antigonish will host the Under-16 Eastern Challenge from July 14 to 19, 2025, bringing together top young football players from Eastern Canada to compete for regional supremacy.
This high-level, tournament-style event features four provincial teams—Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and host Nova Scotia—battling for the Eastern Championship. As a key developmental milestone, the Eastern Challenge introduces athletes to elite competition and provides an opportunity to represent their province, showcase their talents, and test themselves against top players from neighboring regions.
The tournament plays an important role in player development, helping athletes and coaches prepare for future Football Canada Cup and potential selection to Football Canada’s national team programs.
U18 FCC SCHEDULE
MONDAY JULY 14
10 a.m. - STFX Stadium
Alberta vs Manitoba
1 p.m. - STFX Stadium
Saskatchewan vs New Brunswick
4 p.m. - STFX Stadium
Quebec vs British Columbia
7:30 p.m. - STFX Stadium
Ontario vs Nova Scotia
wednesday JULY 16
7 p.m. - STFX Stadium
Ontario vs Nova Scotia
THURSDAY JULY 17
10 a.m - STFX Stadium
Manitoba vs British Columbia
1 p.m. - STFX Stadium
Quebec vs Alberta
4 p.m. - STFX Stadium
Ontario vs Sastchewan
7:30 p.m. - STFX Stadium
New Brunswick vs Nova Scotia
Saturday JULY 19
3 p.m. - STFX Stadium (Bronze) LG1 vs LG2
7 p.m. - STFX Stadium (Gold) WG1 vs WG2
SUNDAY JULY 20
10 a.m - STFX Stadium
LG 5 vs LG 7/8
12 p.m. - STFXStadium
WG 5 vs WG 7/8
4 p.m. - STFX Stadium
LG 6 vs LG 7/8
7 p.m. - STFX Stadium
WG 7 vs WG 8
U16 EC SCHEDULE
3 p.m. - STFX Stadium
Quebec vs New Brunswick
Our Partners
Meet the U18 FCC Teams
Meet the U16 EC Teams
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1 Cole MacInnis
2 Aaron Oboh
3 Zachary Arlain
4 Wence Nkeongoh
5 Canaan Hancock
6 John Mikel Degamo
7 Durnin Dyer
8 Eli Korownyk
9 Elliott Kaun
10 Ryder Frampton
11 Xander Odenyo
12 Harrison Hyndman
13 Heaton Yip
15 Matias Piza
17 Denem Weber
20 Tyler Clazie
21 Timothy Rybitskyi
22 Tate Bradley
24 Joel Thorpe
25 Colton Jackson-McConnell
27 Nima Rahmani
40 Logan Hurlburt
42 Maddyn Morin
43 Habtamu Thain Liptak
44 Cohen Boucher
54 Logan Quiring
55 Blake Godwin
60 Cole Belcher
62 Hudson Palfy
64 Jake Wicker
65 Leland Mozill
66 Cooper Troy
77 Malik Drouin
80 Ben McAuley
82 Eric Cormier
88 Sebastian Alatorre-Hinojosa
92 Luc IronEagle
95 Kieran Harris
97 Hudson Oliver
99 Rigley Saville
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1 Max Pratt
2 Treyson Harley
3 Elijah Black
4 Moses Milley
5 Logan Wager
6 Tyler Jones
7 Sayjivir Gill
8 Cole Samson
9 Darius Gray
10 Santiago Llarena
11 Milano Peloso
12 Chase Thurston
13 Jovin Badesha
14 Denver Adam
16 Kane Hutchings
17 Petrayus Lollar
18 Chase Doucette
19 James Kardos
20 Jack Ekland
23 Woody MacRae
25 Ridley Mastin
33 Remy Grewal
35 Jackson Jackson Poitras
40 Bennet Switzer
44 Kobe Kidd
50 Caleb Jonker
51 Jake Johnson
52 Jacob King
64 Jacob Huntingford
65 Dane Dompierre
68 Ethan Lafortune
72 Braxton Scherger
73 Liam MacQuarrie
75 Kieren Couchaine
76 Ben McKay
77 Alex Jaspar
88 Ayden McDonald
90 Dain Onyanabo
98 Jayden De boer
99 Addison May
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1 Tavin Parini
2 Tristin Channer
3 Amyas Furst
4 Evan Geddes
5 Atreyu Robertson
6 Tryston Scrivener
7 Khaleel Hosein
9 Aiden Whiteside
10 Connor Williamson
11 Caleb Jacobucci
12 Ben LaRose-Short
13 Jack Jaworski
14 Kenji Suga
15 McCarlo Shaw
19 Vinay Gupta
20 Sam Opanubi
21 Peytn Clarke
22 Alex Klenk
23 Brady Templeton
25 Carter Gillam
32 Gabriel Grennier
42 Ryan North
44 Braxten Cockell
51 Isaac Annoh
52 Kadez Penner
53 Chris Slipec
55 Graycen Ross
56 Eric Barnard
60 Brenden Baer
65 Ethan Wiebe
66 Ryder Wallace
68 Nic Arsenault
78 Sebastien Weisgerber
81 Darius Sapong-Rean
84 Trey Naherney
88 Austin Taylor
89 Adam Kilmister
93 Xavier Cameron
96 Charles Cockriell
99 Jaxson Fury
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1 Angus Garnier
2 Aaron Alder
3 Liam Carter
4 Mason Garnier
5 Braedyn Dupont
6 Mohammed Arseneault
7 Max Hachey
8 Khael Perry
9 William Lecomte
10 Brennan Martin
11 Aiden McIntyre
12 Jack Button
13 Evan Lewis
14 Evan Crossman
15 Liam Hall
16 Jack Huys
21 Harlem Gangoo
22 Connor Weir
24 Parker McGinnis
28 Alioune Seck
33 Aidan Vautour
43 Ethan St. Pierre
44 Eric St. Coeur
51 Jean-Francois Tremblay
57 James Moore
58 Mikaël LeBlanc
61 Jackson Plume
62 Wesley Hicks
64 Lenix Daigle
66 Dylan Reddy
72 Thomas Giffard
77 Jack Henderson
81 Sam McCain
85 Théo Parent
87 Pierre-Olivier Arseneault
88 Justus Tuplin
90 Xander Mekhdessian
92 Victor Woodruff
98 Pascal Robichaud
99 Hayden Lockhart
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2 Eric Klemm
3 Jesse Allison
5 Callum Sampson
8 Akeem Gray
9 Thatcher Manuel
11 Leo Mont
12 Jacob McPherson
14 Omyo Thomas
16 Easton Walsh
17 Tucker Potter
18 Naeem Kelly
20 Mohamed Maftah
21 Leyton Beazley
23 Avery Wilson
24 Coltrane Hughes
28 Breton George
34 Alex Law
38 Landon Felix
40 Peter Smith
43 Luke Bakhache
44 Isiah States
46 Mac Taylor
53 Mac Sibley
55 Camden Walsh
59 Riley Mellen
60 Ghaith Al Ajlouni
61 Cameron Parks
64 Lewis Lively
65 Kai MacDonald
66 Rudy Shang
82 Sam Lovett
84 Deaglan Nichol
85 Brett Renner
87 Jackson Koch
88 Mack Clements
89 Kamden Brooks
90 Layten Kinsman
91 Quin Kendziora
92 Ryan Hickey
98 Grayson Kendell
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1 Will Pereira
3 Adam Wiltshire
7 Lucas Underhill
10 Maksim Opacic
11 Brendan McCausland
12 Hayden Buczek
13 Dimitri Grieb
14 Riley Braiden
15 Logan Marcy
20 Deaken Solomon
21 D'Anthony Crosbourne
22 Isaiah Petryk-Orr
23 Keenan Brighton
25 Jeshi Cater
26 Liam Messam-Barton
27 Cassius Peterson
28 Garrett Cowan
29 Anthony De Francesco
36 Tristan Downie
37 Logan Woolsey
38 Brayden Todorov
42 Colton Savage
50 Ayden Smallwood
51 Carter McBurney
52 owen prak
53 Aaron Naudain
54 Jacob Whitlock
55 Nathan Kantor
56 Otto Beresford
61 Julian Sandy
63 Aiden Brown
64 Mateos Jackson
65 Carson Medcalf
66 Colton Beisel
81 Joshua Ottley
82 Jaxton Maggio
89 Gage Lincoln
95 Braydon THOMPSON
97 Leo Lamoureux
99 Tayshaun Duncan
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1 Boisvert Ayman
2 Ndiaye Yahya
3 D’amours Hugo
4 Kabala Andy
5 Mari Sébastien
6 Lampron Ada
7 Gill William-Henri
8 Rodrigue Émile
9 Beaudry Hugo
11 Giguere Samuel
12 Martineau Zachary
14 Lévesque Éliot
16 Rochette Jacob
17 Lefebvre Maxime
18 McCarthy Liam
19 Codjo Yannis
21 Guiriec-Leon Lucas
22 Beaulieu Olivier
24 Dubrovsky Zachary
27 Paquette Felix
28 Bombo Chris
30 Delage Thomas
32 Laflamme Alex
33 Labbé William
34 Lapointe Mavrick
40 Gaumond Hubert
42 Delisle Louis-Philippe
44 Grimard Étienne
50 Dumas Peyton
52 Léonard Olivier
54 Ettayi Adam
55 Pilon Xavier
56 Bayat Aryo
59 Pelletier Elliot
60 Veilleux Mathieu
80 Charette Jérémy
81 Monfette Noah
88 Abou Jessim
96 Lessard Mathis
99 Claude Peterson
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1 Noah Finkeldey
5 Keaton Belsher
6 Kayden Nightingale
7 Samuel Bazarkiewicz
9 Benjamin Blackburn
15 Gavin Newell
16 William Weisbeck
17 Treyon White
20 Asai Okulek
21 Traven Wiggins
22 Carver MacLennan
24 Dax Gibney
26 Marcus Adams
30 Cruz Symak-Goller
31 Jack Boechler
33 Benjamin Kostiuk
36 Austin Barton
39 Joshua Haney
40 Jude Drisner
41 Chase Wardell
42 Jackson Gording-Dovell
44 Nickson Goldstone
47 Xavier Conley
51 Davis Reeves
56 Alexander Bodnar
60 Elijah Buhler
61 Terran Healy
64 Matthew Saul
66 Easton Gosselin
67 Cole Rogers
68 Benjamin Ridgway
72 Xavier Camacho
74 Berkeley Kendry
77 Owen Topping
80 Kurtis Ferguson
81 Alexander Fairbairn
84 Kameron Barnett
88 Tobias Kukura
91 Nathaniel Elash
99 Colton Shaw
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1 Tucker Blackburn
2 Ewan Barnett
3 Jacob Dunfield
4 Nicolas Daigle
6 Myles Steeves
7 Nico Cirullo
8 Ethan Larocque
10 Samuel Lefrancois
11 Dax Laurence
12 Patrick Lafford
13 Hudson McLure
16 Sully Martin
17 Blake Hopper
18 Marshal Comeau
19 Isaac Brown
20 Evan Boudreau
21 Peyton Kenny
23 Peyton von Richter
24 Evan Sacobie
25 Owen Breen
29 Kian Richards
30 Brayden Rogers
32 Reuben Robichaud
35 Jessie Wilson
44 Ejay Coffin
51 Matis Hebert
52 Noe Ledrux
55 Charles Chedore Frenette
59 Christian Coulter
65 Dean McColgan
66 Matthew Sabine
72 Ben Horsman
77 Chase Miner
78 Malakai Bourgoin-Bah
90 Jassim Leger
91 Jacob Hosford
92 Emmett Arsenault
98 Riley Miner
99 Loghan Steinhaus
Chase Schott
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5 Luke Clarke
8 Anthony Darrigan
9 Wayne Hill (Johnson)
11 Marlon Fletcher
14 Quentin Borden
15 Laidin Cornell
16 Grady Holloway
18 Luca Barreiro
19 Jake Parsons
20 Seth Cogswell
22 Jackson Gouchie
23 Payce Matthews
24 Fin MacDonnell
27 Taejae Stanley-Cardwell
28 Ethan Stillwell
29 Owen McLellan
30 Samuel Moran
31 Carson McCord
32 Fletcher Terauds
33 Thomas Van Nie
34 Jacob Leschied
36 Thomas Grover
37 Jayden Cool
38 Eli Cutler
39 Niko Gagne
42 Joe Macdonald-Hiltz
45 Jake Aucoin
50 Chris Bain
51 Xavier Axhorn
60 Edmund Cowie
61 Connor Blair
62 Jordan White
64 Aiden O'Regan
68 Rush Warren
81 Joe Mulvagh
86 Ben Nicholson
90 Seth Foster
91 Turner O'Toole
99 Will Nolter
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1 Xavier Wilson
2 Wesley Walker
3 Jameson Moore
5 Dakoda Mbarak
7 Micah Ford
9 Ezra Ivory
10 Simon Purdy
12 Anthony Dziuba
13 Malik Cuomo
20 Jack Gombocz
21 Byron Marshall
22 Levi Blouin
23 Max Surmacz
24 Anthony Sooklal
25 Evan Vandenbrink
27 Hayden Steeves
29 Bryce Camplin
30 Madden Darbyshire
32 Connor Mashford
33 Cash Cameron
35 Samuel Ceroni
50 Lucas Robertson
53 Dexter Bradbury
54 Nico Ferreira
55 Alex Irons
56 Cole Bisson
61 Milan Cuckovic
62 Isaiah Magassouba
67 Colton Hickey
68 Michael Romano
69 Levi Gray
72 Maxim Legros
80 Eric Shillington
81 Lucas Di Giulio
82 Cole Fisher
85 Ryer Billings
89 David Fuchser
95 Kyaro Bryden-Tucker
97 Isaac Alexander
99 Nahshon Simms
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1 Onana Jason Dorel
2 François Isaac
3 Messier Charles
4 Gagnon Alexis
5 Debray Vincent
6 Brochu Vincent
7 Rodrigue Victor
8 Giguère st-hilaire Jayden
9 Gauthier Ely
12 Légaré Cedrik
14 Sorrentino Samuel
15 Michaud Xavier
16 Di Fulvio David
17 Gagnon Chad
18 Blémur Jayden
20 Guillot Jordan
21 Thai Antoine Anh Quoc
22 Gaba Shelby
24 Grosleau Thomas
25 Dumont Esteban
30 Jacques Antoine
43 Gatineau Thomas
44 Afanou David
60 Fiorella Maxime
61 Létourneau Philippe
63 Racine Mavrick
66 Trepanier Jayson
68 Brisebois Louis
69 Lévesque Wiliam
80 Moreau Raphael
81 Lapointe Louis-Simon
88 Ayina Kyrane William
89 Nsilu Ethan-Paul
90 Gosselin Mathias
91 Bergeron Julien
92 Martel Félix
95 Mitsis Petros
96 Lebire Elliott
97 Fournier Gabriel
99 Lavigne Guillaume
Things To Do
Stay
From charming B&Bs to budget motels and seaside cottages. We have everything to suit your needs.
Shop
Whether you're visiting the Northumberland Shore region for their warm, sandy beaches, inviting farmers' markets or to visit any of the quaint communities that dots its coastline, be sure to check out local shops and galleries to catch a glimpse of the works inspired by this area.
Eat
Antigonish is home to a staggering array of eateries. With Stfx University bringing an international presence to the community each year, you’ll find food from around the world and on offer along with Nova Scotia home cooking.
Play
Looking to escape to nature? You’ve come to the right place. Antigonish abounds with hiking trails, dive sites, and kayak friendly waterways. Looking for something more relaxing? No problem! Take a stroll on one of the many beaches, enjoy a picnic in a provincial park, or just stop and enjoy the view. However you like to play, Antigonish has something for you!
