World Cup 2026
Canada
Default view is a per-slot first-choice selection in the season’s most-used formation. Swaps recompute personnel and Synergy — style metrics stay on season aggregates.
Interactive pitch
Hover a player for details. Use Side bias or Squad profiles to read the XI. Select bench → slot to swap.
Bench
Team Synergy
Team strength and Synergy (synergy-v3) for this XI. Both update on pitch swaps.
Team strength
76.2
Mean primary-role quality of this XI
Synergy
62.9
Capability identity 75.9 · complete 82.7
Identity
Possession
Confidence 72%
Strongest capability
100.0
Width
Biggest gap
8.2
Tempo Control · score 8.5 / target 78
This squad is moderately suited to possession football because it combines Elite wide playmaking, Elite width, Excellent combination play. Main limitations: Below-minimum tempo control; Below-minimum ball retention; Below-minimum press resistance.
- · Central Playmaking depends heavily on one player (Stephen Eustaquio).
- · Defensive Coverage depends heavily on one player (Stephen Eustaquio).
- · Central Progression depends heavily on one player (Stephen Eustaquio).
Personnel (live)
Recomputed from current XI selection — role tiers are fixed inputs, not re-derived.
Progression hub
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Primary creator
Stephen Eustaquio
Good Creator
Primary threat
Jonathan David
Good Poacher
Side bias (current XI)
-0.2%
LHS lean
Structural gaps
- Liam Millar·CMInsufficient data
- Ismael Koné·CMInsufficient data
- Tani Oluwaseyi·CFInsufficient data
Style (season — fixed)
World Cup 2026 · Season aggregates vs the rest of this competition. Click a shot zone to light it on the pitch.
Team identity
League-percentile style fingerprint for Canada — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.
Possession
Ball possession vs league
P70
15/48
Assisted creation
Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross
P11
43/48
Set pieces
Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP
P94
4/48
Transitions
Fast-break shot share
P45
27/48
Directness
Accurate long balls / passes
P19
39/48
Box threat
In-box shot share (six-yard + box)
P94
4/48
Press proxy
Defensive actions per opp possession
P66
17/48
Dashed ring = league median (P50)
Attack shape
Attack →
Shots from the six-yard + penalty box (close-range volume).
Mean xG / shot
Set-piece goals 22.2% of goals
0.124
14 of 48 · P72 · league med 0.11
How chances are created
Share of season shots by situation — not a quality score.
Assisted shot %
% of shots after a teammate pass/cross
39.0%
43 of 48 · P11 · league med 49.5
Set-piece shot %
Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces
42.7%
4 of 48 · P94 · league med 27
Fast-break shot %
Share of shots from transitions
4.9%
27 of 48 · P45 · league med 5.6
On the ball
Possession
Avg ball possession
54.4%
15 of 48 · P70 · league med 49.8
Long-ball rate
Accurate long balls / passes
3.6%
39 of 48 · P19 · league med 4.4
Final-third entries
Final-third entries / passes
15.1%
5 of 48 · P91 · league med 12.5
Side bias
Distance-weighted heatmap lean (+RHS / −LHS)
+3.6
18 of 48 · P64 · league med 0.9
Without the ball
Defensive actions / opp poss
Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession
150.9
medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA
17 of 48 · P66 · league med 130.3
Clearances / match
Team clearances per game
13.8
1 of 48 · P100 · league med 23.7
Opp touches in box
Opponent penalty-area touches / match
9.4
1 of 48 · P100 · league med 22
Duel win %
Won/match · aerial 16.2 · ground 36.6
48.4%
33 of 48 · P32 · league med 50.3
Cross-layer insights (interpretive)
Anchored to season side bias — not updated by pitch swaps.
Team side bias near central (+3.6); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.
Team side bias near central (+3.6); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.