In-form XI: What does Canada’s ideal lineup look like?

Another month has passed since last I looked at which Canadian internationals are causing a stir and forcing their way into the starting XI narrative.

It’s even more so now that we (almost) know which teams Canada will face next year at the World Cup: Switzerland, Qatar and the winner of the European Path A — which consists of Italy, Wales, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Northern Ireland.

International football as it is these days means that coach Jesse Marsch might decide he needs three different starting XIs to tackle each team’s unique strengths and weaknesses, but that is a consideration for another day.

For today, again, imagine you are new to the sport, have no biases and no access to Canada’s form over the past three years and are determining, with a huge dose of recency bias, who deserv