Vancouver FC forward Mikael Cantave has earned an international call up to the Haitian men鈥檚 national team for the 2024/25 Concacaf Nations League (CNL) group stage starting in September.
Cantave, 27, will join Haiti in Group C of League B, where they鈥檒l face Puerto Rico, Aruba, and Sint Maarten for the group stage of 2024/25 CNL.
Haiti will play each of their Group C opponents twice for a total of six matches from September through to November 2024.
In the September window, Haiti will face Puerto Rico on Friday, Sept. 6, followed by Sint Maarten on Monday, Sept. 9 at Estadio Centroamericano in Mayag眉ez, Puerto Rico.
This year鈥檚 CNL will be Cantave鈥檚 third instance, and second year in a row, of representing Haiti in the competition.
Cantave made his international debut in 2018, ahead of the attacker鈥檚 Concacaf debut in the CNL that same year, where Cantave scored his first international goal in Haiti鈥檚 qualification stage of the competition.
In October 2023, Cantave earned his second appearance in the competition for Haiti鈥檚 participation in the 2023/24 CNL, where he registered 145 minutes between two matches and scored his second international goal in Haiti鈥檚 1-1 draw against Suriname.
Cantave has registered a total of 14 appearances for Haiti, the county of his father鈥檚 birth, and most recently represented the nation in World Cup Qualifiers in June of this year.
The native of Ottawa, Ont., saw the pitch for Haiti鈥檚 match against Barbados as a second-half substitute and earned an assist on the squad鈥檚 final goal of the match.
Cantave joined Vancouver in June 2023 and has made 26 starts in 35 appearances across all competitions.
The 27-year-old attacker has registered five goals and four assists in his VFC career, including one goal and two assists this season.
Cantave was on the pitch with VFC this past Sunday at home in Willoughby Stadium against Forge FC. But, he will not be available for Vancouver鈥檚 upcoming CPL match on Friday, Sept. 6, when the VFC hosts York United FC for the club鈥檚 Marvel superhero night.
