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After all the subterfuge, after all the sleepless nights and marathon planning sessions, Jesse Marsch looked at his roster before the most important game of their lives — before the first men’s World Cup knockout game in Canada’s history — and went with his runners. In every position, he took the fastest man he had. He went for lungs, and he went for legs.
INGLEWOOD, California, June 28 : Canada captain Alphonso Davies was again not included in the starting lineup as his side face South Africa in their Round of 32 clash on Sunday but was among the substitutes as he struggles with a hamstring injury amid speculation about his fitness.
VANCOUVER, June 24 : Switzerland coach Murat Yakin made four changes in his starting team for their World Cup group match at BC Place and Canada's Jesse Marsch made two switches in midfield following the broken leg suffered by Ismael Kone against Qatar.
To steal a line from Stephen Eustáquio, Wednesday’s game against Switzerland is the most important in the history of Canada’s men’s program because it is the next one. Each day, each hour, this team has reached a new height, felt the weight of a new expectation.
Before Canada’s men began Sunday’s training session on another glorious day in Vancouver, head coach Jesse Marsch stood in the sun with his hands on Nathan Saliba’s shoulders. The World Cup makes it a little too easy to turn ordinary moments into dramatic ones, but the way Marsch spoke to his young midfielder, his hands might as well have been swords.
Canada has already made history at this summer's FIFA World Cup.
VANCOUVER, June 18 : Canada's Alphonso Davies will start on the bench when his side take on Qatar in their second World Cup Group B match at BC Place in Vancouver on Thursday. Qatar coach Julen Lopetegui again left record goalscorer Almoez Ali on the bench, naming an unchanged side from the one that drew 1-1 with Switzerland.
TORONTO, June 12 : Canada named Jonathan David and Tani Oluwaseyi to lead their attack for the World Cup Group B opener against Bosnia & Herzegovina on Friday at Toronto Stadium. Veteran striker Edin Dzeko will start on the bench for the Dragons.