Seven games into his tenure as Canada coach, Jesse Marsch sees plenty of positives. 'Incredible strides,' he summed up.
"Incredible strides," he summed up."But there's still a lot to do … We're establishing things at some high levels but in order to be a real team that can hold up to the biggest moments and biggest matches, there's more work to be done. But certainly we're on a good path."
Named Canada coach on May 13, Marsch landed in the deep end with friendlies against No. 2 France and the seventh-ranked Netherlands before facing Argentina , No. 40 Peru, No. 31 Chile and No. 54 Venezuela. Canada's current lack of clinical finishing is an issue, with just two goals in five Copa games. And March acknowledged Canada could have made life easier on itself — and allowed him to go to his bench earlier and more often — if it had scored more.
After sticking with a core group of players for the tournament, Marsch said he planned to dig into his roster for Saturday's game, noting"we clearly ran out of legs ." "We've got to find a way to demand more out of the young players. And when I say young, I mean like 14, 15, 16, not 24 25, 26 … We actually have the athletes in this country. We do. But we need to now develop them in a way where they understand high-level football."
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