It was, Richie Laryea proclaimed, “a moment I don’t think Canadians will ever forget.” A “moment of magic,” Alistair Johnston put it. “A monumental moment,” noted Liam Miller, one that “can change the perspective of our country forever.” Add Stephen Eustaquio to Canada’s pantheon of sports legends after his stoppage-time strike took down South Africa1-0 […]
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Canada’s Marsch praises history-making World Cup ‘heroes’
Coach Jesse Marsch hailed his “Canadian heroes” for making history by reaching the World Cup last 16 on Sunday, describing their upcoming clash with either the Netherlands or Morocco as a “free hit.” Co-hosts Canada entered this tournament having lost all six games across two previous World Cup appearances, but are now the first team […]
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Around the Game, in Mexico City, San Jose and Toronto
• Mexico: Mexico coach Javier Aguirre revealed his team had overcome a bout of stage fright before clinching opening the 2026 World Cup with a 2-0 defeat of South Africa in the tournament’s first game. El Tri was always in control against a poor South African team that had two players sent off at the Estadio Azteca. […]
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Marsch says wanted ‘responsibility’ of leading Canada in home World Cup
Canada coach Jesse Marsch said Thursday the chance to lead the team in a World Cup on home soil was the reason he took the job, hours before the co-hosts’ opening match against Bosnia-Herzegovina. “If you do this for a living this is where you want to be,” the American told reporters at Toronto’s BMO […]
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Canada targeting World Cup first in Group B campaign
After a decade-long march up the FIFA rankings, co-hosts Canada are hoping to crown their rise by claiming a piece of World Cup history in Group B — a first ever win. In two previous appearances at the World Cup — the 1986 finals in Mexico and the 2022 tournament in Qatar — Canada have […]
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What They’re Saying: Jesse Marsch
Jesse Marsch discusses his “passion project” to make Canadian soccer better at all levels and what he thinks of his employer.
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Jesse Marsch claims Vancouver Whitecaps were ‘poisoned’ in Mexico
And for the second year in a row at the the Concacaf Champions Cup final played in Mexico, players and staff from the visiting MLS team became ill with gastrointestinal symptoms.
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Canada enters Concacaf Nations League finals with a new level of confidence
There’s a genuine belief within the Canada camp that this week’s Concacaf Nations League final four in Southern California could be something of a coronation.
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Canada MNT coach Jesse Marsch: 51st-state rhetoric is ‘unsettling and, frankly, insulting’
Canada national team coach Jesse Marsch chastised President Trump and blasted the “polarized, disrespectful and often now hate-fueled climate that’s in the U.S.”
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USA slumps to first home defeat against Canada in 67 years
Canada scored their first away win over the United States in 67 years on Saturday.