Canada's qualification to the semifinals of the Copa América has been due in part to the influence of manager Jesse Marsch, who has been able to find his feet after his European odyssey.
, a year or so after he was denied an opportunity to manage his home country's team. Then, in Arlington, Texas, on Friday night, he led his own team to theBoth Canada and Venezuela played this match like they knew how important and rare the opportunity was. Both teams moved the ball with extreme verticality, quickly pushing it from one end of the pitch to the other.
This is, of course, a style Marsch could be implementing with the United States men's national team at the moment. He was turned down for the job last summer when the U.S. elected to rehire Gregg Berhalter, and Any hope of an upset will require something Canada haven't been able to provide all tournament: good finishing. For the tournament, they have now attempted 40 shots worth a combined 5.9 xG, but they've scored only twice. David and Larin have combined to attempt 13 shots worth 2.5 xG but have scored just once, on David's lightning-strike counterattack against Peru, and the rest of the team has an even worse xG-to-actual-goals ratio.
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