Jesse Marsch shows the USMNT what they're missing: Winners and losers as Canada expose lack of intensity

One team in Kansas City played with identity, purpose and intensity, and it wasn't the U.S.

KANSAS CITY -- It's difficult to boil down a 90-minute soccer game to one takeaway, but Saturday's clash between the U.S. men's national team and Canada really is that easy. Canada has their coach in Jesse Marsch. It's a team that has identity, purpose, fight and belief. It's a team with a clear direction all working for the same cause.

This camp was all about treading water until his arrival but the USMNT sunk quite a bit on Saturday. A 2-1 loss to Canada was never really that close. From the opening whistle, it was Marsch's Canada that looked like the dominant force that the U.S. expects to be in this region.

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