Jesse Marsch, the recently hired Canada coach, has chastised the U.S. Soccer for the way it handled him while it was choosing the U.S. men’s national team coach last year. Marsch, a former Premier League manager of Leeds United, was seen as the front-runner for the USMNT position when Gregg Berhalter’s contract ended after the 2022 World Cup.
However, it was shockingly revealed by Marsch’s agent, Ron Waxman, in June that Marsch would not be accepting the position. The U.S. rehired Berhalter the next day. Football. “My respect for U.S. Soccer is big, but I went through a process with them, right? And I’m not going to go into it, but I wasn’t treated very well in the process,” Marsch stated on the CBS “Call it What You Want” radio show.
On Monday, Marsch was named the new men’s coach for Canada. He will hold the position through the 2026 World Cup, which Canada, the United States, and Mexico will co-host. In the past, Marsch served as Bob Bradley’s assistant coach for the USMNT and as manager of the MLS teams Montreal and New York Red Bulls.
He led RB Leipzig in Germany and FC Salzburg in Austria after leaving the Red Bulls. When Marsch, a CBS pundit, questioned Berhalter’s choices about the USMNT’s lineup during their Concacaf Nations League semifinal victory over Jamaica in March, the American coach responded in a way that seemed to be aimed at his former rival for the position.
When Marsch, a CBS pundit, questioned Berhalter’s choices about the USMNT’s lineup during their Concacaf Nations League semifinal victory over Jamaica in March, the American coach responded in a way that seemed to be aimed at his former rival for the position. But Marsch downplayed the animosity in front of future meetings between the United States and Canada. Both sides will compete in the Copa America in the US this summer.
