Jesse Marsch is “very proud” of what his Canada gamers achieved within the 2024 Copa America as their match ended with defeat to Argentina.
The competitors debutants completed second to Argentina in Group A earlier than defeating Venezuela on penalties within the quarter-finals.
After defying the chances to succeed in the final 4, Canada’s dream run was ended on Tuesday as they misplaced 2-0 to Argentina in New Jersey.
Canada will co-host the subsequent World Cup together with the USA and Mexico, with that match now very a lot in Marsch’s sight.
“What I stated to the workforce afterwards is I do know that they’re very upset, however I’m very pleased with them,” Marsch informed reporters.
“We’ve put collectively some unimaginable performances and we’re simply beginning our course of. We have to discover a method to develop our participant pool.
“We have to proceed to problem our group to return collectively and be capable to carry out in moments like this.
“However typically, we’ve had an exquisite five-six weeks collectively and it’s gone approach higher than any of us might have scripted.
“There’s nonetheless numerous work to do, however we’ve constructed a extremely good basis.”
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Marsch solely took over as Canada head coach two months in the past however his type of play was already clear to see throughout the match.
Canada now have a third-place play-off in opposition to both Colombia or Uruguay to return on Saturday, with Marsch planning on making adjustments.
“I’m attempting to actually construct and develop each single participant on this pool in order that we will have an actual 26-man squad with regards to 2026,” he stated.
“So the match on Saturday may even be important for that as a result of we’ll make some adjustments.
“We’ll get some new faces on the pitch and problem them to have the ability to see if they will maintain up in these sorts of matches.”
Canada began the higher in opposition to Argentina on the MetLife Stadium and squandered probabilities previous to Julian Alvarez’s Twenty second-minute opener.
Lionel Messi added a second for the reigning world champions early within the second half, however Canada can nonetheless be happy with their run.
“They’re the most effective workforce on the earth, however we had our probabilities to start with of the sport,” midfielder Stephen Eustaquio informed TSN.
“If we scored one in all our probabilities, the story of the sport would most likely have been completely different.
“To get right here, the final 4 of the Copa America, it’s a giant achievement.”
