American-born Canada soccer coach Jesse Marsch takes aim at home country before USMNT friendly

The case could quite easily be made that Marsch owes a significant amount of his career to being born in the United States.After all, he played collegiately at Princeton under coach Bob Bradley before being drafted by D.C.

United in 1996.When Marsch retired from playing, Bradley happened to be the coach of the U.S.

men's national team.Marsch joined his staff, and his coaching career was off and running.Marsch lived the American soccer dream in a time when one didn't even really exist, but seems to have lost any form of appreciation for that.

Who knows, he may have never had any to begin with.Head Coach of Canada Jesse Marsch looks on during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Round Of 16 match between Canada and Morocco at Houston Stadium on July 4, 2026 in Houston, United States.(Omar Vega/Getty Images)CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGEMarsch's Canadian side is set to take on the U.S.

men's national team in a friendly on Tuesday in Saint Paul, Minnesota.In the days leading up to the match, the 52-year-old chose to stoke the fires by explaining that his home country is nothing but a propaganda-infused nation hated by the rest of the world."We, as Americans, have been inundated with propaganda since we were young," Marsch told The Guardian in a piece published on Oct.

4."We’re the No 1 country in the world, we deserve everything, we dominate everything, No 1 in every aspect of life.

This is what we’ve been told.So, when things happen and we don’t feel like we’re in control of it … we feel like we deserve to be treated differently because we’re Americans.That is one of the things that infuriates the rest of the world about Americans.

And Americans don’t know that if they don’t ever leave the country."Head coach Jesse Marsch of Canada speaks with members of the media during a press conference ahead of the international friendly match against the United States at Allianz Field on October 5, 2026 in St Paul, Minnesota.(Omar Vega/Getty Images)THE CRAI...