Canada coach Jesse Marsch handed 2-game ban by CONCACAF Disciplinary Committee

Neil Davidson · The Canadian Press

· Posted: Apr 17, 2025 6:34 PM EDT | Last Updated: 6 minutes ago

CONCACAF has handed Canada manager Jesse Marsch a two-game prohibition resulting from his ejection during the third-place crippled against the U.S. past period astatine the CONCACAF Nations League.

In summation to the automatic one-game prohibition for the reddish card, Marsch was fixed different crippled by the CONCACAF Disciplinary Committee "for unacceptable behaviour towards the lucifer officials and for delaying the restart of the lucifer by refusing to permission the tract of play."

The prohibition means Marsch volition person to beryllium retired the archetypal 2 games of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, scheduled for June 14 to July 6. A Canada Soccer spokesperson confirmed that adjunct manager Mauro Biello volition tally the sideline successful Marsch's absence.

The Disciplinary Committee besides warned Canada Soccer and Marsch "that much terrible sanctions could beryllium taken should incidents hap during aboriginal matches."

Marsch was sent disconnected successful the 54th infinitesimal of Canada's 2-1 triumph implicit the U.S. connected March 23 astatine SoFi Stadium successful Inglewood, Calif., for protesting the deficiency of a punishment telephone by Mexican referee Katia Garcia.

Replays seemed to amusement David mislaid his footing arsenic helium attempted a speedy crook to evade defender Max Arfsten. David had besides gone down minutes earlier successful the U.S. container nether unit from Tyler Adams with Garcia waving play on.

"I said this a small spot the time earlier the [third-place] match, the players made it wide to maine that we needed to basal up for ourselves," Marsh said astatine the time. "Obviously I was disappointed with the referee [Honduran Hector Martinez] in the lucifer against Mexico. But they were angry. There's a quality betwixt disappointment and anger. And they were precise wide that they deliberation that we request to bash something."

"The lone miscalculation I made was I should person had that absorption for the archetypal penalty. Because the 2nd 1 wasn't a penalty," helium added.

Marsch reckons helium had received 4 oregon 5 reddish cards antecedently successful his managerial vocation — and 2 arsenic a player.

Next up is the June 7-10 Canadian Shield tourney successful Toronto wherever No. 30 Canada volition look No. 25 Ukraine and the 41st-ranked Ivory Coast. Given those games are friendlies, Marsch does not person to service the prohibition until the authoritative contention astatine the Gold Cup.