CONCACAF clears Canadian coach Marsch of any wrongdoing but fines Canada Soccer

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Jun 24, 2025 8:58 AM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

CONCACAF has cleared Canada manager Jesse Marsch of immoderate wrongdoing but fined Canada Soccer for incidents astatine Canada's opening Gold Cup crippled past week successful Vancouver.

Marsch missed the archetypal 2 games of the tournament, serving a prohibition arising from being shown a reddish paper successful March astatine the CONCACAF Nations League third-place match. He watched Canada's 6-0 triumph implicit No. 75 Honduras connected June 17 with different squad officials from a suite successful Vancouver's B.C. Place Stadium.

After the game, CONCACAF announced its Disciplinary Committee had initiated disciplinary proceedings into Marsch and Canada Soccer to spot if they had "disregarded regulations applicable to suspended lucifer officials and utilized violative connection toward CONCACAF lucifer officials."

Late Monday, CONCACAF handed down its ruling.

The Disciplinary Committee fined Canada Soccer an undisclosed magnitude "for breaching information protocols for accredited delegation officials and for failing to comply with anti-doping procedures by not providing the required typical for the halftime doping power draw."

"Additionally, the Disciplinary Committee recovered nary wide grounds that Jesse Marsch disregarded the competition's rules regarding suspended lucifer officials, therefore, helium has been cleared of immoderate wrongdoing," CONCACAF added.

Marsch had sounded optimistic connected the taxable earlier Monday.

"The dialog has been positive," helium said of CONCACAF. "And I deliberation that much than anything, this has been a misunderstanding successful immoderate ways. I deliberation we're each acceptable to determination guardant successful a affirmative way."

In its ruling, CONCACAF besides threw retired an olive subdivision to Canada Soccer saying it "recognizes the CSA's [Canada Soccer Association's] constructive engagement successful the Disciplinary Committee's investigation."

Canada, ranked 30th successful the world, faces No. 81 El Salvador successful its last Group B crippled Tuesday successful Houston.