With Davies decoy claim, Canada Soccer still can’t get out of its own way
Soccer in Canada has a problem with thinking way too hard about things that don’t matter in the least
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Open this photo in gallery:Canada head coach Jesse Marsch told reporters on Wednesday that he didn't play Alphonso Davies in his team's loss to Switzerland because he used him as a decoy.DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian PressShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountThe problem with press conferences is that you can do a million of them well, and all anyone will remember is a slice of just one of them that you got wrong. Canada head coach Jesse Marsch had one of those moments after Canada lost on Wednesday to Switzerland. He’d said beforehand that injured star Alphonso Davies was ready to go. Not to start, maybe. But Marsch said he’d appear at some point: “I’d expect him to play.”Davies did not play. He didn’t even properly warm up. Canada lost.
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