Canada coach Jesse Marsch was shown a direct red card early in the second half of his team’s 2-1 Concacaf Nations League third-place match win over the United States on Sunday.
Marsch was seen arguing a call in which official match official Katia Garcia denied a penalty after forward Tani Oluwaseyi appeared to have fallen without contact in the 18-yard box.
The Canada coach was also frustrated shortly before when no penalty was called as Tyler Adams and Canada’s Jonathan David collided in the penalty area.
Shortly following the sending off, Canada took a 2-1 lead with a stellar goal from David in the 59th minute. Oluwaseyi gave Canada the lead in the 27th minute at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, before Patrick Agyemang tied it up for the U.S. before the break.
The Americans had won all three editions of the Nations League before this year, with the loss leaving them in fourth place.
The U.S. and Canada wound up in the third-place match after Mauricio Pochettino’s side lost to Panama 1-0 in the semifinals on Thursday and the Canadiens fell to Mexico.
Mexico plays Panama in the final at SoFi later on Sunday.
On Saturday, Marsch had complained about the officiating in the Concacaf region. Marsch had been in contention for the U.S. job in 2023, before the Gregg Berhalter returned to coach the Americans and Marsch took the job with Canada.
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