Marsch says success will help squad recruit more dual nationals
Canada coach Jesse Marsch hopes his team’s success at Copa America will have dual nationals thinking twice about playing for a different country.
“Maybe some players were thinking that the opportunity to go to a different nation might be better because they might be able to compete more at the international level,” Marsch said Tuesday at Centre Nutrilait, CF Montreal’s training facility. “I think that now that we’ve shown that we can compete, the recruitment process I think will hopefully be a little bit easier and cleaner.Canada gains automatic entry to the next World Cup as a co-host with the United States and Mexico.
Canada hasn’t always had success with dual nationals. Calgary-born Owen Hargreaves, a Champions League winner with European giants Bayern Munich and Manchester United, famously chose to play for England in the early 2000s after a snub from Canada’s under-17 team. Luc de Fougerolles, an 18-year-old born in England to a father from Montreal, won his first Canadian cap against Uruguay.
“We’re identifying and then having the types of conversations to find the right kinds of players, dual nationals, to fit into what we’re doing moving forward.”
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