Canada coach Jesse Marsch has no interest in the open USA soccer job and explains why

The Canada coach did an exceptional job leading the team to the Copa America semifinals, and he plans to continue in that position

By Chuck Booth Jul 13, 2024 at 7:07 pm ET• 2 min read

Canada manager Jesse Marsch has shut the lid on any possible interest in him succeeding Gregg Berhalter as coach of the U.S. men's national team. With the turnaround that Marsch has done with the Canucks since taking over, it makes people wonder what would've happened if U.S. Soccer hired him instead of re-hiring Berhalter, but instead, he plans to continue building the program north of the border ahead of the 2026 World Cup. 

"I'm not leaving this job. I have no interest in the U.S. job," Marsch said on Friday in a press conference. "And to be fair, unless there's a big shift in the organization, I don't think that I'll ever have any interest in that job in the future. So I'm really happy here, I couldn't be happier actually in terms of what it's like to work with the leaders in this organization and what it's like to work with this team."

The denial of interest is one thing but the stance that Marsch took calling out U.S. Soccer as a whole is what's notable here. While it's natural that Marsch is enjoying his time in charge of an improving Canada team, the USMNT role is supposed to be a dream one for any American manager especially ahead of the 2026 World Cup. To understand where Marsch is coming from, the clock needs to be rolled back to when Berhalter returned to coach the USMNT.

Marsch was a candidate at the time and here's what he had to say about the process.