It’s good to be Jesse Marsch right now. Earlier this week, he got to drop some quotes about the performance of the United States, a year or so after he was denied an opportunity to manage his home country’s team. Then, in Arlington, Texas, on Friday night, he led his own team to the Copa América semifinals.
After a 1-1 draw in regulation, Canada defeated Venezuela 4-3 in penalties, earning a rematch against Argentina. They are the third Concacaf team to advance to the semifinals in their Copa América debut, following Mexico in 1993 and Honduras in 2001.
Both Canada and Venezuela played this match like they knew how important and rare the opportunity was. Both teams moved the ball with extreme verticality, quickly pushing it from one end of the pitch to the other. Venezuela played…
