Bruce Arthur

While attracting fire from Europe and the United States, Marsch's style has alternately inspired and occasionally amused Canada's World Cup players.

Salah danced, slipped a perfect pass, and buried the goal against New Zealand he was born to score. After decades of heartbreak, the King arrived.

Bombito's broken leg may have healed just in time to make a difference in a home World Cup. It has been a long journey.

A win or draw against group-favourite Switzerland will mean Canada wins the group, and will play their next match in Vancouver. Lose, and the path forward becomes harder.

Boy, this brings back the memories.

The Swiss do not look bothered by Canada's pressure, and in fact are experimenting with long, accurate passes designed to create a footrace between their forwards and Canada's defence, and

That started as a survival half for Canada, and for a long time it looked like the Swiss were just figuring out how they would prefer to score a goal.

It’s not that Canada can’t win away from home; it’s that playing in front of 53,000 pro-Canada fans was an advantage and an opportunity to harness the energy of this

Every game is a must-win game now, which means Canada's best player must be more than the coach's decoy/

Salah danced, slipped a perfect pass, and buried the goal against New Zealand he was born to score. After decades of heartbreak, the King arrived.