Ben Steiner

What we've seen from Jesse Marsh throughout this tournament is the fact that he's really doing in-game management.

We haven't necessarily seen that in his time with Canada because everything has been leading up to this World Cup.

There was a great example of that being the Bosnia game and what he did with Jonathan David after he wasn't performing.

The big call, of course, is how he fits in the midfield with the Ismail Kone absence.

That's probably going to be Nathan Saliba starting there just because he performed so well last time.

But I am worried about Nathan Saliba under a moment like that, given the experiences he's had in his career.

I would be more comfortable possibly with, you know, Jonathan Nazorio.

I think he can handle this moment, but I don't think he's a good enough player to start in this moment.

So that will be the first big call that he has to make.

And there has to be a quick adjustment there.

If it's not working, if Nathan Saliba goes in there, he looks overwhelmed.

He's not focused.

He's getting overrun in midfield.

OK, then you have to make an adjustment.

And I think that's probably Nico Segur going in there because he's been exceptionally good with Haidou Split as a central midfielder.

But it's those quick adjustments that Marsh will have to make.

And I think it really starts with that Kone Void in midfield.

It is pretty cool.

I knew that going into that first game, and I was in Toronto for the game against Bosnia, I knew that I would get emotional at some point, and I wasn't sure when it would happen, and it happened literally as I walked out the door to make my way to the stadium.

Um, because it was just, you know, a different experience going to the stadium.