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Jesse Marsh

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
104 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

OverDrive
OverDrive - Mar 12, 2026 - Hour 1 - Jesse Marsch

Yeah, well, look, we're growing the CSA, the Canadian Soccer Association, through philanthropy, through a new contract and relationship with CSME, which is basically the league CPL and their ownership group.

OverDrive
OverDrive - Mar 12, 2026 - Hour 1 - Jesse Marsch

So we're making a lot of incredible advancements and inroads into supporting and creating a better infrastructure for the sport moving forward.

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OverDrive - Mar 12, 2026 - Hour 1 - Jesse Marsch

And we were also in the meantime looking for opportunities to have a really good outreach

OverDrive
OverDrive - Mar 12, 2026 - Hour 1 - Jesse Marsch

for some charitable programs, the ability to make a difference in communities because at the end, this is still what matters the most about being able to represent the country the right way.

OverDrive
OverDrive - Mar 12, 2026 - Hour 1 - Jesse Marsch

So my personal connection to it is that my wife had breast cancer five years ago and she's healthy now and she's on the mend and we're close to her five year time period where now you can start to feel like you're a little bit out of the woods

OverDrive
OverDrive - Mar 12, 2026 - Hour 1 - Jesse Marsch

And so it's personal for me.

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OverDrive - Mar 12, 2026 - Hour 1 - Jesse Marsch

I think it's real personal for the Canadian Soccer Association, and it's an opportunity for us to really make a difference in the community.

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OverDrive - Mar 12, 2026 - Hour 1 - Jesse Marsch

So we're excited about it.

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OverDrive - Mar 12, 2026 - Hour 1 - Jesse Marsch

The Canadian Cancer Society has been incredible and incredibly supportive to the sport and obviously to people

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OverDrive - Mar 12, 2026 - Hour 1 - Jesse Marsch

who suffer from cancer in the community.

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OverDrive - Mar 12, 2026 - Hour 1 - Jesse Marsch

And so anything we can do to create better awareness, early testing, to really be supportive in the community in a lot of different ways, I think that it's a really good way to make a difference.

OverDrive
OverDrive - Mar 12, 2026 - Hour 1 - Jesse Marsch

Can I say one more thing, Brian?

OverDrive
OverDrive - Mar 12, 2026 - Hour 1 - Jesse Marsch

Please do.

OverDrive
OverDrive - Mar 12, 2026 - Hour 1 - Jesse Marsch

There's tickets out there still for the Iceland and Tunisia matches.

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OverDrive - Mar 12, 2026 - Hour 1 - Jesse Marsch

So it's an expanded stadium.

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OverDrive - Mar 12, 2026 - Hour 1 - Jesse Marsch

It's a chance for everybody to see what the new stadium is like.

OverDrive
OverDrive - Mar 12, 2026 - Hour 1 - Jesse Marsch

Let's get that thing full, man.

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OverDrive - Mar 12, 2026 - Hour 1 - Jesse Marsch

Let's give our players the opportunity to see what it feels like to play in a sold-out crowd at home and make them understand what the comforts of home can really be like and make sure that we're all motivated at the World Cup to make sure we give our team the best chance to be successful.

OverDrive
OverDrive - Mar 12, 2026 - Hour 1 - Jesse Marsch

A little bit of coaching training.

OverDrive
OverDrive - Mar 12, 2026 - Hour 1 - Jesse Marsch

You can find time for us.