Canada leave final World Cup window with more questions than answers

Jesse Marsch’s side avoided Italy in the opener and unearthed a spark in Marcelo Flores, but a blunt attack, defensive doubts and key injuries still cloud their outlook

By the time Jesse Marsch finally brought a close to proceedings, the March international window was two minutes away from breaking into April.

Tuesday in Toronto had been “odd” according to Canada’s head coach. It was an afternoon when the four-month wait to discover their opening World Cup opponents went as long as it possibly could. Canada players had to go mobile, taking their playoff watch party to the coach journey to BMO Field for that night’s friendly with Tunisia as, back in Zenica, Bosnia and Italy prepared for penalties.