Allianz Field to host USA-Canada, and head coach Jesse Marsch, who is from Racine, Wisconsin
On October 6, St. Paul will host a renewing of one of the great rivalries in sports, by which we mean people from Racine against the forces of good.
There is one important thing to know about the friendly between the USA and Canada men's national teams, which will be hosted at Allianz Field on October 6: Canada head coach Jesse Marsch is from Racine, Wisconsin.
Sure, Canada's resurgence means that USA-Canada is a genuine border battle for the first time in a generation. And sure, it means that old friends like Tani Oluwaseyi and Dayne St. Clair could be back at Allianz Field. But it's most important to keep in mind that Canada head coach Jesse Marsch, who looks like he headbutts old ladies in the grocery store to relax, is from Racine, Wisconsin.
Marsch is 52 years old, which means he's old enough that he remembers when the Packers used to play games at Milwaukee County Stadium, which was such a dump that it didn't even have separate sidelines for the football teams. And Racine, south of Milwaukee along Lake Michigan, just north of Kenosha, is approximately a 40-minute drive from the old location of Milwaukee County Stadium. And Jesse Marsch is from Racine, Wisconsin.
It's important to keep in mind, for this match, that no other manager in international soccer is more likely to have shouted slurs at Keith Millard, or claimed that Don Majkowski was actually a top-five quarterback in the NFL if you really think about it. It's the type of behavior you'd expect from someone who is from Racine, Wisconsin.
Grain Belt is objectively better than Miller Genuine Draft. I'll bet Jesse Marsch doesn't think so, because he is from Racine, Wisconsin.
If you go to the match on October 6, you might get distracted by things like the continued development of the USA under Mauricio Pochettino, or by holding up a large pictures of Megan Keller and Jack Hughes and watching any visiting Canadian fans quietly stew in their own frustration. But while you do this, just stay vigilant, because Jesse Marsch is from Racine, Wisconsin, and so there's no telling what he might do.
In 2024, Canada soccer got caught spying on opponents with drones. If you want to help, when the USA is here to play Canada, you can help monitor USA training sessions for any sort of spying. Given that Jesse Marsch is from Racine, Wisconsin, the spies will probably be dressed as bratwurst.
Allianz Field will be thrilled to welcome all visitors on October 6, for the friendly between the USA and Canada men's national teams. St. Paul remains a welcoming city with many fun things to do. And it's probably just as well they closed the Cub Foods that was across the street from the stadium, just in case we're right about the free-time activities of Jesse Marsch, who is from Racine, Wisconsin.
