Former standouts Michael Bradley, David Edgar Canada's guest coaches during FIFA window

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Jun 02, 2025 5:27 PM EDT | Last Updated: 12 minutes ago

Former U.S. and Toronto FC skipper Michael Bradley and erstwhile Canadian planetary defender David Edgar person joined Canada arsenic impermanent coaches nether Jesse Marsch during the existent FIFA planetary window.

The Canadian squad is presently successful Halifax preparing for the four-team Canadian Shield Tournament that opens Saturday successful Toronto with Canada taking connected Ukraine and New Zealand facing Ivory Coast.

Bradley volition lone beryllium with Canada for the Halifax campy portion Edgar, an adjunct manager with the Canadian Premier League's Forge FC, volition besides beryllium successful Toronto.

The 37-year-old Bradley, who won 151 caps for the U.S. from 2006 to 2019, retired aft the 2023 MLS season, his 10th with Toronto. After retiring, helium joined begetter Bob Bradley's coaching unit astatine Norway's Stabaek.

The 38-year-old Edgar, from Kitchener, Ont., won 42 caps for Canada from 2011 to 2018. The defender retired astatine the extremity of the 2020 CPL play with Forge aft a vocation that included stops successful Canada with the Ottawa Fury and Vancouver Whitecaps, arsenic good arsenic stints successful England (Newcastle, Burnley, Huddersfield Town, Sheffield United, Hartlepool), the U.S. (Nashville SC) and Wales (Swansea City).

Marsch, who played for Bob Bradley astatine D.C. United and the Chicago Fire, has made a wont of bringing successful impermanent coaches to Canada camps.

Others antecedently invited included CPL coaches Mauro Eustaquio (York United) and Patrice Gheisar (Halifax Wanderers) and erstwhile Canadian internationals Dwayne De Rosario, Paul Stalteri and Martin Nash.