Los Angeles, June 28 -- Canada coach Jesse Marsch termed Bayern Munich full-back Alphonso Davies, who sat on the bench in Canada's three group matches at the FIFA WorldCup, as a big X-factor in his team's round-of-32 game against South Africa here on Sunday.
"Alphonso is a big X-factor for us because he is such a big talent. There are a lot of dynamic qualities that he brings to the game that make us better," Marsch told a pre-match pressconference on Saturday.
"Even more so, the effect that he will have on the team, the belief they have in him, and thebelief that he has in himself change the possibility of what the potential of our team is in this tournament," he added.
Davies, 25, tore his anterior cruciate ligament and suffered furthe...