Jesse Marsch, the American-born head coach of the Canadian men's football team, took aim at President Donald Trump on Wednesday and suggested he back off the "ridiculous rhetoric" of making Canada the 51st US state.

Canadian men’s soccer national team head coach Jesse Marsch, an American, offered a strong rebuke of President Donald Trump’s quips on the country potentially becoming the 51st state of the United States.

The Canada coach, an American, did not hold back on Wednesday when talking about the current political tension between his country of birth and where he now works