A first-half brace from Los Angeles FC's Jacob Shaffelburg sealed a deserved victory for the hosts in Montreal, maintaining their 100 per cent record in this international break.
Marsch talks up Canada ahead of USA test
After Jacob Shaffelburg scored twice in Canada's 2-0 win over Peru, Jesse Marsch said the result proved his team can compete with anyone.
Marsch will now go up against his home country, as Canada prepares to face United States in its final friendly of this international window, a match that will be played in Minnesota on Wednesday (AEDT).
The Canada coach feels that game will be a valuable test.
"I thought we dictated the pace and the way the game was played from the beginning," he said after the Peru game.
"We feel like we could have come away with even more goals.
"We'll keep working on things, we'll keep trying to capitalise on moments and now, when we go to play the U.S. down there, we know we'll face an opponent that has a lot of quality, that is athletic, with a good coach and a good way of playing.
"It'll be a big challenge for us, but we feel confident against any opponent that we play, and if we dictate the terms of the match and control the game the way we like to control it, we feel we can beat just about anybody."
Marsch also highlighted Peru's recent results – including a 1-1 draw with Mexico earlier this week – as further evidence of the quality of Canada's latest performance.
Peru was also competitive against eventual 2026 FIFA World Cup winner Spain in a pre-tournament friendly in June, losing 3-1, but it went down 4-1 to United States at the start of this international break.
"It's a credit to the team and a credit to what we're establishing here that we can manage that, because that's a team that gave Mexico a very good match," Marsch said.
"Even if you go back to when they played Spain over the summer, they gave Spain a really good match.
"We made them look worse than they are, because of how we performed."
