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Alphonso Davies’ leg injury does not appear to be serious and Canada coach Jesse Marsh has left open the possibility that his team’s best player will be available for Saturday’s Copa America third-place play-off.

Davies limped off in the 71st minute of the 2-0 semi-final defeat to Argentina after breaking his right leg in a collision with Gonzalo Montiel.

Marsh said the X-rays were negative.

“It’s too early to say whether he’ll be available Saturday night,” Marsh said Wednesday.

Canada will face either Uruguay or Colombia on Saturday in Charlotte, North Carolina.

“What a step,” Marsh said. “But there’s still a lot of work to do… We’re doing things at a high level, but there’s still a lot of work to do to become a real team that can handle big moments and big games. But we’re definitely on the right track.

Davies, 23, plays as a left back and winger for Bayern Munich in the German Bundesliga. He is also the captain of the Canadian national team.

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While pleased with Canada’s performance in his first seven games in charge, Marsh said the final results needed to improve. He had 14 “big missed opportunities” in the team’s first five games of the tournament.

“We have a lot of talent and great goal scorers and I know we’re going to build on that,” he said. “But the fact that we were very fortunate, we were always in the game, playing the way we wanted to and doing everything we wanted to do, ultimately that’s what made us more effective, more efficient, more clear, more in control of the game – all those things.

“Five weeks later, against these opponents, for these guys to perform like this,” he said. “And even though we didn’t do everything perfectly, it’s clear that we’re on the right track. That’s clear.”