Canada's Team Brad Jacobs falls to Switzerland for first loss at Olympics

Team Brad Jacobs has taken some hits at the Winter Olympics.

Fresh off a major controversy, the Canadian rink (3-1) suffered its first loss of the tournament, falling 9-5 to Team Yannick Schwaller of Switzerland in a battle between the last two unbeaten teams at the 10-team event.

Just before the match, World Curling released a statement saying it had given the Canadian team a verbal warning after a profanity-laced dispute between Canadian third Marc Kennedy and Swedish counterpart Oskar Eriksson on Friday.

Eriksson accused Kennedy of using an illegal release and hinted at a hog-line violation.

World Curling said neither team broke the rules on the ice Friday, but still, the story made major headlines.

The Swiss team was clearly keeping a close eye on Canada when it came to that rule.

During the fifth-end break, Switzerland's lead Pablo Lachat-Couchepin went to team coach Glenn Howard and said he saw a double tap from a Canadian player, leading to a conversation with an official.

Team Schwaller, which won silver at last year's world championship, never trailed against Canada.

“I don’t think whatever went on last night affected anybody’s performance out there on our team," Jacobs said in an interview aired on CBC Olympics. "We played against a great team there. Switzerland kicked our butt, you know, they outplayed us, they made a lot of great shots."

Jacobs then offered a suggestion for World Curling.

“I thought about it this morning, I think the best thing to do in this situation is put the officials on the ice for every single shot for every single game," he said. "Level fair playing field for everyone. If they see a rules infraction of any kind, go ahead and do what you need to do in order to keep it fair, that’s it.”

Canada's next game is Sunday against China (1:05 p.m. ET / 10:05 a.m. PT, CBC Gem, Sportsnet+).

The top four teams in the 10-team round-robin advance to the semifinals.