1. Jesse Alan Marsch is an American professional soccer coach and former player who is the head coach of the Canada men's national team.
34 Facts About Jesse Marsch
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In 2010, Jesse Marsch retired from his playing career and became a coach, first serving as an assistant with the US national team under Bob Bradley that reached the last 16 of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
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Jesse Marsch then became the inaugural head coach of the Montreal Impact upon its entry to MLS in 2012.
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In 2015, after a year-long stint as the assistant coach for his alma mater, the Princeton Tigers, Jesse Marsch was hired as head coach of the New York Red Bulls and stayed in the role through the first half of the 2018 MLS season.
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Jesse Marsch holds the record for most wins by a coach in franchise history.
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In 2018, Jesse Marsch was appointed as an assistant coach at German Bundesliga club RB Leipzig under Ralf Rangnick; the team placed third in the league, was runner-up in the German Cup, and competed in the UEFA Europa League.
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Jesse Marsch was sacked by Leeds in February 2023 and became coach of the Canadian national team in May 2024, where he subsequently led the team to finishing fourth place at the 2024 Copa America.
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Jesse Marsch played college soccer for Princeton University, where he was an All-American in 1995 after scoring 16 goals as a midfielder and forward.
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Jesse Marsch was brought in by DC United in the third round of the 1996 MLS College Draft.
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Jesse Marsch spent the next two seasons with DC United, but played in only 15 games.
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Jesse Marsch immediately became a regular in Chicago and remained a mainstay in their lineup through 2005.
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Jesse Marsch helped the Fire to the 1998 MLS Cup, giving him three league championships in three seasons.
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Jesse Marsch is one of three players to have played in each of the first 14 seasons of Major League Soccer.
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Jesse Marsch received two caps with the United States national team.
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Jesse Marsch remained with the US program until Bradley's firing in July 2011.
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In January 2015, Jesse Marsch was named head coach of New York Red Bulls, replacing Mike Petke.
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In January 2017, Jesse Marsch was linked to taking over for Oscar Garcia as the manager of Austrian club Red Bull Salzburg.
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Jesse Marsch helped lead them to the group stage of the UEFA Europa League, where the team finished third in their group and bowed out of the competition.
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Jesse Marsch further helped Rangnick lead the team to third place in the team's Bundesliga campaign, and to the final of the DFB-Pokal before falling to Bayern Munich in the final.
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Jesse Marsch ultimately left the team after one season to replace Marco Rose as coach of Leipzig's sister club Red Bull Salzburg.
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Jesse Marsch was officially presented as head coach of Red Bull Salzburg on June 6,2019.
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Jesse Marsch won his first Bundesliga match against VfB Stuttgart on matchday two.
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Jesse Marsch finished with a record of seven wins, four draws and six losses.
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On February 28,2022, Jesse Marsch was appointed as head coach of Premier League side Leeds United and signed a three-year deal following the departure of Marcelo Bielsa.
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Jesse Marsch was the third American national to manage in the Premier League, after Bob Bradley and German-born David Wagner.
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The British press remarked that Jesse Marsch would have to combat prejudiced attitudes toward American soccer coaches.
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Leeds continued to struggle and only managed six points in their next eight games, which led to Jesse Marsch being sacked on February 6,2023, with the club sitting 17th in the table.
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On May 13,2024, Jesse Marsch was appointed as head coach of the Canada men's national team, the first American to coach Canada.
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Jesse Marsch's wages are being partially subsidized by Canadian MLS clubs CF Montreal, Toronto FC and the Vancouver Whitecaps as well as donations from private parties due to the Canadian Soccer Association's financial difficulties.
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Jesse Marsch's contract lasts through the 2026 FIFA World Cup, where Canada will be a co-host.
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Jesse Marsch said that despite the result, his team were ahead of where he thought they would be six weeks into his post.
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Jesse Marsch said that he had no interest in the US job and would never consider it unless there were changes in the United States Soccer Federation.
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Jesse Marsch had previously been a candidate to replace Berhalter after the 2022 FIFA World Cup, but the latter was re-hired; Marsch criticized the USSF, saying "I wasn't treated very well" in the application process.
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Apart from his native English, Jesse Marsch speaks fluent German, which he learned at age 44.