Jesse Marsch

Jesse Marsch
Marsch in 2019
Personal information
Birth name Jesse Alan Marsch[1]
Date of birth (1973-11-08) November 8, 1973 (age 50)
Place of birth Racine, Wisconsin, U.S.
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Canada (head coach)
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1995 Princeton Tigers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1997 D.C. United 15 (4)
1998–2005 Chicago Fire 200 (19)
2006–2009 Chivas USA 106 (8)
Total 321 (31)
International career
2001–2007 United States 2 (0)
Managerial career
2010–2011 United States (assistant)
2011–2012 Montreal Impact
2014–2015 Princeton Tigers (assistant)
2015–2018 New York Red Bulls
2018–2019 RB Leipzig (assistant)
2019–2021 Red Bull Salzburg
2021 RB Leipzig
2022–2023 Leeds United
2024– Canada
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jesse Alan Marsch (/ˈɛsi ˈmɑːrʃ/ JESS-ee MARSH;[2] born November 8, 1973) is an American professional soccer coach and former player who is the head coach of the Canada men's national team. Marsch played 14 seasons as a midfielder in Major League Soccer (MLS) with D.C. United, Chicago Fire, and Chivas USA, winning three league titles and four U.S. Open Cup titles, as well as earning two caps for the United States national team.

In 2010, Marsch retired from his playing career and became a coach, first serving as an assistant with the U.S. national team under Bob Bradley that reached the last 16 of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. He then became the inaugural head coach of the Montreal Impact upon its entry to MLS in 2012. In 2015, after a year-long stint as the assistant coach for his alma mater, the Princeton Tigers, 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. In his first year coaching the team, the Red Bulls won the Supporters' Shield and Marsch was named MLS Coach of the Year. He holds the record for most wins by a coach in franchise history.

In 2018, 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. The following season, Marsch was appointed the successor to Marco Rose as coach of Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian Bundesliga; he led the club to a league and cup double in two consecutive seasons, as Salzburg made successive Champions League group stage appearances for the first time in club history. He returned to RB Leipzig as club coach for the 2021–22 season, leaving by mutual consent in December and joining Leeds United in February. He 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 América.

  1. ^ "Jesse Marsch". Bild.de (in German). Retrieved June 20, 2022.
  2. ^ "Jesse Marsch opens up on Leeds failure, Haaland & USMNT | CBS Sports Kickin' It | Episode 15". YouTube. CBS Sports Golazo. February 22, 2024. Retrieved April 29, 2024.