Jesse Marsch

Personal information
Full name	Jesse Marsch
Date of birth	November 8, 1973 (1973-11-08) (age 36)
Place of birth	Racine, Wisconsin, United States
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
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)
National team‡
2001–2007	United States	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 February 2010. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 02:45, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Jesse Marsch (born November 8, 1973 in Racine, Wisconsin) is a retired American soccer player who currently currently serves as an assistant for the U.S. national team.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 College 1.2 Professional 1.3 International 2 Coaching career 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] College

Marsch played college soccer at Princeton University, where he was an All-American in 1995, after scoring 16 goals as a midfielder/forward. He was drafted by D.C. United (their assistant coach was his coach at Princeton, Bob Bradley) in the third round of the 1996 MLS College Draft.

[edit] Professional

Marsch spent the next two seasons with DC, but only played in 15 games. Bradley, the first coach of the expansion Chicago Fire, acquired Marsch soon after the Expansion Draft in exchange for A.J. Wood and a second-round pick in the 1998 College Draft. Marsch immediately became a regular for the Fire and was a mainstay in their lineup through the 2005 season. He helped the team to the 1998 MLS Cup, giving him three in three seasons in the league. With the Fire, Marsh also won the US Open Cup in 1998, 2000, and 2003. Overall in MLS, he scored 23 goals and added 32 assists (plus three goals and three assists in the playoffs).

After the 2005 season, Marsch was traded to his old coach Bradley and Chivas USA. He left the Fire as the club's all-time leader in regular season games played with 200.

Marsch was s one of three players to have played in each of the first 14 seasons of Major League Soccer. With the move of Steve Ralston to AC St. Louis of USSF Division 2, DC United's Jaime Moreno will be the only players to have played in every MLS season when the 2010 MLS season begins.

He was also the first player to win three MLS Cup championships. On 05 February 2010 the American midfielder has retired, since 2006 and until now, the 37-year-old played last for Chivas USA. ^[1]

[edit] International

Marsch has received two caps with the United States national team, playing against Trinidad and Tobago on November 11, 2001 and against China on June 2, 2007.

[edit] Coaching career

Marsch will now work after his retirement on 5 February 2010, in the USA national team coaching staff.^[2]

[edit] See also

• List of current MLS players

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• MLS player profile