MLS Veteran ‘Jesse Marsch’ among the Few to Retire

Jesse Marsch has decided it was finally team to end his career in the MLS and move on to an other part in the soccer world as he will now become the Assistant Coach of the U.S National Team.

Marsch has played more than 300 games in the MLS  and has been part of  Major League Soccer for a period of 14 years and is among the top 6 players to have played the most minutes in MLS. Enjoying a fine career in the league, he was practically won it all, 3 MLS Cups from 1996 -1998, 3 U.S Open Cups in 1998, 2000, and 2003 and also was part of the 2001 MLS -All-Star Team. Although he was never a regular for the U.S National Team, he was able to enjoy some success their as well as he earned 2 goals playing for the National Team.

Jesse Marsch went on to say the following :

“In the end, it wound up being not that difficult a decision. My body was letting me know that I was getting older and it wasn’t as easy to fulfill the requirements of being a professional soccer player every day. There were also some opportunities that came up in this offseason that were hard to refuse. So everything seemed to come together and it made sense for me and my family to move in this direction. I think we’re already very happy with the decision.”