Jesse Marsch

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Jesse Marsch
Personal information
Full name	Jesse Marsch
Date of birth	November 8, 1973 (age 33)
Place of birth	Racine, WI, United States
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
Nickname	Jesus
Playing position	midfielder
Club information
Current club	Chivas USA
Number	15
Youth clubs
1992-95	Princeton
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996-97 1998-05 2006-	D.C. United Chicago Fire Chivas USA	15 (4) 231 (22) 17 (1)
National team2
2001	United States	1 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 July 2006. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 13 June 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Jesse Marsch (born November 8, 1973 in Racine, Wisconsin) is an American soccer defensive midfielder, the first player to win three MLS Cup championships. He currently plays for C.D. Chivas USA in Major League Soccer.

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. 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. Jesse immediately became a regular for the Fire and has been ever-present in their lineup since. 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.

Marsh has received one cap with the United States national team, playing against Trinidad and Tobago on November 11, 2001.

[edit] See also

• List of current MLS players

C.D. Chivas USA - Current Squad
2 Suárez | 3 Llamosa | 4 Whitfield | 6 Mendoza | 9 Razov | 11 O'Brien | 12 Muñoz | 13 Bornstein | 14 Arias | 15 Marsch | 16 Kljestan | 18 Guzan | 19 Taylor | 20 Perez | 21 Hernandez | 23 Burpo | 25 Vaughn | 27 Robles | 29 Sanchez | 30 Borja | 31 Corona | 88 López | – Arvizu | – Barrera | – Borboa | – Dunn | – Galindo | – Guevara | – Zotinca | Coach: Preki