Jesse Marsch is a retired American

United States

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 soccer midfielder who will be the head coach of the Montreal Impact

Montreal Impact

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 for their entrance in MLS in 2012, having previously been an assistant for the U.S. national team. He spent fourteen seasons in Major League Soccer

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, winning three league and four U.S. Open Cup titles. He was a 2001 MLS All Star and earned two caps with the United States men's national soccer team

United States men's national soccer team

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Marsch played college soccer

College soccer

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 at Princeton University

Princeton University

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, where he was an All-American

Division I First-Team All-American (soccer)

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 in 1995, after scoring 16 goals as a midfielder/forward.