A former defensive midfielder, notably through the Chicago Fire in MLS, Jesse Marsch began his coaching career with the CF Montreal first team in 2011 (formerly Impact Montreal) before taking over the management of the Red Bulls in New York in January 2015 . “At the time, I was still a player in college when I got a call one day from Jesse Marsch in person, who told me that he wanted me to train with his group, remembers Florian Valot. It made me happy, I accepted. It was a funny time when I was training with a professional team before quickly packing my bag to go to class. ”
The midfielder trained in Monaco signed pro in 2016 with the Red Bulls team 2. He stayed there for two years, before reaching the first team in 2018. “He always had confidence in me, even in difficult times. He told me again that I had the level to win in the first team, and that my problem was just in the head, tells the French footballer. He is someone very close to the players, a confidant, who manages to galvanize his troops. You can’t imagine how much he did for me. ”
Tony Jouaux, who studied sports science in the United States after playing Auxerre in his youth, also received a call from Jesse Marsch in 2015, when he was at the time the physical trainer of the Chicago Fire. “It went very quickly. He called me on Wednesday, the next day I was on the plane to New York, explains the 35-year-old Frenchman who remembers a meeting with a “extraordinary leader”. The recruited me because he wanted someone who could assimilate the Red Bull method, made of high intensity races and pressing. I was impressed both by his intelligence, his good nature and his leadership. He’s someone you want to work for, who gives you a banana every morning. ”
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Fast transition game and forward explosiveness
Recruited by the firm Red Bull for his ideas of play, Jesse Marsch very quickly succeeded in making his team adhere to his principles in New York. “His favorite pattern of play is 4-2-3-1. The idea is to put pressure on the opposing team by pressing very high on the field, and explode very quickly when the ball is recovered. to mark”, comment Florian Valot. “It’s less a possession game than a transition game. He wants to play in the opponent’s box all the time, and punish the opponent for his mistakes., complete Tony Jouaux. Today, we recruit players adapted to this type of game, but at the time, Jesse managed to transform guys like Bradley Wright-Phillips or Sacha Kljestan, whose primary qualities were not necessarily speed and ‘explosiveness. ”
“He was also able to completely change his strategy in the middle of a game, ajoute Florian Lights. I remember a meeting against Chivas Guadalajara in the Concacaf Champions League, where he decided to play long balls on me, and take advantage of my head deflections on the right side. It worked really well. “
In three and a half years in New York, Jesse Marsch won the MLS Supporters’ Shield in 2015 (top regular season team trophy) and reached the US Open Cup final in 2017 (national cup). The best record for a Red Bulls coach. “His success also lies in his ability to hold his players accountable. He had created here a ‘council of wise men’ with five players whom they considered to be leaders in the squad. He saw them every week to ask their opinion on everything. , the quality of the meals, the schedule, the travel schedules, etc. He managed to make them understand that it was above all their team “, reports Tony Jouaux.
Superior intelligence
Jesse Marsch studied at the prestigious Princeton University in New Jersey, where he also played football under Bob Bradley, now Los Angeles FC coach after having coached Le Havre in 2015 and Swansea in 2016. Florian Valot and Tony Jouaux both remember a gifted man. “He is a very, very intelligent person, who is curious about everything. He has fluency with languages in particular, and can speak to a player in French, English, Spanish or German”, reports the French midfielder.
“In training he was able to do it all: organize a game, count each team’s assists and points, and participate at the same time. I had never seen a coach be able to hold so many things, adds Tony Jouaux. His philosophy is to connect the people and departments in the clubs he goes to. He wants to know everything about everyone because he really cares about them, and because he thinks the club wins. ”
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American arrogance
Jesse Marsch took advantage of his affiliation with the Red Bull group to gradually climb the ranks, from the New York Red Bulls to Red Bull Salzburg to the role of coach of RB Leipzig next season to replace Julian Nagelsmann. A first at this level for a trainer from the United States. Asked in the Fútbol podcast about the benefits of being an American to break into European football, Jesse Marsch spoke about “American arrogance”. “I am a fan of positive thinking, and I am convinced that I can achieve great things. (…) I should not think that we can beat Bayern Munich (laughs), that should not be possible, and Yet I believe in it. I believe we can beat them. It will take an incredible effort, but that’s the American belief system. “
“I’m not surprised by him and I’m not surprised at his success. It was just a matter of time, estime Florian Valot. He is someone absolutely determined to leave a mark, and who has unwavering self-confidence. “
“The American coach is not afraid of losing, says Tony Jouaux. Jesse plays every game to win them, and never settles for a 1-0 victory. “ The two French are convinced that the American coach will succeed in Germany. “The challenges excites him more than that worries him”, summarizes the physical trainer. “If he called me back tomorrow, I would follow him no matter where he leads and no matter the salary”, goes so far as to think Florian Valot.
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