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| 2009 season stats |
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name: Jesse Marsch
position: M
height: 5-11 weight:170
Birthdate: November 08, 1973
Hometown: Racine, WI
last club: Chicago (MLS)
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| year | club | gp | gs | min | g | a | sht | sog | fc | fs | c | ej |
| 2009 | Chivas USA | 23 | 21 | 1,853 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 27 | 28 | 4 | 1 |
| Career | 321 | 286 | 25,645 | 31 | 40 | 211 | 93 | 477 | 368 | 61 | 2 |
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As one of Chicago's four remaining "Fire Originals" and entering his tenth MLS campaign, Jesse Marsch is once again expected to lend his trademark toughness and leadership in the middle of the park to the "Men in Red" in 2005. The veteran midfielder will exert his presence from the start of the 2005 season for the Fire, a welcome change from the last two seasons in which he was forced to watch the first nine games of 2003 and first 19 matches of 2004 from the sideline due to injuries. During his nine-year MLS career, Marsch has made 187 appearances (161 starts) with Chicago and D.C. combined while racking up 18 goals and 30 assists. His numbers with the Fire rank among the best in team history, as he is tied with C.J. Brown for first place in career games played with 172, ranks third in both games started (160) and minutes played (14,353), is fourth in assists (27) and is tied for eighth on the goals scored chart (14). Marsch is a member of Chicago's four championship teams (MLS Cup '98 and the 1998, 2000 and 2003 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cups) and is the only player in team history to play in all seven domestic Cup Finals for the Fire, but he also helped D.C. United complete "The Double" in 1996 and recapture the MLS Cup in 1997, giving the Princeton product a total of seven championship rings and making him one of the most prolific "big game" players in the MLS era. Marsch's leadership off the field is just as prolific, as his generous donation of time and effort throughout the Chicagoland community earned him his first Fire/U.S. Soccer Federation Humanitarian of the Year award in 2004.
MLS Experience
2004: Missed Fire's first 19 games due to off-season surgery on his right ankle
Did not score any points in his 10 appearances, making this the first of his nine MLS campaigns in which he failed to register at least one goal or one assist
Registered his first 90 min. effort on 9-4 vs. DC, helping the Fire to a 3-1 win
Earned his first start of the year on 8-28 @ DAL and played 62 min. in the Fire's 4-1 loss
Tied Zach Thornton for the Fire's career lead in games played (164) on 8-14 vs. COL in a 3-0 defeat
Made his 2004 debut on 8-11 vs. SJ, playing the final 5 min. of Chicago's 2-1 victory that snapped its 9-game MLS winless streak
Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup: Made his lone appearance in the U.S. Open Cup on 9-22 @ KC, when he logged all 95 min. in the Fire's 1-0 OT loss in the tournament's Final
CONCACAF Champions Cup: DNP due to off-season surgery on his right ankle.
2003: Appeared in 19 games (16 starts) and helped Chicago capture its first ever MLS Supporters Shield and Eastern Conference crown
Notched a career-high five goals in his sixth season with Chicago
Scored his fifth goal on 10-26 @ CLB on his first career penalty kick attempt, in Chicago's 6-2 loss
Set a personal single season record on 10-4 vs. LA by scoring his fourth goal, helping Chicago to a 2-0 win
Missed the first nine games of the season due to a right fibula stress fracture
MLS Cup Playoffs: Started in all four postseason matches for Chicago, logging 360 min. in helping Chicago reach its third MLS Cup Final
Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup: Started all four contests for the "Men in Red" and played 336 of a possible 360 minutes in helping the Fire win its third U.S. Open Cup title in six seasons.
2002: Was the only player to appear in all 28 games (2557 min.) for the Fire
Registered one goal and a career-best tying seven assists
MLS Cup Playoffs: Played every minute in Chicago's three MLS Cup Quarterfinal matches vs. NE
Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup: Appeared as a substitute on 7-17 @ MIL (A) and played the final 18 min. in Chicago's 1-0 loss in their fourth round contest
CONCACAF Champions Cup: Started all four CONCACAF Champions Cup games for Chicago and played all 360 minutes in the Fire's run to the quarterfinals of the regional club championship.
2001: Started in all 27 games, logging in 2429 min. and registering three goals (tying a career-high) and seven assists
Was selected to the MLS All-Star squad for the first time in his career
Became the first Fire player to play in 100 games on 6-23 vs. NE
MLS Cup Playoffs: Started in all six postseason contests, tallying one assist
Assisted on a 55' tally by Chris Armas in Game 3 of the MLS Cup Quarterfinals vs. DAL on 9-29, helping the Fire to a 2-0 win and a 7-1 series victory
Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup: One of only two players, along with Zach Thornton, to play all 385 min. during the Fire's run to the semifinals of the U.S. Open Cup.
2000: Finished the season playing in 31 of 32 matches (starting 29), recording two goals (both game-winning) and a career-high eight assists (third on the team)
MLS Cup Playoffs: Started all seven games for the Fire in the playoffs and notched one assist in helping the Fire to its second MLS Cup appearance
Started and played 59 min. on 10-15 vs. KC at MLS Cup 2000
Fed Dema Kovalenko in the 35' on 9-26 vs. MET, helping the Fire to a 3-0 win in Game 1 of their MLS Cup Semifinals series
Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup: Played in four matches for the Fire, including three starts, in its five-game run during the U.S. Open Cup play, helping the squad capture its second Dewar Cup
Appeared as a substitute in the 84' for captain Peter Nowak on 10-15 vs. MIA in the U.S. Open Cup Final and helped the squad finish off a 2-1 victory for its second title in the competition.
1999: Appeared in 29 games (starting 27), registering one goal and two assists
MLS Cup Playoffs: Played in each of Chicago's three contests vs. DAL in the Western Conference Semifinals, scoring one goal and assist in the series loss
Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup: Played all 90 min. on 7-14 @ ROC (A) in Chicago's 1-0 loss
CONCACAF Champions Cup: Appeared in all three of the Fire's matches in Champions Cup play, including two starts
Scored the game-tying goal on 10-3 vs. DC in the 80' of the third place game that ended in a 2-2 draw.
1998: Played in 29 games (starting 25) in his first season with Chicago, recording two goals and three assists
His first goal for the Fire on 4-25 @ COL in the 87' tied the match 4-4 draw in what would be an eventual shootout loss
Registered his first assist in Fire red on 6-14 @ NE on Jerzy Podbrozny's 25' goal in a 3-1 Fire win. The match would also mark his first career multi-assist game after he assisted on Ritchie Kotschau's 60' tally
MLS Cup Playoffs: Started and played in every minute (450) of Chicago's five playoff matches and scored one goal during the postseason
Played the entire 90 min. on 10-25 vs. DC @ MLS Cup '98, helping Chicago to its first ever title
Tallied his first career playoff goal, good for the game-winner, in dramatic fashion on 10-10 @ LA in the 86' of Game 1 in the MLS Cup Semifinals
Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup: Started all four games during Open Cup play and notched one assist in helping the Fire to its first of three Open Cup crowns in its historic "Double" season
Assisted on Ante Razov's 11' tally on 8-4 vs. DAL in the Open Cup semifinals, helping the Fire to a 3-2 victory and the club's first Open Cup Final appearance.
1997: Appeared in 11 games (starting one) with D.C. United, scoring three goals and three assists
Notched his first multi-goal game in MLS play on 9-26 @ TB, and added an assist in what would be his last regular season contest with United
Registered his first career MLS assist on 5-2 vs. LA
MLS Cup Playoffs: DNP in any of DC's post-season contests
Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup: Played and started in United's first two U.S. Open Cup matches (third round @ Hershey on 8-6 and quarterfinals vs. TB on 8-19)
CONCACAF Champions Cup: Appeared in one match in Champions Cup play en route to United's third place finish.
1996: Made four appearances with DC in his professional debut season, scoring one goal
Scored his first career goal on 7-28 vs. CLB, tallying an insurance goal in the 83' of a 2-0 win
Playoffs: DNP in any of DC post-season contests.
International
U.S. National Teams: Earned his only cap for the Senior National Team on 11-11-01 @ Trinidad & Tobago in a World Cup Qualifier
Played with the U-18 U.S. National Team in 1989, 1990 and 1991.
College
Played midfield and forward for the Princeton Tigers, where he was led by former Fire head coach Bob Bradley
Scored a total of 29 goals and 15 assists during his collegiate career
Made a remarkable comeback in 1994 after suffering a knee injury the previous year, finishing 1994 and 1995 as the Ivy-League's leading scorer
Selected Second-team All-Ivy in 1994 First-team All-Ivy in 1995.
High School
Four-year varsity member (1987-91) at J.I. Case High School in Racine, WI
Wisconsin All-State selection in 1990 an 1991.
Personal
Nickname is Marshmellow
Most rewarding soccer moment was MLS Cup '98
Favorite team growing up were the Green Bay Packers
Favorite TV show is Seinfeld
Considers himself a good impersonator (does an impeccable Bob Bradley & Bruce Arena)
Lives in Chicago with his wife, Kim, and their children Emerson (3) and Maduxx (1).
Jesse Marsch sees red
