Official Site of the Fire · Sep 17, 2019
Chicago’s Jesse Marsch making history in Europe
On Tuesday afternoon, former Chicago Fire player Jesse Marsch will make a little piece of American soccer history, when his RB Salzburg team plays its first UEFA Champions League group stage game of the 2019 campaign. Marsch will become the first American coach to lead a team at this level of Europe’s elite club competition.
Marsch is a first year coach with Salzburg, having assisted RB Leipzig to a Champions League place in the Bundesliga last year. He’s made a flying start in the Austrian Bundesliga — with his team winning its first 7 games, including a 7-2 win in its last game, to stand 5 points clear at the top of the league heading into the Champions League group stages.