It would have been fitting if Neil Armstrong were still alive and available to break the news.
Jesse Marsch’s managerial move from Austrian champion Red Bull Salzburg to German contender RB Leipzig is, in several ways, a small step. He’ll be working for the same bosses at the same company, wearing an almost identical logo and coaching a similar style of play. Marsch won’t even have to study a new language.
In other potentially historic ways, however, Thursday's announcement represents a giant leap for the American game. It has been a season-plus of breakthroughs by U.