The United States men's national team apparently can cross Jesse Marsch off its list of potential coaching candidates.
The fit would make sense. Marsch, after all, grew up in Wisconsin, played 14 seasons in the MLS and earned two caps for the U.S. national team as a player in 2001 and '07. But the 50-year-old coach made it extremely clear Friday that he has no interest in the job opening.
"I'm not leaving this job. I have no interest in the U.S. job," Marsch said Friday during a press conference ahead of Canada's third-place matchup against Uruguay in Copa America. "And to be fair, unless there's a big shift in the organization, I don't think that I'll ever have interest in that job in the future.
"I'm really happy here. I couldn't be happier, actually, in terms of what it's like to work with the leaders in the organization and what it's like to work with this team."After calling it a career on the pitch as a player in 2009, Marsch joined the U.S. men's national team as an assistant coach in '10.
Marsch was hired as the coach of the Canada men's national team in May as the first American to take the job. In his first major tournament as the Canadian coach, Marsch steered his team to a semifinal matchup against Argentina, where they lost 2–0. The USMNT reached out to former Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp this week to discuss the head-coaching role, but he reportedlyTom Dierberger is a staff writer and editor on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He joined SI in November 2023 after stints at FOX Sports, Bally Sports and NBC Sports. Dierberger has a bachelor's in communication from St. John's University. In his spare time, he can be seen throwing out his arm while playing fetch with his dog, Walter B. Boy.
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