[USA] Jesse Marsch, who played for BobBradley at Princeton University and in MLS with three different teams, has retired as a player with MLS’s Chivas USA and been named an assistant coach under Bradley on the staff of the U.S.men’s national team. Marsch and Steve Ralston, who moved last week to AC St. Louis of the USSF Division 2, were the last remaining players who had been continuously active in MLS since its launch in 1996.

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