Red Bull Salzburg boss Jesse Marsch made history on Friday through the first American-born and bred coach to win a major European trophy when his team won the Austrian Cup.
Salzburg won 5–0 over Austria Lustenau in the OFB Cup final, giving Salzburg their back-to-back victory in the Austrian Cup.
Marsch, who is in his first season with Salzburg, is not the first American-born coach to win a European trophy, as John Caulfield, who grew up primarily in Ireland, has led Cork City to the silver medal in the past.
Friday’s adjustment also marked the return of Austrian football, which has been on pause since March due to the coronavirus pandemic. Austrian Bundesliga games will begin this weekend, with Salzburg earning a three-point mark over LASK Linz with 10 games to play.
Marsch’s team won a top prize in the search for its name on Thursday, as LASK scored 12 issues for violating social distancing rules in practice.
LASK lodged a protest, saying in one that they had been victims of “industrial espionage”.
“We that the sanctions expressed in the sentence are a deduction of 12 issues before the distribution of issues and the sanction of € 75,000 is disproportionate,” the club said.
“So we exercise our right and without delay protest against the overjudgment. “
For Marsch, his first season could now come with two major trophies and a decent performance in the Champions League, where his team finished third in an organization that included Liverpool, Napoli and Genk.
This result saw Salzburg fall in the Europa League, where they were eliminated by Eintracht Frankfurt in the final phase of the 32.
Salzburg also saw two of its players sold to European powerhouses this quarter, with Erling Haaland joining Borussia Dortmund and Takumi Minamino moving to Liverpool.
Marsch, former U. S. Men’s National Team assistantA U. S. citizen, he spent 3 1/2 seasons coaching the New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer. He joined sister club RB Leipzig ahead of the 2018–19 campaign, where he was assistant to Ralf Rangnick. before moving to Austria to take over Salzburg.