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Leeds boss Marsch: 'I'm not sure that Ted Lasso has helped stigma about US coaches'
Jesse Marsch said the series 'Ted Lasso' has not helped shed the stigma around American coaches working in England but the 48-year-old is determined to succeed with his new club.
Leeds United's newly appointed manager Jesse Marsch said the sports comedy-drama series 'Ted Lasso' has not helped shed the stigma around American coaches working in England but the 48-year-old is determined to succeed with his new club.
The highly popular 'Ted Lasso', which won multiple Emmys in 2021, chronicles an enthusiastic American coach trying to rally a struggling English team.
Marsch, who replaced Marcelo Bielsa at Leeds this week, is the only American manager in charge of a Premier League team this season.
"Yeah, I think there is probably a stigma," Marsch told reporters on Thursday. "I'm not sure Ted Lasso helped. I haven't watched the show, but I get it. People hate hearing the word 'soccer'.