UTAH, United States (CMC) — Former Jamaica international Tyrone Marshall has been hired as an assistant coach for Real Salt Lake (RSL) of Major League Soccer (MLS), North America’s top professional competition.
Marshall on Monday signed a contract to join the RSL staff, where he will work alongside former club and international teammate Andy Williams, also an assistant coach.
He had been serving as head coach and technical director at Derby City Rovers, a United States-based Premier Development League team.
“I basically had to go get that experience. So now I see (the RSL job) as a transition to take the next step, the next level,” said Marshall, who holds an A licence from the US Soccer Federation.
“I have the necessary qualification to make the transition. I was doing the appropriate things, staying involved.”
Marshall played in MLS from 1998 to 2012, spreading over five different clubs, including Colorado Rapids twice.
The former League all-star won the MLS Cup with LA Galaxy in 2002. His other MLS clubs include Toronto FC and Seattle Sounders.
“Right now, the focus is on Real Salt Lake and helping them to win another championship,” said the 40-year-old Marshall, who represented Jamaica more than 80 times.
“Later down the line, I would consider a coaching job with Jamaica. That was always going to be a dream.”
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Tyrone Marshall hired as assistant coach in the MLS
