05/05/2025
Latest story from me: New York City FC Head Coach Pascal Jansen taps into a fearless family legacy to shape a bold new era at New York City FC🗽⚽️
“One of my inspirations is by my Black, single mother… who had first gone into show business when she was only three to four years old, and made it her way being a successful singer, actress, dancer, and finished up with her own foundation and her own school. So, inspiring and working with athletes is almost similar to what she did when she was still alive.” — Pascal Jansen
When New York City FC coach Pascal Jansen was 14 years old, he took four, one-hour round-trip bus rides from Zaandam to Amsterdam, unbeknownst to his mother, to try out for the Ajax Youth Academy in 1987. It wasn’t until Jansen was selected for the Under-14 team that he told his mother of his wher...
