U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati has confirmed that Jurgen Klinsmann is no longer head coach of the U.S. Men’s National Team. Klinsmann will also be relieved of his duties as technical director for U.S. Soccer with a teleconference call scheduled for Tuesday to discuss the changes.
U.S. Soccer has parted ways with #USMNT Head Coach and Technical Director Jurgen Klinsmann: https://t.co/iCc8DA5RGB
— U.S. Soccer (@ussoccer) November 21, 2016
Here is a portion of the statement from Gulati and U.S. Soccer on the decision:
Today we made the difficult decision of parting ways with Jurgen Klinsmann, our head coach of the U.S. Men’s National Team and Technical Director.
We want to thank Jurgen for his hard work and commitment during these last five years. He took pride in having the responsibility of steering the program, and there were considerable achievements along the way.
With the next round of qualifying fixtures not arriving until late March, Gulati said they’ll use the next several months to “determine the best way forward to ensure a successful journey to qualify for our eighth-consecutive World Cup”.
