The United States national team have announced they have parted ways with former Germany player and boss Jurgen Klinsmann following a poor downturn in form.
Klinsmann, 52, was made US boss in 2011 as the successor to current Swansea manager Bob Bradley and led them into the 2014 World Cup as his most notable achievement.
However, the US have been in terrible form of late and currently sit bottom of their qualification group for the 2018 World Cup, having failed to pick up any points from their opening two matches and a decision has been made to dispense with Klinsmann’s services.
“We remain confident we have quality players to help us advance to Russia 2018,” said US soccer president Sunil Gulati. “But the form and growth of the team up to this point left us convinced that we need to go in a different direction.”
U.S. Soccer has parted ways with #USMNT Head Coach and Technical Director Jurgen Klinsmann: https://t.co/iCc8DA5RGB
— U.S. Soccer (@ussoccer) 21 November 2016
LA Galaxy manager Bruce Arena has emerged as an early front-runner to replace the former World Cup winner, having achieved huge success during his eight years with the west coast outfit.
The 65-year-old was US national team boss from 1998 to 2006 and is reportedly on a shortlist, along with former Chelsea manager Avram Grant, to succeed Klinsmann.
During his 1075 days in charge of the US national team, Klinsmann, who expressed his interest in the England job this winter, finished with a good win rate of 56.1%.
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