FC Cincinnati and Jaap Stam: No room for mistakes

FC Cincinnati, Jaap Stam (Photo by Eric Verhoeven/Soccrates/Getty Images)

FC Cincinnati have hired Jaap Stam as their new head coach. Sadly for the Dutchman, though, after a disastrous first season in MLS, there is no room for mistakes.

FC Cincinnati have made the news official: Jaap Stam will be their new head coach. It was hardly a secret. The search has been hugely impacted by the coronavirus, with the club struggling to get managers into the facility to interview them.

Ron Jans, the former head coach, resigned in mid-February. That was three months ago. FC Cincinnati have taken their time to get the right man. But then, they had the time to take. Time, though, is not something that Stam…