Philly.com · Sep 20, 2017
New England Revolution fire coach Jay Heaps
Jaz Heaps had been with the New England Revolution as a player or coach for 15 seasons.FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The New England Revolution have fired coach Jay Heaps, who had been with the team as a player or coach for 15 seasons.
The team announced the move Tuesday. Assistant coach Tom Soehn will take over for the rest of the season.
The Revolution had been within a point of playoff position before losing back-to-back games by a combined score of 10-1.
Under Heaps, the Revolution made the playoffs three times and reached the MLS Cup in 2014. In all, he had a 75-81-43 regular-season record and was 4-3-1 in the playoffs.