Nov 21 (Reuters) - Juergen Klinsmann insisted to the bitter end that he could turn around U.S. soccer fortunes but on Monday was handed one of his biggest defeats when he was dismissed as national coach and technical director.
A giant of German soccer as a World Cup winning-player and a coach who led them to the semi-finals in 2006 when they hosted the tournament, Klinsmann was shown the exit before fulfilling his quest to raise the U.S. team to the next level.
On the brink of his axing, Klinsmann guaranteed he could overcome a rare home loss to Mexico and a stunning 4-0 hammering at Costa Rica and steer the U.