Real Salt Lake head coach Mike Petke fired

Jeff Swinger-USA TODAY SportsReal Salt Lake announced Sunday night that due to head coach Mike Petke’s actions in Salt Lake’s Leagues Cup game versus Tigres that his contract was terminated.

The club also announced that assistant coach Freddy Juarez, who coached Real Salt Lake through Petke’s league suspension, notching two wins in two games, will remain as head coach through the rest of the 2019 season.

The club released the following statement about Petke’s termination:

“On Tuesday, July 30, after an investigation and in conjunction with Major League Soccer, the club levied the steepest sanctions ever imposed on an MLS coach when we suspended Mike Petke without pay for two weeks in addition…