Coming off a pair of utterly dispiriting losses in World Cup qualifying, Jurgen Klinsmann has been fired by U.S. Soccer. Klinsmann had been serving as the head coach since 2011 when he replaced Bob Bradley, who was also fired.
Rumors are rampant that Bruce Arena will replace him, at least in the short-term. Arena coached the USMNT for eight years from 1998-2006, the only coach in the country’s history to take his team to two World Cups.
“While we remain confident that we have quality players to help us advance to Russia 2018, the form and growth of the team up to this point left us convinced that we need to go in a different direction,” U.