US Soccer announced on Monday afternoon that Jurgen Klinsmann, manager and technical director of the US men’s national team, has been fired from his positions. Klinsmann, in charge since July 2011, was let go after the USMNT made their worst-ever start in the World Cup Qualifying hexagonal stage, in which they lost their first two games by a combined 6-0.
Losses at home against Mexico in Columbus, Ohio, and away at Costa Rica, in which the team seemed to quit in the second half of a 4-0 defeat, were apparently the final straws that cost Klinsmann his post.