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Atlanta United FC fires Argentine Gabriel Heinze
July 19, 2021 by archyde
Gabriel Heinze he was relieved of his duties as head coach of Atlanta United FC, the club announced Sunday.
Heinze failed to spend a season with Atlanta after being hired in December 2020, ending his time with a 2-4-7 record. The team has been on an eight-game winless streak in Major League Soccer, the club’s longest since joining MLS in 2017.
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Assistant coach Rob Valentino will take over as interim coach with the club and said in a statement that “a variety of issues related to the day-to-day leadership of the team led the club to make this decision.”
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The former Argentina international, who played for clubs including Manchester United, Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain, was unable to convert his top-level experience into success on the touchline in the MLS.
Heinze departs after his team won just two of their opening 13 games in the regular season, losing four and drawing seven times to sit 10th in the 14-team Eastern Conference.
A 1-0 defeat to New England on Sunday (AEST) sealed Heinze s fate.
He was appointed in December 2020, and a recent stand-off between the coach and star player Josef Martinez, a former MLS Cup MVP, went down badly with supporters.
Gabriel Heinze: MLS club Atlanta United sack manager after 13 games in charge
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Heinze won only two of his 13 games in charge of the MLS club
Former Manchester United defender Gabriel Heinze has been sacked as Atlanta United boss.
The 43-year-old won only two of his 13 games at the helm and leaves the club 10th in the MLS Eastern Conference.
Assistant coach Rob Valentino will take over on an interim basis. This was certainly not a decision we wanted to make at this point in our season, but it was the right one for the club, said Atlanta president Darren Eales.
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