Jaap Stam’s stint at the helm of FC Cincinnati has come to an unceremonious end. Stam was fired by the MLS side on Monday after leading the team to just one win in 16 games.
According to the team’s announcement, which came after a 4-2 loss to Atlanta United, Tyrone Marshall will serve as the team’s head coach on an interim basis. Mashall previously coached Cincinnati’s U-19 team.
Stam took over FC Cincinnati in the summer of 2020 and started his spell with the team by winning the debut clash against the Atlanta United. However, it turned out this was just one of the eight wins the Dutchman will claim while in charge.
Cincinnati finished the 2020 MLS season dead-last in the Eastern Conference with four wins and 16 points to show for it in 23 games. While the franchise hoped Stam would turn things around this season, the same scenario followed. The team struggled throughout the campaign and just cleared the four-win mark posted last year, although they’re now 13th in the conference standings.
Jaap Stam, regarded as one of the best defenders of his generation, started his coaching career with English Championship side Reading in 2016. He led the club to playoffs in his first season but lost his job after a disastrous sophomore campaign that saw the team winning just once in 18 matches. Stam also had short and mostly unsuccessful stints with PEC Zwolle and Feyenoord before coming to MLS.
