The San Jose Earthquakes on Monday announced the firing of head coach Luchi Gonzalez as the team continues to be stuck at the bottom of MLS.
📺 Los Angeles news 24/7: Watch NBC4 free wherever you areseason. San Jose's 11 points is the lowest in the entire league, with Sporting Kansas City having just 14, though the Quakes have a game in hand.Assistant head coach Ian Russell will take over as interim head coach, with assistants Steve Ralston, Luciano Fusco and Adin Brown staying in their roles.
San Jose named Gonzalez head coach on Aug. 17, 2022, but he joined the club after the 2022 FIFA World Cup due to being an assistant with theGonzalez led San Jose to a wild-card playoff qualification in 2023, but the team lost to Kansas City in a penalty shootout. He ended his tenure with a 13-24-16 win-loss-draw record.
Russell, 48, spent the last year and a half as an assistant coach with San Jose and has experience managing Reno 1868 FC, the Quakes' USL affiliate.
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