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MLS coach carousel: Every change in 2024

MLS coach carousel: Every change in 2024

With the 2024 MLS regular season winding down, six clubs have made coaching changes.

This tracker, sorted in chronological order (of dismissal), will be updated as necessary in the months ahead.

Wolff, who led the Verde & Black since they joined MLS as a 2021 expansion team, accumulated a 45W-60L-30D record across four seasons and reached the 2022 Western Conference Final.

A to-be-named interim manager will oversee Austin’s final match of 2024 on Oct. 19 vs. the Colorado Rapids

  • Departing coach: Bradley Carnell (July 1)
  • Interim coach: John Hackworth
  • Incoming coach: TBD

That contrasted starkly with St. Louis’ historic 2023 expansion season, in which they earned the No. 1 seed in the West. CITY SC finished one point short of LAFC‘s record-setting haul of 57 points (set in 2018).

Technical director John Hackworth took over on an interim basis with 14 games remaining, but St. Louis’ quest to get back into the postseason picture fell short.

  • Departing coach: Luchi Gonzalez (June 24)
  • Interim coach: Ian Russell
  • Incoming coach: TBD

The San Jose Earthquakes parted ways with head coach Luchi Gonzalez as they sat last in the Western Conference and overall MLS standings (11 points; 3W-14L-2D record). The club’s 51 goals against and negative-22 goal differential were league-worst marks.

Gonzalez took over San Jose for the 2023 season and led them to the Wild Card round in the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs. Before leading the Quakes, he coached FC Dallas (2018-21) and was a US men’s national team assistant to Gregg Berhalter.

Ian Russell enters his second interim stint after overseeing two matches in 2014. He has been an assistant coach with San Jose for parts of 11 seasons.

  • Departing coach: Nico Estévez (June 9)
  • Interim coach: Peter Luccin
  • Incoming coach: TBD

FC Dallas parted ways with head coach Nico Estévez just before the halfway point of their 2024 season. The club was 13th in the Western Conference (14 points; 3W-8L-5D record) and carrying a five-match winless streak.

Estevez, a former US men’s national team assistant, went…

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