in an interview<\/a>, saying that he was \u201cvery comfortable\u201d in his position and was not especially concerned about being removed.<\/p>\nOn Monday, Klinsmann was fired.<\/p>\n
U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati announced last evening\u00a0that Jurgen Klinsmann has been relieved of his duties as head coach of the U.S. Men\u2019s National Team and Technical Director for U.S. Soccer.<\/p>\n
Gulati will conduct a media teleconference call this\u00a0afternoon to discuss the change. Details will be announced in the near future.<\/p>\n
The announcement, which was made by U.S. Soccer, the federation that oversees the sport in this country, came shortly after Sunil Gulati and Dan Flynn, two of the federation\u2019s top executives, met with Klinsmann at a hotel in the Los Angeles area. U.S. Soccer did not immediately name Klinsmann\u2019s replacement, though it is expected that Bruce Arena \u2014 a Major League Soccer veteran who led the national team from 1998 to 2006 \u2014 will take the job through the end of the current World Cup cycle.<\/p>\n
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