Bob Bradley fired by Toronto, which promoted Terry Dunfield to interim coach

TORONTO — Bob Bradley was fired as head coach and sporting director of Toronto on Monday after the staff gained simply three of 20 Major League Soccer matches this season.

Terry Dunfield, a former Toronto participant and Canadian worldwide, was promoted to interim head coach. The 41-year-old, who additionally performed for Vancouver and Manchester City, had been head coach of the under-17 staff on the Toronto academy.

Mike Sorber, Toronto’s assistant coach and technical director, additionally was fired.

Toronto, which misplaced 2-1 at New England on Saturday, is 14th amongst 15 groups within the Eastern Conference with three wins, seven losses and 10 attracts. The staff has gained simply two of its final 17 matches in all competitions, drawing eight. Only Miami has a worse file with 5 runs, 13 losses and no attracts.

The 65-year-old Bradley, a former U.S. nationwide staff coach whose son is Toronto captain Michael Bradley, was employed in November 2021 and led the staff to 14 wins, 26 losses and 19 attracts.

“Bob has been a consummate professional with Toronto FC and we thank him for his passion and tireless work during his time here,” Toronto president Bill Manning stated in a press release. “We are all disappointed that we were not able to achieve the results we expected.”

Midfielder Federico Bernardeschi criticized Toronto’s type of play after a 1-0 loss at Austin on May 20. Toronto was lacking 10 gamers as a result of accidents or suspensions.

“We don’t play,” Bernardeschi stated. “We play long pass. We don’t have an idea to play.”

“I think this city, the fans, everybody, don’t deserve this,” he added.

Bradley benched Bernardeschi for the next weekend’s recreation towards D.C. United, a 2-1 win, calling it a “coach’s decision” reasonably than a disciplinary motion. Bernardeschi returned to the beginning lineup for the next match towards Chicago, a 0-0 draw.

Toronto went via a 418-minute league scoring drought after CJ Sapong’s strike in a 1-0 win over visiting New York City on April 29. Toronto failed to attain throughout a four-game winless run in May towards New England (2-0), Montreal (2-0), the New York Red Bulls (0-0) and Austin (1-0).

Toronto additionally was knocked out of the Canadian Championship on the first hurdle, overwhelmed 2-1 May 9 by Montreal in a quarterfinal.