Toronto FC fires head coach Chris Armas

TORONTO (AP) — Toronto FC fired head coach Chris Armas on Sunday within the wake of a 7-1 loss at D.C. United, the club’s sixth straight defeat.

Under the first-year coach, Toronto (1-8-2) is winless in seven and languishing in final plight within the 27-team league.

Toronto is mired in its 2d-worst beginning as much as a season. Handiest 2012, when the team lost its first nine games and didn’t attain the five-level stamp till its 13th time out (1-10-2), used to be worse.

Toronto has had several issues this season, with the team steadily digging itself a deficit in games.

TFC allowed targets within the 2d and eighth minutes against D.C. United on Saturday, bringing the number given up within the first 15 minutes of a sport to a league-worst eight. And the team is additionally 0-7-1 when conceding the first purpose.

Toronto ranked final within the league, conceding 2.45 targets a sport, within the wake of the loss to D.C. United.

The team has needed to relocate to the U.S. for a 2d-straight season attributable to pandemic-connected commute restrictions.

Armas, 48, used to be employed as Toronto FC’s 10th head coach on Jan. 13.

A conventional elite defensive midfielder, Armas performed 12 years in MLS — two with the Galaxy and 10 with the Chicago Fire. In 1998, he helped the growth Fire preserve both the MLS Cup and U.S. Commence Cup. He went on to the 2003 Supporters’ Defend and three extra Lamar Hunt U.S. Commence Cups with Chicago (2000, 2003, 2006).

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