Well, that was fast. Real Salt Lake’s firing of Jeff Cassar after only three days is the quickest firing in the history of Major League Soccer, and it’s the end of a three year and three game administration that saw RSL go from MLS Cup runner up to a squad that is winless in their past ten games.
Opinions always abound when a coach or manager is let go in such a way, and recency bias can run amok. To put Cassar’s reign in perspective, here is a quick look at the history of Real Salt Lake head coaches.