Dominic Kinnear and the San Jose Earthquakes have parted ways. The move comes after a season of questions about Kinnear’s job security, but bizarrely, the manager is out after picking up a 2-1 win over Real Salt Lake on Saturday night that kept them squarely in a playoff spot.
The move comes just a few weeks after Tom Fox took over as Earthquakes president. He clearly want to move the team in a new direction, but it is still somewhat strange because the team has made strides under Kinnear. The Quakes didn’t just let Kinnear go either, also parting ways with top assistant John Spencer.