U.S. Soccer Federation president Sunil Gulati said the decision to fire Jurgen Klinsmann was based on results over an extended period of time, and not just the two recent World Cup qualifying defeats to Mexico and Costa Rica.
Gulati, along with U.S. Soccer CEO Dan Flynn, broke the news to Klinsmann on Monday morning in Los Angeles. The president then flew back to New York, leaving Flynn to hammer out the details of replacing Klinsmann with LA Galaxy manager Bruce Arena. The USSF announced Arena's hiring later on Tuesday.
It was just 10 days ago that Gulati said during a roundtable with reporters that he expected Klinsmann to be the coach for the entirety of World Cup qualifying.