Cincinnati Dismisses Alan Koch.

Koch was unable to see out his third season at FC Cincinnati, and the Major League Soccer team that fired him Tuesday.

Assistant coach Yoann Damet will take over head coaching duties on an interim basis while the club conducts an international search for Kochs replacement.

During a Tuesday afternoon press conference downtown, team president and general manager Jeff Berding echoed the sentiments of an earlier news release and cited a deteriorating team culture in making the move to oust Koch.

After a series of recent issues and a team culture that had deteriorated, we determined that its time to make a change to return to a club-centered focus to the team and as a result, we dismissed Alan Koch as head coach of FC Cincinnati, Berding said.

Kochs tenure with the club spanned from early 2017, deep in the clubs time as a United Soccer League franchise, to Tuesday when FC Cincinnati was just 11 games into its existence as a MLS franchise.