For 11 seasons, Jim Curtin guided the Union to a level of success achieved just once in the first five years of the club’s existence prior to the Oreland native’s takeover. Perhaps that’s why the news of his firing by the Union on Thursday sent shock waves through the American soccer sphere,

PHILADELPHIA — Jim Curtin was fired Thursday by the Philadelphia Union, the two-time MLS coach of the year out after 11 seasons and one league Cup final appearance. The Union won just nine games this season, finished 12th in the Eastern Conference and missed the MLS Cup playoffs for the first time since 2017.

PHILADELPHIA -- The MLS ' Philadelphia Union have fired coach Jim Curtin after 11 seasons with the club. The team announced Curtain's dismissal Thursday and said it had begun the search for a replacement. The Union's statement said details about an interim coaching staff will be announced in the "coming days."