Former Germany player and boss Jurgen Klinsmann Sacked as coach of the United States

Former Germany player and boss Jurgen Klinsmann has been sacked as coach of the United States.

The 52-year-old, who won the World Cup as a player with Germany in 1990, took over as US boss in 2011.

"We remain confident we have quality players to help us advance to Russia 2018," said US Soccer President Sunil Gilati

"But the form and growth of the team up to this point left us convinced that we need to go in a different direction."

Klinsmann steered the United States to the last 16 at the 2014 FIFA World Cup  in Brazil after finishing above Portugal in their group.

However, they lost 2-1 at home to Mexico and 4-0 away to Costa Rica in their opening two qualifying matches for the 2018 tournament