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Toronto FC and Cummins Part Ways
Toronto FC announced Tuesday that the contract of interim head coach Chris Cummins will not be renewed for the upcoming 2010 MLS season. Effective immediately, the search begins for a new head coach.
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Cummins out - it's official
The 24th Minute — Toronto FC announced this morning that Chris Cummins will not be returning to the team for 2010. This was a little earlier than many expected it would be announced and it likely has to do as much with Cummins wanting to go back as it does with TFC looking to move on. As we've said here may times, Cummins was far from the biggest problem with this team and hopefully people won't look at this move as a solution to the larger problems. Four head coaches in four years. That is not a path to long-term success. ...

Cummins Out As TFC Manager
WVHooligan - Soccer Blog — Not a real shocker here since Toronto FC got spanked on the final day of the season when they needed a win to reach the post season. Toronto FC announced today that interim head coach Chris Cummins will not be returning for the upcoming 2010 MLS season. Effective immediately, the search begins for a new head coach. “We have decided to move forward without Chris for next season,” said manager, director of soccer Mo Johnston. “We want to thank Chris for his contribution to the club over the last year and a half, and wish him all the best in the future. For us, the work now begins on finding a new coach, and getting him in here before pre-season starts ...

Coaching Carousel: TFC and NYRB
Match Fit USA — After today's announcement that Chris Cummins will not return to Toronto , two of Major League Soccer's highest profile franchises are without head coaches. Red Bull, denizens of North America's biggest market and with a new stadium on the way, and Toronto, with their rabid fan base and consistent sellouts, failed to make the playoffs (both spectacularly, though the latter's last day heartbreaking loss to the former leaves the question of which was worse up to debate); with crucial decisions to be made on the coaching front, are both of these teams primed to make big splashes? ...

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