Toronto FC turned the most recent MLS membership that may start a seek for a brand new head coach.

John Herdman stepped down as head coach of Toronto FC, the membership introduced Friday. Herdman, who took over as TFC boss in October 2023, failed to steer the Canadian membership to the MLS Cup Playoffs this yr.

“Personally, I’ve made the troublesome determination that it’s the best time for me to step away from the membership, because the group defines its imaginative and prescient for the long run,” mentioned Herdman. “It has been an honour to put on the Toronto FC crest and contribute to the expansion of the membership. Working with this devoted group of gamers and employees has been a real privilege.

“I wish to thank Keith Pelley and MLSE possession for the chance, and I additionally wish to thank the unimaginable followers for the help they’ve proven me each on and off the pitch. I want the group success going ahead, and I sit up for the following chapter in my profession,” Herdman added.

Herdman led TFC to the Canadian Championship Ultimate in 2023 however struggled to seek out a lot consistency with the membership in MLS play. He registered a 16-6-22 document in 44 matches in cost.

TFC completed eleventh within the Jap Convention and twenty second total within the ultimate MLS common season standings.

Herdman was beforehand the pinnacle coach of the Canadian males’s and ladies’s nationwide groups earlier than his transfer to TFC.