(EFE).- Jürgen Klinsmann has been dismissed as coach of the U.S. men’s national team, U.S. Soccer announced Monday. (Watch Klinsmann’s video message at the end of this article)

The squad posted a record of 55 wins, 27 draws and 16 defeats under the former German international, who was named coach in July 2011.

“Today we made the difficult decision of parting ways with Jürgen Klinsmann, our head coach of the U.S. Men’s National Team and Technical Director,” U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati said in a statement.

“We want to thank Jürgen for his hard work and commitment during these last five years. He took pride in having the responsibility of steering the program, and there were considerable achievements along the way,” Gulati said.

The U.S. men’s team won a record 12 consecutive matches in 2013 with Klinsmann in charge.

In the 2014 World Cup, the squad emerged from the Group of Death to claim a spot in the Round of 16, where they lost to Belgium in extra time.

The U.S., which hosted the 2016 Copa America Centenario, reached the semifinals of that competition before falling to Argentina.

Klinsmann had been under the gun after the team lost two World Cup qualifiers in the space of five days to leave the side in the CONCACAF cellar with eight qualifying rounds to play.

After losing 2-1 to archrival Mexico in a Nov. 11 match in Columbus, Ohio, the U.S. men went on to suffer a 4-0 away drubbing at the hands of Costa Rica just four days later. EFE