Columbus Crew fires head coach Henrik Rydström after 14 league games, ending his first season with the club partway through the MLS calendar. Multiple reports say the decision comes less than halfway through the campaign and just before the league’s World Cup break. Sources describe the move as a result of the coach’s inability to deliver the performances the club expected during his brief tenure in charge. Rydström’s dismissal follows a period in which Columbus underperformed in league play, prompting the team to make a change ahead of the mid-season pause. The club is expected to move quickly to put an interim plan in place while it decides on next steps for the coaching staff and the remainder of the season. The reporting characterizes the departure as abrupt, given the short number of matches already completed, and frames it as a pragmatic response aimed at improving results going forward. Further details on the identity of an interim replacement and the club’s longer-term search are not confirmed across the accounts provided.