The Houston Dash fired general manager Alex Singer on Thursday. The NWSL club said the search for a new general manager will begin immediately and no further details were provided.
The Dash currently sit in 12th place in the 14-team league, with just three wins in 16 games (3-8-5), and have been operating without head coach Fran Alonso for nearly a month.
Houston has repeatedly said in statements that Alonso has an illness, but has not provided further details.
Assistant Ricky Clarke has been the interim coach for the past three games, beginning with a June 28 loss to Kansas City Current. He is expected to be in charge again on Sunday when Houston hosts Tigres in the NWSL x Liga MX Summer Cup.
Singer, 36, took over in Houston on Aug. 24, 2022, and the Dash have since changed coaches. Later in 2022, Juan Carlos Amoros declined to accept the Dash's coaching job despite leading Houston to its first playoff appearance as interim coach.
Amoros joined NJ/NY Gotham FC in 2023 and won the 2023 NWSL Championship with the team.
Singer’s first hire as coach was longtime Seattle Reign FC assistant Sam Laity ahead of the 2023 season. Laity was fired before that campaign was complete, even though the Dash were still mathematically in playoff contention.
Alonso was hired in December, becoming the Dash's fifth coach since the start of 2022. His arrival in Houston was delayed by visa issues and he missed several weeks of preseason.
Just weeks into the season, winger Maria Sanchez demanded a trade shortly after signing what was, at the time, an NWSL record contract. She was then traded to the San Diego Wave for a total compensation of $500,000 before the NWSL transfer deadline in April.
Singer, a defender, played professionally in the United States, Australia, Sweden and Germany from 2006-2015, including a stint with the NWSL's Washington Spirit from 2014-2015. Prior to joining the Dash, she worked at the Octagon Sports Agency.
Information from Reuters was used in this story.
