With the spread of COVID-19 pausing the 2020 MLS season indefinitely, the league’s teams have been settling in to their holding patterns to ride out the pandemic. For FC Cincinnati, this holding pattern has included a continuing search for a new head coach that is starting to center on individual candidates.



According to multiple sources with knowledge of the discussions, FC Cincinnati has identified LA Galaxy assistant Dominic Kinnear and former Dutch national team center back Jaap Stam as two candidates for its vacant head coaching position.



Cincinnati general manager Gerard Nijkamp told reporters on a conference call that the club hoped to have a coach in place by the time MLS resumes with a mini training camp. Nijkamp said the team had interviewed three candidates for the position.



“The coaching search is part of the challenge,” Nijkamp said. “If we don’t know when we restart this league, it will impact when we appoint...