Crew SC is looking for a new assistant coach halfway through the season. Mike Matkovich has decided to step down from his post with the club due to health and personal reasons.

Coach Caleb Porter told the Dispatch Tuesday night that Matkovich, a first-year coach with the Crew, is no longer with the club and the Crew will be hiring an assistant coach to replace Matkovich.

Matkovich was not on the sidelines for the Crew’s Tuesday night match against the Pittsburgh Riverhounds in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

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“He’s not going to be continuing with our staff due to personal/health issues,” Porter said. “We’ll be effectively looking for and interviewing new assistant coaching candidates. We already have been doing that.”

Matkovich was hired onto Porter’s first staff in Columbus in January after spending the past eight years in the youth ranks with the Chicago Fire Juniors Club. He also had seven years of prior experience as an MLS assistant coach with Toronto FC, Chivas USA and the Chicago Fire.

Ezra Hendrickson, former Crew player who has seven years of MLS assistant coaching experience, was seen at one of the Crew’s training sessions last week. He last coached for the Los Angeles Galaxy last season under Sigi Schmid.

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