When Jermaine Jones joined Central Valley Fuego FC as its coach last November, the pairing carried clear upside for the former U.S. men’s national team midfielder and the club. He had longed, sometimes publicly, for a chance to be a head coach, and Fuego needed a splash to gain fans and to reasonably compete in the third-division USL League One.
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Yet nearly a year later, fractures between Jones and the club’s players have led to discipline for the coach that before now has not been publicized, and an investigation that revealed clear mistrust within the league’s ranks.
According to documentation reviewed by The Athletic, Jones was suspended through the end of
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