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Major League Soccer champions Columbus Crew have parted company with German-born coach Sigi Schmid after he rejected a new deal.

“Sigi Schmid has formally declined our last contract offer and will not be returning as head coach of the Columbus Crew. Sigi was the ideal person to turn around our competitive program and create a championship mentality within our club,” the club said in a statement.

“As a result, we are well positioned moving forward and toward continued success. We respect his desire to seek the next challenge and wish him nothing but the best,” the statement added.

Schmid, 55, who moved to the United States in 1962, where after a spell as coach of the U.S Under-20 team, he took charge of the L.A Galaxy in 1999 before returning to the Under-20 team in 2005.

A year later he took over at the Crew and this season he guided them to their first MLS Cup triumph and won the 2008 Coach of the Year award.

Schmid’s assistant at the Crew, former Poland and Everton winger Robert Warzycha, is the early favourite to take the vacant position in Columbus.

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