FC Cincinnati players show support for Yoann Damet

It was just a snapshot but it wasn't hard to see what FC Cincinnati wants to focus on as it began Day 1 under interim coach Yoann Damet. “Everyone is laughing and smiling,” said forward Fanendo Ali. Alan Koch helped assemble this team and lead it from the United Soccer League to Major League Soccer. But he was fired Tuesday after the team sank to 2-7-2 with its fifth straight loss. But can Damet, a 29-year-old who's never been a head coach and never played professionally, put what are now his players in the right position and cultivate an identity? Those were among the chief issues that dogged Koch.