Frank de Boer, former Atlanta United manager, is hired as the new coach of the Dutch national team. Know the details

Valentijn Driessen of Dutch media De Telegraaf reports that De Boer has been hired as the next head coach of the Netherlands national team and reports that he has reached an agreement with the Dutch for a contract that will run until mid-2022. The intention is for De Boer to lead the team to the UEFA European Championship next summer.

De Boer is scheduled to be introduced as the new Dutch coach by the end of this week or early next week at the latest. The following Friday, he will announce his first selection for the international matches against Mexico (a friendly) and the Nations League matches against Bosnia-Herzegovina and Italy next week.

De Boer is coming off a tumultuous run with Atlanta that saw him lead the Five Stripes to an Eastern Conference Championship appearance in 2019, when they lost to Toronto FC, but struggle out of the gate this season following a season-ending injury to star forward Josef Martinez before an anemic display at the MLS is Back Tournament in Orlando that led to his departure. He ended his tenure in MLS with 31W-19L-5D in 55 games.