TONIGHT ON THE PITCH NEW MEXICO UNITED AND EL PASO FACING ONE ANOTHER AT THE LAB THAT WAS THE BIG STORY UNTIL JUST AFTER 10 P.M. WHEN THE CLUB ANNOUNCED THAT HEAD COACH AND TECHNICAL DIRECTOR ZACK PRINCE IS LEAVING HIS POSITION. THE MOVE WAS ANNOUNCED IN A PRESS CONFERENCE POST-GAME JUST MINUTES AGO WITH PRINCE AND OWNER AND CEO PETER TRAVIS. PRINCE SAYS THE OPPORTUNITY HE’S BEEN OFFERED IS IN ANOTHER POSITION AND IN A DIFFERENT LEAGUE. HE WAS JUST THE SECOND HEAD COACH IN CLUB HISTORY, REPLACING TROY LARSON WHEN HE LEFT FOR THE NEW YORK RED BULLS ORGANIZATION IN 2021. PRINCE HAD BEEN A PART OF THE UNITED ORGANIZATION SINCE ITS INAUGURAL SEASON IN 2019. WHOEVER YOU KNOW, ENDS UP TAKING OVER, THEY HAVE A VERY SPECIAL GROUP. THERE’S SO MUCH LOVE IN THAT LOCKER ROOM. AND SO SO MUCH HARD WORK IN THAT THEY THIS GROUP OF PLAYERS EXEMPLIFIES OUR ETHOS. IT’S IT’S EXACTLY WHAT OUR ETHOS IS. AND THAT WAS DEFINITELY THE HARDEST DECISION. 100% IS THOSE GUYS IN THERE THAT STAFF AND THEIR I SEE THE WORK THAT THEY PUT IN EVERY DAY AND MAN THAT MADE THIS DECISION INCREDIBLY, INCREDIBLY HARD. BUT I’M SO THANKFUL FOR MY TIME HERE. I’M THANKFUL FOR YOU GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE THE HEAD COACH. WELL, PRINCE DID GET EMOTIONAL IN THAT PRESS CONFERENCE. AS I SAID, HE HAD BEEN A PART OF THE UNITED ORGANIZATION AS AN ASSISTANT COACH SINCE ITS INAUGURAL SEASON IN 2019. LAST SEASON WAS HIS FIRST SEASON AS A HEAD COACH, PETER TREVISAN SAID DURING THAT PRESS CONFERENCE THAT AN ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE MA