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FC Cincinnati introduce manager Jaap Stam with wrong picture
FC Cincinnati made a bit of a blunder on social media while introducing its new coach.  Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports

FC Cincinnati introduce manager Jaap Stam with wrong picture

By Zac Wassink  |  Last updated May 21, 2020 4:52 PM ET

Major League Soccer side FC Cincinnati learned on Thursday that the Internet catches everything, and it never forgets.

As SB Nation's James Dator and Omnisport (h/t Yahoo Sports) noted, Cincinnati introduced former Holland defender Jaap Stam as their new manager. Stam, who played for European and Premier League giants Manchester United during his successful career, previously guided Reading, PEC Zwolle, and Feyenoord before joining the MLS outfit.

There was just one problem with Cincy's announcement: The club mistakenly used a picture of Ajax youth coach Tinus van Teunenbroek:

Two important things to note are that Cincinnati eventually got it right, and MLS Twitter got to have some fun at the club's expense:

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Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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