Pour a little out for Miguel Herrera, Internet.
Mexico's soccer federation on Tuesday fired the passionate, madly gesticulating national-team coach whose sideline antics endeared him to Internet users during last summer's World Cup in Brazil.
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The timing of Herrera's sacking might seem odd at first blush. Mexico just beat Jamaica in Philadelphia to win the Gold Cup -- the biannual championship tournament for North America, Central America and the Caribbean -- on Sunday.
But there's this: Herrera allegedly attacked a journalist at the Philadelphia airport just hours after Mexico's Gold Cup win. Good times.
Christian Martinoli, a commentator for Mexico's TV Azteca, accused the 47-year-old Herrera of punching him while they waited in a TSA line at the airport on Monday. Martinoli says Herrera punched him in the neck, then challenged him to step outside the airport and have a proper fight. Again, good times.
Mexico star Giovani dos Santos reportedly posted a tweet congratulating Herrera for punching Martinoli on Monday before quickly deleting the message.
Giovani dos Santos felicitó a Miguel Herrera por su agresión contra Martinoli; minutos después, eliminó el tuit pic.twitter.com/E2xe2c3BBQ— DIARIO RÉCORD (@record_mexico) July 27, 2015
It's not clear what prompted the confrontation, and video has not emerged.
@salvadormeneses @MiguelHerreraDT @martinolimx we can not confirm an incident occurred. We do not have any video footage of the alleged...— PHLAirport (@PHLAirport) July 27, 2015
Video or not, Herrera's alleged assault was enough for federation president Decio de Maria to decide the coach's time had come.
"Matches never finish, and as public figures we have to keep that in mind," De Maria said in a statement released Tuesday. "Everyone has had an opinion but as I said, our values have to be kept and no one can be above the type of situation we saw on Monday at the Philadelphia airport."
El Tri, as the Mexican team is known, has had a tumultuous ride under Herrera, who lasted 37 total games after taking over the squad in 2013. El Tri just barely snuck into the 2014 World Cup but then performed well in Brazil to reach the knockout stage, where it lost to the Netherlands after a controversial call.
But it's OK -- Herrera may be gone from the Mexico national team but he'll always be a World Cup legend in our hearts. Let's relive the good times with the GIFs below.