The North Carolina Courage played its first NWSL game Friday night since the sudden firing of head coach Sean Nahas two days earlier.

The North Carolina Courage clarified in a statement Friday night why they fired former head coach Sean Nahas, citing “confounding performance issues, culture issues, and a perceived lack of fit that created an environment that club leadership felt was untenable to the point that change was necessary at the head coaching position.”

A team spokesman for the NC Courage provided an updated statement on the firing of Sean Nahas. The Courage fell to the Houston Dash 2-1 Friday.