End soap operas in the US? Berhalter intends to return as a coach

The choice of USA is about to close the return of Gregg Berhalter as coach of the stars and stripes team, The Athletic portal confirmed this Thursday.

Although they are still discussing the final details, The Athletic indicated that Berhalter’s return as US coach is “imminent”. after months of soap opera about the team’s present and its future position in the 2026 World Cup that the US will co-host with Mexico and Canada.

After a scoop in The Athletic, the Univision network confirmed with its own sources the return of Berhalter, which was also revealed as the US and Mexico played this Thursday in the semifinal of the Concacaf Nations League in Las Vegas (USA). USA).

As US coach from 2019 to 2022, Berhalter won the Gold Cup and the first edition of the Concacaf Nations League in 2021 (he defeated Mexico in both finals).

Berhalter also qualified the very young US team for Qatar World Cup 2022where he fell in the round of 16 against the Netherlands, but the coach also found himself at the center of a strange scandal.

End of chaos?

The United States Soccer Federation (USSF) announced on January 3 that it has a investigation since they learned of an alleged incident of sexist violence in December Berhalter did.

The coach, whose contract expires after Qatar 2022, published a statement that day admitted that in 1991 he had a heated argument with his girlfriend and now wife Rosalindwhich ended up giving a “kick in the legs”.

“There are no excuses for my actions that night. It was an embarrassing moment that I still regret,” he said.

In that same statement, Berhalter maintained that during the Qatar appointment someone spoke to the USSF saying they “had information” about him that would “end” his career with the national team.

A day later, the person’s identity was revealed: Danielle Reyna, mother of Borussia Dortmund player Gio Reynawife of former player and former national team captain Claudio Reyna and has known the Berhalter couple for decades.

gio queen and Berhalter had a highly commented confrontation during the World Cup because, according to the player’s testimony in an Instagram message, the coach assured him before the tournament that he would have a “very limited” role

The young and talented footballer responded with disdain and little effort in training, so after the World Cup he apologized to his teammates and the coaching staff.

During the tournament, Claudio Reyna made clear his frustration about his son’s situation with the national team, telling the federation’s sporting director, Earnie Stewart, and the general manager of the men’s team, Brian McBride (both already outside the organization chart).

But what increases the level of The Queens offensive against the coach was the statements made by Berhalter on December 11who made sure to send a player home during the World Cup because of his lack of commitment.

Berhalter does not mention Gio Reyna but it is clear that he is referring to him, so Danielle Reyna decided to take action on this matter and that day he told Stewart on the phone what had happened in 1991.

“I find it unfair that Gio, who apologized for his inappropriate behavior regarding his minutes on the pitch, is still being dragged through the mud when Gregg asked for and received forgiveness for something more worse than he did at his own age.” Danielle Reyna said in a statement.

To curl the curl, Danielle Reyna was a roommate and very close friend of Rosalind Berhalter in 1991 while Claudio Reyna, Gregg Berhalter’s teammate on the US team in the 2002 World Cup, was the best man at the Berhalters’ wedding.

In recent months, while the Federation decided who the next coach would be, Anthony Hudson took over the US bench on an interim basis until a few weeks ago, when he left for Al-Markhiya SC in Qatar.

In this way, the US team now has a new interim coach: BJ Callaghan.