Gregg Berhalter is out as head coach of the United States men’s national team, the U.S. Soccer Federation announced Wednesday. Doug McIntyre of FOX Sports was the first to report the news.
The 50-year-old former USMNT player had been a lightning rod of controversy since late 2022 despite leading his country back to the FIFA Men’s World Cup and into the knockout stage of the tournament that year.
Despite a controversy surrounding midfielder Gio Reyna and his parents, Berhalter’s former USMNT teammate Claudio and longtime Berhalter family friend Danielle, after that World Cup run, Berhalter was re-hired to his job by new U.S. Soccer Federation sporting director Matt Crocker in June 2023. The U.S. had a mixed run of results in the 13 months since, however, capped off by a disastrous group stage exit in the 2024 Copa América on home soil.
Still, “FOX Soccer Now”‘s Melissa Ortiz said…
