Gio Reyna was ALMOST SENT HOME?! Gregg Berhalter protecting himself?! | ESPN FC
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- Опубліковано 10 гру 2022
- On ESPN FC, the entire panel try to dissect Gregg Berhalter’s comments about a player on the USMNT who was almost sent home, with many hinting that it was Gio Reyna.
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Why did he even mention this? What’s his goal here, to get ahead of anything Gio might say about him ?
GGG has to protect his own ego, so he'll happily throw players under the bus.
I think he's trying his best to get another contract coaching with USA national team.
Because he’s been absolutely dragged for not playing Reyna
@@yoinksp8972 if that was his objective, he should not have even mentioned it. All he got from his speech at the Leadership council was that he was a poor leader
He didn't mention him by name us soccer did
Should of left this in house. Gregg needs to go no matter who it’s about
Agreed.
To a degree I agree but it’s human nature to want to keep ur job. Gregg needed to put out an explanation
Watch, it's not even Reyna, just trying to make himself look good. It's about Long lol
@@hankshepherd2310 true but Reyna is a young player who's very well regarded. It amazes me that Greg thought people would take his side
transparency is why we HAVE to know ... the coach protected him in WC but there is a time for consequences.
I just don't want Berhalter to be the coach. Can we move on? and no more mls coaches please
yes, 100%
Straight up
No Berhalter made the right call. Entitled Reyna should have not pouted. It's his age nonetheless Reyna will hopefully learn from this. Berhalter is not the future, but he did his job and we should move on.
Jesse Marsch
@@chrisginoc his subs sucked and his tactics in the round of 16 played right into the hands of the Netherlands
If we had a credible federation, they would have put Gregg on the plane.
I think the article should be read maybe your opinion you’ll change. The whole team was upset by his actions, Gregg getting on a plane wouldn’t fix that gio had somehow lost his teammates as well
@@andrewtaylor2384 , Berhaltrer is a third rate coach who is stubborn and will throw everyone else under the bus. Gio or no Gio, Berhalter attitude towards other players including Brooks all point to Berhalter and his Ego. With B its always someone else's fault or problem.
@@andrewtaylor2384 That’s what Gregg said. Great managers don’t bench wild players they channel them
@@andrewbradley3305 Ronaldo got benched lmao you can’t put up with bs from players
@@christian-gu5oq Ronaldo is almost 40 and terribly past it. Gio Reyna is bigger, more important, more valuable and more impactful to us soccer than mediocre at absolute best berhalter. Morocco chose their “stubborn star players with attitude problems” over their own mediocre Bosnian gregg berhalther coach and look how Morocco are doing now
Can you imagine the twitter melt down if Gregg had just sent Gio home before the World Cup even kicked off?
Gregg actually handled it well surprisingly.
@@yuriydee yes, publicly throwing your best attacking player under the bus to deflect after crashing out of the WC is very mature of a middle aged man.
@@u4eahh2 Yeah he did it after and not during the WC. It woulod have been way more controversial to send Gio home during the WC. US crashed out because thats the level of the team, theyre not better than Netherlands.
@@yuriydee how about don't send him home and play him regardless? If he wanted to punish him, maybe bench him for a game. You don't bench him for pretty much the entire tournament.
@@LilRedRasta I suspect that Pulisic didn't want Gio near the starting XI, Captain America ain't having a power struggle. This squad wasn't big enough for two of them so Gregg had to choose one
ultimately he's a 19 year old kid, still has a lot of room to grow
Keep that same energy in all sports. Hate old heads judging young heads. They'll grow up eventually.
20 now
@@noting7678 you were mature and in full control of your emotions at 20. Good for you. I know I wasn't.
But he was in a "senior" team, so he should have shown a much more professional attitude. This explains why he was kept off the XI and only was subbed on for maybe a total of 25 minutes.
Bellingham is 19...look how he behaves. Reyna isn't good enough to act like a diva.
I’m not buying that the whole team was against gio, I think Greg is still lying like when he said gio was hurt
If he is we'll hear about it.
But you also clearly haven't realized that if Berhalter was lying it was probably to cover this.
And I'm not sure sure o nthwt anyway since Reyna didn't look at all like himself when he palyed.
Only the mls guys who wants Gregg back lol
Who cares it’s prolly the mls guys who are jealous of gio
No Gregg wouldn’t lie about that because he knows the team could come out and say he’s lying. I think the team was against it because he wasn’t trying
The whole team being against Reyna is the spin Berhalter wants to put on it. That it was a team decision. I doubt that is the truth. Reyna can have a personality issue as we have seen that in the past, but we have never heard of this type of thing happening at Dortmund. Does Reyna have a lack of respect for GGG?
Possibly.
Can we also talk about how Gregg Berhalter did Pepi Ricardo wrong. He should have been on the roster because he helped the USA qualify to go to the World Cup
@Lul Shield ggg sucks reyna starts for the second best team in germany i really think there is something in the past between gregg and claudio if he was not putting in enough effort then why select him look geo dose it on the field and thats what counts ggg played him in the wrong position all along ggg is like my high school basketball ball coach who knew nothing about basketball but was are coach even though he was a college baseball player make sense of that
The van gaal of North America, clearly he doesn't like hispanic players
@@tralalaman3173 dont have to jump ahead towards racism where no evidence supports that, gregg made some controversial choices.
To be fair he was trash before the World Cup pre friendly games pefok should of got the call tbh
@@kingt4239 Reyna starts for the 6th best team in Germany as of rn.
Why does Stevie love GGG so much? Every time he says its not ggg fault, its someone else
Stevie is wrong. Gregg is terrible at talent selection, tactics, and molding the two together. Why we are in a 4-3-3 of all formations absolutely evades me.
Your job as manager is to get your XI best players on the field. It’s not that hard… make it work!
We don’t have a true #9, so why Force one? Play Gio as the 10 in a diamond midfield and let Christian and Tim play how they play best, cutting in from the wing.
Gio knows he is one of, if not THE best player in the pool. Gregg leaving him out is a worthy reason to be pissed, especially if he is fully healthy. I’d be slacking too if I knew I wasn’t in the plans despite being a major talent and earlier lynchpin in the starting XI only to have an MLS simpleton with no tactical variety sit me on the biggest stage in the world.
Gio has shown his abilities constantly in national team caps. He had been injured, but apparently was completely healthy. So what is the stick up Gregg’s @$$?
It doesn't matter how good the player is you cant let him scape all punishment especially if it is disrupting the team. You can tell it was even bigger than yall think because the WHOLE TEAM was ready to let him leave. I get that people don't like Berhalter, i don't like him either but just because you don't like a coach doesn't mean u look past everything. Reyna has had these attitude problems for awhile now and was rightfully punished for that
Who is he better than in the starting lineup? He is not head and shoulders better than anyone. Pulisic? No. Weah. No. McKennie? No. Adams? No. Musah? Maybe but two different types of players so its based on strategy. Do you want more offense and a player that does not press/defend or another central midfielder that will do everything and work hard. Gio as a false 9 is not what the team plays and would likely lead to Gio getting upset for lack of service and poor passes from his teammates. The team does not need to bend over backwards to accommodate this kid.
Berhalter brought it up to help save his job. Everyone’s talking about why Gio didn’t play and coming after his job, so I see it as Berhalter trying to deflect and explain something away to get the best off him.
He doesn't need this to "help save his job." The management of US Soccer is well aware of the situation. This was a way of letting everyone else know why the prima donna didn't play when every talking head in front of a camera was screaming for Gio. Now we know and multiple reports are coming out indicating that Gio had lost the locker room and that he was developing problems at Dortmund as well. Gio is a spoiled 20 year old that has been given a world of opportunity just because of who his dad is and what positions his dad has held (i.e. NYCFC director).
@@EdwardBartelliterally what problems at dortmund are you talking about?
@@EdwardBartel Tell me you don't watch Soccer without telling me you don't watch soccer.
Gregg is gone, he broke the locker room code, what player will trust him now?
@@EdwardBartel found Berhalter’s burner account… dude what are you on about?
Or maybe it is true?
There are a few different press conferences where you can see Gio laughing at Greg almost
I didn't see that but can understand if he did. Nonsense GB spewed on a regular basis was incredible. The smug posturing was hilarious, from a coach who has never won a thing. USSF has no credibility.
Sometimes in the story, there are no good guys. That’s what people fail to grasp here.
@@dipthongthathongthongthong9691 But one of them has to play. :D
@@natashakuzmanoska9656 Correct. Just as everyone in the orchestra has to play. And the conductor needs to conductor. If Gio refused to play the right notes, which is what appears to be the case, then he needed to be sat down. 😊
We all were laughing a ggg
He hit the nail on the head when talking about Managing. There's more to it.
I would be hesitant to place all the blame on Gio until hearing his side of things. I know from personal experience coaches here in the U.S. sometimes can have their biases and like to flex their power over certain individuals. I went through something similiar where a coach just didn't like me and favored politics and personal bias over performance and merit. At that point you see what's going on and lash out and than of course the coach is going to protect himself.
This! 👏
Yes thank you. That was all I needed to hear.
I think this could be similar to the John Brooks situation. I thought that if the guys really wanted him on the team, he’d be on the team. There’s a power dynamic on that team of a group of players, which could also explain the sudden inclusion of their longtime childhood teammate Haji Wright instead of Pefok or Pepi. Gregg still has to go, but if the “leadership council” has a part in all the bs going on, they’re all gonna have to work on it rather than just kicking players out.
I equate leaving John Brooks home, to leaving Donovan home a couple of World Cups ago. Been following the team for over 30 years. The two worst blunders ever! John Brooks is the best defender they have EVER had. Period!
@@eddieluvski4499 I disagree a little bit only because we saw the John Brooks thing from coming from miles away so it was massively downplayed, very different news waves compared to Donovan
@@joey3870 All that aside, leaving Donovan home, our best player in the US at the time, made zero sense. Literally like leaving Messi home. As for Brooks, he is still the best defender I have ever seen playing for the US. Last time I checked, the World Cup is about bringing the best players each country has to offer. It’s frustrating to watch.😳🇺🇸⚽️🏆
@@eddieluvski4499 Brooks is not the best defender we've ever had LMAO. Also, Donovan being left out is not the same as Brooks. Not even close. Get a clue.
@@eddieluvski4499 i disagree too. Donovan is definitely my favorite USMNT player of all time but he was not our best player at the time. Maybe in terms of legacy-yes but in terms of quality and form that year-no.
Still wish he could have went though 🥺 we really could've used him for depth and leadership
goodbye greg
If its Reyna vs Berhalter, get BERHALTER OUTTA HERE ASAP
Reyna or berhalter… it dont matter usmnt is straight trash.
@@Yoooooson what’cha smokin there el chapo? are we not meeting our quota again this evening and taking in our own brand??
It was Reyna vs the whole team, read the entire quote. ESPN didn't show it all.
Even if it's not, get GGG out ASAP
10000%
Gio is gonna say he was trying his hardest and Berhalter was against him. Berhalter will say dude wasn’t trying. None of the other players will corroborate either side so in the end who loses is the USMNT not getting one of their best players on the pitch for whatever reason.
I don't believe it. Greg told him straight up before the tournament he wasn't gonna play. Which is wild.
Boy Greg sure can not handle anything. Incredible way to handle it. Essentially dividing your team before a major tournament. Not taking the initiative himself to correct the issue and take the heat for it if it came to it. Man is saying these things so he can deflect from how bad he can manage players and the game. This is supposed to stay in the locker room. And he broke the number 1 rule.
Exactly. And Gregg can save all of us that "Oh, this discussion was suppose to be off the record" nonsense! He knew exactly what he was doing.
Not to mention that this will ruin reyna’s life. His family will be under scrutiny and for what? They did not do anything and I do not think that Gio Reyna is a bad person either. If I was a USA Coach, I would just put him in and play him in the field because I know he has potential and I know that he will want to be able to show it to his team.
Reyna is the best player with Pulisic in this US team. He was always a nice guy at Dortmund, cant imagine he caused trouble or something. Think was a personal issue from Berhalter.
Doesn't appear he's anywhere close to the best player with his 30 minutes on the field. Don't have any reference other than his appearance in the Netherland game.
No he wasn’t trying in practice
@@christian-gu5oq there countless examples of players that don't "try" in practice who then are amazing in games.
Ronaldinho, Ronaldo Nazario, Michael Owen, Romário, Gary Lineker, Rooney, Sócrates, José Manuel Moreno, Dimitar Berbatov. George Best, Mesut Ozil, Carlos Kaiser
Ledley King couldn't even train due to injuries but swam and was a brilliant player.“It’s crazy that you can not train once all week and then come in on a Saturday and be the best player,” Harry Redknapp marvelled in 2011.
John Sheridan was allowed Mondays off to recover from Drinking, some players have to be indulged by a manager.
A manager shouldn't leak this to the press, players fight often and it doesn't get leaked, incidents happen, infidelities, arguments some players hate each other. A quality manager can deal with this, Gregg isn't one as this was all leaked.
@@livman9095 He was deployed as a false 9, wasn't he? He's literally never played that position before. It's like putting Pulisic at right wing back. You're setting him up to fail.
@@megamonster1234 Bingo! As the OP said, it was a personal issue. Could you imagine Gio playing his regular position and scoring two goals while the US STILL lose? Man, folks would have a field day!! No, Gregg thought they were done anyway, so he played him out of position so he could say "Look, I played Reyna and he did zilch!".
why is berhalter still yapping? i'd think he'd be dismissed by now
Rumor is that US Soccer fed is trying to keep him around for another 4 years. Fkn kill me...
Dude has to go … adios
The cycle is over! I do not want to hear from Gregg any longer. His story has changed 3 times now. There's no history of Gio acting out. If he was acting out maybe it's because he wasn't being played. I truly think it bothers him that most of these players are at a higher level than he ever reached. These players don't respect Gregg.
I agree we don’t need Gregg in anymore but just because you’re not playing doesn’t give you the right to act petty and not put in effort, and why would you be surprised you’re not playing if you’re acting like that
What's the evidence of the players not respecting Berhalter? actual question.
The squad turned against Reyna...
@@75dobs during qualifying (after the Honduras match) I think lol. The result was horrible. Gregg was still starting guys like Llget and Zardes a lot. A reporter interviewed Pulisic and his response was "it's time for new tactics." That's the match that put our qualifying in limbo. Comments like that have been made by the top level players. They realize he's hindering them.
@@saucemandan7961 first of all this hasn't been corroborated by anyone. Gregg had a couple different stories as to why Gio didn't play at first. Gio clarified he was healthy via Twitter and I'm sure that pissed Gregg off. Gregg got drilled in the media over sitting Gio. Now he's saying this, but not naming a player. Finally if he's benched due to behavior why is he being used as a tactical sub? His excuse was he didn't want the media attention, but he was already getting attention for not playing him. It doesn't add up.
By the end of this episode Reyna getting blamed like this was confirmed it may well be him but at least have some threshold of evidence before putting the man picture up
I'm also mad that berhalter didn't get pepi too. He backstabbed pepi. Fire berhalter now!
100%
Reyna played for 45 min & was unimpressive. He’s not the aggressive attacker these people are hanging their hats on. Hope Solo had attitude issues but she delivered on the field.
still 100x better than Ferreira who was completely invisible and was like playing only 10 men on the field
@@porddaedright gio absolutely smoked the dutch. you gio fanboys are insane.
So Gio Reyna gives 100 % at his club team and plays well enough to be considered the most talented American player, but he causes problems at his first World Cup when his talents were going to be on display for the whole world? Something stinks here and I am not sure I completely believe Berhalter.
Yep, the MMA midfield proved to be a success while Gio was injured and the WC is not the time to experiment with what is working. Same with Weah on the left and Pulisic on the right.
It’s 100% on Reyna, you could see the lack of effort off ball vs Netherlands and then there’s a clip of him pouting around while the team celebrated qualifying to the round of 16.
He has to fight for a spot in Borussia, because nobody sees him as a savior or the most talented like they do in the US.
12 career goals for club in 4 seasons
Yes he is the greatest in our team😂
He has skill we are still yet to see it be consistent
You can hate on Berhalter and love Reyna all you want, but any divide in the locker room cannot be tolerated.
Berhalter has the ego of Pep with the tactical acumen of Klinsman.
Berhalter forgave McKennie partying with Pulisic's sis so what are you talking about? Isn't there a double standard?
@@romulodelmendo8361 Where did you hear it was Pulisic's sister?
@@sebastianblack6506 Klinsmanns tactics blows Berhalters out of the water
@@sebastianblack6506 I am just saying maybe that happened-- again. Berhalter won't say what player and what specific conduct other than some vague reference to a scrimmage. Maybe McKennie was partying too hard and was tired.
You lose players confidence with media outings like these
This makes Gregg look so much worse. Now that he is detached from Gio he of course comes out and says this. Its childish and egotistical and unfortunately typical of Gregg Berhalter. He's a coach who thinks he is way better than he actually is. He needs to go immediately
This makes Reyna look so much worse.
He's not a great coach, but based on statements a player was clearly causing a stir and most people on the team wanted to see them gone. Team chemistry is huge and when someone makes a stir, like Ronaldo, it can really mess up team balance and make you lose concentration and the match.
@@lucidwater_h2o460 most teammates wanted him gone? you spoke with any of them?
@@wheelz114 yeah, the vote is pure hearsay and some of the agents confirmed this didn't even happen.
i'd rather have sent berhalter home than reyna
Delusion
Sort seems like there are 2 factions inside the team. Guys who play in Europe vs. The MLS guys. One of these factions is not like the other.
MLS guys were just in Qatar to hang out by the pool
GB has got to go, if the heads of the USSF don’t fire him then the USSF needs to start firing their directors.
I would send back the coach, who was holding our team back. A coach who was afraid to attack, to play offensive because he didn't trust in the talent. You go to the WC to win as many games as possible. Now that's from the outside, I don't what happen inside.
Well, if Gio doesn't want to be a sub (maybe Greg wanted him as a supersub). In one of the previous videos I wrote that Pulisic can't have even a shade of some power struggle now, he needs to be the only leader of the team
A coach who was afraid to attack?? Tell me you didn’t watch the games without telling me.
I agree w/ Stevie. Responsibility is to team.
Gio doesn’t really change anything for us in this World Cup but if he learns then he could be so important in 2026
The fact the Berhalter is changing the story again is hella fishy. Idk what’s true, but the real fact is that the USMNT should look for a foreign coach who knows how to win/handle situations in the locker room, and Reyna should in the starting 11. Period
Gregg said Gio was injured to prevent the real story (of him slow walking a training match and getting lit up by his teamates) from coming out. Still very bad for Gregg to reference the situation publicly, with some flimsy veneer of anonymity.
why foreign? maybe we should look for some foreign players that know how to win? we are not a soccer country, but yet everyone gets disappointed when we lose. like face it, we not beating the Netherlands. they are the 8th ranked country in the world. we are not that level
You could also argue that Berhalter DID win the situation in the locker room. He managed a successful world cup for the USMNT DESPITE their star player causing unnecessary drama. Gio needs to grow up.
Jesse Marsch should be our next coach
Klinsmann set us back almost a decade. Bringing in foreign coaches and players is what leads to problems. This team has barely played with one another. A bunch of key players were not even classified as Americans until the last year or two so they have no experience growing up and playing with the other players. They play in Europe so at times its hard to get them to play for friendlies. I think we did really good for how young this team is and how little they have played with one another. As far as a starting 11 who do you bench? Do you play Reyna instead of Musah so you have a player with a bad attitude that won't press or track back and defend? Playing Pulisic, Weah, and Reyna who do not defend is going to lead to problems. Even if Reyna is in form and doing his best just for team balance I don't think you go with him unless he plays as a false 9 but Berhalter prefers a 9 so with everyone healthy Reyna's only spot is centrally as an attacking midfielder. No way he is good enough that he deserves a guaranteed start and for the reasons I already went over it makes perfect sense to start Musah.
Berhalter is not qualified to coach USMNT. Clearly. Gio knows this. His attitude reflected how the rest of the team felt. Gregg was hired by the corrupt USSF to promote trash MLS. Gio stood up to that. Thank you Gio.
Ale is here ignoring how corrupt the USSF is. Ignoring what a horrible coach Gregg is.
Wasn’t Berhalter telling him to tell the press he was injured…when he wasn’t?
Probably for this reason. Look, if our most talented player hasn't grown up, then he needs to grow up. Plain and simple. A new coach is definitely needed to get a fresh start with this young talent, but it isn't going to happen. MLS quotas on the USMNT is a big priority and Berhalter was very faithful at doing it, so, believe me, he will do another 4 years. Enjoy.
Greg was covering for him. He didn't want all this to get out that he has a shitty attitude. Greg was protecting him by lying.
@@roaches23 You're probably right. There is also Reyna's side of the story. Do we know what that is? What if Reyna was not cool with having to play with MLS players that can't play at this level? That is a possibility too.
@@fisterhr Either way he needs to show up and put his head down and train hard, then prove his skill on the pitch. Not the other way around.
@@fisterhr I mean Dest is playing at a higher level than Reyna and he has no problem with playing with MLS players. And he left it all out on the field. He could barely walk after the Netherlands game
Whether Reyna or Berhalter looks bad in this situation the reality is that Reyna is a young talent that is going to play for a lot time. If Berhalter can’t get along then he’s got to go (he has to go anyway because he’s just not good). The players that are going to give the us the best chance of competing with other nations are going to stay and Reyna is one of those players. I’d be pretty peeved too if I played for dortmund yet I was on the bench for Ferreira who is garbage
Ya but if everyone on the team hates him and he’s not coachable then coach did the right thing not playing him
I would be pissed as a player or a coach if the lazy guy in practice got starting positions over other players. Especially for a tournament that only happens once every 4 years.
@SuperBomberman007 we know Reyna has had injury issues. Yeah i can see him holding back. Against a meaning less scrimmage. And i would expect a coach to understand that players situation. If ggg felt he wasn't 100. Leave him at home
Berhalter changed the whole tactical approach of the team starting after their loss to TnT. We have developed into a team that creates opportunities in the box. Do you know how many times I watched possessions squandered in the last 30 years? DeMarcus Beasley a legit goal scorer? Gtfoh. You don't have a clue what.youre talking about..
Or maybe not at all.
Still bums me out we didn't get to see him play definitely needed him
He played the 2nd half against Netherlands
@@AdamdiditSeriously. It's almost like these people didn't even watch the game. Reyna played the entire 2nd half.
He played the entire half… with his head down
@@johnnybgood1169 He played the second half in a losing battle in a position he literally doesn't play. He's not a 9 for fucks sake. He got thrown in so idiots like you would say he got playing time
maybe you didn't notice him playing because he wasn't any good.
He probably ask Gregg to consider playing him in the middle
Hmmmmm didn’t hear anything like this happening at dortmund.
I blame Roldan. His job was to be a lockeroom guy. His job to make sure this doesn't happen
Goofy ahh
😂 our Sounders boys can only do so much, this seems to have started well before the world cup bro
WAIT! So it is not confirmed it was Reyna, but ESPN is reporting it as if it was.
For those of us who know people within US soccer, there have been stories about Gio Reyna being a head case well before his time with the senior team. U17s to be exact. Berhalter’s management ability might be lacking as well. Two things can be true at once you know.
Great managers don’t bench head cases you channel them
@@andrewbradley3305 not ones that don’t try it practice that’s some ba
@@christian-gu5oq Hazard would do the exact same thing and was belgiums best player
@@christian-gu5oq Romario was Barcelona's top scorer and hardly practiced, Ronaldinho won a Ballon d'or while barely practicing, the only training Ledley King was allowed to do was swimming, yet when matchday came he was the best player on the team. There's countless cases like that and countless managers who were able to still get the best out of players like these. If you're ready to give up on your most talented player go ahead but a good manager can still get the best out of him, I never heard a BVB manager having a problem with him.
@@christian-gu5oq don’t put them in the game when you need two goals. That validate a head cases position that he doesn’t have press or work hard or pick up Pennie’s after practice. It’s obvious when chips were down berhalter needed him.
The old Scottish guy is out of touch at 4:50 saying he handled this the right way. He almost handled it the right way. Airing out the laundry so close to the USMNT elimination screams trying to find a job somewhere else. If it’s an integrity thing; You either send him home at the start or keep him and don’t air your dirty laundry. Reyna is wrong here but it’s clueless to say the manager handled it perfectly well.
didn't even bother to listen to the video as Steve Nicol talks out of his @ss
Typical Gregg always letting his feelings get on the way of what’s best for TEAM
Of course GGG going to make himself the victim. He cost the USA possibly advancing all because he didn't know how to manage a 19 year old. If Gio was that much of a problem why did GGG play him at all?
if a player is Showing the least Amount of effort. So little that he had to apologize to the team and the team called him out on it. He should start? Make this make sense
Football players are always the victim nowadays, I mean...look at Paul Pogba, what a victim he's been.
@@darwinLee81283 did you believe Gregg when he lied about gio having an injury?
So Gregg cut off his nose to spite his face. Sitting your best attacking player when you’re struggling to generate goals during the biggest tournament on the planet is asinine.
Gregg should go for leaking this and not keeping this in-house. This is not how you man manage players.
He's broke the code and alos put shade on all players including Gio, there was no reason whatsoever to say this other than trying to cover yourself.
If the US leadership council is behind this they need to look at themselves and understand why they think booting a player is better than pulling a player onside if they are unhappy with a scrimmage.
The player does potentially have responsibility, but that player doesn't have any right to respond and now their is this needless speculation.
If it were really up to the group, they would have sent Berhalter home before Reyna, surely...😶
They voted 13 for him to stay and 12 for him to go home so no
@@eresendiz73 I see we have a literalist in the audience...😶
Wow!! Imagine being so stubborn that you purposely won't start one of your best players. Greg has to go! Gio won't respond to him going forward and you don't want to have one of your best players at a young age that can produce magic on the filed frustrated at the coaching team.
I am done with Gregg. Even if this is all true, it's Gregg's failure as a leader. If it's not true, he's a liar trying to save himself.
i have doubts that it was put on the players to make the vote. Its a Beerholder soundbite. If ever there was a vote, it was Beerholders men (assistant coaches, etc)
apparently gio acted like a child and his daddy cried to eric wynalda. he's not messi, he's 20 years old and hasn't accomplished anything in his career. you just like complaining.
ESPN FC covering for GGG as usual.
Greg having already made up his mind that Gio was going to be limited shows exactly why we lost to Holland, why we tied Wales & England. It's because Greg has a mentality of his way or the highway. He's unwilling to change tactics even though they're clearly not working. On top of that Greg has built a culture of favoritism towards certain players and the relationships amongst those players. You don't leave any decision to the team. Your paid to be the Manager. So make those decisions amongst your coaching staff not the players. This has the build up of a toxic culture thats been around US Soccer for YEARS. Greg has got to GO!!!!
Coach/Manger is not bigger than the team making the next round. If we're saying that due to a bad attitude, we didn't put the best talent that would give us the best chance to win...well, then the coach/manager has a lot to learn. This is not AYSO good attitudes are great, but talent is more important. It's about the manager to "manage" that situation.
Playing a player that is causing division would not give us the best chance to win. And he did manage the situation. He put the team first and they played like a team. Good world cup for the USMNT. Proud of them. Onus is on Gio to not make this mistake again.
@@LtDangle911 We failed. USSF didn't tell GB the bar was quarterfinals (2002) when it should have been. And now because the bar was so low we're stuck with another 4 years of GB? We're hosed.
@4:30 Stevie, Stevie, Stevie,...You REALLY want to get Gio's side of this on record? Lololo...
No, you really don't.
I don’t like berhalter and want him out. but if what’s being reported is true and not only berhalter but multiple senior members of the SQUAD (his peers) had an issue, then berhalter is right in this situation. Reyna need to look in the mirror talented player but this is a wake up call
Take it with an extreme grain of salt, because there are members of that squad who don’t have the larger perspective and feel Greg does a good job when he doesn’t. If Gio was a distraction it is because Greg made him a distraction by lying about him being injured.
I agree tbh.
There were also rumors that the European based players weren’t happy with his game management. I think a lot of stuff happened behind the scenes. Berhalter needs to be gone.
Who were the players who came out and said he was doing great for the team. Only one side did and that was from mls
@@nFWAYGo if that's the case then that's all you need to know right there
"To protect himself. " ie, berhalter put himself above the team
The goal of all Coaches around the world to raise the trophy, except the US coach his goal was just to get to the round of 16th, Gregg Berhalter failed, his grade is F. He should go.
By that logic every coach that doesn’t win the trophy failed and had a miserable WC
@@guillermoalvarez9400 I think you missed understanding me, I said the goal, the hope of every coaches to try to raise the trophy, us coach didn’t have this hope from the beginning!
@@amanalfykhaleel while I agree that about Gregg, I don’t think every other country thinks winning the cup is realistic. Every coach hopes to win, but realistically a lot of countries are happy just to get to round of 16, maybe some just happy for quarters or semi, and some are just happy to get points vs a top team, like Saudi vs Argentina
Years as a pro with dortmund and zero problems… coach seems like he took it personally
I hate that coaches have this much power over players at the international level.
It is in the job description. The coach manages the team - who plays and who doesn't.
Lol who’s picking the team then ? Do the team pick the team ? How deluded are you ?
Gio > Gregg
What was the groups vote to have gb as coach?
I read gio had to get up and apologize to everyone like he was a little kid.
I’m not sure if gio is a problem or not. I’d like to hear it from others… gb is clearly incapable of dealing with off the field issues. Never mind that fact he can’t figure out on the field things. 🙄
When he came on in the last game , you could see he was maybe a bit off it speed & conditioning wise. But he was the best at driving the Ball forward and most importantly his final ball was far better than, all other forwards
Even if this is true, Gregg looks like a coward trying to cya after the fact. Maybe his brother has enough influence to get him a contract again, I sure hope not. I’ll still go to watch the USMNT next time they are in town, and I will happily boo when they announce Gregg’s name.
Keep Reyna fire nepotism hire Berhalter, Gio the future, GGG is the mediocre past.
Bring back klinsman
Where is the full story?
Should of been starting it showed when he came on vs the Netherlands
It seems to me that there's more to the story here. I don't know Reyna personally, but if his attitude was such an issue why have there been no issues at Dortmund? His teammates at Dortmund seem to love him. It doesn't add up, but I'll tell you what... Berhalter seems to often have rifts that are created with players... Brooks and Hoppe come to mind. Are we sure that it's Gio and not Berhalter that's the problem here?
hoppe liked something criticizing berhalter i think
There have been issues at Dortmund. Just saying...
I don't think Gregg and Hoppe really had a rift. Hoppe was mad about coming out, Gregg told him to sit down and the player that replaced Hoppe, set up the winning goal. Hoppe still started the next match in the Gold Cup final. It's not Gregg's fault Hoppe and Brooks have barely played for their clubs in the last year.
Spot on. Haaland even nicknamed him the “American Dream”. But this issues keep happening with our better players. They probably questioning his tactics or more like the lack of it. N GGG looking for a way to gaslight the player
With respect to Brooks; Brooks was giving away too many easy goals on one-on-ones to keep around for much longer. It started as far back as the two matches against Costa Rica and Mexico under Klinsmann then got worse.
We need another foreign coach like Klinsmann who knows what we need to do in order to beat the best. There simply are no American coaches currently available who are good enough to take this team to that next step
Did Klinsmann do better than Berhalter?
100%. US Soccer will continue to suck unless they do something different. Reyna is just a scapegoat for Berhalter not living up to expectations. It's BS and alot of CYA
@@LtDangle911 I'd argue that he did in a way as he brought in a lot of fresh blood and talent. Was he prefect, no. But he was what the US needed at the time to shake things up.
thats nonsense.
there are currently no American coaches good enough to coach American players. come on man. Netherlands were ranked number 8 in the world. You coulda brought in both Pep and Mourinho and we still losing 3-1. you can't turn water into wine. we are a young and promising team. but when it comes with competing against the top class countries, we are still a level below. thats just the facts.
This is hard to watch. Stevie is barely senile here. He doesn’t even remember Gio’s name.
So Gregg wanted him out of camp because attitude or whatever reason but then lost his principles just enough to play him 27 min in pool play? Why not take a stand and not play him and explain up front why? The "13-12 vote" to keep him in camp sounds made up as well but nobody would know results if done blindly except Gregg. So let's quote the max number against Gio but allows him to stay in camp. Could have been Gregg and 2 others but you'll never know. This screams of protecting himself but coming off worse especially when no other managers have similar experience with Reyna.
so true
Gregg did more talking than work
he did more running pre game than work
Moreno is spot on with his take
USA coach is a small time coach. That’s facts
The guy reading the transcript of berhalter’s press release is not good at reading
I guarantee you ggg didnt think comments he made to CHARTER (haha) at a conference or whatever it was was gonna come out like this
Then he’s too dumb to manage
How does GGG have anything to do with this? Didn’t he just have his 3rd fight Canelo?
i dont believe berhalter . Not one coach has ever complained about Gios behavior
do your research, there have been many reports of Gio Reyna having an attitude problem
@@iswag9748 More articles stating Beerholder is a poor coach/manager and only got his job due to nepotism
@@porddaed just cuz he is a bad manager doesn’t mean u let Reyna off the hook for having a poor attitude
Brooks, Hoppe and now Gio wow... 🤔
Steffen, Pepi as well. And he was calling up Arriola forever then chose Morris
They as a group spoke with this person.
Yes he has to apologize to the whole team for his Lack of effort
I find it hard that Reyna acted like that because he wouldn't be playing and starting for Dortmund. Greg has shown he isnt trustworthy multiple times and shown he is outmatched as a coach.
Different situation. He feels entitled with the national team but not at Dortmund.
I mean I’m not saying Gregg is telling the truth, but auba was a known player who acted out and was dortmunds start man for a couple years
This seems like a tough situation because they both are probably right. Gio thinking he should be playing as the team has trouble creating and Berhalter likely not happy w/his work rate. The pressing was effective but we did not look like scoring much at all throughout
It may not even be work rate, I've heard rumors about powerpoints and memorization in GGG's system. It came up with why Joe Scally was getting passed up in WCQ, which btw Scally played against quarter finalists (maybe semi) Morocco in our 3-0 win. Perhaps he should have seen the field not to mention more than Moore.
@Killdu MLS favoritism from Greg, Scally is better than Moore in literally every way possible. Defending, Attacking, Talent, Experience at high level, etc etc
@@johnny622 I know that. Heck Gregg probably knows that. But Scally and Gio, who are good friends btw, aren't one oglf GGG's "guys". So they're benched.
What does this achieve other than alienating a kid who's only 20 years old?
But.. why was Gio not starting to begin with?
Still sounds like a coach who puts himself above the team. A good coach would have solved the situation appropriately. My guess is Berhalter did not trust Gio and told him he was not going to play, Gio being a kid probably decided not to put in a full effort. It seems that Gio was more professional than Berkhalter. Berky wanted to protect his job and put US soccer federation in a corner. they hired him so they would look weak if he was in the wrong.
What is ale talking about
If you want to win, you do what's needed to win.
Berhalter mismanaged the situation in Qatar and now he is playing CYA as he is trying to negotiate a new contract with USSF
not a good look for Beerholder to show your dirty laundry in public. Clearly demonstrates poor leadership considering he said this during a leadership council
What a way to handle a 20 year old kid. Instead of forcing him to apologize and humiliating him in front of the team mates, this could have been handled so much better. Seems like Gregg has turned Gio's team mates against him. I keep hearing how Claudio Reyna and Gregg Berhalter are best friends - so how hard can it be to put an arm around Gio and explain a few things?
Making excuses for a grown man ,gio reyana is an adult he's not a child
gio reyna isnt that good mate
@@extraviews8763 he needed his soccer mom and dad to talk to coach and make everything better
@@billlynn8256 bring him apple slices at half time and affirm his transgender identity?
Lots of coaches are ego maniacs and will never be able to handle temperamental players. There is a reason the Carlo Ancellotis of the world are always employed.
I'll take Gio over the coach anytime.
over Beerholder at least
USANT should elevate the manager who guided the u20 team the the world cup semi-finals(or something like that).They were really a different force when compared to the team that went to the world cup.
They're assuming this statement is true. Maybe they should attempt to confirm it with a second source.
imagine being a coach and airing out a player like this. can’t wait until gregg gets sacked
I don’t blame him for putting this out. Everyone was attacking him making up stories and lies about the situation. After the first game you had people coming out saying Gregg told him to lie about an injury. Seemed like everyone believed that 100% until they came out and said it wasn’t true.
I'd like to hear Gio's opinion
Entitlement, nepotism, lack of desire and passion perhaps?
It was dumb and naive of Berhalter to think he could talk about this at a summit and it wouldn't get leaked to the public.
Don’t believe Berhalter. He is a liar. It’s so classless for a coach to talk bad about one of his players in public. This WOKE coach must be gone.