I was like the only guy on Twitter telling everyone that Berhalter was coming back regardless of Reyna Gate. They laughed at me, they mocked me, and they told me I was full of it. Ale Moreno here always tells it like it is and he doesn't sugarcoat anything so maybe him saying it will give more credibility to what I've been trying to get people to understand.
Yeah, we missed the boat to dump this mediocrity, but given that this year 5 of his tenure, and there isn't improvement means the leash has to be tight and short. If we want to be a serious footballing nation with goals to mark improvement as a national team program, when we don't meet those goals, then we dump the man responsible for failure: GreGG and his asinine Berhalter-ball.
He'd have to leave the team. There will always be a shadow hanging over Callahan's shoulder, and if he loses an important match for whatever reason, the Ghost of Gregg's Amateur Selections & Tactics will always color public opinion.
I absolutely hate how people say these other country names with these stupid accents. And it’s only for Spanish countries. I never hear them refer to Germany or France or Italy in some stupid accent. Sound like an absolute dumbass speaking a normal accent for 20 word sentence and one word is modified
This would provide service from the back, with a secure double pivot in Cardoso and Adams. McKinnie and Reyna could provide both support and when free creativity and attack. Pulisic would be freer and Balogun will have service. 0 excuses. Better to try this against Panama than Uruguay, but doubt we'll see such Panache from Berhalter. 👌
US fans are as delusional as England fans. And I say that as a US fan. We have had one team in the modern history advance further in the World Cup than we did in 2022. ONE. And that was by a grand total of one match. From 1963-81 we didn't qualify for enter the Gold Cup. We've now had our 2nd best ever run of form in the Gold Cup. In the 3 years of the nation's league we've won every time.
Of the trophies / championships still being played today, Gregg Berhalter has won 40% (4 out of 10). If we win today he'd be one win away from tying the most wins the United States has ever had at the Copa and be tied for the second.
So, let's see, he took over a national team that had lost to T&D and failed to qualify for the world cup. Had the fewest losses and most points in a group since 2010 and tied fewest losses EVER at a World Cup, has dominated Mexico and won 3 straight nations leagues, went Runners Up, Winner, Semi Finals with a B team in the Gold Cup, is on track to equal most wins ever at the Copa, and oh yeah, half of the trophies in the trophy case essentially have his initials on them.
Just because you don't like the tactics or the fact that he's a prickly personality – who cares? There are plenty of things I dislike about Gregg, his stubbornness, his refusal to admit his system – but at the end of the day, like it or not, he has achieved more with an incredibly young roster, a roster you could argue has not even collectively or individually really entered its prime – then we ever had in the past.
And oh, yeah, the VERY best player on the team, the one player who has more impact than anyone else and who if we got hurt would suck all the donkey a** in the world IMO because its not even close in levels of importance – is 198% behind him.
Because here's the other thing to keep in mind. There is NO guarantee, NONE, that the next manager actually does better. Its always easy to say he'd be better or he'd be better or he'd be better. How many teams, in the history of sports have fired a coach or manager, and then that team has fallen apart because no one appreciated what they did or what they had?
Milwaukee Brewers lost their manager to the Chicago Cubs, after not wanting to really met his demands so he left and they let him. how's that going. Brewers are in 1st place, Cubs are in last place. Detroit Lions fired Jim Caldwell despite making playoffs on a few occasions and sucked worse than they did with him until very recently. Leeds lets go of Bielsa – um, how's that working out? Bayern – we have issues Nagelsman – well, how'd that go? 3rd place and trophyless? Dallas Cowboys famously ran off Jimmy Johnson.
Point is no matter how "talented" a team or squad might be, if you've spent any time at all around competitive sports, you'd know that there is no guarantee that the next manager or coach takes you to next level or even replicates what the previous one achieved. Because its not just the X's and O's that gets changed. Its the entirety of the dynamic . And from the outside looking in its easy to say "oh, well that's a good thing." But there's no way of being able to know that ahead of time.
There are very real reasons Gregg probably deserves to not be in charge. And I am aware of that. But at the same time, this idea that he's holding us back or something… its an insane amount of arrogance, lack of understanding who we really are as a national team or even who our players are – are we having anyone being considered as one of the top 15-20 players in the world? Starting at Bayern, Man City, Barca, Madrid, Arsenal? No? Most of them are bench players or players on mid-tier or lower teams. And that's not a knock. But this is not England. We're not Argentina, Brazil.
Hell, how many of our players realistically start for Columbia? For Brazil? Urugay? CP doesn't start for Brazil. Not with their wingers. If your best players are not better than our countries best players, its insane to be "fire the coach! fire the coach!" Understandably that is how sports work. Been involved in them long enough to know that. But as the saying goes its not the X's and the O's, its the Jimmy's and Joe's. And while maybe we're better than we have been in a long time in that regard, we're light years behind the elite nations.
Love Matt Turner. Love Ream. Big fan of a fit Weston McKennie and Adams. But if we picked a starting 11 from the Copa America – or even a best 22 – how many US national team members are there? Two? Maybe three max?
They need to go decently far in the current COPA. Then they need to win the Gold Cup or at least come close. Then they need to get out of the group stage in the '26 WC……and possibly one more win. Only then will I change my opinion on Berhalter.
Who fears this team? Predictable and boring, forcing the ball wide and back vs playing forward and to our player strengths. Even a win feels like a draw or a loss most times. What’s not to love about Berhalter?
If he starts playing GIO as a 10 and shows he is willing to adapt and try a 4-2-3-1 then I would it is a sign he is willing to learn and I would say there is a small amount of hope for him.
I want him gone, nothing personal. He should have never been given the extension. At the World Cup he had nothing to offer against Netherlands in tactics. He's an mls coach at best. To prove a point, an interim coach helped the US win a nations league cup.
We got a coach with no ideas. He doesn't know how to adjust. No tactical knowledge. He is a coach who wants to joystick the game. He is not just good enough.
The guy is a proven loser and our MNT cant move forward. He must have dirt on someone at USSF to keep his job so long with nothing to show time and again.
Landon Donovan was the best American player and the 2002 team USA will never be topped until you have a great player like Landon Donovan who believes in USA soccer and doesn't need to play in Europe to believe he can compete. Jeurgan Klinsman was the lamest example of a head coach. He placed nothing but doubt in the minds of all player and fans because he didn't believe in the USA
USSF got its mask taken off by the reyna family and showed us how much of shit show this federation truly is and somehow we expected better than the crap they've come up with, USSF will have no plan if Berfalter goes so its damned if we do, damned if we don't because we all know USSF is really the root of the problem with not properly creating a curriculum accessible to coaches as they gate keep that knowledge hence why we have all these guys that went to Europe to get their licenses but haven't got an original though in their heads because they imitate not innovate which is what the USMNT need
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Obviously there isn't an MLS/USSF agenda.😂😂😂
I was like the only guy on Twitter telling everyone that Berhalter was coming back regardless of Reyna Gate. They laughed at me, they mocked me, and they told me I was full of it. Ale Moreno here always tells it like it is and he doesn't sugarcoat anything so maybe him saying it will give more credibility to what I've been trying to get people to understand.
Yeah, we missed the boat to dump this mediocrity, but given that this year 5 of his tenure, and there isn't improvement means the leash has to be tight and short. If we want to be a serious footballing nation with goals to mark improvement as a national team program, when we don't meet those goals, then we dump the man responsible for failure: GreGG and his asinine Berhalter-ball.
He'd have to leave the team. There will always be a shadow hanging over Callahan's shoulder, and if he loses an important match for whatever reason, the Ghost of Gregg's Amateur Selections & Tactics will always color public opinion.
Herc’s compromised
I absolutely hate how people say these other country names with these stupid accents. And it’s only for Spanish countries. I never hear them refer to Germany or France or Italy in some stupid accent. Sound like an absolute dumbass speaking a normal accent for 20 word sentence and one word is modified
Goddamn has Ali krieger always been a smoke show? 😅
He could quit.
#BerhalterOut
He’s not the guy
Dump that awful 4-3-3.
Starting XI. Turner. Robinson, Ream, Richards, Weah. Adams, Cardoso, McKinnie, Reyna. Pulisic, Balogun.
This would provide service from the back, with a secure double pivot in Cardoso and Adams. McKinnie and Reyna could provide both support and when free creativity and attack. Pulisic would be freer and Balogun will have service. 0 excuses. Better to try this against Panama than Uruguay, but doubt we'll see such Panache from Berhalter. 👌
FIRE HIM!! Hire a European Coach.
US fans are as delusional as England fans. And I say that as a US fan. We have had one team in the modern history advance further in the World Cup than we did in 2022. ONE. And that was by a grand total of one match. From 1963-81 we didn't qualify for enter the Gold Cup. We've now had our 2nd best ever run of form in the Gold Cup. In the 3 years of the nation's league we've won every time.
Of the trophies / championships still being played today, Gregg Berhalter has won 40% (4 out of 10). If we win today he'd be one win away from tying the most wins the United States has ever had at the Copa and be tied for the second.
So, let's see, he took over a national team that had lost to T&D and failed to qualify for the world cup. Had the fewest losses and most points in a group since 2010 and tied fewest losses EVER at a World Cup, has dominated Mexico and won 3 straight nations leagues, went Runners Up, Winner, Semi Finals with a B team in the Gold Cup, is on track to equal most wins ever at the Copa, and oh yeah, half of the trophies in the trophy case essentially have his initials on them.
Just because you don't like the tactics or the fact that he's a prickly personality – who cares? There are plenty of things I dislike about Gregg, his stubbornness, his refusal to admit his system – but at the end of the day, like it or not, he has achieved more with an incredibly young roster, a roster you could argue has not even collectively or individually really entered its prime – then we ever had in the past.
And oh, yeah, the VERY best player on the team, the one player who has more impact than anyone else and who if we got hurt would suck all the donkey a** in the world IMO because its not even close in levels of importance – is 198% behind him.
Because here's the other thing to keep in mind. There is NO guarantee, NONE, that the next manager actually does better. Its always easy to say he'd be better or he'd be better or he'd be better. How many teams, in the history of sports have fired a coach or manager, and then that team has fallen apart because no one appreciated what they did or what they had?
Milwaukee Brewers lost their manager to the Chicago Cubs, after not wanting to really met his demands so he left and they let him. how's that going. Brewers are in 1st place, Cubs are in last place.
Detroit Lions fired Jim Caldwell despite making playoffs on a few occasions and sucked worse than they did with him until very recently.
Leeds lets go of Bielsa – um, how's that working out?
Bayern – we have issues Nagelsman – well, how'd that go? 3rd place and trophyless?
Dallas Cowboys famously ran off Jimmy Johnson.
Point is no matter how "talented" a team or squad might be, if you've spent any time at all around competitive sports, you'd know that there is no guarantee that the next manager or coach takes you to next level or even replicates what the previous one achieved. Because its not just the X's and O's that gets changed. Its the entirety of the dynamic . And from the outside looking in its easy to say "oh, well that's a good thing." But there's no way of being able to know that ahead of time.
There are very real reasons Gregg probably deserves to not be in charge. And I am aware of that. But at the same time, this idea that he's holding us back or something… its an insane amount of arrogance, lack of understanding who we really are as a national team or even who our players are – are we having anyone being considered as one of the top 15-20 players in the world? Starting at Bayern, Man City, Barca, Madrid, Arsenal? No? Most of them are bench players or players on mid-tier or lower teams. And that's not a knock. But this is not England. We're not Argentina, Brazil.
Hell, how many of our players realistically start for Columbia? For Brazil? Urugay? CP doesn't start for Brazil. Not with their wingers. If your best players are not better than our countries best players, its insane to be "fire the coach! fire the coach!" Understandably that is how sports work. Been involved in them long enough to know that. But as the saying goes its not the X's and the O's, its the Jimmy's and Joe's. And while maybe we're better than we have been in a long time in that regard, we're light years behind the elite nations.
Love Matt Turner. Love Ream. Big fan of a fit Weston McKennie and Adams. But if we picked a starting 11 from the Copa America – or even a best 22 – how many US national team members are there? Two? Maybe three max?
They need to go decently far in the current COPA. Then they need to win the Gold Cup or at least come close. Then they need to get out of the group stage in the '26 WC……and possibly one more win. Only then will I change my opinion on Berhalter.
Who fears this team? Predictable and boring, forcing the ball wide and back vs playing forward and to our player strengths. Even a win feels like a draw or a loss most times. What’s not to love about Berhalter?
If he starts playing GIO as a 10 and shows he is willing to adapt and try a 4-2-3-1 then I would it is a sign he is willing to learn and I would say there is a small amount of hope for him.
I want him gone, nothing personal. He should have never been given the extension. At the World Cup he had nothing to offer against Netherlands in tactics. He's an mls coach at best. To prove a point, an interim coach helped the US win a nations league cup.
If it wasn't for Pulisic's support, GGG would have been long gone. Unless that support is withdrawn, I fear that we are stuck with him.
It's not winning, it's looking like an elite team. Winning should be a side effect
We got a coach with no ideas. He doesn't know how to adjust. No tactical knowledge. He is a coach who wants to joystick the game. He is not just good enough.
He needs to resign.. seriously he is way unqualified for the talent on for this team
The guy is a proven loser and our MNT cant move forward. He must have dirt on someone at USSF to keep his job so long with nothing to show time and again.
The only problem is who else will take this job??!!
Don’t be Greg Berhalter
Landon Donovan was the best American player and the 2002 team USA will never be topped until you have a great player like Landon Donovan who believes in USA soccer and doesn't need to play in Europe to believe he can compete. Jeurgan Klinsman was the lamest example of a head coach. He placed nothing but doubt in the minds of all player and fans because he didn't believe in the USA
Getting out of group won’t do it. He needs to make Semis.
USSF got its mask taken off by the reyna family and showed us how much of shit show this federation truly is and somehow we expected better than the crap they've come up with, USSF will have no plan if Berfalter goes so its damned if we do, damned if we don't because we all know USSF is really the root of the problem with not properly creating a curriculum accessible to coaches as they gate keep that knowledge hence why we have all these guys that went to Europe to get their licenses but haven't got an original though in their heads because they imitate not innovate which is what the USMNT need