Doug McIntyre
Soccer Journalist
The U.S. Soccer Federation is predicted to decide about the way forward for males’s nationwide crew coach Gregg Berhalter by the center of subsequent week, a number of sources advised FOX Sports activities.
Berhalter’s USMNT turned the primary Copa América host to not advance to the event’s knockout stage after they misplaced to Uruguay on Monday in Kansas Metropolis. That first-round defeat got here on the heels of one other, to Panama, stopping the Individuals from advancing from group play of their final main worldwide competitors earlier than the 2026 World Cup, which the U.S. will co-host with North American neighbors Canada and Mexico.
U.S. Soccer sporting director Matt Crocker issued a press release after the loss to La Celeste, saying the group would conduct “a complete assessment of our efficiency in Copa América and the way finest to enhance the crew and outcomes as we glance in direction of the 2026 World Cup.
“Our event efficiency fell wanting our expectations,” the assertion learn. “We should do higher.”
Berhalter led the Individuals again to the World Cup stage following this system’s epic failure to qualify for the 2018 occasion. The U.S. reached the spherical of 16 on the 2022 World Cup in Qatar however fell 3-1 to the Netherlands. Crocker rehired Berhalter for a second World Cup cycle final June.
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However the USMNT’s performances and outcomes have been inconsistent since Berhalter returned to the sidelines final September, culminating with the Individuals’ embarrassing first-round elimination at this summer time’s Copa América. On Wednesday, the American Outlaws supporters group referred to as for Berhalter to get replaced. “It is time to make a change within the head teaching place,” they stated in a social media publish.
FOX Sports activities unique USMNT replace: A choice on the way forward for supervisor Gregg Berhalter is predicted across the center of subsequent week
The strain has referred to as the 50-year-old former Columbus Crew boss’s future as U.S. coach into query. It feels like that doubt might be cleared up quickly.
Doug McIntyre is a soccer author for FOX Sports activities who has coated the United States males’s and ladies’s nationwide groups at FIFA World Cups on 5 continents. Comply with him at @ByDougMcIntyre.
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