Sebastian Salazar joins Dan Thomas and Ale Moreno and ESPN FC to discuss the situation about Danielle Reyna, the mother of Gio, admitting to telling U.S. Soccer about a past domestic violence incident regarding Gregg Berhalter. They also discuss if Berhalter can remain the coach of USMNT.
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I hope whoever makes the decision support the coach..provided they are happy with on field team performance..I bet Gio not happy with his mum getting involved
The US is already an entitled country what makes you think the football wouldn't have the same bs
A domestic violence issue that's so bad it took 33 years to report it after a mother wasn't happy with her son being dropped from the football team. Disgusting really, I support Berhalter 100%.
Please fire him already. So sick of hearing about this loser
karen always gets what she wants. Now gregg will be ousted and gio can sabotage the team from within with his spoiled entitled attitude.
Danielle is a Karen why would you bring up something from 1991 😐😐
Ale is the bomb!!
If Seb is correct in his assessment, and IMO he is probably spot on, that this at least partially stems from how the system in the US is set up, then that is a failure from USSF.
As to Ale's point, I commented yesterday that I also think that Danielle Reyna heard the comments from Berhalter that were critical of her son and in her mind she was defending her son by making the comments she did to Stewart.
1991..1991?!…..1991???!!!!!!!!
The US will never win a World Cup as long as pay to play is the way we develop talent. It’s ridiculous.
So he was ploughing a player's mom? LOL
Reynas' mommy still breastfeeds him at halftime
The trash was taken out. Good riddance.
That was 31 years ago. I wouuld agree that he should be thrown out if he hasn't reform. But, is that really the case? Or is it just an act of revenge to get him out?
As an American, do not come at me saying that the USMNT has a chance of winning the 2026 World Cup when it's pay for play model won't change. We can't do football the American way and expect to be taken seriously on the global stage.
He should sue that woman if he losses his job!
The next USMNT coach should be an outsider who has never ever heard of Cladio Reyna or Gregg Berhalter.
Defending your child is one thing weponising abuse in the form of blackmail is entirely different
Sounds like a drama full of incest . Sorry I meant nepotism and friendship. Sorry I meant that growth of soccer hegemony.
First, the Berhalter's have reconciled and left the issue in the past. We should do the same. Second, Ernie Stewart completely mishandled the issue AND should be fired. Once raised by mom Reyna, Ernie should have held a meeting between the two couples and cleared the air with a professional mediator and investigator in the the room. Third, USSF should cut all ties with the Reyna parents and the Berhalters. Banned from all USSF events and USSF jobs. Fourth, Gio should be sit out all USMNT events until 2024. There should be consequences for this type behavior.
This incident happened in 1991 when Berhalter was 18 and with his then girlfriend (now wife) when they were dating in college. How much petty could this be? If they have put the incident behind them and gotten married and are happy together, why should it matter?
all because gio is a whiny entitled little b1tch lol
Drama aside, is Gregg a good enough coach to take us forward? 1 win, 2 losses, 1 tie in the 4 games. We struggled in every game. Couldn't score or make chances. Happy to get out of the group, but this team lacks quality in so many areas. US MNT has heart and hope, but needs a coach and machine behind them. Where is our Michael Jordan of US soccer, our Tiger Woods, our Serena Williams, our Tom Brady? It's hard for me to think we can't produce and coach better talent
Hopefully McBride and the rest of the USSF are thoughtful enough to ask the Reyna’s who is fit enough to coach their little boy. We wouldn’t want a repeat of the Berhalter episode and apparently Gio’s parents call the shots with McBride and Company.
It was 32yrs ago. He’s obviously changed. Guarantee Seb wouldn’t want to be judged by his own standard. This is ridiculous.
Es todo!! you literally said the facts!! this shouldn't be about profit. Shame on the Reyna family because they can actually play!
1 problem = women
Berhalter showing why he was never qualified for the job. Why would he tell Gio he would have little part to play in the WC? What reason did he have to tell that to his most talented player? That sparks the lack of effort in training incident which Gio apologized internally and it was all done. Then Berhalter puts Gio on blast after the WC? Now we’re finding out there’s a long Berhalter-Reyna relationship that likely factored into all of this.
Berhalter was a nepotism hire whose only qualifications was a 39% win rate at a MLS club, and his lack of experience is showing.
Bumhalter cost us the group and ultimately a chance to maybe upset Senegal at the World Cup and make top 8
Can we just move on from Berhalter and get someone else outside of the New York Tri state area
That's what happens when everyone is all friends and family. Nepotism and cronyism has been at the heart of this federation and you all are acting surprised something like this happened?
The Reyna's behavior here is totally unacceptable. Despicable actually.
Ale claims that Reynas are just protecting their son!!!? LMAO
This is them throwing a tantrum and punching below the belt. F**k the Reynas and F**k Berhalter. We need to get back to what needs to be done in the next world cup w/o these drama queens
Going after someone for a 30 year old incident when he was 18, with the woman he married and has stayed married to for 25 years is out of bounds IMO.
Another example of AMERICANS are the biggest cranks in the world
Thank you America, for displaying once again how ridiculous, soft, liberal, chaotic, dumb, immature, and embarassing we are as a Western society.
Cancel culture NEEDS to stop. The text messages are the proof in the pudding. The Reynas sole purpose was to try and bury this man. An incident from 1991!? Are you kidding me!? Is there ever a thing called privacy anymore? And making mistakes that you wish never to speak of again?
This country is a complete contradiction. We forgive football, basketball, baseball, alllll other ATHLETES in this country for domestic violence, drunk driving, drug addiction/abuse and the list goes on. We also trade basketball players who got arrested for tryin to transport drugs in another country, for an arms dealer. But a 1991 ordeal, they deem unethical lol. WE ARE A JOKE.
I cant imagine having to talk about something I did 30+ years ago and someone destroying my career over it. Its absolutely ridiculous.
He’s right about not knowing about the people involved, mostly not knowing Danielle, their relationships, and personalities. If they did, none of this is surprising.
No!! Too much has happened now between Gio problem and now this!! This team needs to concentrate on soccer not all this drama!! Berhalter has had too many issues now. Move on!!
I don’t know if Gio should continue playing with the team if his parents behave like this.
Man, this Berhalter vs Claudio Reyna saga is jucier than the 1998 drama when John Harkes had an affair with Erick Wynaldas wife!
Entitlement is the name of this game. No question!
When I've said I wanted Berhalter gone, I definitely didn't imagine it happening like this yeeesh 😵💫
reynas are the definition of petty. if they actually cared about the "incident" they wouldnt of held onto it for over 30 years to use as blackmail. that behavior is sick, twisted, and worse than what berhalter did by far. berhalter at least learned from the incident while the reynas went into a deep 30 year spell of insane pettiness.
Im going to be honest, this is stupid. He only admitted his crime today?? He has been with his wife for over 25 years and had 4 kids? He made a mistake and apologized to the only person it mattered to 30 years ago. This is ridiculous. How long does a mans’ sin have to haunt him? How much time is enough time? Craziness
Berhalter should not have said anything to the media. He was toast the minute he opened his mouth. This was about revenge. I want him out, but didn’t expect it to be like this. This will probably harm Gio’s career as well in USMNT. It’s a small community and a lot of money involved. Nobody wins here.