The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz discusses the situation going on with US Soccer involving Claudio Reyna, father of current USMNT player Gio Reyna, and his wife attempting to release info on USMNT head coach Gregg Berhalter over a 1991 domestic violence incident.
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Gio Reyna should be suspended for a year (he has to pay for the consequences of not controlling his parents, honestly sucks saying it), parents should be banned indefinitely from all games the USA played and they should offer a public live apology to Greg’s wife and Claudio better resign his position in Austin Fc
Ngl this was the worst take on this situation. Gio is one of the best players we have and it was his parents beefing with Gregg not him. Gregg shouldn’t have his contract renewed for dumb decisions like not taking Pepi and not playing Gio for most of the WC and Gio should stay that’s the best outcome
He ABSOLUTELY should, you nut cases.
Reynas we’re wrong for doing that, I wonder if it goes deeper than this… it seems like it was beyond playing time for former life long friends to go for Berhalters head like that… there’s more to this story for sure!
Brilliant. Let's point Berhalter at all the most talented young players and one by one kick them out of the national team. Excellent idea.
Dear God, please fumigate the stench of Berhalter and keep him the F away from our precious national team.
Shut up Samson lol.
Wonder if this “analyst” has ever even watched Gio play for Dortmund…
It’s sad that the 20 year old is the only one acting with maturity in this whole thing. He admitted he was wrong and apologized. Whereas the adults are the ones bickering like children. Berhalter needed to go before this anyway, and the Reyna parents need to shut the fuck up.
How many people do you need in a recording studio? Apparently a couple dozen minimum.
I dont know who that is but he is a straight up fool. punish a kid for the actions of his parents.
If anyone thinks this is not Gregg’s fault you never coached. He did things you don’t do. Gio didn’t do anything.
It is clear that US SUCKS AT SOCCER.
We suck at team building. We are good at Olympic sports mostly because they are individual sports. We dominate sports where we have a clear advantage of talent. When all things are equal we suck. Imagine getting a bunch of selfish, entitled players to work cohesively in a game like soccer. Individual success hampers team success. Add in all the noise like selfish parents and money. It is a lose lose. Talent over team is the reason we struggle. I wouldn't take GiO for the simple fact that he has been enabled by his parents. I think Greg was doing what most normal coaches would do, trying to manage GIO into being a responsible player and think of the team first. Sometimes you take Ls in order to get the finish product. But most Americans don't get it. This World Cup the US was not there to win it was to gain experience and build for the future. So GIO playing was really irrelevant vs making a commitment to the whole program and setting a standard for behavior and setting expectations. Poor GiO…..Such a joke his parents made of the process for a World Cup the US had no chance of winning.
Scandal? Never ever heard of this. No one cares.
You guys missed a huge point in all of this and got caught up addressing a ridiculously dumb argument. The major point, which was ignored, is that Gio’s parents COULD do this because of their close relationship with Berhalter. They had access, history and intimate knowledge to use against him. This is because US Soccer is very insular and is reluctant to hire outside of its inner circle. Gregg B’s brother was the CCO for USSF when they hired him, so it’s fair to say that nepotism was involved. Reyna’s parents and he are also practically family, due to their history. This is one of the negative things that can happen when you hire too much from within using organizational biases that have nothing to do with international soccer success metrics. GB had never been a winning coach in Europe, had never won a domestic trophy in the US as a club coach, so by those metrics he was not a great coach coming into the job. The fact that he was known in US Soccer circles as a “good guy” is likely as much of a problem as anything else in the equation. To say that Gio should never play for the US is absurd beyond belief. It’s as of this guy doesn’t have access or cares to access the right info to make that assessment.
they should ban all 3 mom ,dad ,son and ggg should sue reyna's. if it was pepi mom would this had happen?
Guys gio rena is one of the great player all over the world today..google the top 5 to too 10 in europe. Gio is in the list..
Guys what happened is that gio rena is rated as one of best in europe today and that's why europe was pieced off while he's not playing just like other USMT players
USMNT can choose whatever player they want, but I would not want to play in any team in which Gio Reyna is playing.
So if gio got more playing time cause coach got blackmailed and we didn't find out about the blackmail and coach gets fixed? Coach instead of being railroaded just came out first. I like the US coach and Gio. I think they let it go continue the lifelong friendship
The Reynas are a disgrace. Going in on a couple’s marriage, their friends no less, is inexcusable. How could Claudio keep his position. Who could trust him?
Gio's mom needs to remember he's a professional footballer – Dortmund is a real club and I can't think those players there look at him the same way. He's 20 by the way and still a momma's boy. The men on Dortmund are players that fought to play his parents paid for him to play – US football is infested with spoiled adults.
I agree with Samson. Claudio Reyna should get fired for his action. No more Berhalter and unfortunately no Gio Reyna for US Soccer. Let him go appeal to FIFA so he can play for England since he was born there. This is unprofessional/can not be tolerated.
This is a ridiculous mobster take….Reyna never play again?? ARE YOU MENTAL??? That DOUBLES down on the stupidity! how about Reynas mother is never allowed in a USS arena? how about Bruce is out for terrible management of his players?
This guy is gross and souless…..no one WANTS an organization successful or otherwise that just cuts players off due to the actions of their parents….its nonsense…..
There’s no need to convince anyone that Greg did something wrong from 30 years ago… it simply has no bearing with the situation at hand.
We’ve all done something that’s “not okay” (in Mike’s word)
This is the worst take ever and completely out of touch with how things actually work.
🤣😂 are you on drugs or do you just work for US soccer? It’s beyond me why you guys want to hold onto Berhalter so bad.
It's not like Gio isn't good, and playing him would have shown favoritism. Gio is arguably one of the top 3 best players on the team. Not playing Gio was horrible coaching, and Berhalter royally screwed the situation up. Berhalter is a 360-degree id*ot for the situation he finds himself in. Playing Gio was the easiest decision he could have made with no blow back whatsoever.
When everyday people play NO role in electing the leadership, shaping the structure and determining the focus of their ostensibly national soccer federation – but former players have a COUNCIL that institutionalizes their influence and secures votes (read the bylaws), this is what you fucking get. Andrew Jennings, Lisana Liburd and Mel Brennan have told you over and over for more than a decade: you want the cockraoches, wanna-be gangster theives and nepotistic monsters OUT of the world's most democratically played and supported sport? Democratize the leadership and the leadership institutions. When YOU have a say in who runs US Soccer and not just former players like Reyna or Lalas or whomever (as if there is one scintilla of evidence that playing the sport builds or leads to the same skillet required to lead the sport), then YOU and I will get the governance we expect. Today, we're just getting the governance we deserve…until we DEMAND something different.