ESPN FC’s Dan Thomas is joined by Steve Nicol, Ale Moreno and Jan Aage Fjortoft to discuss U.S. Soccer finding Gregg Berhalter eligible to coach men’s team after investigation into a dispute with Claudio and Gio Reyna.
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Ale says he is not defending the Reynas, but he clearly is doing exactly that. This is all on the Reynas, they are acting entitled, they used their relationships with the Berhalters to negative effect and that has effectively ruled out Gregg Berhalter from taking a job he clearly is very good at as his record with the USMNT shows. The Reynas have clearly been trying to influence for their son since 2016.
Slow news day
Meh…weird rich suburban people problems.
Really disappointed with ale
I think its typical American Problem. let the kids maturee in real world. Don't sugarcoat or protect them on their behalf
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This is typical. Spoiled and entitled parents.
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What an embarrassment.
I couldn't imagine getting an invite to the World Cup and I'm supposed to be one of the best players on the team. Then the coach tells me before the World Cup I won't play much. He lost his attitude when this happened. Greg deserves to be fired there. Not sure why we support Greg.
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Claudio Reyna and his wife are evil. I canāt put into words how much I detest those people Gio Reyna needs to go away from this team, and not return. Heās toxic.
Reynas = spoiled AF. Entitled and overrated. Don't need 'em. Move on USMNT.
Ale you've lost it son. Usually agree with you, but you've lost it on this one. Well done Stevie until the end. You can absolutely have a USMNT squad without Reyna.
So i guess its ok to beat your wife once as long you don't do it ever again.. got it!
Did Claudio Reyna say anything wrong? I donāt condone his behavior but I admire his love for his son. Gio shouldāve been playing and he wasnāt because Greg Berhalter has it out for his family, thatās the bottom line. Berhalter is incompetent laughingstock and didnāt belong in that position. We didnāt have any of these problems when Klinsmann was coach, the best players played and that was the end of it. Only well decorated foreign managers should be allowed to coach the usmnt.
Imagine if they tried this with Capello. This is all a result of the pay to play system they have.
Who cares, Greg has no control of the Locker room. Pepi, Hoppe, Pfok, Weston, etc have all had problems with Greg. Especially the German-Americans which I forgot to mentioned
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I can now understand why Gio Reyna has attitude problems. His parents need to be humbled and by that I mean their son isn't as good as they make him out to be
His parents are absolutely right what was the reason coach didnt play the most talented player in world cup????
I hope he finds a job soon
What's up with Ale? I'm sure all players have parents who wants the best for their children but don't act like idiots.
Is this a symptom of a wider issue in the US soccer team? Have they hovered over every coach throughout his career? Is the team that ends up at tournaments representative of the talent that is out there or is it a product of influential parents.
Amazing great stuff from the us if this was england we would have burnt that man at the stake.
You can tell that Ale and Reyna are friends and/or cordial. He is staying on the fence by blaming both
Sounds like normal Americanās selfish people
Manager can talk about players in public. Parents who have closeness to power cannot go and sabbotage the manager for thatā¦ This Gio is referred to as some sort of Pele or Messi. Ordinary player whose career is now marred by this absurd behavior.
I thought parents interfering in sports of children ended at U12.
Greg can still be the coach and he and Gio can show the "adult" Reyna's how you move forward and get better. To be in Gio's shoes would not be fun, parents like that are disgusting.
What Jan said about them thinking they're helping their son but it's actually the opposite is very true.
As fans, we all wondered why Gio was not included since he is clearly the most talented #10 on the US squad. But at the end of the day, the coach makes the decisions and should never accept petulant behavior from a player least of all from parents at this level.
I donāt care about the history. Claudio should be fined and fired from his MLS team. Greg canāt come back as US coach. US needs a clean sheet. Letās see if Reyna can perform without the helicopter parenting and soccer mom BS.
Never much cared for Ale's commentary, so not surprised reading these comments.
Shame on you Ale!
If I was in position I would remove Reynas from national team for good! These kind of people are toxic
Moreno has to constantly say now Iām not picking sides or defending Reyna butā¦ it seems he might be picking sides and heās trying to sound not so terrible but itās not working. Sounds stupid trying to defend blackmail bc the kids good at football
My thought: Let Gio continue to play for the US National team and ban his family indefinitely from participating in USMNT activities in the future?