Colin Cowherd reacts to the news that USMNT manager Gregg Berhalter has been relieved of his duties following an early round exit of the Copa America despite a young roster that hasn’t entered it’s prime.
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First viewer. Big fan
respect this take, should post more about soccer in general!
Boring
Colin is the last person that should be talking about anything american.
This is one of the dumbest things I’ve ever heard in my life. Makes sense that it comes from Colin
Berhalter shouldve been gone along time ago
If it's the first time you think you'll have young players who can play other teams aggressive, why would you not want a new coach then? Doesn't that mean you should go get a coach who can exploit that? As opposed to Berhalter who signals his players when other games end in a tie so they let down? Which is what he did in Copa. Which you agree was bad.
Colin Cowherd, If you want in the fanbase Don't belittle the fans by telling them they are overreacting. You are talking to people who follow the sport very closely. They are happy you are covering the sport but don't come in thinking you know more than everyone else. Have some people on and talk about it and learn.
I really appreciate Colin talking soccer. But the reality is that this team has actually regressed since the World Cup. So the players are getting closer to their prime, and performing worse as a team. A loss at Trinidad and Tobego, needed a 90th minute own goal to get past Jamaicas B team, got slaughtered by Columbia, and a disaster at the Copa. All of that in the last 10 months or so. The results were not there. Gregg had to go.
69% winning percentage is against soft teams, No other manager had it that easy. The majority of those wins came against weaker opponents. All other USMNT managers play against tougher teams. that's the context you are missing.
Colin is wrong about almost everything:
– First soccer fans want casual fans to pay attention to soccer. We just don't like it when casuals start acting they know more and try to lecture/call us idiots or toxic.
– As someone who watches the games, Berhalter's 69% winning percentage is because of the weak opponents we played. AND with Berhalter's system, we would struggle to score and create opportunities even though our talent was superior to the opponents. We couldn't beat or even compete against a top team not named Mexico (their weakest generation)
– In the World Cup, Berhalter did the absolute bare minimum. Sure you can say that moat of our players weren't in their prime, but they are still REALLY good. Multiple players at that time (and still) played in the Champions league and for top/mid teams in Europe.
– Lastly, Berhalter was holding this team back. If Berhalter was in charge in 2026, we wouldn't have done anything special. There is a reason he got fired in the Swedish 2nd division because "the team lacked offense" and couldn't even win half of his games in MLS. Berhalter did nothing special with this team that our previous coaches haven't done.
Hearing Colin talking about football tells me 2 things he doesn’t know anything about football and USA gold generation was probably 2000 to 2014 generations and it’s not close look at teams they beat compared to today not even close
Colin!!! Talk Ernie and Barkley into doing TNT HOCKEY!!!!
I remember how upset some people were when Georgia fired Richt. Won nearly 75% of his games but was 5-10 vs Florida and couldnt compete against teams like Bama and LSU when they were on title runs.
They replaced him with Kirby Smart
The US Soccer team has no chance of ever getting any where. The men’s team has to split all earnings with the women’s team. US soccer is not an attractive sport for top athletes.
better than most of the teams. LOL. Most of SA teams are better than the US. But be positive. Look what kind of crap England plays and they are in the final. You can compare this England team to the Eagles to the end of the last season. Imagine they would have gone to the SB.
When Canada has a better team than the US, you need to be fired.
The guy''s been there for 8 years…Thats a long time in coaching years. He hasn't been terrible but he hasn't done enough to warrant staying any longer…Its time for a change, like We need to bring in someone with new ideas, and perhaps some experience wining theses big international tourneys..
Might have lost the locker room
If that’s all you know about Gregg Berhalter, you’ve proven everyone point about how little you know. Go back to making comparisons between the NFL and your divorce
Long overdue
This guy needs to learn more about how soccer is not comparable to US sports that are literally not popular anywhere else in the world vs soccer. The intricacies are not at all the same and no Berhalter was not a good coach. Also, yes. The coach freakin matters and a good one can very much so make a team punch above its weight.
This is why soccer fans don’t respect Colin when talks about the sport. Pointing to his win rate and applauding it is like pointing to an SEC coach and applauding him for winning 70% of his non conference games when he’s playing teams like Middle Tennessee and Austin Peay. You don’t get credit for beating El Salvador and Trinidad and Tobago. The talent gap is absurdly large. Berhalter’s record against real teams, top 20 teams outside of the worst Mexican generation in the history of their national team (haha everyone laugh at el tri), was abysmal. The players are complacent and view Berhalter more as a buddy and not a figure of authority. The man had to go and it should have happened long ago. Colin should educate himself if he wants to be accepted and listened to by the fanbase.
Stick to American sports. You have no idea what you’re talking about. US will never sniff a World Cup
69% winning percentage, look at the teams he’s beaten to get to that percentage. Not impressed to get a win over Antigua or Barbados
USMNT fans are incredibly fair and respectful… I am a big USMNT fan and argued many times on behalf of Berhalter; I said, he deserved the benefit of the doubt, and he got it in bunches. But the reality is that the results weren't there; his teams are super-predictable (4-3-3 or bust); his relationships with players was always either too cozy (i.e, Pulisic, Weah, McKinney, and not to mention all of average MLS players) or contentious (i.e., Reyna, Pepi, etc…); he also took away the "gritty" team identity of the USMNT and replaced it with NOTHING. What was the identity of his teams???
He said he wanted the team to play out of the back. Okay! What was the result of that?? Answer: mediocrity. His teams consistently played down to the competition – think of multiple losses to Panama, loss to Trinidad, and consistent losses/underachieving again weak European teams.
Gregg did what was asked of him when he wad hired – i.e., beat Mexico and qualify for the WC. But he never achieved much beyond that, and to be grouped at Copa while hosting is a historical humiliation. Change was necessary and Gregg had to go.
For the next USMNT coach, I want an A-hole who will hold players to account and insist that they perform and give the fans a "SHOW" – even when the team loses – because the combination of boring and losing makes people want to 🤮.
Colin.
Win % means nothing if you are not performing in tournaments.
To give you a NBA analogy it’s like the team lost in the first round with a sweep. 🧹
Very damning…
You know Soccer is American but it's not the world's sport. Futbol is. Till we figure that one out, American men will play Soccer no matter who coaches .
Colin, the reason “new” soccer fans have to continuously prove their credibility is because of insanely idiotic follow-up comments you had after that.
Sighting a win percentage that is entirely inflated by CONCACAF wins is mind blowingly flawed.
As for the “his players weren’t in their prime” argument, they were still better than all the teams they’ve played except England in the last 3 years!!
I feel bad now , this brother was trying to inform America about soccer. Keep leaning Colin .
I like that Colin has dipped his toe into talking about football (soccer). If you like the sport, talk about it, it doesn't matter how long you've been watching it. I'm an Englishman living in England and I know people who have watched the sport all their lives and still have no idea what they're talking about! 😂
This isn't basketball or NFL their isn't a "prime" if so then Lamine Yamal is in his prime at 16 years old then.
Not just the fans saying this. Soccer media, including OG soccer players from America and around the world, are saying a change was needed.
Show respect for knowledgeable, passionate fans. Yours are not "bad opinions", they're nonsensical and disrespectful.
Colin what a dumpster fire commentary. Stick to commenting on Baseball.
Take a drink for every time colin says prime