The 28 men Gregg Berhalter called into his first camp with the U.S. national team hadn’t even had a chance to break a sweat before they learned things under the new coach were going to be different.
In years past, the team stayed in a hotel during the monthlong January camp. But as players arrived at the Chula Vista Elite Athlete Training Center last weekend they were handed keys to spartan dorms, where they would sleep two to a room.
“It’s not like we don’t have a reason behind why we’re doing this,” Berhalter said after Monday’s first training session.