The U.S.’s 26-man World Cup squad is set, and its manager elaborated on some late curveballs in the roster-setting process.
On Sunday, there was joy. That was the day U.S. men’s national team coach Gregg Berhalter began informing his 26 World Cup players that they were confirmed for Qatar.
Then came the hard part.
“Then I started working on the guys that weren't going to be on the team, and those were when the real difficult conversations started,” the coach said Wednesday night in Brooklyn shortly after the World Cup roster reveal.