The feud between the Berhalter and Reyna families means uncertainty reigns at the start of U.S. Soccer’s most important World Cup cycle.
One of the biggest decisions in American soccer history—the hiring of the men’s national team coach ahead of the 2026 World Cup that’ll be played primarily in the U.S.—has been thrown into chaos by that most grassroots of soccer problems: angry parents.
Gregg Berhalter’s bizarre speech at a leadership conference concerning the team’s handling of an unhappy player during the recent World Cup, later identified as Gio Reyna, has exploded into a feud between two of the country’s most prominent soccer families, an independent investigation into Berhalter’s behavior while in college, the potential blackmail or harassment of other U.