he can return as coach of the USA. To accuse him Reyna father of Giovanni-Corriere.it

Gregg Berhalter will be back soon US bench. Coach from 1998 to last January, after the World Cup, he had been forced to leave his office – or rather, the discounted contract renewal had not arrived – after the outbreak of a scandal linked to a case of domestic violence. A scandal, above all, aroused by one of his best friends and father of a footballer considered to be little employed.

In fact, it was the parents of attacking midfielder Giovanni Reyna (born in 2002, who remained mostly on the bench at the World Cup in Qatar, according to Berhalter also due to his lack of commitment), who denounced the fact that in 1991 the future coach had attacked his wife. Gregg Berhalter and Rosalind had admitted that during a restaurant fight between boyfriends he had lost his mind and‘he had kicked her in the legs“one moment shameful which I still regret today”He said.

She didn’t report him. Berhalter alone sought therapeutic counseling (“learning, growing and improving: one of the most precious decisions I’ve ever made”) and, 7 months later, he felt called by the “woman of his life” who was looking for a contact. Now Gregg and Rosalind have been married for 25 years, and have four children. No more episodes like that.

At the moment of the facts Berhalter was 27 years old and was a defender, Claudio Reyna was a midfieldera, they were teammates and shortly thereafter, from the World Cup Usa 1994, they would have entered the national team remaining together without apparent problems until World Cup 2002 (with Reyna senior captain). This year, after the American elimination by the Netherlands in the round of 16 with Reyna junior on the field in the second half, the uproar. Although in an even more subtle way than it already seems.

The United States Football Federation, in fact, had been contacted anonymously, even if after the Reyna – now former friends of the Berhalters – had revealed themselves. In any case, having listened to the “indicted” couple, the Usfs relied on a law firm which established that there is “no legal obstacle” to Berhalter’s return on the bench. Since January, the national team had been entrusted first to Anthony Hudson on an interim basis and then to BJ Callaghan, both members of Berhalter’s staff. Which, curiously, they fielded starter Gio Reyna on three occasions, the last one tonight in the Nations League semi-final won against Mexico (and which ended in a maxi brawl).