"greg ber holder" Discussed on ESPN FC
"Easier to kind of just play and have fun and enjoy everything and go into work every day and want to get better. I want to get to push the guy next to you. Well you mentioned, of course, the job that they had for the World Cup. And we do have to talk about the World Cup. I know. You know it's taken us for a while. It's cool. No, I mean, it happens. We know. What was it like? I suppose for you overall watching, you know, the U.S. at the World Cup from home. Yeah, it was really tough. But of course I want to support the boys. The brotherhood that we have that camaraderie is unbelievable, so special. And that's something that you really don't let anything spite or anything get in the way of. So yeah, it was tough to watch it with family and friends and not be there and all that. But yeah, like you said, I mean, that's a football that's life. Everything happens for a reason. And yeah, it allowed me to find some other good things in my life that I need to focus on and that have helped me get to where I am today. And we know that Greg, pretty much said, obviously, giving Matt his time. And to probably almost even have you there, the media, we know that we would probably put this as a you versus him type of thing, and it was just potentially giving unnecessary headlines that could distract the camp as a whole. Or the squad as a whole. When you heard that, I suppose, as a reasoning, was it still kind of hard to take or could you kind of understand his thinking behind that? I didn't hear about that until a couple of months later. I heard somebody say that, but I thought it was like a rumor or whatever. And he's, yeah, he was the coach at the time. I mean, he and I have a long history, and yeah, I thought, I thought it was a little bit different than it was. Obviously. And yeah, it's something I've learned as well. And that was a tough pill as well. For sure. But that's the way it is. And that's the way it is. Did you get to talk to him or any of the boys as well after during throughout? Matt or Greg. Just anybody. Yeah, Greg first, and then of course any of the boys of the count. No, I haven't spoken to Greg. Since that phone call, that's a they weren't going to come. So I mean, yeah, like I said, I thought. I thought things were different in closer and whatever, but it's not that way. But no, I just gave them those guys. Their space and let them enjoy the World Cup and I knew that they were going to go out there and kill it and. Press the world. So I talked, I saw him for the first time again this past camp in March. A year later, so it was good to get to be back and good to be with those guys and see them. Your future. Now, ideal was, of course, for club and for country. Short term promotional burrow. That's number one. Do you feel at home at birth? Because I've got the seats to be ties to city. Yeah, yeah. No, I do. I like it up here. I feel, yeah, I'm in a good place. Which is important. But yeah, promotional burrow. And then we'll figure out the next season and the next steps. All right, first things first, excellent work from Alexis to get and deliver us that interview. Second hurt. Your reaction to what we heard there from Zack Stefan. This is getting screwed over. This is what getting screwed over is. The reasoning for a goalkeeper who played the most important games and World Cup qualifying, that's not my opinion. That's not your opinion. That was Matt Turner's opinion. On this show, on this platform, he told us, Greg berhalter went with Zach Stephan in the important games, the Mexico games, Costa Rica at home. He went with Zach Stephan. It was made clear to him. A player that has history or had history with Greg ber holder. Club level. There's a trust that's built there. For us to believe that he wasn't one of the three best goalkeepers in that
