20 Burst results for "Greg Berhalter"
ESPN FC
"greg berhalter" Discussed on ESPN FC
"Was as a young kid who had been who has been through a lot. What's your initial reaction to see this from Hudson? We mentioned how important he was about three or four times. Yeah, okay, I think a lot of it what I've been seeing is solution to what is there still a problem with Giovanni Reina. My initial reaction is it's not that there's still a problem with Giovanni Reina. He addresses a problem that happened at the World Cup. So one would assume like he says, you handle that with that player and you move on. The problem is you didn't move on. The problem is Greg berhalter Edison spoke about a player who was in disciplined and how they handled it. Everybody deciphered that it was Giovanni Reina and the fallout that led to the reign of family, his parents, reaching out to the federation, speaking ill a Greg berhalter and his family and the fallout that is today. There's too much water under this bridge. And that's why it seems like the most rational thing to do is from somebody in the federation, Anthony Hudson, in this case, to go and visit a player in Giovanni reyna, who's not been plain lately. Yeah. So you got to figure out why he's not been playing lately. One is it health because he's got his fair share fair share of health issues, fitness, is he not say it. Well, is he not fit to is it more? Is it something mentally? Is he not in the right state of mind? Or is there a problem within the team? You need to figure that out because there's still this lingering dark cloud over Giovanni Reina and what it will be like the very first time he's in that U.S. mission camp, that setup. And the only person that was there that's in charge right now, that's a reality because it's not going to be Ernie Stewart. It's not going to be a Brian McBride. It's Anthony Hudson. Whether any of us would like that to be the case or not, that's the reality. So I see nothing wrong with an Anthony Hudson in a very mature way. Going to see how this 20 year old kid is doing. Yeah. Basically
ESPN FC
"greg berhalter" Discussed on ESPN FC
"One with goals and assists like I told you and two, that's the mentality he needs to have. Me against the world. Us against the world. When I play, I have to do this. The great players have that now. It's got to be a better team. I think everybody is in accordance with that. I think you would say that's true, right? But if you have an issue with this, I don't know what to tell you. Yes. Geo Reina, scoring for baruch doorman, an absolute goloso. I think this is actually probably as much evidence as you need to why Greg berhalter can't come back, right? Because of how toxic it is that whether this celebration was directly aimed at berhalter or not, we are talking about it and that toxicity that rift between raina and berhalter, I don't know how it would ever be washed away until these two are separated no longer working in the same national team camp. I love the fact that Gio is turning this into motivation and dormant might be able to use them. You know, he gets the game winner here. There's 6 right now on the table. They're not far from being, you know, right behind fire and I think they're 7 points back up by right now, but they're one or two points away from being second in the league. Still, Dorman could use a boost. They could use a spark and Joe Reina could be the guy to deliver that spark if he's if he's playing as he did right there. I don't know if you saw the celebration, 'cause it was like fully drawn out, right? He first goes over and he does the talking. Yeah. And then this. And then the teammates kind of get them. But then he walks back over to the supporters back over to where the cameras are and does just the Memphis, the pie. Read into it all you want. Don't read into it all you want. Seem like seem like something about Memphis depay if it wasn't about Greg berhalter. We shall find out.
ESPN FC
"greg berhalter" Discussed on ESPN FC
"At the federation. ESPN Sam Borden reporting last Friday that Brian McBride will not return as general manager of the U.S. men's national team. He was reportedly out of contract. This after becoming GM back in 2020. Sam also reporting that while Greg berhalter is still a candidate to return his manager, it is, quote, increasingly less likely that will happen in light of the fallout from the berhalter Reina family scandal herc. Brian McBride out is this the right move by U.S. soccer. I don't know. Can I be honest? The utmost respect for Brian McBride, I don't know what Brian McBride did at USA. What that GM role really entails. You have Ernie Stewart there. So unless it's something we don't know about a breach in protocol or something else because it is really sporting, there were two goals set out for this U.S. men's national team. Qualifying and getting out of the group. And they did them both. So where did it go wrong for Brian McBride? I don't know what his day to today duties were unless you're just an ambassador for club teams from club team to the national team and you're just making trips, making phone calls. Where did it go wrong? I don't know. And I say it with all due respect. I don't know what he did. Right. This is not the right move, herc. This is a nothing move. This is a meaningless move. Brian McBride, to your point, is literally the middleman here, right? Ernie Stewart is above him, Greg berhalter, is beneath him. Ernie Stewart runs the show, Greg berhalter is closest to the team. Right? And if we specifically talk
ESPN FC
"greg berhalter" Discussed on ESPN FC
"How does this kerfuffle affect Greg's perception among club teams? You were kind of talking about that before. What's a kerfuffle? It's like scrap. All right. Mix up. Okay. See. All right. Yeah. I do think Greg berhalter is going to have club offers. Yeah. I think here within the World Cup, neutrals outsiders, especially saw a group they liked that was well worked every time we spoke to somebody they talked about how they were. So it was well coaches what they're saying. That's something that for Greg berhalter is going to be a feather in his cap and moving forward he's going to have opportunities. But if you could see and if somebody dissects how kind of things have gone through his hands and he's kind of let things get bigger than they should have in some way, shape or form, this could be something where you have to keep an eye on if you're a club. Yeah. It's tough because I feel like, as you mentioned, the initial handling of the problem is solid, which is a club team. That's what you want to see. It's the handling of the communication after that. And it's what you often talk about, which is what you say to the press. And that's where berhalter gets in trouble. And Seth, this is a leadership symposium, right? You could have used a million examples from your time in North Carolina from your time in Sweden from your time playing in the Buddhist gift from your time in the national team as a player to whatever used the one hot button topic. That's why everybody's tongue. Yeah, that's why I think it was intentional. All right, let's move on with surprise surprise, herc. More on
ExtraTime
"greg berhalter" Discussed on ExtraTime
"It's fantastic to see. And I was beating the Met drum for the U.S. before just about anybody. It wasn't because the distribution like that, it was, it was for shot stopping. And for us to be here now and we haven't had him to be a hero. Well, I guess that is about everybody else, isn't it? But it was nice to see him hit the type of pass that modern elite goalkeepers are supposed to hit. Yeah, it was amazing. And I want to turn to the player you mentioned to get on the end of that cliff pass for the first goal, Timothy Leia. Because when you mention that, I had forgotten that Timothy waya got on the end of it. Because he had been doing so many other things throughout the game. He has done so much for this team in the first two games, and it didn't occur to me that he also did dropped in and received balls like that, but it shouldn't surprise me because he's a player that can do everything. And we have talked about Christian Pulisic rightfully so. We have talked about Wes and McKinney. We have talked about so many players and I really want to make sure we talk about Timothy Leia because he is ultimately the one who has been on the end of so many of these attacking chances. That as the U.S. has been dangerous in the final third, he has either been the one combining in possession or more specifically and more often, offering the verticality. Because Greg berhalter made a big tenant of this team, the verticality, the ability for them to play behind defenses. The ability for them to play quickly. And there is a risk early on when he made that when he turned that lever up for the team, that the soccer was going to get ugly, that it was going to get a little bit direct, that they were going to lose their ability to play in possession. But when you have a player like Timothy Leia, who offers the verticality who offers the pace, who can stretch a back line, but can also ball.
WTOP
"greg berhalter" Discussed on WTOP
"Aren't black and white. Think red. Before we do that, let's find out what happened today and money news, Jeff claw. The thou gained but just three points, a new minority owner for the caps in the wizards. I'm Jeff claypool. All right, now we're talking about sports. Dave, there is jubilation in the streets in the bars in front of TV sets all across the country. Yes, TV USA survives in advances beating Iran in a must win game one nothing to finish group play with one win and two ties they advanced to the knockout stage coach Greg berhalter telling Fox TV. You know, the first half of the show to what we can do, soccer wise, have been a really good first half. Second half of the show when we can determination wise. The guy's grinding and gave every single ounce of energy and we're undefeated going into the next round. Christian pula 6 tally in the 38th minute was the difference the U.S. advances to the round of 16 where they will play the Netherlands Saturday at 10 a.m.. Meanwhile, England and Senegal also secure spots in the knockout stage, NHL capitals are out west, facing Vancouver, 10 p.m. face off on 1500 a.m. men's college basketball ACC Big Ten challenge. Number 22, Maryland meets winless Louisville at 7, Third Reich Virginia visits Michigan at 9 30, closer to home in the district, American plays Albany at 7, Major League Baseball multiple outlets report the nationals have signed third baseman. Two a one year contract. Dave Preston WTO sports. All right, Dave, thanks. Four 17, despite pressure from the fossil fuel industry, Montgomery county is just passed a measure to limit greenhouse gases. And guess what? It has nothing to do with cars. The biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions in Montgomery county is buildings because of the fossil fuels burned to construct them and to keep them running. Now a unanimous county council vote requires old buildings to be retrofitted and new construction to be fully electric by 2026 with minor exceptions, council member Hans reamer introduced the legislation. He says all electric buildings are cheaper to operate and healthier for indoor air quality. They don't produce carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxide both known to contribute to asthma and children and disproportionately impact communities of color. Coming up after traffic and weather here are the top stories we're following for you. The United States soccer team advances to the round of 16 at the World Cup in Qatar, we will tell you how they did it in their match against Iran. A disturbing story on a Frederick county, Maryland, where a mother and father, well, where a father is found dead mother's expected to survive, they were stabbed by their son and Frederick county sheriff's deputies shot and killed the man. We're following developments. Keep it here on WTO for more on these stories and just minutes
ESPN FC
"greg berhalter" Discussed on ESPN FC
"In there. McKinney injured a lot. Dust been injured a long time. So the question mark is for Greg berhalter is, do I put these guys in in the first game, risking that they get injured or then out for the rest of the tournament or do a ease them into the tournament, thinking that if we lose to Wales, there might not be arrested the tournament anyway, so it is, there's some question marks that we don't know that the coaching staff and the medical staff knows more than we do on how fit the starting core really is, but I think if everybody's fit, I think that's going to look like the Lions has been pretty good for leads. We don't know what we're going to get from them because he's hitting the mess. I haven't played much. Tyler Adams is key and there he's actually played quite well for the leads but he needs and he got sent off in his last game against Tottenham. It was two year old cars, very high school got to be mindful of his discipline when he pokes his foot and for those challenges because he's a key player for the U.S.. I think a big part of it is really shuffled the backline around are they going to try and play this crazy high line and how is that going to work? I don't think they can create. I mean, I don't think we also are going to run away from you for more and Gareth Bale's not a slow, but he's not super quick anymore. But it's whether they can play that dangerous lane and get out the competition. Yeah, I think obviously the one omission on that side is Gio Rena. Right. And that's all down to fitness. Yeah, I can see he's the first name on the team. In my opinion, yes. But again, it's that part of you have three points to pick up enough points to get into the three matches to pick up enough points to get into the next round. And do you risk a group of players that you know aren't 90 minutes fit in that first game and then potentially lose them for the rest of the tournament. And I think in that first match, I think geo just might be the one that comes in off the back. See, there's a big tongue in cheek. There's a big expectation on these players. Because how they're doing this tournament will shape the narrative about how they're going to win in 2026. Oh, goodness. I mean, we're already looking ahead to that. So we've got all this to come. Yeah. We've got three or four weeks of three or four weeks of it now, potentially. And then another four years of it. Look how weird. Let's continue trying to be great. And let's continue, shall we look ahead then to the class between the USA and Wales is it's time for our camp report, brought to you by Modelo. Greg berhalter is famous for his preparation, and he and his coaching staff have been going over
ESPN FC
"greg berhalter" Discussed on ESPN FC
"American pool. Yes. Brandon Vasquez. Here's what the FC Cincinnati striker had to say about his U.S. World Cup chances this week. Quote, I talked to Greg right before that camp in September. He was basically saying that was a little too late to integrate me and that he feels I made it really hard for him and that I just need to keep proving myself and that will have that opportunity in the next cycle. Will the U.S. regret not calling in Brandon Vasquez this cycle? No. And ultimately, time will tell. Let me tell you why I say no. If it was a situation in this current cycle, we're leading up to the World Cup. You didn't have a player like Josh sergeant scoring. You didn't have a player like Ricardo peppy scoring. You didn't have a player like Jordan scoring. You didn't have the Jesus data in a career year, and that's probably where you could say, well, you should go over to, et cetera, et cetera, but he has a little bit of equity built in with Greg berhard. That wasn't the case. That wasn't the context I would say. You're going to regret this. But I can't. I also can't go against Greg berhalter on this one. Now explain, if I were to give Greg hard to excuse me, Greg berhalter credit on something during his tenure, it's the way he's dealt with recruitment with duel nationals. That is the one area of his tenure where he's knocked it out the park. I think he's been exceptionally in. I actually respect his honesty with these dual nationals with these players. And whether the U.S. men's national team lives to regret losing Brandon baskets or not, is not the issue or not the case here. You couldn't use the World Cup in a way to use a predatory cap to lock him in. And me be okay with it. Yeah. So I feel he did the right thing. Okay, I get what you're saying there, but it's to say it's too late now is to be like, well, Brendan Vasquez has been scorned since March. Like he was scoring all summer. There were opportunities in the spring to call him up.
ESPN FC
"greg berhalter" Discussed on ESPN FC
"About that. So if you're Ricardo Pepe, you have to feel it's out of sight out of mind. What can I do to latch on into the mind of Greg berhalter and this coaching tree? This coaching network here because it doesn't matter how the fans feel, it doesn't matter what I think it's what that guy thinks. So it can't be out of sight out of the mind. Did you feel like the interviewer there was almost like disrespecting the goal a little bit? No, no, no, no, not at all. It wasn't a little bit all of it. Yeah. You did all of it. So I actually, I actually think it's a great, great goal to your point about a goal asso. Remember, there was a comment from Greg berhalter during the last international break that stood out to me about Ricardo peppy. He said, we think that Ricardo pepi can dominate the Dutch league. Now remember, Greg berhalter has gotten in trouble for using the word dominate in a wrong or maybe premature moment before. But he said that about Ricardo Pepe, where Ricardo pepi had not done that yet. And this was the type of goal that maybe it's not skill domination. But I mean, physically, he dominated his opponent. He made a goal out of nothing. To me, that is a guy who was dominating his opponent. So I love Ricardo peppy the shot here. The one thing I would say is he went 11 months without scoring a goal, hurt. So how important can a goal be? Like, clearly. It's now two and two assist in two goals and a Keystone growing. He dominated in the Greg berhalter style. Scored a goal, but they didn't win. Okay. Look, 11 months without a golden keep him out of the team, I'm not going to go too crazy saying that this goal certainly punches his ticket for Qatar. So I'm going to say the person that needed the bounce back game the most and actually who I think took advantage of their opportunity the most is Christian Pulisic. Now, as we said, it wasn't a big opportunity, right? He came on as an 84th minute sub for Chelsea. But he gets an assist. Now, just like people might say, oh, well, the goal for Ricardo Pepe was a scrappy one. It was an ugly one. I know there are some people that might say, oh, this assist for Christian Pulisic isn't all that much because it is Conor Gallagher who hits a worldie. And will fully acknowledge that. But this is a great, great play from Christian Pulisic, and it is exactly her exactly why he's on the field because he can drive at a defense when they're packed in. He can break that defense down. And in this case, and he doesn't always
ESPN FC
"greg berhalter" Discussed on ESPN FC
"Friendlies in this recent round of action for the U.S. national team. In fact, this year, in 7 games against teams going to the World Cup, they've only won one. They've had three draws and three losses. After their scholars draw with Saudi Arabia, this is what their coach Greg berhalter had to say about their performance on the night. I think it was a positive step for the group, the intensity, the desire against a tough opponent, a compact opponent, happy with that. Not happy, I think with the execution. And I think it comes down to a little bit of tightness, a little bit of lack of confidence. And anxiety. And I told the guys, you know, I feel for them. It's a difficult situation to be in. Everyone's fighting for roster spots. And instead of coming out and really performing like the team, we know we are. We lacked a little confidence in that. I think that hurt performance. And you saw some of the thinking almost on the field today. And we want to take that out of them. We want them to just play and play with that aggression and that intensity and the speed that we know they can. There's not many players that performed up to their normal levels in this camp. And that's just how it is. You can ask them about the center backs, the full backs and forwards, anyone you want to ask, I'd say, we were below our normal levels. I think we got some clarity. We talked about it today with the group. And when the coaching group. And I think things became pretty clear.
ESPN FC
"greg berhalter" Discussed on ESPN FC
"Thank Luis Garcia coverage of that game will start earth. It's early kick-off on Sunday October the 16th coverage starts at 9 15 eastern on plus. It was disappointing to say the expulsion from a U.S. perspective that two nil defeat against a Japan on Friday. Let's hear of showing from Greg berhalter, trying to work out where it went wrong. It's hard to tell if this if this evaluation period or guys feel like they're being heavily evaluated and it's affecting them. Greg, you talked about how this is an evaluation period. I mean, did anyone help themselves today with that performance? Well, I mean, I think first and foremost, there's not 26 guys that are, you know, it's not fair to say that everyone's on the block here. I mean, there's guys that have a lot of water under the bridge with this team. And played a lot of good games. I think when I, when I evaluate the game in its entire, I just said, we performed below expectations. We weren't up to our normal standard, and that's almost across the board. So it's disappointing because you know you get the opportunity to play against a good opponent. It's going to be a technical opponent. They're going to be pressing. You know what the parameters are of this game, and it's a great opportunity for us. And I just don't think we took advantage of it.
ESPN FC
"greg berhalter" Discussed on ESPN FC
"About the possibility of being left off this team. I say that in large part because of what Greg berhalter told us after he made the decision, which is, look, I've seen what I need to see out of Jordan peacock. We know his profile and also heard that we've seen everything that we need to see out of him to make the decision as to whether he's going to be on the World Cup or not. There's not saying that if he's already ruled Jordan peacock out, it's pretty clear to me that he's still got him counted and that actually he's taking this opportunity to look at two other guys who haven't proven it in a while and who he needs to see if they're ready for the World Cup. In peppy and Josh Sargent. You think I'm wrong? That's, I just got deja vu and goosebumps. Did he not say the exact same thing about John Brooks? Did he not already know what John Brooks was about and wanted to see somebody else? How did that go for John Brooks? It didn't go well. Okay. I think they're very different. I think it's very different. I think if you're Jordan PEEP fogg and you want to worry or if a U.S. fan and you want to worry, there is a Greg berhalter quote that I think might make you worry quite a bit. And that's the idea that he's going out saying, look, it may not be the best forwards, it may be the guys that best fit this system, and I wonder there what you think about that. Because that seems to imply that the system and Greg berhalter's focus on the system is more important than production. And that's where you might get nervous, then maybe Greg berhalter sees the system as more important than what is obvious to all of us, the thing we can see on paper, which is goals and not just goals are, but goals in a top 5 league. Yeah, and he's not the only coach in the world. Luis Enrique literally had this conversation. I believe yesterday or two days ago, and he was saying the same thing. He's saying, as clear as water, I call who I want because I think they will help me do what I want and said system. This is pretty much what Greg berhalter is saying here. At some level you have to respect it, but just say that. Just say, I want this player. I like what he does and said system. I don't care how many goals you score. But it's not been that. It's been one after the other with the inconsistencies from John Brooks to what is Jordan peacock? All right, so there we have it. Jordan P Fox still scoring still not on the U.S. roster. For the upcoming friendlies, we don't know about the World Cup coming up in Qatar. We got some more U.S. roster news
ESPN FC
"greg berhalter" Discussed on ESPN FC
"Think you could slice this either way. And you can make a pretty good case. I'm saying stock up, but I'm going to ask you if I'm right. Because really, I was not impressed with Jordan Morrison. Because of the goal, because of the goal, if we're going to act like coming from behind in the slop against El Salvador proof so much about this team and it's important, then we have to put some value. We have to put some weight to the guy that scored the goal. The guy that scores the goal in the end. So maybe I'm exaggerating, but you've been in those shoes. You've been the guy trying to get onto the roster late. I very much feel Jordan Morris is a bubble guy right now. Is this play enough to get him off that bubble? No, it's not enough to get him off the bubble. And I love me some Jordan Morris. I was his teammate. I think he's an unbelievable person. And I've seen what he can do at the international level. We're talking about a guy who was nominated for a U.S. soccer player of the year. Three times, three times, and the last time I think he should have won it, he had just as many goals as Christian Pulisic and more assist, 5 goal 6 assists, but he's on the air and long project. He's there right now because Greg berhalter has so much faith and trust in these guys that he's trying to see if they can come back to pre injury form. He's exhausting all options with these guys giving them every benefit of the doubt that he's not given other players to see if they can be that player by Qatar. But you can't say stock up because this is a player that when we've seen him at his height, it's nowhere near right now. This is a player that's proven it before. Big goal, yes, gold that's going to do wonders for his confidence. Sure, but neither club nor country has he shown that his stock up right now and a lot a lot of competition at his position. All right, last stock up stock.
ESPN FC
"greg berhalter" Discussed on ESPN FC
"Ups and stock downs, not for the game against that side of our car. No, for the whole window. Your first stock up, stock down. Where are you going? Stock up. Now, whether you think Jesus Ferreira is a starting 9 or not, is not the question. What do you think he's received too many opportunities or not is not the question? What do you think he's good enough or not to be in Qatar is not the question? This June camp, it's a clear stock up. The man played every single game. He's clearly a confidant of the coaching staff of Greg berhalter. He comes on and has done with very few in the history of the U.S. miss nationally have done before a score four goals in a game. I don't care who it's against because that is who the U.S. men's national team has played throughout their history. And no 9 in this program has scored a goals. No 9. So he's scoring goals in MLS and you could say whatever you want about the level MLS and he's scoring goals now here. And he happens to play and the happens to play a lot. It's a clear stock up. Now, it's not my stock up. It's not your stock up. It's stock up in the U.S. men's national. This kid's going to Qatar and Greg were halter's mind. How could an appy stock up? Okay, stock up, but like a slight stock up, right? He didn't totally grab hold of this opportunity. He started what? Three of the four games. We can't say he dominated. We can't say he locked up the number 9 job. You can say stock up because other guys didn't show because he scored four against Grenada. But it's a slight stock up. He didn't lock down the job and he had the opportunity to do that. I'm sorry, I answer the questions. Slight stock up is a stock up. It's stock up because he's the only 9 doing it 7. That's the issue here. There are no other 9s doing it. You can say, well, no, they're not going to go to the opportunity. So if you don't let another 9 get the opportunity, would that mean your stock is falling? Let's go from 9 to the other end of the pitch..
ESPN FC
"greg berhalter" Discussed on ESPN FC
"They never had a marquee moment where they battled through like something like this. Well, they finally have it. I saw it for the first time that fight that heart. I saw for that first time that willingness and termination to get through no matter the circumstance. I take that from this game. Okay, yeah, and I think that's pretty much the story that Greg berhalter is saying in his post match press conference, right? This team proves something to me. In less than ideal circumstances, I think we gotta give Greg berhalter a lot of credit here, not necessarily for the game, but managing the window, right? We talked about the decision to bring the a team. Yeah. If we're gonna criticize Tata martino for not doing it, we gotta give credit to Greg berhalter for doing it. But it's not just that. It's the decision to start the a team against El Salvador and do it in, I think what are very risky conditions, right? If somebody had gotten hurt, Greg berhalter probably would have been in for some criticism. That was a risk there to play that team in those circumstances. But he got some real important answers on some guys. And so I think we have to give him a lot of credit hurt. In the past, when you've criticized this team for being soft, you've left it at the manager's feed and not the player's feet. So I think we got to give berhalter some credit for allowing this group to prove that they're not soft in your eyes. Yeah, I never said he didn't deserve credit. I mean, you actually write about the window while we were criticizing Tata martino in Mexico for allowing their a teamers to go off on vacation. Here is Greg breal just saying Christian Pulisic. I know that there's a lot of uncertainty for you. You know it's been a long season, but go play in Scotland. Him saying Weston McKinney, I know you're coming back from injury and juveniles may not want you playing in this type of game, but go out there and I want to see what it's like for you. So yeah, a lot of credit to Greg berhalter for sticking to his guns and playing the way he did or playing the lineup that he did. I don't think we've ever lacked criticizing or giving credit here. Okay. All right, speaking of Greg berhalter, we heard some of his post match comments, but not all of them. He had some very interesting ones about Haji Wright, who got the start against El Salvador. Let's listen in. You know, John, it's always difficult when players get an opportunity and don't fully capitalize on it. It's not nice for a coach. It's not nice for the players, not nice for the group. We're all rooting for Haji to be a force. We purposely played more direct in the first half because we thought he could be the force that would unsettle them. And it just wasn't his night tonight. And it doesn't rule him out for anything in the future. We don't work like that. Now it's about him going back to his club and continue to score goals and do his thing. But it was unlucky night for him tonight for sure. It sounds like shots fired are the shots warranted. Now I've given grebo halter his credit. This is where I need to. You're about to take some away. Ask him, what does he gain by doing this? I've never heard Greg berhalter express himself this way about any other player. In the U.S. men's national team. Now you're going to express yourself this way about Haji Wright, a guy who's on the outside looking in that you gave 45 minutes to in a mud pit that he didn't take advantage of his situation of the opportunity. You just handed it to him? What can you possibly gain by expressing yourself this way of Haji right? I've never heard him say anything like this.
ESPN FC
"greg berhalter" Discussed on ESPN FC
"To perform at the level that I think we know he can play at, that obviously Pep Guardiola knows he can play. He can play at. But he's just not consistently doing it. And that's a worrying sign for Greg berhalter and the men's national team. I'll tell you what, that third goal right there, maybe a in confidence informed Zack Stefan. Makes a play on it, you know, on the near post. It's a very difficult volley to stop. You don't expect it, and then it's a little play right here. You got lucky he made up for it, but I agree with case. It looks like a player who's not so sure of himself. Pep Guardiola and sax Stefan. It can happen, so it's an accident, so I'm pretty sure that the fact that it doesn't want to do it. So it will and sometimes, you know, the strikers miss the chances in front of the keepers, all the time, but the keepers is more, yeah, the punisher. Even for, you know, when you play cops or competitions that you don't play, you know, therefore a moment so deserves to play back and you made a good game. After that, the core is to play make a good decision, good save. So any exceptional key person. It was an accident. It was an accident, it's an exceptional keeper. Zach Stephen posted this after the game trials and tribulations, failures and success. That's live. Yes, they're just game. It's a tough pill to swallow all we can do is get back up and grow from it. Thank you to all the fans who made the trip. We will work hard to make you guys proud. We move forward. All right, let's talk about the performance..
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"greg berhalter" Discussed on ExtraTime
"Time to get down to business understand hopefully try to win at least a trophy this year because that's the whole reason why I stayed and I think the whole team not just me is really motivated to do that. Take us into the locker room a little bit. We talked to Robin Frazier a ton in his time around MLS. I don't think he likes us as much as he likes the people on the same. So he's a little guarded sometimes with us. Sometimes opens up, but what's he like as a coach? What's the atmosphere that he sets? How is it that he interacts with all of you guys? Yeah, I mean, off the field he's a very humble quiet guy, modest he's easy to talk to when you're having a conversation that's not soccer. But I mean, when he comes down to business, he's really serious. And I think the biggest thing with us is that we watch a ton of video. It's the most video that I've watched with probably any coach. I mean Greg berhalter was up there with, you know, being really detail oriented, but Robin, it's almost every single day. And that's kind of his interaction with players is he kind of want to while you're here. You're really focused in and kind of you know, trying to do your job and while you're in training, your mindset is just completely focused on training, but once you're away from it, you can kind of go enjoy yourself. And I think that's why a lot of guys have found this place as a home that they like because I think they know that they can come in and concentrate for a bit and then also just go live there their life once it's outside a soccer. So I think there's a level of comfort here between the team and I think that's what has brought us together as a team is we all feel so close and bought it together while we're here. And then we go live our lives outside of it. Seems like the whole process is designed to get the most out of you. And we look at the roster, you look at the DP spend, you look it up the production on that side unit has been hurt..
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USMNT Announces Gold Cup Roster
"Right into a charlie. This is this is what we like to do. This is only like to think about. This is what we're looking forward to this summer after that. Big nations league victory from the us. Mnt the gold cup. We knew that this was not going to be the same roster. That went out competed oakley one that nation's league tournament gregg berhalter has been saying it for a long time. We're gonna have to separate groups. There might be a little bit of overlap and likely that overlap is gonna come from mls players because it is the summer and you've got transfer window open you've got guys going into preseason camps trying to earn their way like for instance. He said brian reynolds not here because joe's marino doesn't generally play younger players so they want brian reynolds to beat at roma from the jump with the new manager to make sure he has a chance to get into the team otherwise he's going to be working From behind a couple other names in that scenario where cameron carter vickers gotta figure his cup situation. Eric palmer brown to figure out his cup situation. And greg said admitted our centre-back cool is a little bit light. So here is the roster for those of you who haven't seen it goalkeepers matt turner the likely starter. Funny story there. We'll get to that shawn johnson. Brad gazon defenders george bellew reggie cannon shack more. That was a little bit of a surprise. Donovan pines another site. Surprise but again center back a little bit thin per berhalter miles robinson a starter says greg james sands sam vines and walker zimmerman the other presume starter at center back in the midfield coma. Kosta general kabuchiko stand up kansas city especially jet criminal. Don eric williamson. Who was my must have on this roster injection you'll end up top paul arriola gerald decay. Nicholas keeney matthew hoppy. Who's in for the first time. Jonathan lewis josse artists. Give me your initial reactions. You saw this. Twenty-three you're thinking about the summer you're thinking about the task at hand which is both to win a gold cup but also develop players to push into the first team to get to the world cup. What are you thinking right now on this thursday morning for me. I'm thinking there's not any anyone that i'm particularly surprised about. That's one too. I think this group is is has enough quality to win now if mexico brings. They're a team. That's going to be challenged in especially with mexico hungary to avenge that nation's league loss.
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Philadelphia Union unveil 2021 secondary jersey
"I gotta ask you about the big story of the day the philadelphia union out here blowing my socks off with the second kit with the lightning bolts with the sons of bins colors. might not be up your wheelhouse. But i i love this. These are the little offseason things that i see that. I'm god i can't wait to see the union where this kid. I love the fact that the union went out and didn't just say hey we'll ask a couple of people will do some surveys. What do you think this club represents. No they stuffed a bunch of people in a room. They made them part of the process and from that was birthed a magnificent kit that i am basically begging the union to send me right now. I didn't really realize i was doing that. But i am doing that. So philadelphia union. If you'd like to send me a kit. I wear large. I love what you've done. It's a beautiful beautiful thing yet so kit discussions. They're not my wheelhouse story. That mixed metaphors are up your wheelhouse but no it's gorgeous and it's distinct and that's what i really care about does. It doesn't look different out. There is it immediately identifiable when you turn on the tv. And you're watching this team And i liked the fact that the union have gone in that direction. My favorite kits around the league over the years have been the ones that stand out a bit and this certainly Certainly checks that box
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The First American To Play For Barcelona
"Two Weekends Ago Nineteen Year Old Sergio Desk became the first American to play for one of the world's biggest soccer clubs. The new. Number, two for Barcelona Savino desk off the bench here today. Today the FX Palton Oreo on desks rapid rise and why the young star has chosen to play for the US instead of his birth country of Holland. showed him their vision for what he was going to be in the future they believed in him and he hadn't seen anything from Holland until he broke into the first team that I act. So I think there is a sign of Sergio recognizing wind people believe in him in when people give him the support to be successful. From in the athletic, I'm under skelter and I'm Davidson, it's Friday October sixteen, and this is the lead. It felt like something great was happening. There is something about the emotion. For. The past because. that. This isn't a story. View the. It stays with you. So. Paul how would you describe the way that Sergio plays? Well, I would say he's definitely more of the modern fullback that we see in today's game. Is An attacking player first and foremost. DSP little slow to react to. That very quick very good one on one defender, but his strongest traits are pushing forward. With the ball crossings desk. Space he's not afraid to be creative. He's not afraid to try different things. Back so Yeah he he plays with the mindset of attacking player who is looking to create goals. And get a sense of the hype around surging your desk. How good is this dude expected to be? Yeah I mean I think there are a lot of hopes for what he can be you know Barcelona spending twenty, five, million euros to sign him that puts a a heavy amount of expectation on Sergio Desk I mean this is not a taking a flyer on a guy paying five million euros form and hoping he works out and develops know when that kind of money is being spent. The expectation is that you come in and you contribute right away. And in the case of Sergio that means producing assists, it means holding your own in the Champions League and I think there is a lot of belief that he can be that type of player I mean I think there's going to be a huge spotlight on that club this year because it could potentially be Messier's final season at Barcelona, and so the hope that club is that they can win Champions League maybe do something to convince messy to stay and that's what you're walking into. If you're Sergio Desk and Paul, what's your sense of Sergio personality what's he like he comes across as kind of a quiet kid? I believed in myself. So that's like the reason I get focused and I played really well and this you know he. Is Very Smart. He certainly is not afraid to Kinda give his analysis of his teams and where he fits in the and the last two minutes I just made a unbelievable mistake and that's What I learned from it. But. What's interesting is when you talk to other people about him, what's he like kind of away from the media spotlight were you probably get a better idea of his personality? It seems like he is. I guess the best way to put as maybe like an interesting dude, like he you know he kind of goes to the beat of his own drum. He's got a kind of a bright personality and we're starting to see little bits of that I think as he grows comfortable with the spotlight that's on him. Now, we'll you've been digging into Sergio rise to stardom including speaking with some of his former youth coaches in the Netherlands. Tell us a little about the path he's followed. Well, he was signed with his academy from a local club. At. Quite a young age and I think what's interesting is At I xe the expectation when you go to a club like that and you go into an academy like that is immediately, how is he gonNA fit in as a professional and I think there were some concerns about whether or not Sergio had the discipline to succeed. As a professional you saw that topic come up with a number of his youth coaches at I you. Was He going to take things seriously enough. Well, what were some of the things that he was doing that we're raising red flags among some of these youth coaches? Well, they vocalise some of them and they didn't they hinted at others. There's little things like Sergio not showing up to school. Where was his focus and and having to sit down and have talks about professionalism and you can interpret it however many ways you want is showing up the training on time is he going and doing all the individual work that needs to be done mainly they wanted him to understand that you know. Yes, football is fun. Yes. There is the enjoyment part of it right but. If, you're going to make it at a club like I asked at a certain point you have to start treating it like a job as well, and for as much as some coaches were giving him those red flags there were also coaches who were saying, no, this kid has it. He has something and what you what you need to interpret is, yes, his personality might be. A little different. He might not fit perfectly in the box that you want, but he wants to be successful. He wants to get better and those are the coaches that recognize that in him and worked to kind of harness it, and once that happened once there was a little bit of belief behind Sergio Dust that self-motivation has has led him to a really quick sent from. The U Twenty World Cup into access first team, and then a year later into the senior national team for the US and onto Barcelona. So break this down for us. Paul Sergio grew up in the Netherlands. But he's been playing with US national teams. How exactly has that worked? So Sergio comes from a military US military family his father was a soldier who was stationed overseas. As Mother's Dutch and so he was born in Holland and and was raised there and even the Dutch national team he never got an invite to the youth national teams in Holland every time before the less round, the real real influence I didn't make you know and. Then, I was like. And he was discovered by the US soccer on accident, a US youth national team coach Dave Vandenberg, a former player, and he reached out to his club actually about another player. Another American at I ax to check in and he said as as you tend to do in scouting or journalism. Hey are there any other players I should be aware of and to coach that the actually we have another player here with American passport is name, Mr Gino, desk, and then My Dad told me like you also have American best and people saying to my dad so he can also play for the American. So when they brought through genius destined to camp, they were watching very closely not just his soccer ability but how would he mesh with the group and they said it took just one training session to see the quality that Sergio desk had. But what they were really happy with was how quickly he bonded with the Group of players and they felt like he really gained a lot from the group in connecting to his American. Identity I felt home over there a little bit because they I mean in the national team because they helped me all the time and they give me chances. This. That's the main thing I guess I would say also I think it's worth noting that the connection between us soccer at the time general manager now technical director Ernie Stewart and Sergio Desks Ernie Stewart likes or. Has a father who is in the military a Dutch mother grew up in Holland and when the US was trying to finalize Gino desks international recruitment, Ernie Stewart and Gregg Berhalter flew to Holland sat with Sergio and his father had a meal watched her play Champions League and spoke about their vision and I think it probably helped Sergio desk to see somebody who grew up very similar to him very similar background who played in multiple world cups more than one hundred caps for the US national team and Through seeing Ernie Stewart's accomplishments saw what he could accomplish with the US i. felt like my feelings were telling me like. My heart told me US wants the best option for you. It's not like. That I don't like the Netherlands. But yeah. In life you have to make decisions on. It's easy. You know. Also, we should note that that loyalty that, US, national team showed him, and that belief in the positive reinforcement he was getting with the US and being to Seventeen World Cup team u twenty. World Cup team led him to choose the United States senior national team overhaul, and which was recruiting and Windsor Genius talked about that decision. He talked about the fact that he had been a part of the teams plan for a long time. They had showed him their vision for what he was going to be in the future they believed in him and he hadn't seen anything from Holland until he broke into the first team and. So I think. There is again a sign of Sergio recognizing when people believe in him and when people give him the support to be successful.