Critiques of US Soccer’s hiring process are fair and will linger.
But even when they end, Gregg Berhalter’s heady challenge remains: how to rebuild the USMNT, both tactically and culturally?
After a disappointing autumn, the US enter a critical 2019 with plenty of questions.
Chief among them: what role will the old guard play in reshaping and rebuilding the team’s culture?
Gregg Berhalter is a capable and qualified manager.
But the year-long delay and the lack of a search and interview process for other potential candidates is worthy of critique.
Perhaps worse, it immediately places Berhalter under an intense microscope.
A US team playing with most of its young core was hammered by England in London Thursday afternoon.
The game was a reminder that for all the generation’s young promise, the Americans are still far behind.
It was also another example of why a US program in transition must find stability sooner and not later.
We sat down with the now 11-month tenured US interim head coach Dave Sarachan and talked about the World Cup failure, what drives and motivates Sarachan, the future of US Soccer stylistically and tactically, and more.
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