Christian Pulisic has blasted the situation surrounding former U.S. men’s national team head coach Gregg Berhalter and the U.S. Soccer Federation’s search for a new boss amid the Reyna family feud as “extremely childish.”
Speaking with ESPN, the Chelsea player spoke of how FIFA 2022 World Cup boss Berhalter has been “extremely unfortunate” in his contract expiring post-Qatar although he does remain a candidate for his former role.
A recent independent investigation by U.S. Soccer found that Berhalter and his wife, Rosalind, were involved in a domestic incident between them back in 1992. Berhalter has admitted to kicking his then-girlfriend and issued a public apology for his actions.
The incident was brought to the USSF’s attention by the Reyna family when son Gio was heavily criticized by Berhalter, despite the then-coach not naming who the player was. It also found that Claudio Reyna, Gio’s father, had a long history of reaching out to USSF to complain about various things from his son’s playing time to the use of officials.
“I am not here to appoint the next manager,” said Pulisic. “It is not my job and whoever it is, I am going to play and give it 100%. Everything that happened with Gregg,…
