It’s no secret that United States Males’s Soccer is in turmoil.
After being knocked out of the World Cup in Qatar, stress over the standing of Gio Reyna on the crew boiled over into allegations of blackmail. As famous earlier this month, USMNT head coach. Gregg Berhalter opened up a few home violence incident from his faculty days, the place he kicked his now-wife Rosalind: “Within the fall of 1991, I met my soulmate. I had simply turned 18 and was a freshman in faculty once I met Rosalind. One evening, whereas out consuming at an area bar, Rosalind and I had a heated argument that continued outdoors. It grew to become bodily and I kicked her within the legs.”
In bringing this incident to mild, Berhalter said that he was doing so as a result of, in his phrases, “[d]uring the World Cup, a person contacted U.S. Soccer, saying they’d details about me that will “take me down” — an obvious effort to leverage one thing very private from way back to convey concerning the finish of my relationship with U.S. Soccer.”
The opposite concerned events? Gio Reyna mum or dad’s, Danielle and Claudio Reyna.
The connection between the households dates again many years — Danielle and Rosalind have been faculty roommates, whereas Claudio and Berhalter performed collectively in highschool and on the USMNT — however has now fractured, threatening each their friendships and probably the USMNT.
In the midst of that is Gio Reyna, the younger and proficient midfielder. Because the USMNT tries to maneuver ahead, turning its collective consideration to internet hosting the 2026 World Cup, Reyna remains to be logging time for Borussia Dortmund within the Bundesliga.
And he appears to be placing all of the noise behind him.
In Sunday’s match in opposition to Augsburg, Reyna got here on as a late substitute in a match that was degree. It didn’t take lengthy for him to vary that:
Reyna’s delicate first contact, and thunderous strike, put Dortmund forward within the closing minutes, and his facet held on for the victory.
Then got here Wednesday, in stoppage time in opposition to Mainz:
Two matches. Two winners from Reyna.
After the aim in opposition to Augsburg, Reyna wheeled away in celebration, after which put his palms over his ears, as if he was bodily blocking out the noise. As he did, the commentator said “… and that’s learn how to reply the critics.”
The USMNT may be coping with an inside cleaning soap opera in the intervening time. However the younger participant within the center is quietly going about his enterprise … and going about it very effectively.
