Reyna Family Flagged Berhalter Incident, Interim Coach Named

Gregg Berhalter, Head Coach of United States, reacts after the team's defeat during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Round of 16 match between Netherlands and USA at Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar on Dec. 3, 2022. Clive Brunskill/Getty Images

NEW YORK—The U.S. soccer team was plunged into public turmoil Wednesday, Jan. 4, when the family of former U.S. captain Claudio Reyna said it notified the U.S. Soccer Federation of a decades-old incident involving Gregg Berhalter and his wife in response to the coach’s disparagement of Claudio’s son, young star Gio Reyna.

Berhalter said Tuesday his 1991 behavior in which he kicked the woman who would become his wife was “shameful” and that he was “looking forward to continuing my conversations with U.S. Soccer about the future.”