Berhalter: Wants to stay US coach, ‘heart aches’ for wife

By The Associated Press
FILE - United States head coach Gregg Berhalter follows the game during the World Cup group B soccer match between England and The United States, at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar, Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. The U.S. Soccer Federation revealed Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023 it is investigating that men's national team cach Gregg Berhalter said was a 1991 confrontation in which he kicked the woman who later became his wife.(AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Andre Penner]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Gregg Berhalter says he wants to remain as the coach of the U.S. men’s national soccer team through the 2026 World Cup. He also says that he wants to move forward from the disclosure he kicked a woman in 1991 who later became his wife. The remarks came at a Harvard Business Review event on Thursday. Danielle Reyna, a former American player who was the college roommate of Berhalter’s future wife informed the U.S. Soccer Federation of the incident on Dec. 11. Berhalter had made remarks at a leadership conference that were critical of 20-year-old player Gio Reyna, the son of Danielle and former U.S. captain Claudio Reyna. The USSF launched an investigation.

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