USMNT savior Gio Reyna ‘so far past’ Gregg Berhalter feud

ARLINGTON, Texas — United States males’s nationwide crew midfielder Gio Reyna stated the rift that developed with supervisor Gregg Berhalter after the 2022 World Cup is “not even an issue at all anymore.”

Reyna spoke to reporters within the wake of the USMNT’s 3-1 extra-time win over Jamaica of their Concacaf Nations League semifinal Thursday evening. He assisted on each Haji Wright targets in additional time.

“Obviously what happened, happened, but I think both of us are so far past it, and just so focused on the group that, yeah, it’s not even an issue at all anymore. We’re just so far past it,” Reyna stated in his first look in entrance of media in a post-match setting because the 2022 World Cup.

After that event in Qatar, Berhalter revealed throughout a management summit that he virtually despatched an unnamed participant house in the course of the competitors for a poor angle in coaching. It quickly emerged that the participant was Reyna, and in response, Reyna’s mother and father disclosed to U.S. Soccer a decades-old home violence incident involving Berhalter and his spouse.

Berhalter’s contract was allowed to run out in December 2022, however he was rehired by U.S. Soccer six months later, and he referred to as Reyna in throughout a global window in September 2023.

Reyna has discovered taking part in time robust to come back by so far this membership season, first with Borussia Dortmund, and extra just lately on mortgage with Nottingham Forest. All advised he has logged simply 399 minutes throughout 18 appearances.

But Thursday towards Jamaica, Reyna confirmed little rust. With the U.S. trailing 1-0 due to a first-minute objective from Jamaica’s Gregory Leigh, Reyna entered the match at halftime, and offered a spark to the U.S. assault.

Reyna stated his mindset was “just affect the game. It was pretty simple. It was not our best performance today, and I just tried to bring a bit of life to the team.”

Reyna did simply that. After the U.S. equalized on an personal objective deep into stoppage, he arrange Wright for 2 targets in additional time.

“I think [Jamaica] scoring in the first minute made it pretty tough,” he stated.

“I think their idea as a team was pretty clear after that, to sit deep and just close the middle and make it difficult for us [with] fouls. You know how it goes. Some games are just really, really tough and they have a lot of quality and a lot of athleticism around the pitch and it was hard to cross. It was hard to go from the middle. But yeah, we stuck with it. Really proud of the team. And moving on to Sunday is the most important.”

After taking part in 75 minutes, plus stoppage time, Reyna was requested if he was prepared to begin Sunday’s remaining.

“I’ll be ready to do whatever it takes for the team on Sunday,” he stated. “I feel good actually…I’m still pretty tired. I think I still played 75, but myself and the rest of the squad, we’ll be recovering in the next few days, and prepared for Sunday, whatever it takes to hopefully win the trophy.”