Gregg Berhalter out from USMNT, why TNT NEEDS to keep NBA, Biden vs. Trump | Colin Cowherd Podcast 

Colin complains that he has to “prove his worth” to talk about soccer then brings up Gregg’s winning percentage without the context of playing majority small island nations.

The fact is Berhalter never deserved the job and the team never had a good run under him. They either barely met expectations or drastically under performed. Good riddance to the nepo hire

53 of Berhalter's 74-games were hosted inside the USA, unlike any prior USA manager. Eight games were held at neutral sites. He managed only thirteen authentic away games in his entire tenure. 57% of Berhalter's opponents were tiny nations of less than 7 million, also quite unlike any prior USA coach. Look it up Colin.

Jesus this proves Colin’s knows nothing about soccer

Greggs record against top 30 teams was 6 wins 9 draws and 10 loses (4 of the wins against Mexico who has their worst National team in forever). In nations league lost at TNT and should have lost to Jamaica. This COPA America we were the first host to ever not make the knock out rounds. Gregg needed to go, it's not the fans Colin.

Colin is wrong about almost everything regarding Berhalter and soccer: - First soccer fans want casual fans to pay attention to soccer. We just don't like it when casuals start acting they know more and try to lecture/call us idiots or toxic. - As someone who watches the games, Berhalter's 69% winning percentage is because of the weak opponents we played. AND with Berhalter's system, we would struggle to score and create opportunities even though our talent was superior to the opponents. We couldn't beat or even compete against a top team not named Mexico (their weakest generation) - In the World Cup, Berhalter did the absolute bare minimum. Sure you can say that moat of our players weren't in their prime, but they are still REALLY good. Multiple players at that time (and still) played in the Champions league and for top/mid teams in Europe. - Lastly, Berhalter was holding this team back. If Berhalter was in charge in 2026, we wouldn't have done anything special. There is a reason he got fired in the Swedish 2nd division because "the team lacked offense" and couldn't even win half of his games in MLS. Berhalter did nothing special with this team that our previous coaches haven't done.

Thank you Uncle Colin. I was skipping straight to the outro on Herd videos the last 2 weeks just so I could hear your voice

The longest I’ve gone without Colin since probably 2019

Berhalter’s win record means less when you consider he has played significantly worse opposition throughout his tenure. Also, wrt the World Cup campaign, the big difference is HOW we play in the knockouts. When we went out in 2002 and 2014 we put up real, exciting fights. In 2022 there was nothing inspiring about our World Cup.

Colin should run for president on a platform of getting rid of all the defensive coaches in the NFL

Greg Berhalter runs a Nathaniel Hackett offense in football terms

Colin, the media is not imperfect. It's currupt. Big difference.

Colin loves ripping people for backwards hats but there is no mention of Berhalter wearing t-shirts on the sideline during matches

Behalter out?!? We used to pray for times like these🙏 (though a few years late)

Wow!! What a revelation! You mean to tell me that most teams in most sports win most their championships when the best players are in their prime??? You are truly a genius!!! SMH

69% winning percentage. That would be nice, if it were actually were impressive. The fact is, 4 wins in the top 30 came against Mexico, and they're a dumpster fire themselves. They could not go into this World Cup with Berhalter at the helm. If they can get Klopp, that would be awesome.

Colin starts talking Soccer, you realize he is NOT a sports fan. He is a football and basketball fan.

Sorry Colin... on Berhalter you're way off. You don't know what you're talking about, but at least you gave it a shot. I guess that's something?

Colin you should be on an episode of Bill Maher’s Club Random podcast. It’d be great to hear y’all talk about stuff across the board for an hour plus.

Colin, if you’re going to talk about USMNT soccer, the least you can do is watch the games. There’s not that many. The least you can do is pay a little attention and that way you can provide some modicum of informed analysis. It’s not gatekeeping, it’s respecting the sport and informing others how to respect it, too. This was lazy, uninformed analysis that you whipped up in 10 minutes just to fill air and it’s obvious.

Colin low key going to vote for Trump. You should bring him on the Herd when he wins in November.

Thanks for the update!

Greggs offense was absolutely atrocious. Dribble to tge corner and hit a cross or just cross for the sake of crossing. Absolutely no build up.

I’ve got huge respect for Colin, he’s been one of my favorite sport Talking Heads for about a decade. This brother is way off on his Berhalter take, I’ve watched our games since he took over… He got us back to where we should’ve been, but he’s not the guy to take us where we want to go. If you watch the games and listen to interviews, that is clear.

"left on social issues" a/k/a Colin doesn't have the stones to stand up to the crazy libs.

Stelter and JOHN Stewart are not at CNN

An inflated win percentage from beating CONCACAF teams is not impressive

Appreciate your political takes Colin, you should do more im Interested in your point of views maybe because they’re similar to mine haha either way glad your back it’s been boring without you unc

TNT has some first round games of the new 12 team CFP. You’re going to watch TNT Colin lol. Another cold take

Thanks for talking soccer. For everyone that yells at you to stop talking about it because you don’t live and breathe it every second like some of us, I hope they still acknowledge helping mainstream media learn the game so they can reach new audiences is how the game can keep growing. So thank you

Cowherd got all the excuses for U$C. When Lincoln Riley got hired he said and I quote: "They are gonna be really good, really quickly" 7-5 LOLOL

Having a player getting a red card 15 min into a game and getting grouped in the Copa is an unacceptable result for a U.S. coach in this era, he had to go

This was a needed move. Everyone understands that the players have a lot to do what happened at the Copa America, but like with any sport, you don't fire the players. The US soccer federation has been going on the cheap with their managers. We expect from them to make a power move, look overseas. They have enough talent to do something special, to generate more interest, it'll benefit US soccer overall. This move is not just about firing a manager, it's more dipper than that.

Basketball’s dying…ESPN is going to regret that in 5 years…ish.

I know self-reflection is not your strong suit Colin, but have you ever wondered why the soccer community is much more welcoming to Pat McAfee than you? It’s because of your ego. You have to feel like the smartest guy in the room and therefore came in guns blazing insulting fans. And you double down each time with your insults. You can’t even talk about soccer without insulting fans.

Unless Charles Barkley is full of it when he says he retiring after next nba season.. If he keeps his word and is done after this upcoming season? So is Inside the NBA. Chuck makes that show, it loses damn near all its intrigue without Charles. All due respect to Ernie..

Heres my take on the Gregg stuff. Sure, he had a solid win percentage, sure he had a younger team. But over his tenure all I have seen is stagnation, and a culture of complacency. Making it out of the group stages in the WC was the minimum expectation for a team that has been ranked in the top 15 like the US have, especially in a group that has Wales and Iran. Losing to Netherlands was expected, but the WC was still a slight disappointment in my eyes when we tie Wales and barely skate by Iran. The Copa was a MASSIVE disappointment. Only beating Bolivia 2-0 was the start...that team was horrific. The Panama loss was embarrassing, regardless of only having 10 men. But seeing Gregg yell to the team about Bolivia tying Panama is when I realized we need to move on. Again - complacency. Why are we playing to tie and assuming the other game will remain a tie? We need to play to WIN. And I was frustrated to hear Matt Turner postgame say ' I see no issues with the direction we are heading'. I think everyone got too comfortable. US fans are tired of hearing 'we will get better'. We need to see progress, especially with this talented of a team. Our all-MLS teams performed better than this. The Copa was Greggs last chance to prove me wrong that he can utilize our talent and we flamed out big time. A change had to be made if the US is serious about competing in the 26 WC. Glad they did the right thing and hope we can get a manager that pushes our team to be great, not to just skate by with draws and complacent soccer.

Wow, Colin talking politics and actually had a decent take. I was expecting him to cover for Biden and the Dems, but he told it like it is.

glad to have you back Colin

You wandered for a month and this is the best you came up with? Good to have you back tho (on podcasts not FS1 cable TV😢

Lmao colin… stick to your strong suit. Stay away from futball 😂

Colin: I am not a super knowledgeable soccer fan but you are speaking to records without considering context. You have a stellar record of consider context when talking about football and other main sports, so I am left to assume you are just being lazy. Go back on vacation, you are not ready yet.

Love this guy. Great episode Colin!

Glad to have ya back! Hope the break was recharging

LMAO Colin doesn't know sh t about "Soccer". Bet he doesn't even know Jurgen Klopp is available.. bet he doesn't even know who Klopp is! Berhalter is an average coach and considering the WC is in 2 years USMNT need better!

Hell yeah!! Hope you enjoyed the vacation Colin, now get Nick on here!

Relative to other countries, the US is just not that talented. Just watch the games.

Same when it comes to TNT …. Man if they lose it someone needs to sign the fab 4

Colin, I love your podcast, but please stop talking politics. I come here to escape and distract from the nonsense that is politics. There are plenty of channels for those interested in politics.

I’ve got huge respect for Colin, he’s been one of my favorite sport Talking Heads for about a decade. This brother is way off on his Berhalter take. Him and his team obviously won’t read this comment, but in the chances you guys do… don’t talk about Soccer again, very under informed and clearly not watching the games

ufc fans used to be quite similar to soccer fans to be fair

Came here for USMNT talk but realized Colin isn't that guy. I appreciate him trying to talk about it though.

Hey Colin, for someone that likes to bag on the fans that have realized years ago that GGG wasn't the right guy, what answer do you have for the meteoric rise of Colombia? This is a team that crashed out of WCQ in CONMEBOL in 2022. What is the ONE thing that changed on that team to now be unbeaten in 28 games? It sounds to me like you got your soccer info from mainstream media that spent years glazing GGG's record that was absolutely artificially padded by playing way more games at home than our previous coaches and he played against significantly worse quality teams. Plus, our actual win rate is 37%. A draw is not a win. What do you also think about the fact that GGG's tenure at both Columbus and Hammerby have around the same win ratio? Or the fact that the Crew got BETTER when he left?

It's very nice to be at work on a Saturday listening to organic unbiased politics. We all know Colin can be a little biased when it comes to sports especially LA sports but I appreciate his takes on politics.

You bring up Berhalter win percentage seriously!!! He played weaker teams and refused to push this team like Klinsmann and even Bradley did.. that’s like saying Josh McDaniels is a great coach and his 17 game schedule is the Giants 4 times, the Panthers 4 times, the Patriots 4 times, the Cardinals 4 times and the Broncos once

69% my booty. Berhalter's paltry record against top 20 teams demonstrate -- he has just five wins against teams in that category, four of which came against Mexico and the fifth came against Iran. He can only beat tiny Caribbean nations and Mexico.

Cowherd saying he’s an independent LOL SNL couldn’t write a better script

Colin - I respect your Gregg Berlhalter winning percentage take however, it’s similar to Mike Tomlin not having a losing season or Cowboys (or Miami lately) not winning any meaningful postseason game. These players are good enough and in their prime to reach the late stages of the Copa America. The coach had to go!

Colin. You're ridiculous. You really think GGG deserved this job. He was our worst coach in years. Could not hold Bruce Arenas Joc shrap

As a democrat voter I couldn’t agree more.

Colin didn’t start to notice his decline until year 2? The media has been in denial until now

In soccer a players prime is from 21 until around 32. It doesn't influx all that much. He had good players, no matter the age.

Colin setting up the excuses for when USC underperforms is laughable. Bro is already coping

Colin thinks CNN is fair and balanced then calls himself independent 🤣

I want more mainstream coverage of soccer, but winning percentage without context means nothing. Wins against top 30 opponents (ELO Ranking) not named Mexico (who is on the decline), is under 12%. 2 wins from 17 and they are over Ecuador in a 2019 friendly, and Iran at the world cup. If you include wins over Mexico - it raises to 25%, record against Mexico in this stretch is 4W-1D-2L. 64% is impressive, but when you cant win against better opposition, that context is necessary imo.

Exceptionall well said, Colin!!!

Colin calling out the dems >>>>>

I like and respect that Colin acknowledged that he isnt qualified to give soccer takes.

“Always blame the coach” lol yes because none of the coaches have been good coaches. Berhalters record against Cuba and El Salvador are irrelevant

The media should be covering the Trump Epstein call logs.

The garbage that spilled out his mouth about Greg is why he is not invited to the soccer club. Stick to American sports.

I love when Cowheard talks soccer. Hes a master of saying bullshit with confidence.

Colin gets mad that Paul Finebom says Lincoln Riley is a sinking ship claiming Harbaugh, a coach with a much better resume, won eventually at Michigan. Colin then proceeds to say USC doesn't have the NIL money to compete with other major programs or even Oregon. Colin, you are huffingso.e heavy copium.

this was awesome

A video criticism of Trump None on Biden. Noted.

They always have Kamala Harris.

Good to have you back!!! We get used to hearing your opinions on things! Happy you took some time off, but missed the content! Herd and cast! Just FYI you on with John M. and Nick are the BEST!

32:57 you didn’t notice for two years of his presidency? When you started to notice you should’ve gone back and looked at stuff from his first year. It wouldn’t have taken the deepest of dives and it should’ve re-contextualized why he never did a debate in 2020

Colin definitely votes for Trump but fronts for his fanbase and following

A USC fan calling Oregon’s tactics icky is rich

Kalen Deboer went to the natty within 2 years of taking over a 4-8 team but Cowherd making excuses for Lincoln Riley

Welcome back uncle Colin. 🔥🙌🏽

I'll vote for uncle Colin without a doubt 😊🎉

Uhmm USMNT Fans would be a bit more likely to listen if you pronounced the players’ names properly…😁

Preach Collin!! USMNT players don't have pride!

Berhalter's winning percentage is padded by numerous victories over weak Carribean and Central American squads. His teams have only beaten 2 top 20 teams - Iran and Mexico. Iran is far from a powerhouse and the recent Mexico teams are the weakest they have fielded in decades. In 5+ years he has no signature victories. He achieved the bare minimum during his regime and that is not enough to justify keeping his job

I don’t care about the NBA. I don’t watch TNT the thing I don’t understand is why they broadcast USA national soccer matches on TNT.

Bronny James is horrible! In what world would this kid make the NBA if it wasn't for poppa? This will be a disaster.

And who was the USA playing to get that win percentage!?? (Playing random Caribbean islands and Central American nations) CONTEXT MATTERS

Comparing Riley to Harbough is insane!

Plus Berhalter was hired by his brother are you kidding ME! Greg's resume was being fired by a second division team in Sweden after struggling to score and after he left Colombus crew they won't two MLS cups give me a break

Welcome back Unk🤸🏾‍♀️

Harbaugh was winning early at Michigan then fell off when he started trying to recruit in the south. ONLY REASON HE WON LATE WAS BECAUSE OF HIS RELATIONSHIPS. OHIO STATE GAVE HIM THOSE WINS 😂. DEF GONNA BE SUCCESSFUL THOUGH

Colin doesn’t watch baseball either. The pitchers aren’t having a cool time mowing down hitters in 3 pitches like he says. Theres a reason guys have like 80 pitches into the 5th inning and starters don’t go 7-8 innings anymore. They are having long at bats trying to get hitters out.

Colin Cowherd challenge: Mention USC without talking about Silicon Valley. IMPOSSIBLE

Haha. Nice try Colin. ⚽️

Welcome back Tio Colin 🎉🎉

Missed you uncle Colin

Can you do a mailbag? You mentioned casuals and I’d love to know what you think you are. It’s not casual but it’s not helpful news. Love the show

You're making comments without really knowing the sport. How American of you.