I feel bad for Gio Reyna, he seems like a guy that just wants to play football, but is now going to be caught up in this nightmare because of his parents, that could overshadow his talent on the field.
He is not innocent. He fully supported his parents behaviour that was clear. Could’ve asked them not to do what they did, don’t believe he had no knowledge of that whatsoever and if they truly respected/loved him they would’ve thought about the consequences and thought twice.
@@JamesCM86 or have you thought that Gio’s parents are just bad people who didn’t care about what Gio wanted? I don’t think anything that was in the reports points to the conclusion that Gio knew about any of it, especially considering he worked with Gregg Berhalter just fine later into the World Cup.
@@Muzza858 It sounds like his parents wouldn't have cared if he asked them not to get involved. They would have just done it anyway because hey? their battles are more important than his career? That's how it comes off to me....
As a child to euro parents, I'm finally seeing football in america rise in popularity and our national team has promising guys playing in competitive leagues, a north american WC around the corner etc etc Typical America fashion, we have to spoil the soup with soap opera dramatics lmao
We mexicans learned a lot from you in terms of drama haha. Our squad got screwed because we kept a lot of divas and a horrible manager that did not cared about winning. Yet the federation kept that douche manager because they just not wanted to be wrong.
Football here in Europe and South America is so unreal sometimes it reminds of the Cirque du Soleil. Manchester United legend borrowed his beloved brother's wife and how about the creepy stuff in the Neymar family
I couldn't stand Gregg as a coach and I hope he's not back, but God do I feel bad for him and his wife and their kids. No one should have to go through this.
I’m not Greg hater but it’s time for him to move on. And not just because of the Gio drama. It’s time to advance with a different coach. Gio will become a major talent for the US and getting a new coach can foster this. I feel the US has a bright future. They have plenty of time to get sh!t together and detach themselves with the Reynas and clean up their program….stop the BS of letting outside sources influencing them. There’s tons of young talent in the US and getting a new coach and shuffling higher ups to keep a fresh outlook for talent will go a long way.
@@mackdeen7021 - That will never happen until 1.) The Reynas are PERMANENT BANNED from US soccer! BANNED from even ATTENDING any soccer game in which Gio is a member of the team! 2.) A RESTRAINING ORDER on place against the Reynas. FORRBIDDING them to have any contact with US soccer!!, and 3. The entire US Soccer Federation undergoes a complete housecleaning and overhaul.
@@mackdeen7021I am sure there are pleanty of coaches who would not take the job without rules put in place to detach them from stuff like this. High level coaching/management is hard enough with media expectations. Having to deal with entitled karening isn't on the job description.
Agreed. He underutilized the talent he had at his disposal, especially Gio, and I thought the US should move on, but not because of some college indiscretion.
Exactly. Two things can be true. I respect Gregg more as a man but still don't want him to be coach. Which just goes to show how insane the Reyna's approach to this thing was. They could have just as easily ensured he didn't get rehired in a much more subtle way that didn't damage their reputations in the attempt to damage someone else's.
I think the one hurt most by this is Gio Reyna. I coached soccer at the highschool level and had to deal with irate parents a time of two , but Gio 's parents went further than any of them . They should be embarrassed .
B is sooooo what's happening too 😂 Gio has already reached a higher level than his father ever did professionally. He's easily surpass him at the national level too. Dad is re-living the dream.
Love the update. Surely US soccer needs to just stop interacting with them. They are virtually unknown outside the US and only have the power that the US federation allows them to have. Claudio was, at best, a solid midtable Premier league footballer who only fans of his teams would remember outside the US. Just cut them out and let them drift into obscurity. Think they will also unintentionally effect gios career. Gio will have to outperform his competition significantly to convince a major club to take a chance on him if they have to put up with this nonsense
@Daniel Lopez Not trying bash Claudio and was certainly from my era unfortunately. Liked him as a player and always seemed a good team guy. Just trying to give an external view of a career that doesn't appear to justify the level of influence he has in us soccer. Played 28 games across 2ish years at Sunderland for a team in decline and was a regular starter for a man City team that finished 8th to 15th. Not sure my initial comment was unreasonable
@@DanielLopez-mu9bl Maybe he did a lot for the sport in the US but as an english fan of the premier league from the era he played in...... he's a non-entity. The description by Luke (above)was totally accurate. Only fans of Rangers, Sunderland and Man City would remember him were it not for Gio.
@@lukea8028 justify lvl pf inflience BS you dont watch many sports do you? Look arkundm you seem favoristism with giys who werent hat good all the time lyawn
They should add this kind of drama in Football Manager... I can see me, sitting at a table with the parents of a wonderkid that I leave on the bench.. 😅
Dear god please no, I'm already frustrated dealing with actual players who don't understand why they don't play when they're so exhausted they're stumbling into the office for the chat
@@Zsinj3I hate that so much. I'm currently doing a save on FM '08 and I signed Marcelo for Valencia. He breaks his leg and is out for 6 months... He's only Just resumed light training, not even FULL training and he's complaining about not being a starter and asking for a transfer. His matchday condition hasn't even got past 65% yet and he's up in arms. So bloody frustrating. I like having 2 strong players in every position so the team isn't dramatically weakened due to injuries/game congestion and the 19 year old regen/newgen I used to replace Marcelo has been averaging a 7.6 rating and has already played 11 times for France. So he's now first choice. I don't want to sell Marcelo because his value has dropped so low from being injured for so long and I won't be able to bring in a player of the same quality to replace him. It's givint me fucking heartburn 😂 First world problems eh? Haha.
This finally answers the question: what if the angry parents who want little Timmy to play more had enough power and influence to bully a literal national federation? I never actually knew that question would need an answer, but here we are.
As I've said before, this is the absolutely most American Soccer thing to ever happen. "Angry parents give the coach problems when coach doesn't play their kid enough" is a through-line in US Soccer, from U6 rec league to the National Team.
Yeah, I remember this behaviour from the early 2000s. Usamt show some damn balls, best players take the spot. Anyone who isn't a player message the manager that isn't related to the management of the squad should be classed as harassment
This went down because they weren’t professional relationships, they were personal relationships. These people were friends and associates and couldn’t check the relationship at the door.
THIS!!!! More news coverage of US Soccer related stories. Other than Jason Davies (United States of Soccer), the media does a terrible job of covering US soccer. We need Zealand to cover more US Soccer stories.
Wagatha Christie has nothing on this, the 'Real housewives of the US national team'. It needs a catchier name though. I was thinking 'The fault in our stars parents'. Or Silence of the Egans, Perks of being a Berhaulter. Anyone for any more?
They've just cost their son his international career. You can't pick him again because his parents will cause to much trouble and it's not worth it. So the Reyna's tried to do a Karen gotcha thinking it was a massive deal and secret. Only to now realise US soccer knew all along and they've carried on over hyping something, actively lied and tried to blackmail. They've exposed themselves as terrible people and shown the Behalters are actually good people.
As a Brazilian soccer fan who had never heard of any of this and who just randomly found this video, this is insane and the most American thing I've ever seen lol. I feel bad about the kid, he is probably partially to blame for this, but what can you expected when he was dealing with his parents? It is easier said than done to go against something like that, specially since they are clearly very heavy handed in his life.
Domestic violence is a horrendous issue and all perpetrators should be heavily punished. But if it's a one-off incident between two drunk teenagers where both are physically fine, don't resent each other, and have been happily together for 30+ years without any further incident, then the matter should be swept under the rug forever. Their relationship is probably happier and healthier than many couples people think are "fine"
Tough call dude- have you ever been hauled off a girl you kicked twice while she was down by a bystander? I don’t wanna judge you and what you are capable of, but I’m not sure you have. Maybe it’s the past, but it sure as has the right to surface if you start lecturing someone about taking responsibility for their actions.
@@agin1519 The Reynas didn't care about what Berhalter actually did, they just wanted to use it as leverage to get him fired because they wanted their son to play more. We're also talking about an incident where he reported himself, apologized to his family as well as hers, didn't speak to her for months, and then they got back together and have been together since.
@@kylejohansen689 sure all kinds of stuff has come out. Reynas don’t look good and Gio hasn’t been playing top level ball, despite giving it a go. But also she was her college roommate at the time. All this prayer and forgiveness came later. She could see what was happening at the time and how she was coping. I can see how getting lectured about responsibility from a guy who under most situations would be in jail is somewhat irritating. And so many apologists- above- it’s okay if 1) they’re drunk 2) they avoid serious injury 3) they’re teenagers. The people who come out looking the worst are these guys who think they’re defending Berhalter. Dude kicked a girl on the ground and had to be pulled away. Those are not things that make it okay. Not even close.
I love how out of everyone, the adult in the room was Gio Reyna. He owned up to his error, called out the coach for mentioning an "in-house" issue that was resolved at the same time, and then went on his way to do his job and play soccer.
@@insightdeluxe2 Strange because he’s never had this problem (as far as anyone can tell) with club coaches or previous US coaches etc. you don’t get playing time in Bundesliga by being a “doink”. That’s for sure.
@@untrolleuranonyme5404 *behaving like an adult openly sulking, shtting on coaches, and going half speed at practice at a wc to the point where teammates have a team vote on whether or not to ship your butt home. that kind of adult.
@@mackdeen7021 but the question becomes how much was mommy and daddy involved in getting him in the bundesliga. you think mommy reyna wasnt woofing in the background or daddy reyna making a few calls?
Pretty sure the Reynas helped put Berhalter as coach with the express goal of having him giving their son as much playing time as possible. When Berhalter went 'rogue' (that is doing his job at the best of his abilities), the Reynas went nuclear. They were so pissed, because they had "invested" so much in Berhalter...
what the Reynas did was ridiculous and wrong but lets not pretend like Berhalter was a good coach, he's awful. Doing his job to the best of his abilities? That's probably true, which is the problem. He has zero abilities
@zucknasty when I heard that he went to gio specifically to tell him before the tournament that he would get little game time😅 like dude, keep that to yourself all you did was kill his motivation for the WC
The fact the Reynas are still internally holding onto an event that happened three decades ago is wild. They are the epitome of US parents who complain and complain and complain when their kid doesn’t play
Thank you for actually caring about the journalistic aspects, and listing sources/putting the documents on screen and not just talking about it. Means a lot and makes everyone who watches it smarter
So many interesting things now that all the cards are on the table. The entire time the Reynas kept insisting that they had acted in defense after Gregg's little leadership talk and yet its clear that they were already doing it. The fact that Stewart and McBride tried to have a meeting to explain Gio's playing time also clues us in that they knew about it and very likely approved. Rosalin actually hit Gregg first. You just know the Reynas weren't counting on that because it clearly alters the perception of events just enough to not quiiiite make the situation what they were hoping it to be. "I don't think he should've responded that way" is not the "he did WHAT" level they initially were going for when they kept privately hyping up the bomb they were clearly always planning to drop. The fact that McBride started getting shit from the Reynas as soon as he took over the job speaks volumes. I think people kinda forget in all the "old boys club" stuff that Earnie and Brian only got their jobs THIS cycle. During which they were busy building and rebuilding the setups and squads at every level and trying to come back form the disaster that was 2018 and its leadup. I'm still not sure how I feel about Gio in all this. He took the time to release that statement shit talking Gregg for making comments and if he knew ANY of what his parents were up to, that's such a dishonest shithead move to make. I don't quite believe that he didn't know. But its possible he didn't. And he hasn't said a thing since. So I'm not comfortable condemning him on it. Its all so damn crazy. They really did set out to destroy shit because they didn't get their way.
Agree, If Gio' keeps being silent I think that speaks pretty loud in this case. Perhaps he's afraid of his parents but at the end of the day he's an adult and need to take action before they destroy his reputation.
@@elloos What do you expect Gio to say? Is he supposed to publicly disown his parents? Even if he knew what they were about to do, what was he supposed to do or say? He is caught between his parents on one side and his boss on the other side, that's not an enviable position to be in.
The thing with them starting the investigation and shining a light on their own downfall is that narcissists will genuinely believe they are in the right no matter what.
I'm guessing Claudio's sense of entitlement to contact senior officials comes from Berhalter and McBride also being part of the same US national side. Something that goes unmentioned is how closed the upper echelons of US soccer is.
I mean..we all mention it all the time and articles have nonstop focused on it since the whole thing started. It makes sense, too. Our whole thing basically kickstarted with the 94 cup. We didn't really have an older generation that was huge and leading the way so as those guys aged into the management phase, they sort of didn't have a ton of competition for all these roles. Thus you see not just here but all over US soccer. Our media punditry as basically also these guys. They're all over team management at multiple. Our domestic league (which went from joke to retirement league to development league to pushing anyone that's not a Big 5 league within about 25 years) basically exists because of them. The ingredients to make this happen this way were right there the whole time.
Love these vids and how passionate you are about the issues surrounding football. Great vid as always!! Also just so funny how parents think they can bully their way to making sure their son plays. Gio must feel so embarrassed and he actually done nothing wrong. He sulked for not playing like most teenagers would and when called out on it he bucked his ideas up and worked hard for the team.
So the last remaining question is why this nice guy walks up to one of their best players (Ofc not thinking about who he's related to) and says "U ain't gonna play" Still sounds like a "I know your father" thing to me.
Wait so if Mr& Mrs Berhalter didn't report the issue to the cops& happily moved on, why are other people bothered by it? It's literally not their business
Gio's only been averaging 35 minutes in 15 league games at dortmund this season. I think that says a lot about the impact this has had on him personally this season. As a guy that coaches juniors I can only say that parents need to either help out and contribute in a positive manner, or get out the way. The damage you can do is the sort of thing that can end careers, sometimes before they start!
I just heard the USA signed a contract with TNT, who has never shown football before and does not have on demand streaming to broadcast their games. They are just killing my interest in following them.
@@rvog6584 It's not on there now, as they have Concacaf games but not USA and TNT website just has highlights. I can't keep track of USA media conglomerates, but they all suck.
I am Scottish and a Celtic fan. I hate our football association but this is crazy. Claudia Reyna played for our biggest rivals Rangers he was ok for them. I feel sorry for Gio Reyna in all this.
Well at least the US can now say they have a pointless drama incident right before and during the World Cup, joining illustrious teams like France, Portugal, Spain and Nigeria. They're in rarified air now!
This story was incredibly disappointing to hear as US Soccer fan…I’m with you Z, absolutely gobsmacked at the appeasement measures taken for the PARENTS OF A PLAYER. What a joke.
The worst thing is, no matter who the next US head coach is, Gio likely won't play much because they don't want to deal with his petulant parents. They've single handedly, potentially destroyed his career because he sat out for 1 game!
I don’t think its that much of a bad thing that US Soccer didn’t have any idea of what to do when players parents threaten them. BECAUSE WHY IS A NATIONAL TEAM HAVING TO DEAL WITH PARENTS
Last year I was travelling from Lisbon to London by plane on a flight that coincidentally the Tottenham Hotspur’s Academy players were on after playing in a UEFA Youth Champions League match. They were travelling economy class with the rest of us mortals. If a Premier League Academy team doesn’t travel business class why would a national youth team need to be spoiled?
I can think of a dozen easier and more effective routes they could have gone to get the same result of Gregg hopefully not being the Coach anymore, without damaging their own reputations. So in that sense this might turn out to be a good thing. It revealed just how batshit insane the Reyna's are and will hopefully make sure they have zero say or influence on decisions going forwards.
Part of coaching is dealing with "karen" parents. That said Gregg telling Gio he wasn't going to play much in WC during the pre-world cup scrimmages was bad coaching (unless the USMNT won more games than they should; unfortunately they only could win only 1 game) and then violating coach-player confidence by telling strangers how great you were for handling the displeasure/tantrum of Gio (however expected Gio's response would be for a coach that knew his players) by "fairly" by asking for a vote from staff and player reps.
In all of that I feel really bad for what Gio Reyna had and has to go through. I can't imagine how much he pushed to play better, work harder and how much shit he had to listen to from his parents. Now he has a bad standing in the national team even tho he is one of the best players and it's not even something he can fully control.
While this is all crazy and there should be rules about it, curious what those rules could/would be especially as far as consequences for not following them. If they had rules that the Reyes' were violating, what do they do? Fine Gio? Reduce his playing time or kick him off the team? All that seems so unfair. I guess maybe don't include the Reyes' in any official stuff like the friends and family group, but does that really help? That doesn't stop them from being able to hound people over text or email. I just can't see a way to actually stop this kind of thing other than something like "Gio, tell your parents to stop or it will cost you your spot."
I wanted Greg out after how bad he was as a coach and how badly he handled Gio Reyna and the world cup in particular, but holy crap this was just ridiculous
I liked Reyna Sr as a player but wow what a 🤬! Him and his wife are proper Soccer Moms. Feel bad for Gio as he seems to be dragged into something not about him.
