Gregg Berhalter, the 49-year-old, New Jerseyan who is the coach of the United States men’s national soccer team, has been in this position before.
Following a playing career that spanned from 1993-2011 with stops in the Netherlands, England, Germany and the U.S., Berhalter quickly stepped into an assistant coaching role for the LA Galaxy. From there, the Bergen County native spent two seasons in Sweden with Hammarby IF before coming back stateside to coach the Columbus Crew, with which he stayed from 2013-18. This job, for which Berhalter was hired after the shocking failure of the U.S. to qualify for the 2018 World Cup, is his biggest.
With America co-hosting the next World Cup in 2026, a win over the Netherlands would surely make a strong case for Berhalter to be re-upped as the coach for a second qualifying cycle. If he makes it as far as 2026, he would be the first man to coach the United States in two consecutive World Cups since Bruce Arena in 2002 and 2006.
Despite all the questions surrounding the minutiae of his job performance, though, there is the indisputable fact that the men’s national team is in a better place than it has been in some time, a fact that would stand even with a loss on Saturday.
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