USMNT slammed for ‘LOSER MENTALITY’ after Copa America disaster | ESPN FC

On Futbol Americas, Herculez Gomez and Kasey Keller join Sebastian Salazar to assess the state of the USMNT, the future of Gregg Berhalter and the next steps for United States soccer after the men’s national team crashed out in the group stages of the 2024 Copa America.
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[@ozrix05]

Every hour that goes by and the USSF doesn't announce they fired Gregg, we need to ask, " Why hasn't Gregg been fired?"

[@ItsSwiftyFr]

every second

[@phongpham5922]

USSF received price from other American sports ,because they don’t want soccer to be #1 in US

[@May16Joe]

Players like him and he got rehired, he's going nowhere.

[@rbfishcs123]

why don't we just fire the leadership team at USSF since they were the ones who picked Greg in the first place (mainly thanks to his big brother). I hate that our country embodies this "boys club" mentality

[@joesantos-ee4yo]

He is connected. They are trying to figure out what they can do to save him rather than address the reality.

[@ibrahimchowdhury9779]

“Loser mentality” Herc is 100% correct in his assessment. Gregg & co. have been way too comfortable and complacent and are now reaping the consequences.

[@C_Villan]

World Cup 🚨 we don’t want to be humiliated like Brazil in 2014

[@Pantrice1]

Another way to say it is they were playing to not lose instead of playing to win.

[@eddycarpenter8989]

i really think it still comes down to talent pool. I spent the summer in an around Montevideo and I saw kids out side playing in the street late into the night.... in the USA kids whos parents put them into soccer are at home on tik tok or playing world of warcraft. I really think this is the part people arent talking about

[@eddycarpenter8989]

@PacmanBrunner i can tell by your comment you don't even really watch football... lolol

[@BeHumbleAndLessArrogant]

​@@eddycarpenter8989This guy has to be a troll account.

[@brew9408]

Being afraid of firing Berhlater because the timing isn't perfect is a pathetic answer, yes it may not be ideal, but have a spine and open the checkbook. I guarantee you that any USMNT fan would rather see the team crash and burn in 2026 with someone else at the helm instead of this loser of a coach.

[@wgriffin3460]

100% the result won't be better with Berhalter than any new coach.

[@pupujinki4132]

Maybe now is a great time to fire him. Get that new manager bounce

[@pupujinki4132]

@@wgriffin3460ya, it’s not like a new coach could perform worse than Gregg

[@YungGotenks]

They just trying to copy Mexico to stay relevant

[@camnord1685]

@PacmanBrunnerthing is, this is not rugby. I dont condone the racism Weah has received after, but that punch was stupid af for a professional footballer 🤷‍♀️

[@your_melody]

USA 11th in the FIFA ranking, what a joke

[@franklinshaki9]

The reason why that the USA was at 11th place is because bold man Greg berhalter wasn’t a head coach for us men’s soccer team there were good without him and no he’s back we’re lame but that’s my opinion.

[@CG68810]

Yea exactly! They are ahead of Uruguay, Germany, Colombia, and Morocco. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@your_melody]

@@franklinshaki9 yeah I understand but it still feels like a slap in the face to all the other nations

[@LuisSanchez-xc9ih]

He won’t be there for long they’ll drop at least five places

[@gerardothielen4310]

And that’s perhaps a reason for unjustified expectations…

[@PrinceBalianOfIbelin]

If Gregg is not gone, this could be the beginning of the end. They will loose a lot fans.

[@stewartrickert]

Fans? The same fans who are out numbered in 90% of home matches? Yes ggg needs to be fired but let’s stop pretending this country actually cares

[@francisf9672]

@@stewartrickertthey do when the World Cup comes around

[@stewartrickert]

@@francisf9672 agreed and as a US fan it saddens me but also the problems here are deeper than Gregg . He’s A problem yes, the most obvious problem, ok… but the only problem with this team? I can’t go that far

[@markphc99]

lose

[@apoocumber4164]

I blame tim weah

[@TheEdhead1998]

Kasey - now is the time. Stop making up excuses for your friend.

[@douglasharley2440]

@PacmanBrunner lol, that's some loser mentality, right there!..."sticks and stones", and all dat. whatever was said, or done, he should have been a mfing man, and took it, and then returned 10x the damage on the field. instead, because he let some fool get power over him, he played an extremely large part in causing us to lose. sweet! 😒 imo, both he and sergino dest shouldn't be called up again. i'd rather have someone with less "talent" and more brains and self-control. 😠

[@javiervasquez695]

To Casey Keller, ANYBOBY will be better than this moron we have now. 5 years wasted. Casey, answer the question asked " is GGG the right coach for usmnt?" Are you satisfied with the status quo?

[@loveroflife1914]

@PacmanBrunnerstop making excuses. Weah himself admitted how stupid it was and blamed it 100% on himself

[@NOKOOG]

Kasey Keller needs to go too. Adds nothing to the discussion except excuses to help cover for his buddy who can't stop failing.

[@UpTheChels10]

@PacmanBrunnerthe rest of the word does not care about black fragility. I’m sorry.

[@christianbravo9031]

Kasey is doing a masterclass in speaking without saying anything. He will do whatever he can to avoid saying that his friend should be fired - his punditry is a conflict of interest.

[@cryptoscircus6880]

He’s no different than every white fan of futbol in America. Every fan of American success. Cause for every video that’s posted on American futbol, every conversation that’s had isn’t boiling down to this one simple factor. American Futbol is aristocratic allowed to be controlled by those with money which filters out underprivileged less financially fortunate but physically gifted children. Until money is put into black communities to play futbol (soccer) we will not see the overnight success we dream of. It’s simple science. When they let black players play in baseball those first teams got remarkably better than the others. When they let them play in football same result. In basketball, shall I say more. We have the fastest sprinters, the hardest kickers, the highest jumpers and literally none of them are playing for US soccer. If you want to win / get black people in.

[@TheTexasloner]

@@cryptoscircus6880bro half the us team is black, what you on

[@StonedCabbage]

@@cryptoscircus6880has nothing to do with getting in black people and everything to do with getting in kids that aren’t hand fed and born with silver spoons in their mouths, we need people with a desire to be great and better and a hunger to win. The federation is corrupt and it’s obvious by the D3 college coach we have in charge still not getting sacked when he’s already overstayed his welcome.

[@FrankieBlueEyes]

Kasey shilling for his boy Berhalter and losing any credibility he has left as an analyst.

[@Mr.Thomas_Anderson]

Kasey not being willing to criticize Gregg is just a perfect example of the country club mentality that keeps all these mediocre ex players running USSF

[@rogerc23]

If the USSF had any guts they’d make a huge offer to John Herdman. With his brains and what he can do with real talent. Combined with the funding the admin has. The USA will be impressive for the WC. But they better get him in quick.

[@christopherorman5769]

GGG was playing for a draw against Uruguay; that's why he was sharing the Bolivia-Panama score. Even if they got grouped, GGG could spin it as a "close - well played" tournament; placing being grouped on the red card. Losing makes it harder for him to make those arguments. I hated the lack of offense this tournament as well as over the last 2 years -- it has been tough to watch. GGG's record against top 30 ELO teams (excluding Mexico) speaks volumes: 2-8-10. Yes, 2 wins and 10 losses. Two freaking wins. GGG cannot remain the manager...period.

[@acuda27]

It doesn’t matter who is in management when we aren’t fielding the best talent. Sports corruption is very real, and is thriving in Mexico and USA. Sports is the least important thing in a country, but if Bukele wants to prove a point, he can do make El Salvador 🇸🇻 a powerhouse by taking the best talent and not the kids with connections.

[@christopherorman5769]

@@acuda27 Sure -- I get that pay to play is a broken system. We all get that. But the question now is whether we are maximizing the talent that is reaching the USMNT level. I think it is clear that under GGG, we are not. Let's fix what can be fixed now, and then over time make changes at the local levels and fix the pay-to-play system.

[@lowercentenary]

Contrast with someone like klopp who plays to win even harder when ten men down

[@camnord1685]

@@acuda27of course corruption happens, it does everywhere where it’s big bucks. But, teams with less talent have provided more, because of hunger to win and the ability to play as a team. Look at the euros. How many players can you name in the Swiss team? I bet zero. Yet they are well out of their group, won their first knockout match , and are now playing quarterfinals.

[@williamgbelee5104]

we are wasting time. World Cup is not too far, the decision on Berholter needs to happen ASAP

[@justified004]

I keep saying the same thing. We're on the verge of a huge embarrassment with this WC that we're. This would be unacceptable by any other major country that is spending this much money on a team. I'm not sure we would have qualified for the WC if we weren't hosting. We might might not win a game in the WC at this rate. Everyone needs to go because even the players are entitled

[@Vickzq]

Atleast in theory, a good manager could adjust a lot within months. Although not without playing for practice.

[@reycito001]

Delusion is assuming the coach actually matters , which i can’t blame you for … since media BEEN hyping up American players playing overseas as “ world class “. Please spare me , pulisic is the most talented American we’ve had EVER … that doesn’t mean we should compete with countries producing talent every year … no coach wants to coach a mediocre team with out of touch media personnel LYING to fans about how good we are SUPPOSE TO BE… ta a joke. We barely beat Mexico yearly and other teams use their b side against them and win with ease. Wake up and realize you are GENERATIONS from winning anything. Your coach did the best job with these players , it’s YOU FANS who are ruining the process

[@99.8Survivor]

US won't make it out of the group anyway, no matter who the coach is. Soccer just isn't that big of a deal here.

[@lowercentenary]

​@99.8Survivor agreed about soccer not being big here but obviously you never heard of the miracle on ice? Go look it up...not being big enough is no excuse to be a quitter

[@AwkwardAuction]

Uruguay was never going to lose that game. They have great players and a world-class coach in Bielsa who not only understands Uruguayan soccer, he has clear strategies that the players know how to follow. All that aside, Uruguayans breathe, eat and drink soccer. None of those things are true for this US team

[@ssassinb3n756]

@PacmanBrunnerhe threw a punch out at a player. Even Weah said he was wrong. In ANY league you get red carded for that. Second the US had three shots on target the whole game even if the goal was disallowed they would’ve been knocked out cuz Panama took care of business against Bolivia. Something US didn’t do against Uruguay.

[@monicavidal5394]

Exactly, well said, perfect definition 💪👍👏👏👏 An Uruguayan here.

[@monicavidal5394]

​@PacmanBrunnerBehave! Watch your mouth! We are not racists. And the goal was good, the VAR and it's technology reviewed and approved it.

[@monicavidal5394]

​@PacmanBrunnerRacism issues are not an excuse for your poor performance in this game. You gringos always shield your failures by referring to racist issues, what a big complex you have.

[@Al_Dee]

​@@monicavidal5394 a South America team has to win this tournament. You're delusional if you're expectations are any lower than that

[@StudioGREGORIO]

~~~ After watching Brazil vs Columbia last night, you quickly realize those teams have both SPEED and PASSION in heaps. It appears we have neither.

[@sdfsdf2205]

My thoughts exactly, those 2 teams wanted to win, You could see the passion clear as day. We didn't have that, and it's very disappointing.

[@arsenalfan2]

yes and much more quality on the ball

[@AwkwardAuction]

Agree, but Brazil is another example of bad coaching affecting the talent on the field. Brazil has the best players in the world, yet they looked lost on the field. Colombia could’ve won that game 2-1 if they had better finishers.

[@jayjaymoose4863]

@@AwkwardAuctionto be fair, those players are Brazils second and third stringers being developed for the WC. I agree Brazil has bad coaching, but they have world class talent to overcome that. Brazil could form like 4 different national teams if they wanted to. USA can’t even compete with their very best

[@BairesCARP33]

ColOmbia

[@RLBays]

Herc is doing a...dare I say...Herculean job of not dropping the F bombs that are quite clearly on the tip of his tongue!

[@jnjaganon8226]

Berhalter: "it's 1-1!!" USMNT: "okay guys, let them score so we can get Gregg fired."

[@sanchoperez1017]

lol casey CANNOT get himself to criticize gregg berhalter

[@crimsonstreams]

@PacmanBrunnerit’s not racism, it’s criticism. Stop with the victim mentality, y’all look weak.

[@lowercentenary]

​@@crimsonstreamsussoccer pointedly referenced racism...stop being a bully and telling the victim its ok to be bullied...nothing strong in that either

[@SuperRavensfan101]

Good ole boys club is a good ole boys club. no shocker there.

[@laveritesurlestemoinsdejeh8522]

@PacmanBrunner The point is, it's not about racism. The Panama player may well have used a racist slur on Weah, but the point is, he should have controlled his anger and expressed it on the field with good plays and goals. Remember Zinedine Zidane? One of the greatest players of all time, a legend, but because he couldn't control his anger after being insulted, the first thing people think when hearing his name is "Ah, yes, the guy who head butted an Italian player at the world cup final and got a red card!" Same type of situation.

[@chuckwelch-nj3ct]

He's up there filibustering like a politician.

[@colinwithrow1083]

We have no one with a Dempsey type mentality on this team. Never seen such an apathetic attitude. That starts with the coach.

[@kingvagar]

And before him was Donovan, and before him was Lalas. We need someone like Dempsey those guys, we may not win, but we can leave it all in the pitch. Like Romania, Georgia (I'm talking effort not quality, which those nations in my humble opinion are above the US).

[@KelvinVasquez-v3v]

@PacmanBrunneryour leader got himself a red card and threw the game away regardless what was said he should have composed himself and show his skills by scoring and making them uncomfortable by tackles taking the ball away

[@Felipe-fw3tx]

@PacmanBrunneryou’re confused. The dude Weah hit/slapped is Roderick Miller. He’s black. The racial abuse against Weah was after the game, by bigoted keyboard warriors.

[@Al_Dee]

Has USA ever performed well in the Copa America?? I'll wait😊

[@colinwithrow1083]

@@Al_Dee we made it to the semis

[@Rooab73]

No one is saying it. Berhalter’s brother works for the federation.

[@joeamith838]

Too many people making excuses for this team...I'm sick of hearing "the refs screwed us" or " He just made a mistake he'll learn from this" or "Golden generation" lol . Face it, the team is bad..no discipline, no good coaching.

[@jordanarriola9398]

The golden generation title bothers me the most lol yes they have a lot of players who are playing on club teams and having success but as a group what has this usmnt accomplished ? So I agree I can’t stand that title they got without earning it

[@acruzro95]

Horrible coaching

[@Bobbleheads56]

@@jordanarriola9398ye that title needs to go lol they haven’t had any notable international accomplishments

[@acruzro95]

​@jordanarriola9398 besides pulisic and mckennie who is having club success? Maybe Antonella Robinson and team ream. Ream is 36. The GK Turner doesn't play. Weah is a bench player at juventus. Gio Reyna got kicked put of everywhere he played. Tyler Adams and musah are rotational players. Sargent is a clown and Wright is a proper forward but in the second division of England. Dest gets kicked out of everywhere he plays. Carter a clown . Balogun is an OK player. The rest of the team or the bench are subpar. What this means is that you got 3 or 4 very good players out of 26 . None of them elite. And one of them is 36.

[@rafaelrocha3334]

Facts, in football it doesn’t matter if you play well and don’t score. That’s real futbol

[@isaiahwilliams995]

I’m glad people are calling out Casey’s lack of courage to speak the truth on his friend. Hard listen

[@minhduong1484]

Six years ago, Taylor Twellman was screaming, “What are we doing?!” after Trinity and Tobago eliminated the US from going to the World Cup 2018. Seems like history is repeating itself.

[@lucaslambert5860]

Keller is infuriating here. This is the type of BS holding us back. Berhalter out.

[@Lbb789]

Stop talking about how 'talented' the USMNT is. They haven't shown it. The truth is the Gap is BIG between the US and the teams of the World. Face the facts. Stop making excuses, Kasey

[@adolfoustarez]

If Berhalter doesn’t get replaced for the 2026 WC, I’m done with USMNT, not because of the players, but the little respect from the federation to the people.

[@drewferd2720]

The media hasn’t done this generation of players any favors by crowning them the golden generation without playing the quality of the generations before them. This should be the golden generation because everything was handed to them. They play more like the silver spoon generation

[@dagosegovia843]

That last sentence

[@FreddieLopez-g8x]

silver? That means they have to win at least occasionally. This is the lead spoon generation

[@marinerman]

I believe the more appropriate description was used by Lalas years ago when Bruce Arena was at the helm… “Soft, underperforming tattooed millionaires. You are a soccer generation that has been given everything. You are now a generation on the verge of squandering everything.”

[@lennyjenkins9931]

​@@marinerman Lalas is a a part of the problem. He's been defending USSF up until it doesn't suit him anymore and some of his takes are so baffling I question if he watches the sport or not.

[@lennyjenkins9931]

Its the golden generation based off of talent that each player has.

[@jeremysandoval2321]

USSF need to suck it up. You made the WRONG decision to keep Berhalter after a 6 month review. You need to make it right and get rid! Not only that but you’ve put the pressure on that the next decision you make NEEDS to be the right one.

[@MrMortyBaby]

If Greg is still the manager by World Cup, then I hope USA gets. ZERO points as the host nation

[@saylortusk8489]

You wouldn't need to "hope." It would be a certainty.

[@LilRedRasta]

its the only way things would change

[@davidday2373]

That make no sense. If you're in the WC, and cared for your team, you would want to win regardless. Your hate is over-powering your sense. That's the bad karma that you people create for yourselves.

[@kyomoto2084]

​@PacmanBrunner aint no way

[@bryandelcid4065]

Kasey proves why the USMNT is in the position they’re in. All excuses, excuses and excuses. No more excuses. More should be demanded from the richest country in the world. Period.

[@lowercentenary]

Crocker and berhalter should be exchanging resignatuon papers. Both are unfit for duty. Cronyism, nepotism and pay to play is ruining ussoccer.

[@andrewvillalobos5686]

16:07 BIASED. I think Kassy's response could have been better here. Yes an international coach doesn't have the same relationship with the players as a club manager, but everyone should know that going into the job. In general, Kassy is beating around the bush. Which seems to be influenced by bias. 12:48 "Look, Greg has been a friend of mine for 20-30 years". -Kassy, 4 mins earlier

[@Hyde_Hill]

Yeah and at the same time saying oh 2 years so long. Well having more time would give you more of a chance to build a relationship. Or oh the top candidate might not be available. Yes Gaurdiola will never come but almost all coaches are better then Greg and there are plenty top ones available.

[@The_Judge300]

It is VERY obvious that Kassy totally agrees with the other two, but can't make him say so because of his friendship with Greg.

[@lexkanyima2195]

​@@The_Judge300he needs to break up

[@fernandobernal1648]

Problem with US Soccer is this cult like mentality and this good old boy network. This is why we can't grow. Cut the cord.

[@IdontNeedHandles]

Not only Kasey talks without saying anything interesting but also he interrupts others when they try to

[@mrj1341]

I think the whole structure of us soccer leads to your national team's poor performances under pressure. 1. No pro/rel so no tuff "go getter" players 2. Pay to play so drastic cut into your talent pool 3. Weak manager, never has GB coached at say Europa league level 4. Mid table club players so no expérience of edge matches at à high level. You, as a federation, are simply not nearly at the level required to compete.

[@kylewilson2819]

You’re never getting pro-rel in the US. So go ahead and stop talking about it cause no one is buying teams and TV contracts just for teams to be relegated. Plus, Pro-Rel usually requires the removal of the salary cap, which means small markets can’t compete anymore, and the small markets are currently the ones producing the best talent right now in MLS. I agree that pay-for-play sucks. It’s infected basically every sport in America as well, with Little League baseball being replaced by travel ball and AAU being the go-to in basketball. The problem is that there’s really no solution short of Congressional intervention. And that’s not happening either. I DO believe the academy systems have been working very well though so far, so maybe that will be the work around. The coach is 100% the biggest and most easily fixable problem. GGG should’ve never been the coach to begin with, and he should not be the coach now. THIS is where I am perfectly comfortable lambasting the federation. Open your pocketbook and get a quality coach. The players have talent. I don’t believe that they are worse talent wise than virtually any CONCACAF team. And your logic doesn’t even support them being bad either, since teams like Uruguay and Panama have zero players over in Europe. Most simply play in South America or MLS. Frankly, where these players are playing doesn’t mean much anyways. Iceland players didn’t play anywhere significant, but they played HARD and had a dedicated system that played to their strengths. The USMNT doesn’t have that and THAT needs to change.

[@pk7422]

Ok, this is starting to get stupid. I understand Kasey's reluctance to call for Berhalters resignation because he's friends with the guy. That said, Greg has to go. Overall, yes, Berhalter has a pretty great record as head coach - 43 wins and 17 losses i think it is. And yes, he's got some trophies. But Gold Cup, Nations League, friendlies, these are all overwhelmingly against nations that we quite frankly are supposed to be winning against..... Trinidad and Tobago, Cuba, Suriname, etc. So it's not like that record is the one that matters. It's the Top 20 record that matters, and he cannot get the best out of his players for any of those games. His record is 0-6-5 against Top 20 teams as a head coach. That's pathetic, it's embarrassing, and with the tremendous amount of talent he is blessed with, there is no reason that modern day American players cannot be competitive with other Top 20 teams. The writing is on the wall people. B.J. Callahan, Berhalter's right hand man, has already left the national team and accepted the head coaching job with Nashville F.C. Wholesale change is coming to the USMNT, and rightfully so.

[@slompywompus7966]

Of course Keller won’t say he should be gone, they’re friends

[@Markph7]

Here are the USSF board names. These are the people that must be held accountable for the terrible system that we have of identifying youth players and developing them all the way to the MLS fiasco. Twitter is probably best. These rich, incompetent people are armpit buddies of Berhalter and the “Royal families” like the Reyna’s. Note that only 1 of the board are Latinos, despite Latinos being 50% of youth players in men’s football • Cindy Parlow Cone • Nathán Goldberg Crenier • JT Batson • John Collins • Lisa Carnoy • Fritz Marth • John Motta • Carlos Cordeiro • Don Garber

[@canik9mm]

Boycott until Greg is gone

[@davidday2373]

Boycott until Pulisic joins MLS

[@davidday2373]

@PacmanBrunner Who is Tim Weah?

[@davidday2373]

@PacmanBrunner Pulisic could be the Caitlin Clark of MLS.

[@canik9mm]

@PacmanBrunner that a tough one, kinda need weah

[@timdowney6721]

Look at the final minutes of the Türkiye-Austria game. The Turks clinging to a 1-0 lead, Austria pressing. As the game ends, at least half of the winning Turkish team collapses, chests heaving and spent. Has the US team put in that level of commitment?

[@fishandsticks9339]

As long as MLS and Soccer United Marketing have their grip on the USSF, nothing will change, in my opinion. Same for the FMF. Nothing will change with Mexico until Televisa and TV Azteca stop calling the shots.

[@MrMrGuy]

If this isn't rock bottom for USA mens soccer, I can only imagine it getting worse with Gregg still at the helm.

[@Derkonig1]

Casey is calling for legitimacy, but then trying to make an argument to keep a coach because it might be too close to ’26? Ok..

[@oscarinlopez546]

Why don’t we criticize the coach and the players? Everything is just focused on the coach, who deserves criticism, but so do the players

[@greenwave819]

because we have to be woke

[@01FozzyS]

So they hired Crocker to what, keep GGG on the team? What hold does GGG have on US Soccer? What's so hard about firing him? And he still hasn't accounted for his mistakes.

[@sp33dygonzales1]

I know Jurgen wasn't the best coach but why did they fire him? Seems like he was getting the best results for the US. Since then we've had MLS level coaches

[@toplis25]

the mindset of this team being the golden generation is laughable, they talk about players being at big clubs across Europe but they’re all primarily subs/utility players for those clubs.

[@toplis25]

@PacmanBrunner Timothy Weah has and never will be world renowned star, he’s the definition of a utility player, started his career as striker and has slowly moved further and further away from the goal to playing a bit part player as a right back/right wing in a 3 back nothing more nothing else.

[@toplis25]

Haha, you’re only making my point even further that a right back for their club plays up front the USMNT

[@toplis25]

@PacmanBrunner I don’t know if you’re being serious or not now, all you’ve done is argue the same thing as me😂 your last comment is my first comment, he’s a jack all trades, master of none. Just like most of the players on the team. I think you need up your comprehension skills because you clearly can’t read pal

[@toplis25]

@PacmanBrunner for starters I didn’t name Timothy weah you did pal, and Timothy is an average/good player, he’s not world renowned star like you mentioned previous and that’s fine. My point is the players chosen although are probably the best the USMNT have to offer, are shoe horned into various different positions for their club to do a job but are never the first on their respective clubs teams sheets (bar pulisic this year whose regained some form again). Timothy Weah as the example. You can’t expect a player that is asked to defend/cross the ball and get up and down the sideline week in and week out for his club and then when he plays for the national side expect him to be clinical enough on the end of those chances when he doesn’t do that regularly at club level. Case in point he’s made 30 appearances this year 12 starts 18 sub all from right the hand side.

[@Loop1977]

Only Pulisic, McKennie, Scally, Richards, Robinson, Ream, Balogun start regularly. Gio, Adams, Turner, and Weah haven’t been getting any club minutes for a while now. That’s too many out of a starting 11 that are trying to find form or are not match ready. Musah got more minutes for Milan than those 4 combined and Musah wasn’t a regular starter. First thing after Gregg is gone we need a new keeper, I say bring Slonjna up, idc who just someone that can play with their feet.

[@LillyVonT]

Gregg should’ve been sacked after the Colombia Mach and he said “it was a wake up call” You are the coach. You are the wake up call. Shows he doesn’t know how to prepare your team. And that’s 90% of what an international manager does. Get your team ready

[@tianzhou1244]

The broadcaster in glasses is delusional..

[@colinwithrow1083]

He just covers for the federation.

[@SuperRavensfan101]

He was teammates and friendly with Berhalter. Some guys like to keep their special access so they play nice. It's pathetic.

[@chintoki]

@PacmanBrunner Oh no not lacist. 🤣

[@kyomoto2084]

​@PacmanBrunner i give up

[@moistpeanut5986]

The problem is that they are all overrated. Media here has hyped them as if they were the next Argentina when they are in fact just the same old USA.

[@vulcanvulcan2963]

No one in the USA thinks we are Argentina, we expect to at least make it out of group stage

[@dagosegovia843]

@@vulcanvulcan2963i think you missed his point man

[@mattquinn2215]

Tim weah is not a superstar dude. Hes a decent player but calling him a superstar is as laughable as the US's overall performance. ​@PacmanBrunner

[@raymondaten2179]

​@PacmanBrunner you know what, that Panamanian player probably got the result or even more then what he wanted by doing that. You don't think the rest of the world doesn't see how offended Americans get at everything. Is throwing racial slurs at someone wrong, of course it is. Is the international game and league game trying to put a stop to it, for awhile now they have. But when your tussling with someone in the penalty area and the ref is 15 yards from you, there not going to hear it. It's all mind games, which not anything specific, but in general, mind games are part of the game, you have to remain on the game, and not on the mind games. As far as I'm concerned, hitting someone, resorting to violence is no better then the racial slurs. Becides that, retaliating for something may feel good when it happens, but how did he feel sitting in the locker room by himself while the rest of the half kept playing. If he didn't feel bad about that, cause all that mattered was retaliation, then he doesn't belong on the team. I imagine he wasn't the only one on the field getting racial slurs thrown his way. Oh and one more thing, it his word against everyone else on if the racial slurs even happened, did anyone else on the team back that up cause they heard it, if so, then maybe it did happen, but no one in this comment section was out on that field during the game to know 100%.

[@allengreene9954]

@PacmanBrunner. Brooklyn is Hispter Central these days Bro🤦🏿🤦🏿🤦🏿🤦🏿

[@rambo-m5d]

USA...... Major Tournaments always strive for this 1-1-1 mediocre

[@Nextraker]

Let’s face it. Tim weah is to blame first and then Greg.

[@davidcarlos4350]

Thank you Kasey, atleast I know why you protect Gregg now. He’s your boy, i understand. But who do you love more your friend or US soccer?

[@CristianosVictory]

Seems all of America is United on this, I love it. I have not seen this kind of unity since 911. We all want GB out.

[@vicp1990]

Best edition of this panel and keller finally showed the square he is 😂

[@picodegallo1959]

Uruguay was nice to us. They played a much more conservative game than they had previously.

[@haz0n]

The moment you'll start calling it football and put some passion into it who knows what can happen ☠️

[@sloppyjoe9517]

The US team is not simply a coach away from success. The talent on that team isn't that good, no matter any amount of coaching. If players are that brittle enough to collapse just by hearing the score of another game, then you have the wrong players out there. I hate to say this, but the players need to be criticized - we criticize individual players in every other sport but for some reason in soccer they are shielded from all of it by the analysts who just bang on the coaching over and over and over and over...

[@bulletproofman323]

It's better than it ever was before, and that's the point. How have worse squads with less talent in lower leagues like MLS played some pretty crazy upsets done more than this team who are all technically better and play in much more competitive leagues? Make that make sense.

[@77thNYSV]

How does the US have a FIFA ranking of 11 and we lost to #14 Uruguay and #43 Panama? Who are we paying off?

[@gilfernando7623]

It is because of golden cup USA has been winning! However, that is on paper. It is all bunch of statistics. Never consider any FIFA Ranking. Those are on paper and not on the field or reality

[@rayes7331]

Everyone knows the FIFA rankings are skewed, don't bother believing them

[@TKDPWR]

bro the rankings dont mean anything.... clearly...

[@ShutThePuck]

That's tournament football, you get a player sent off for punching someone, you get knocked out of the tournament.

[@friedbraincells3196]

Hire Argentinian coach and translator. Problem solved.

[@nicolasthecaged]

It’s our fault we are so upset lol Everyone has been trying to tell us we ain’t that good and we just don’t hear them. Gregg can’t play on the defensive back line and he can’t play #9 so I don’t see why everyone is so upset with him. Let’s just face the music and realize that this edition of the USMNT is exceptionally deficient in more than one area and it is that way because we have no quality options at several positions.

[@boomslangCA]

There are MLS players on the USMNT, Gressel, Miazga, Mihailovic to name just 3. Yes they're not necessarily starting but they could.

[@ciceroeduardo9460]

How do you ensure the video remains engaging from start to finish?

[@jonosay854]

SHUT DOWN the UsMnT. Yes, coach has issues, BUT THE PLAYERS do not care

[@fightfan9739]

The ref gave a yellow

[@thestupidnation3911]

it is strange that the only national football team in the world insists to make sure to tell everyone that it is the men's team, I don't see France saying France national men's team or Brazil national men's team

[@wgriffin3460]

MLS is a weak league dominated by elderly cast-off. The US national team needs a coach from outside of MLS.

[@FavreianVengeance]

Reffing was all-time worst. I don't know how Keller can say with a straight face that the reffing didn't affect that outcomes. In the Panama game, the ref changed the card from yellow to red despite the replay not showing anything more than Weah grazing a player's head upon pushing him back after he got in his space. The ref basically rewarded a thug play and gave a result away. And in the Uruguay game, the ref literally allowed an offside goal. Nobody is saying that goal wasn't offside. There's no f'ing excuse for that if you're using video replay.

[@blvck5943]

Greg friend really tryna help him keep his job 😂😂😂😂😂😂🤡

[@greenwave819]

all the wokeness really making sure he doesnt

[@blvck5943]

@@greenwave819 lmao that makes no sense you’re just a weirdo

[@allengreene9954]

@@blvck5943. These Clowns have ran the word “Woke” into the ground🤦🏿🤦🏿🤦🏿🤦🏿🤦🏿

[@Snyder55]

To me, great in depth discussion. But the fact that we're sitting here treading water speaks volumes to the lack of ambition of USMNT and the USSF. It's almost like a "hey we made it, look at us, mentality". Versus what is reality - a team not in one of the big federations that has never, and continues not to, be relevant on the world stage. We cannot compete for a lesser international trophy AT HOME. We did NOT get out of a group that has PANAMA and BOLIVIA. This is right up there with being knocked out of the world cup in 2018. If it ain't broke, you don't fix it. But getting knocked out of a tournament at home, in this group. It should be inexcusable. It starts from the top down and the complacency is pretty disgusting. NOW would be the time to act, you have 60 ish days until the next friendlies before WC qualifying really starts to heighten. Its like there's no accountability. Weah acting a fool against Panama - who is holding him accountable? the Coaching. I loved when they panned to him during USA v. Uruguay and he's just chilling with his air pods. There seems to be no expectations or higher standard of accountability, only the fans and pundits seem to expect it which is bad that its external not internal oversight. Not getting good results time after time, its almost embarrassing given the talent pool and depth that is becoming available versus this competition. There needs to be higher expectations because what they continue to send out there just simply isn't enough.

[@Lexyboogie]

Just stop all the expectations already. Football is meant to remind America that you can’t be good at everything.

[@BlackBart304b]

We shouldn't expect to beat Panama?

[@Lexyboogie]

@@BlackBart304b the USA should not expect to beat any country that respects the game 100x more than we do.

[@FavreianVengeance]

Kasey Keller couldn't shill any harder for his buddy Gregg. I think that it's good ole boys club that doesn't want to change anything, even if it means perpetual mediocrity.

[@CarikeMaccer]

The USMNT is in trouble and I think more people need to be real with that fact. The federation can't afford a world class manager because they must also increase the pay of their women's manager. Not saying that Hayes doesn't deserve it because she is absolutely the best manager for the women's team, but that is something the federation must contend with. The follow up is that most of the US youth academy and system is a pay to play system. Your best players in most of the world come from families and areas that really didn't have a lot of money. So the US youth academy has to deal with players who have money more than skill. This issue is also what has happened to Mexico. Mexico should be a top 5 country in world football with the level of world class youth talent they have, but they are struggling worse than the USA is. Last thing is that for a long time, the best US players are actually from Europe (literally) or practically from Europe with how their career developed. The team has been regressing for a very very long time and yet everyone comes out at every tournament acting like they are guaranteed to make it through to later knockout stages. They are simply not good enough.

[@Hyde_Hill]

Keller trying his damnedest to save his friends job? Basically by doing a what if the other guy is worse. That's not how things work lol.

[@elbertperez2929]

US Soccer needs to hire an Argentine coach. Stop being US only.

[@aaronzimmerman3364]

It is not about "character" and wanting it more and all of that nonsense. This is purely tactical. Berhalter does not know how to manage the quality players he has. These players are playing in Europe because they wanted to prove themselves as Americans; they clearly have heart. USA needs a coach who is able to create a defined system of play and also be able to adapt when teams are out playing them.

[@codymarmon3194]

Always a pleasure to hear Kasey Keller's opinion. Love and agree with the assessment of where the USMNT is standing now. It's either the lack of depth at the nine or wingers' spots that need to be addressed or Gregg Berhalter has to go. As far as I understand, he has strong connections and a strong relationship with the USSF to keep the National Manager spot. But it's an absolute embarrassment what he displayed telling his players it was 1-1 between Panama and Bolivia then proceeds to have his guys not thinking about what they needed to accomplish at the moment in time well on their own soil. No urgency and extremely poor lapses in judgment. The Panama game was a complete disaster after Weah got the red card and ultimately the breaking point for the USMNT in the 2024 Copa America. Pumped about Flo Balogun he's a star striker in the making.

[@TheStainn]

Kasey moving like prime Neville defending Solksjaer

[@temens]

If the US had to qualify for 2026, Gregg would be gone already...but since they're hosting the WC in 2026 and are already in, the Federation will keep the status quo and HOPE that Gregg is able to pull off a miracle. Good luck with that losers.

[@steelrampage2867]

@PacmanBrunner🤡

[@sirgoat-a-lot1691]

You guys need Louis Van Gal. He'll get you organised & is an experienced tournament coach.

[@imranak]

USSF simply overrates their talent, the truth is they don't have world class talent, especially on offense, there really needs to be a realistic assessment on the team's technical aptitude, Pulisic is not that great of a player and we kept hyping him up as a perennial Balon d'Or contender. Lastly stop celebrating 5-0 wins against the likes of Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands, they mean nothing and is not a measurement of progress.

[@rodiebakpa9368]

Preach!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Warum.2439]

No US fan thought he was ever going to be a Balon d’Or candidate lmaooooo

[@keltih931]

Too many international teams with clueless manager managing their golden generation players and one of them is US. LET'S BE REAL.

[@Kay-dx8vm]

"golden generation"? That's where it's all wrong

[@Stampey2]

Looking at you, South Korea!

[@matthewjennings5893]

Golden generation 😂 not one player that gets in Frances, Portugal, England or Argentinas squad.

[@jayjaymoose4863]

⁠@@matthewjennings5893or Brazil, Uruguay, Colombia, Italy, Bosnia, etc. bunch of overrated bums brought over to Europe solely to infiltrate the American market

[@gost3480]

@@matthewjennings5893 Golden generation = that's the best group of players you had at the same time. It doesn't mean they are great. If you usually average players rated 20/100, but suddenly get a bunch of players at the same time averaging 40/100, that's your golden generation, even if they are trash. It's the best you ever had. Another example is England has a good squad at the moment but it is NOT their golden generation because the generation of Scholes, Seaman, Beckman, Cole, Shearer, etc. etc. was on paper much better.

[@carmenromano6725]

I still don't understand the logic in rehiring Gregg. He had problems getting along with players. it is his way or tbe highway and last time around his results were also disappointing.

[@plazaamador29]

this guy keller said uruguay didn’t concede one goal panama scored on uruguay

[@jimbo1480]

They lose in football like they lose in wars 😂

[@godusopp2752]

Greg telling them about the other game is something you do if the other game is sealed and its 0-0 in this game with 5 mins left, ok so you need to tell them to play smart, not with how much time is left tho

[@RichardMartinez-l7f]

I think the US squad needs an elite coach that can see the potential in this because they do. They have players in the 5 top leagues in the world I think it’s time for a high level coach instead of finding a coach from the mls.

[@wheelz114]

Our coach is trash on a good day. Our GK sucks. And our backline leaky. My guess is a new coach changes things for the better

[@corybrown514]

We have people who are incompetent running USSF and it's time to clean house. Matt Crocker and Gregg both need to be let go. There are plenty of capable people ready to run this organization with pride and passion.

[@Coolman1985]

Bro this u.s squad is the best i've seen in a long time, coach has to keep these guys active playing big games, they got a bright future

[@uruguayo17]

I'm from Uruguay, USA lost the group in the game vs Panamá. Today Uruguay is at the level of Argentina and Brasil. USA problem was not this game. The problem was losing to a bad team like Panama

[@StefanoSalSindacco94]

Agreed.... wasn't Panama the team that "took it from the back" against England in the World Cup.... 6 - 1 I believe😂

[@Lee77441]

Austria v Turkey yesterday put this thinking in high relief. Don't play scared. Yes, you might give up a goal, but you need to win. Go out and score. Play to win!!!

[@alpsalish]

I am from the US and the best part is that for everything that makes soccer amazing that list also includes the US not being very good. I don't want a country that has no history or even interest being involved in soccer anywhere near success. Develop a true love for it. Make a country truly care about it and then come back.

[@zdbrownie]

Berhalter has shown consistently that hes not good enough. Last WC should have been his last chance and that wasnt good enough. Its time to move on. That being said these players are very overrated and over hyped. Pulisic is the only one that I would say is above average. None of the other players on this roster are above average. Mckennie is about to be sold away from Juve as they dont want him. Reyna is being moved on from Dortmund and couldnt get mins at Forest. Adams is solid but has to stay healthy. Weah plays wingback because he cant score or assist but hes first choice winger for USMNT? Musah has potential but currently is a lesser Mckennie. The defense is actually better than its been in a long while but that hasnt mattered. They arent bad and with a good coach could grind out more results but this group is a far cry from "golden generation."

[@phengvue21]

At the end of the day it’s the players. That red card was the reason why this team is out of the tournament.

[@greenwave819]

exactly

[@Puma_UY]

Uruguay got knocked out early last world cup yeah. Under a horrible coach and an aging team with only a few young players. In a span of a year Bielsa corrected the team and are a completely different team moving past the 2022 WC.

[@1972dsrai]

The US must be pissed that Canada is in the Qtr finals.

[@dagosegovia843]

Theyre pissed that every concacaf nation competing in this copa america made more points than them except jamaica, when a week prior to this tournament they argued the posibility to play the final vc argentina 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@logiclust]

next is to get grouped from gold cup

[@jpbarnes1]

we were taught a long time ago while playing in Dallas... every call can go against you and if you don't win you were not good enough. Let me say that again, every call can go against you and if you dont win you were not good enough...mic drop

[@mrvee5395]

In the first half Uruguay's keeper had to dive for a low cross from Reyna that Balogun was going to get to at the back post. In the 2nd half, Reyna and Pulisic combined down the left, and Reyna got free and found Haji Wright in the center of the box, but Haji couldn't figure out how to get an opening for a shot. Those I think were the two most dangerous. It was otherwise quarter chances at best.

[@mikem668]

People who haven't played sports have no idea of the importance of a good coach. I played soccer in Junior High in the 60s. The first year soccer was played in our school. Our coach had played at a school that didn't have football. He told us you can win many way. Skill, hustle, being in better shape, being smart. He said, forget skill. We didn't have it. The first year we played his old school and got thrashed. The next year we tied. For three years he built up a nucleus of very good players. We get to high-school. Our coaches are dopes. Probably never played the game. We get Catholic school transfers, kids that played on German club teams, exchange students, and a kid from Scotland who scored 30 goals in 10 games. Yet the core of the team, the backs and midfielders, were trained by the great coach. We win the league. We go to the districts and lose the first game. Coaching malpractice. We had a spectacular player, several extremely good players, and lots of solid players. Of course, this was relative. The kids from Scotland and Hungary were the real deal. They grew up playing the game. We grew up playing lots of games before we even knew what soccer even was. I wouldn't even say it was our favorite game. We still played football instead of soccer in the neighborhood. It was until I saw a European game on PBS in the 70s that I even saw good soccer. We played the English style - kick and chase. Bayern Munich and IIRC Dynamo Kiev looked like they were playing billiards. It was 1986 before I really got a chance to see world class soccer and quality. I watched almost every game on a Spanish station out of NYC on a snowy B&W TV. But once you see quality, you don't forget it. And you don't believe the hype just because you're a fan. During Euro 2000 - France won after their World Cup in 1998 - I listened to a European call-in show on the internet. Fans from all countries, hoping for the best for their teams. Then the moderator switched to analysis, asking them about quality. There was no denying the quality with fan or national hype. They grew up with the game. Way too much experience to delude themselves. Unlike in the US. In sports occasionally an athlete comes along unlike anything you've seen before. Ali and Olga Korbut. Gretzky. Zidane and Messi and Ronaldo. And Caitlin Clark are examples. Sometimes the grittier team triumphs over the more talented team through will and coaching. Bill Russell over Chamberlain or the Flyers over the Bruins. And every once in a while you get to see one of the greatest teams or players ever. For me it happened to be an Australian cricket team. And Ali and Tom Brady. And in 15 years maybe Patrick Mahomes. I've seen decent to good American soccer players. Gritty players. I've heard hype ad nauseum. I've never seen a great American soccer player. And I'm not counting relatively great players like the USWNT, regardless of their World Cups. I was a keeper and also a tennis player.. F = M x A. Only twice have I felt anything close to world class power. Once during practice catching the kid from Scotland's shot and once hitting with a Big 10 doubles champion the year after he'd lost to Arthur Ashe 6-4 6-4 on the pro tour, around the time Ashe won his Grand Slam titles. As close as I ever got to experiencing world class athletic talent. It's real and you can't fake it.

[@fabricioavelino8800]

The joke and the bizarre is that team ranked 11th in the FIFA ranking!! The deserved must be 100th.