Christian Pulisic blasts ‘CHILDISH’ Reyna-Berhalter controversy | USMNT | ESPN FC
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- čas přidán 15. 03. 2023
- USMNT forward Christian Pulisic talks exclusively to ESPN about his views on the controversy engulfing U.S. Soccer; the ongoing feud between former coach Gregg Berhalter and the Reyna family.
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Lebron speaking facts
Stop embarrassing yourself lmao
Ah yes the Lebron James of Premier league 🤭
That's Tristan Palsic
Pulishit.
Bruh you must not watch this sport, I thought Lebron had game time.. where as pulisic is still trying to find his 😂
Finally some honesty from a US player in an interview
So they're all dishonest liars?
If he was being really honest, he could have just said Gregg should not come back as coach
@@anthonytinaj7131 Not if that isn't what he believes. He honestly stated that the program has made significant progress since failing to qualify 5 years ago and there is no need for a radical rebuild. Reading between the lines shows you that he believes they can succeed under GGG. But he also said he would give 100% regardless of coach.
@Edward Bartel Yes the team got better not because of ussf, the player pool has gotten a lot better. Any other coach could have achieved the same things as Gregg if not better. If Christian Pulisic is really the lebron james of Soccer, he would have told someone from USSF not to bring Gregg back
@@anthonytinaj7131 Who tf gave you that idea? Pulisic isn't even the Kyle Kuzma of football. 😂 Americans and their hilarious delusions.
Pulisic is 100% on point. Actually, I think he was making 2 points
1. The GGG-Reyna drama is childish
2. There's no reason for the USSF to wait 6 months before hiring a new manager. Whether they stick with Gregg or not, the focus should be on keeping momentum. 2023 will be our busiest year as far as competitive matches
Reyna should have been starting regardless
@@Jeremy-ff3jm I don't think so. Reyna is a sub player anywhere he goes. His childish behavior and his parents interference in the team is more than enough to remove him from the team.
@@gagamac2191 top attacking midfield talent on the USMNT but ok
@Jeremy Reyna was missing for most of the cycle, and Gregg built around a 433 in his absence
@@BoxOfOranges84 with no Striker….. GGG is an awful coach. Would’ve been better with a false 9
*Part-time Maroon 5 lead singer, part-time footballer. This guy can do it all.*
Yea he’s a really good bench warmer too
About fkn time someone speaks honestly. Thank you President Pulisic.
I just changed my opinion on Christian, he is a leader and not just a passive personality with talent. Cuddos to him for speaking up.
Where is the full interview? This sounds like a promising one
Let me know if you find it
@@stover954rr supposedly getting posted tonight at 8ish tonight
Found it?
This U.S team has alot of potential they just need the right manager
Thierry Henry wants the job
@@glitchinthematrix3559 they need someone that has experience just because you were a great player that doesn't translate to been a successful manager
Me I’m going to mange them to victory
It is amazing that so many commenters can't see the Pulisic was endorsing Berhalter to be retained. All of his talk of forward progress and good things in Qatar.
Four years ago I would have chosen differently. While respecting Berhalter, I prefer older coaches at the end of their careers for National Team duty. But after he was chosen I'm going to be fair to him -- something so few can do.
Pulisic also struggles for playing time at Chelsea, yet is always a professional. He was also replaced as team captain before the WC and didn't complain. Big baby Reyna should take note.
You would think when he plays for a team like dortmund he would be more professional. Noway they allow such behavior like that their
@@PtownSoccer15from what I’ve read gio was being whiney but most of this is on his parents and so is that mentality of cry like a baby cuz you aren’t playing. His parents are detached from reality lmao I think the player himself just needs to grow up a little and lose what he learned from his folks
@@dark40010 such a joke. Little kid stuff I’m glad to see Pulisic calling it out
@@PtownSoccer15 All Dortmund reporters said only good things about Gio when this drama came out and said he always acts like a professional.
@@noahbrown9708 clearly they are biased then
CP is 100% right
Please do not all him CP. Do you know what CP means?
@@theguywhoasked5591 that’s the point it’s sarcasm
Where is the whole interview? Espn plus espn fc show? What day?
Yes, one way of getting on with progress as soon as possible was for USSF too be competent and get a new coach in 3 MONTHS ago.
This will be our best chance ever to win the World Cup. We need to get this young talented squad ready in time 🙏
Kudos for Pulisic for being on point. This raises 2 points 1. Does the federation know what their doing with regards to USMNT? 2. Is Gio Reyna really a good enough player to be worth putting up with the drama. I think the assumption is yes, but I wonder about that. I wonder if his teammates on the national team feel like he is someone they want to go to battle with?. Pulisic still plays at a high level internationally even with limited club time. Can Reyna do that?
Yes gio is 100% good enough. His family is to blame not him. Also Greg sucks as a coach should def be replaced
The player is not the parents
Reyna is too young to make prognostications about.
@@asnark7115 fair point, seems they are willing to give him his chance
You're crazy if you have doubts about Gio 😂😂😂
Always something going on with our USA team… it sucks because you can see they have so much pressure off the field… which effects there ability to probably perform on the field. I’m sure no player wants to be worried about who the best manager is or if they are going to have to go through a full rebuild. Thats so stressful 😮
Well its not a soccer nation thats not good or bad its a cultural thing. Soccer simply isnt big. It is what it is. Less pressure cor the players to perform well because most of the country doesnt care about soccer lets be honest they dont even care about womens soccer, and they won 3 world cups. Soccer isnt huge. Same in my country baseball is the real sport and many play it soccer for bette ror for worse is seen as a childish sport.
Berhalter, to me, was a great growth stepping stone in the right direction. But he's not that guy to transcend this USMNT talent to another level. A bunch of well known names aren't necessarily cut out for this IMO. We need a coach that has a special skillset and proven track record in teams that have squeezed every drop out of players, also tactically, all faith on Berhalter left in the USA vs Netherlands game. I called EVERY single goal seconds before they hit the net. That's how easy USA were to pick apart at the highest stage.
They need to find a better coach...
where do they find said better coach.
@@joggyjames agreed. Seems to be no manager with credentials wants to take part in all the drama and lack of soccer direction in USMNT.
@@joggyjames, jose ernesto pekkerman whose managed colombia and argentina quarter finals as well as revamp their youth systems or david Wagner currently Birmingham city manager i believe are good options Wagner plays a style similar to what that's seen german football which would benefit many of our players but I'd choose pekkerman who may have a bit of a language barrier but i think it could be overcome with a quality translator
The pool of international managers is not great and if you think we're obscenely more talented than Wales and Iran and should've won those games 3-0 you are incorrect. Pep Guardiola wouldn't have had us winning those games easily
@@shanek2285 Nor would Pep have done better against Netherlands. You are absolutely right.
Totally agree
Well said Puli
Agreed! Let's go!!!
Well done Cap 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Wull fank you very much for watchin' ESPN on You Toove!
lil bro remembers how fast the tweet his dad sent about playing time was deleted 💀
well played
Not even comparable.
I still can't find one instance in the history of professional sports - where a husband/wife/father/mother/brother caping up for the athlete worked in the athletes favor.
1. Mark P and Christian
2. Claudio and Gio
3. Brenda Warner talking smack on behalf of Kurt Warner
4. Miko Grimes getting arrested "supporting" her husband Brent Grimes.
And that is just off the top of my head! How many NFL/NBA wives have complained about their husbands talents being misused or them not getting enough playing time???
The point is - even if the family member has a point - they never win in the court of public opinion! Because it always comes off as sour grapes whiny BS.
If you love your athlete son/husband/wife/sister/brother - do them a favor and shut your trap when it comes to them!!!
Chelsea fans don't play tbf😂😂😂
@@patrick4662Right!! Clueless people should stay out of sports. Just bc your loved isn't good enough doesn't mean you threaten to set the world on fire.
He's right in saying it's youth soccer level stuff, but the reynas think it'll work because that is actually how this sport works in this country. Parents weasel their way into getting their kids playing time no matter what cost. I had my own experiences with this in youth soccer and it's frankly disgusting. That's a big reason we aren't as good as we should be.
Berhalter isn't worth holding on to if he can't work through player issues better than this. Gio acted like a child and his parents need to stay out of his career because he is a man and mommy and daddy aren't ever going to help his career by giving their opinion publicly. So either Berhalter and Gio need to sit down and have a talk and get past this, or Berhalter needs to be replaced, because Gio is more important to the USMNT than Berhalter.
Berhalter was ALREADY not worth holding onto as of 1 year into his tenure as USMNT head coach, based on his player selection and formation philosophy alone. That could change, but until we see some evidence of that from him somewhere less impactful to the USSF, we're talking about the deck chairs on the Titanic when we talk about how he handled any particular off-field situations.
With this interview I vote pulisic to also move into the general manager, ambassador and secretary of all of USSF to compliment his captain America status
Good to see that ppl haven't forgotten about pulisic dad comments about his playing time. What a hypocrite.
difference between a tweet and what Reyna's parents did and how do we know Pulisic condoned what his dad did just as we dont know Gio condoned what his parents did
@@gregm8838Calling your son's manager a terrorist and talent destroyer, liking tweets wishing death on his teammates is low as low can get. POS!!!
He kept it funky.
I can’t wait to watch these guys tear up the nations league group
Hopefully we always call a strong squad like we’re doing for this window
The US will field strong teams against Grenada and El Salvador and then go full MLS against Mexico.
I even forgot how this man looks like
Pot meet kettle. Pulisic literally wrote a book where he complained about his playing time under Tuchel. I like CP but he also has to take responsibility and stop trying to push.
Greg Berhalter has said verifiable lies (not that the Reynas look good at all, but Gio is not the adult here). Gregg system sucks for the US and does not improve the team one bit for future. Too many players are basically playing out of position just to fit his system. I've said it once I'll say it again , you will lose a ton of support if you rehire Greg. STOP hiring systems coaches and get one that can work with what they have. I'd try a dutch coach who do well with smaller pools of options.
It was childish. Can we turn the page now?
Easy to say that when you are a spot light player but a bench warmer for the major of your career. Gio can definitely outshine and play Pulsic
Yeah lets get a manager with class - all around.
Gio is definitely more important to the team than gregg will ever be but go off I guess
Puliaic is definitely Team Berhalter
Wow he can speak. And talks some sense too. Finally one soccer video where nobody is saying Gio Reyna is the best talent since Maradona. Kid is good but I think even at his age Pulisic was doing just as good if not better at dortmund. But all pulisic gets now is ‘oh he’s overrated, he’s garbage’
lmao usa "fans" turning on Pulisic just because he backs his coach
I don't quite understand how Berhalter is still eligible for the the USMNT job.
What did he do wrong?
@@user-mv7kh5sv9z he's mismanaging the team and neglecting their best talent. they can't afford to be benching players like Reyna and leaving Pepi off the team.
@@warrenlwolfe Reyna was benched for disciplinary issues. GGG has made multiple statements on this that have been supported by subsequent reporting by investigative journalists. Frankly, Reyna should have been sent home based upon both his behavior and his parents. The video shows he was a sulky child on the pitch in the warmup games and when he was played during the WC - his movement was lackluster and his engagement was numb.
Regarding Pepi - I 100% agree. Leaving him off and bringing Jordan Morris just makes no sense.
@@EdwardBartel I think anyone who understands anything about the dynamics involved in team sports could understand Greg's position regarding players with crumby attitudes/parents. If you don't understand why Reyna didn't play, you must have never competed at any meaningful level. It only takes a drop to poison the well...
@@warrenlwolfe Reyna most definitely should've been benched. I'm proud of the players and coaches for handling that situation in the moment as they did then going out to prove they're a true team.
He went from being Christian pullisic to a kid from Harvard
Gio should be humble because no way he even gets called up for England or Argentina (if he’s eligible).
The mens argentina team of england and argentina are way too talented to even deal with all this . Too much talent in there pinky compared to US mens amd womens team combined
@@ishrendon6435 Exactly. He wouldn’t dare pull that nonsense elsewhere.
Our leader 🇺🇸
IDC how good Gio Reyna is I dont want him anywhere near the USMNT w that attitude
Is that the phenom guy?
almost 6 months on from Qatar? Is it June already?
😄🤣
Bro, Croatia booted two players for simply complaining. Lol US Mens Football side needs to rebuild their mentality.
Well soccer isnt big here to be fair. Its jusr how it is. In some parts of the world basketball or baseball is bigger then soccer. Its about what sticks in a culture. Some things do and others dont
He really got get rid of that beard😅
Yeah, Pulisic made a good point, it was a childish investigation about Gregg. But it’s time for a change as we need a great coach. One of those guys from European soccer can manage well for the USMNT. Gregg should not come back to this job.😊
What did Gregg do wrong in Qatar? Give me three valid reasons and I'll admit we need a change, but as far as I'm concerned, he did nothing wrong. The performance was on the players. Why do we need guys from European football to manager our country and why would they want to manage US Soccer? In my opinion, a coach matters to a certain extent (player selection tactical adjustments), but Gregg has gotten better and guys from European football will implement a completely different system when we already have a system that players are familiar with. Pulisic's point is we shouldn't need to get new coaching staff. We already have a good one.
@@dawidmalan8727 I'm still not _quite_ sold on him picking Jordan Morris over Jordan Pefok, for one thing.
@@dawidmalan8727 Gregg did pretty good in Qatar, but we could have done better than that. To get through the last 8 teams in the 2026 World Cup, I just think we should get a European coach with more experience, great tactics etc. With so many European nations in the World Cup, it has never been easy to compete with those teams. As I have seen many successful soccer teams well-managed by the European coaches, I wouldn’t be surprised to see the USMNT in the right direction if we give a European coach a try.😊
@@philipmcniel4908 Pefok was playing out of his mind for a couple games; proved to be somewhat the right decision as Pefok continues to struggle
@@annebest9527 If there's a European coach who has been successful in the Top 5 European leagues and wants to coach the USMNT, then we should roll with him over Gregg (100% agree). However, if someone like Thierry Henry, whose reputation is defined more by his playing career then his managerial career, wants the job, we deny and stick with Gregg. Also for me it's quite embarrassing if we have to find a coach from another country to coach our national team. It kind of like belittles us and gives the world the impression that Americans can't play soccer if you know what I mean.
Reyna should be starting he’s the youngest on the team and has the most potential. Kinda like Diego Lainez with Mexico and all the fans were calling out the federation for not bringing him to the WC.
Didn’t he write a book about not playing in Chelsea 🤣
Pulisic for Chelsea: average
Pulisic for the USMNT: world class
They need to ban Reyna parents from anything related to the US national team
Wow he actually gave an opinion about something lol
This guy has done more interviews than minutes played
no
True
He didn’t really say anything
This guy is America's favorite ambassador...
"people complaining about playing time" umm.....
he’s right the team doesn’t need an overhaul and a new band of players but if this team wants to elevate n reach further greggy boy aint the man to bring em there gotta call a spade a spade
Berhalter is the best, and should stay
Come to Leicester and save them from relegation pls.
I don’t care what a bench player says
I wanted Berhalter out before all the drama. Still want him out.
He clearly meant Belhlter in and Gio out!!!!!
Noo! Why does Pulisic want Gregg?!
@@Athena_208 what’s wrong with Gregg he has been doing good with the players, did they not play well in this WC that just past ???
Thank u pulisic. I always think ggb is high- school coach . He doent deserve tô be The mnt manager
You mean a Mom blackmailing a national team to get her son more playtime is silly? Im stunned.
Write a book about it. Lord knows you have enough time, CP.
Alot of positives lol 1w 2 d 1l and the controversy lol
Well they made it out thr group stages which is hard alot of people take it for granted it isnt easy ask germany and belgium and others. Great teams that struggled also uruguay with great players and history
The US didnt qualify for 2018 and to make it the knockout stages is a huge improvement but further improvement is needed to.compete with the real big scary boys like france or Netherlands or argentina and so om
Captain America: Civil War
Pulisic is absolutely right.
People complaining about playing time 👈🙄. Spoiled brats
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butterbean interviewing pulisic
🤣 Pulisic dad deleted the tweets but called Tuchel at Chelsea a "destroyer of players" because his kid wasn't playing. Pot meet kettle
He wasn't lying though no attacking player under Tuchel did well
that was also a completely different situation. Pulisic's dad has no tie to Chelsea and could not influence or try to, any decision Tuchel made. He was simply expressing his frustration as a father. Pulisic never said anything about the situation regarding what his father tweeted and always said he was happy to fight for his place in the team. did he want to play more and think he should have been? yes. did he slack off in training or try to get his manager fired? no. Two completely different situations.
Was Pulisic's dad in this interview making accusations?
@A snark he isn't going to date you, its okay to call him out for a hypocritical comment
@@wuxiagamescentral no doubt, and didn't say he was lying. Just as Renya parents had a right to be mad at Gregg for singling their kid out, punishing him after he apologized and it was agreed to been accepted, then dragging him thru mud after WC. Did they go about it wrong, absolutely!
Watch out Christian, mommy and daddy Reyna are going to come after you now
Thank you! Finally some actual maturity in this group. Reyna is NOT from a family that u want in ur team nor his family.
What?
Reynas family isn’t not reynas fault. Gio is an amazing player and we need him for 2026
I don’t see the amazing . He is okay . He is on bench at Dortmun 80% of the time .
@@pdiallo1029 before his injury problems he was their second best player behind haaland and starting every game as a teen. Various world football organizations were saying he was a top 3 teen in the world. Right now the team is on fire and he’s struggling to get back into it after his injuries. He’s only 20.
@@hoagied3783 Thanks for the clarification . Hopefully he will get back to his pre injury level soon
He looks like a Caucasian Bad Bunny with that beard 😭mama Pulisic wilding
but, continue with what? continue with no team spirit, where all is egos of mediocre players??
He should be mad that the Reyna's are a selfish family. All they wanted was to punish the coach cause their sweet baby wasn't playing enough
Stay out of it
Lets go Pulisic 🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅🔥🔥
Reyna should have been starting regardless
Nope. He's very disruptive to the team and his parents are enabling him. He shouldn't be in the team period.
@@gagamac2191 bruh GGG is a mediocre MLS coach at best, hire anyone else and it wouldn’t matter if Gio started
@@gagamac2191 lmaoooooo right. Let's not blame him for his parents interfering. Berhalter didn't handle it properly, period. Not starting Reyna is absolutely foolish. You act like we have the depth of England lol
@@hez859 No one is bigger than the team no matter how good you're period. Reyna is an average player imho. The kid is a spoiled brat. Berhalter is a good coach and he needs to continue period. Him and the team did well at the world cup without the drama queen.
@@gagamac2191 it's the managers job to handle egos though. Every team deals with it, Berhalter messed up when he threw him under the bus after the fact, especially when he said stuff in the locker room stays in the locker room. Don't blame Reyna for his parents foolishness, and he's not average lol that's craziness injury notwithstanding he's been good for Dortmund, he scored 3 goals In a row off the bench, probably the same amount of goals as the starters of this past world cup... and they came to his defense the minute stuff got out. You will chalk it up to Dortmund protecting their interest but I don't think so. So agree to disagree
I have no respect for a football player who doesn't even want to pronounce his second name how it's meant to be pronounced
He's spot on. I'm so glad he's said this. This break in continuity is very bad for the team. They should hire berharlter back immediately.
I don't think thats what he said. He just said a decision needs to be made without waiting around.
I agree
While he cries for time at Chelsea
Does anyone else think dana whites put a bit of weight on since his last interview?? 😂
Hire a coach is what’s he’s saying
get jesse marsch bro its not that hard
That Rich coming from boy who cry to his Father about Chelsea ...
Captain America 🇺🇸 speaks
This man's sounds so American
I been saying for a while, the Reynas are a virus nobody cares if your feelings are hurt the coach does whats best for the team
not playing reyna is never best for this team... hes our second best player. we dont have enough talent to send a message by benching him
@@loganmapes2307
Also people tend to forget that Greg straight up told Gio that he won't be playing much before the world cup even happened.
Clearly Reynas had a history of complaining and were at fault for doing so. However, Berhalter sticking with a striker postiion that never worked in qualifying and in the WC was a bad decision along with his decision to share the story about a player that almost got sent home. Moronic on both fronts.
@@gregm8838 yeah there are mistakes from all people involved but from all accounts gio's actions were yest bad, but not as egregious as his parents or gregs reaction. he then fixed his attitude. he is only like 20 years old after all, its on the adults to act like it and neither his parents or greg did that. you cant blackball the kid because of his parents, and you cant rehire greg based of many factors. honestly the team underperformed for the talent we have, as well as how he threw gio under the bus with his comments at the conference.
They're as much of a virus to the usmnt as the pulishits are to Chelsea.
The Lebron James of Soccer
Lebron won titles , Gio is on Dortmun bench most of the time
GGG needs to go regardless of this drama. Need new ideas.
Austin Rivers spittin factz 💯
You already got Tuchel fired...
Clearly you know nothing. Tuchel got Tuchel fired
I’m white I’ll be ok. That was his message lmao
This is why us soccer is cooked and will never win a World Cup 💀💀
He sounds to complacent, “we don’t aren’t in the same spot”. I hope this team develops an every game is critical mentality.
He said the opposite of complacency. He said we should move on and hire a coach so we can progress to the next World Cup and not take a year and a half like last time.
@@quyntonslayden9379 maybe I miss understood, but the we don’t need a lot of players comment, and that previous comment was a type of we don’t need to worry attitude that gets US soccer in trouble.
@@Angel.Custodio you definitely misunderstood
Sounds like he's pretty frustrated, not complacent.