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Describing the state of the United States men’s national team as messy or ugly would be an understatement thanks to the drama involving the Berhalters and the Reynas.
Danielle and Claudio Reyna, the parents of 19-year-old Borussia Dortmund and USMNT winger Gio Reyna, brought forth a 1991 domestic violence incident involving Gregg Berhalter and his now-wife Rosalind Berhalter to U.S. Soccer sporting director Earnie Stewart. The revelation coincided with the fact that Gio Reyna had a reduced role off the bench with Gregg Berhalter as coach of the USMNT during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
The two families have had a strong ties in past as Danielle Reyna and Rosalind Berhalter were teammates and close friends when they played for the University of North Carolina. Gregg Berhalter played youth and high school ball with Claudio Reyna before attending UNC.
Berhalter on Tuesday said he went public with the information regarding his abusive night with Rosalind in 1991 because someone was trying to “take me down.” That bond appeared to have gone down the drain in the past few months as U.S. Soccer launches an investigation into “potential inappropriate behavior towards multiple members of our staff by individuals outside of our organization.”
“I thought it was especially unfair that Gio, who had apologized for acting immaturely about his playing time, was still being dragged through the mud when Gregg Berhalter had asked for and received forgiveness for doing something so much worse at the same age,” Danielle Reyna said in a statement to The Athletic. “Without going into detail, the statements from yesterday significantly minimize the abuse on the night in question. Rosalind Berhalter was my roommate, teammate and best friend, and I supported her through the trauma that followed. It took a long time for me to forgive and accept Gregg afterward, but I worked hard to give him grace, and…
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