For well over a month, Gio Reyna has been in the eye of an American soccer storm. He had to address his immature behavior at the 2022 World Cup, then stand by, powerless, as his helicopter parents turned a standard saga into a sad, ugly, acrimonious soap opera.
Ever since Dec. 3, Reyna had been the center of attention for everything but his ludicrous talent. He had reportedly shown an alarming lack of effort in training leading up to and during the World Cup group stage, during which he ultimately played only eight minutes.
Then, after the U.S. men's national team's elimination, head coachthat he almost sent an unnamed player home from Qatar. That player, it soon emerged, was Reyna. On Dec. 11, the day those comments were mistakenly published, Reyna's parents, Danielle and Claudio, went to U.S. Soccer sporting director Earnie Stewart, Berhalter's boss, and informed Stewart of a early-1990s incident involving Berhalter and his now-wife, Rosalind. Stewart felt obligated to report it. U.S. Soccer launched an investigation, which compelled Gregg and Rosalind to speak publicly about the incident for the first team. In an early-January statement, Gregg detailed how, when they were teenage college students, he kicked Rosalind after an argument at a North Carolina bar. The couple had reconciled and married; Rosalind had forgiven Gregg; the Reynas, some 31 years later, had unearthed Rosalind's trauma.addressed his World Cup behavior in a Dec. 12 statementHe spoke, instead, at the Signal Iduna Park on Sunday, just eight minutes into his first opportunity to do so. He showed why he'll be a pivotal player for the USMNT going forward, whether or not Berhalter remains the coach. He is still only 20. He is arguably the most technically gifted player the U.S. has ever produced. He will, surely, continue to let those gifts do the talking.
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