Gregg Berhalter's six-month limbo began amid a fog, with drama still mum and wounds still fresh. It began with emotions swirling, on the morning after World Cup elimination, but before the reignition of the family feud that changed his life. On Dec. 4, all was quiet; there were no investigations, no executive vacuums, no off-record comments gone awry. But there was uncertainty. Berhalter's future lay, in part, in the hands of his boss, Earnie Stewart. When they chatted that night at a bustling barbecue atop Qatar's Marsa Malaz Kempinski, Berhalter did not fully know whether Stewart wanted him back as U.S. men's national team head coach.
Berhalter had crafted a culture. He’d instilled belief. Players liked him. They fought for him. They’d played progressive soccer. They’d taken collective strides. They craved an opportunity to continue their growth.
Critics, meanwhile, obsessed over specific Berhalter tactics. But in and around the team, and among forward-thinking federation executives, the vibes-over-tactics prioritization crystalized. Stewart, in a, recalled arriving in Qatar, and sensing"a real, strong feeling in this group that they could win against everybody. That is something that I think is so powerful.
“For me,” Crocker said, “the most important thing is around leadership. We need the right leader. We need the right head coach to come in and give the players ownership and responsibility to build a really, really strong culture, or to continue to develop that really really strong culture.”
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