The U.S. men's soccer team was thrust into the center of a public scandal this week, involving the coach Gregg Berhalter, the former captain Claudio Reyna and both of their families.
The controversy has become a messy public dispute involving Berhalter; Claudio Reyna, who was the best man at Berhalter's wedding; Danielle Egan Reyna, a former U.S. women's player; Rosalind Santana Berhalter, the coach's wife and Egan's college roommate; and Gio Reyna, the 20-year-old midfielder limited to 53 minutes by Berhalter at the 2022 World Cup.
The turmoil on the men's team follows a $24 million settlement by the USSF last year of a discrimination lawsuit filed by American women players and an independent investigation that revealed systemic emotional abuse and sexual misconduct in the National Women's Soccer League. Berhalter and his wife Rosalind had"spoken openly" about the matter, the USSF said Tuesday, and Berhalter admitted to the kick. But Danielle Reyna criticized Berhalter's description of the 1991 events.
"None of our current leadership was aware of this," Batson said of the 1991 incident."This is something that Alston & Bird as a part of the investigation will, I'm sure, try to understand." Danielle Reyna maintained she never threatened to blackmail Berhalter and never asked that he be fired.
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