Because the USA and Gregg Berhalter assessment the USMNT’s 2022 World Cup and the place they go from right here, two names have emerged as candidates to interchange the coach if he would not get a brand new deal.
Berhalter’s present contract ends with the current World Cup and after the USA exited on the last-16 to Holland, preliminary talks are being held over whether or not he will get a brand new contract.
If Berhalter would not, then Orlando Metropolis coach Oscar Pareja and former Mexico coach Juan Carlos Osorio are two candidates US soccer would take into account to take over, in response to ESPN.
The publication additionally says Leeds coach Jesse Marsch can be thought of however it will be tough to tempt him into leaving the Premier League.
Orlando Metropolis coach Oscar Pareja (proper) may very well be an choice to interchange Gregg Berhalter
Juan Carlos Osorio (proper), the previous Mexico coach, is reportedly one other potential candidate
The 54-year-old Pareja has been at Orlando since 2019 and has beforehand coached Dallas and the Colorado Rapids in the US. As a participant, he joined New England Revolution in 1998 and after which spent seven years at Dallas, so has a great information of Main League Soccer.
Within the 2022 season, Pareja led Orlando to US Open cup glory. Orlando made the 2022 playoffs, ending seventh within the Japanese Convention however misplaced within the first spherical to Montreal.
Osorio, in the meantime, has additionally coached within the MLS with Chicago Hearth and New York Crimson Bulls from 2007 till 2009. He has worldwide expertise, main Mexico for 3 years from 2015.
He coached Mexico on the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the place they had been knocked out within the last-16 by Brazil.
Gregg Berhalter’s present deal is up after main USA to the last-16 of the World Cup in Qatar
Berhalter may keep within the publish however for now, US Soccer is taking time earlier than a call is made
However for now, US Soccer and Berhalter are in early discussions over what to do subsequent. US is a co-host on the 2026 World Cup alongside Mexico and Canada.
It was reported on Dec. 8 that the group will perform a full assessment of the USA’s World Cup marketing campaign earlier than deciding what to do.
And Berhalter himself could go for a brand new problem, having been on the helm of the US since 2018.
