Should he stayor should hehe go now?

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dos a Cero examines the case for and against Gregg Berhalter

Following the USMNT’s exit in the group stage of the 2024 Copa America, we examined the evidence for and against Gregg Berhalter as manager of the USMNT. As with most fans and pundits, our knee jerk reaction was that he needed to go, but Berhalter played an important role in rebuilding our program and it’s a major decision, so we need to be sure before taking action.

It’s possible to create a credible case for Berhalter that the Copa America campaign was doomed by the red card against Panama, and that Uruguay is just a better team, so we should overlook this Copa and let him continue to build the program.

Here at Dos a Cero we have tried to be as objective as possible and put ourselves in the shoes of US Soccer, who can’t make an emotional decision, they have to make the right decision.

Fundamentally, we are trying to answer the question “are we underperforming the level of talent we have on the field?” If so, we have to find a manager who can do better

We break our analysis down into three main components and evaluate Berhalter on each dimension. 

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Results

We examine USMNT results under Berhalter from a historical perspective, looking at overall record but focusing on truly competitive matches (read more)

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Talent

This is a key question. We have been hearing for the better part of a decade that we are in the midst of a Golden Generation, but many in the media are openly questioning whether that’s true. We ran some analysis and boiled the results into a simple answer. (read more)

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Berhalter's individual contributions

There is more opinion in this section than the others, but we try to be as objective as possible. We look at what Gregg Berhalter has specifically done to contribute to the USMNT results in 3 categories: recruitment, team chemistry, and tactics. (read more)

Or, if you’re not the most patient person, skip ahead to our Final Ruling

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