Gregg Berhalter: Giovanni Reyna's mother reported head coach to US Soccer

The US were beaten by the Netherlands successful the past 16 astatine the 2022 World Cup successful Qatar

The parent of United States midfielder Giovanni Reyna says she reported caput manager Gregg Berhalter for kicking his woman erstwhile they were teenagers.

Danielle Reyna, woman of erstwhile US skipper Claudio, says she reported the incidental to US Soccer connected 11 December.

She said it was "unfair" that "people were trashing" her son, 20, erstwhile Berhalter had done thing "much worse" astatine a akin age.

Borussia Dortmund subordinate Reyna did not commencement a lucifer for the US during the World Cup successful Qatar.

During a code astatine a enactment acme successful aboriginal December, Berhalter said an unnamed subordinate was astir sent location from Qatar for "not gathering expectations connected and disconnected the field".

Berhalter believed his comments would stay backstage but aft they were erroneously permitted to beryllium published, Reyna posted connected Instagram that helium was told by the manager that his relation astatine the tourney would beryllium "very limited" and that helium fto it impact his "training and behaviour".

He added that helium had apologised to his team-mates and Berhalter.

Berhalter said helium had been contacted during the World Cup by idiosyncratic saying they were going to "take him down".

In a connection connected Wednesday, Danielle Reyna, who won six caps for the US women's nationalist squad and was the roommate of Berhalter's present woman Rosalind, said she "did not marque immoderate threats" erstwhile reporting the incidental from 1991 to US Soccer sporting manager Earnie Stewart.

She said she contacted Stewart due to the fact that she "was perfectly outraged and devastated that Gio had been enactment successful specified a unspeakable position" and that she felt "very personally betrayed" by idiosyncratic her household "had considered a person for decades".

She added: "I told Earnie that I thought it was particularly unfair that Gio, who had apologised for acting immaturely astir his playing time, was inactive being dragged done the mud erstwhile Gregg had asked for and received forgiveness for doing thing truthful overmuch worse astatine the aforesaid age."

She besides alleged that Berhalter's statement, which was co-signed by Rosalind, "significantly minimised the maltreatment connected the nighttime successful question".

She added: "Rosalind Berhalter was my roommate, teammate and champion friend, and I supported her done the trauma that followed.

"It took a agelong clip for maine to forgive and judge Gregg afterward, but I worked hard to springiness him grace, and yet made some of them and their kids a immense portion of my family's life.

"I would person wanted and expected him to springiness the aforesaid grace to Gio. This is wherefore the existent concern is truthful precise hurtful and hard."

In Berhalter's connection helium said helium kicked Rosalind successful the legs during a "heated argument" aft they had been retired drinking.

He said Rosalind "wanted thing to do" with him instantly aft the incidental but they met 7 months aboriginal to rebuild their relationship.

They person been unneurotic since and celebrated their 25th wedding day implicit the New Year weekend.

Danielle Reyna said she hoped reporting the incidental to Stewart would assistance halt attacks connected her son.

She said: "At the clip I called Earnie, galore radical were trashing Gio connected societal media owed to Gregg's comments, and I didn't cognize erstwhile oregon if this would stop.

"I conscionable wanted Earnie to assistance marque definite that determination would beryllium nary further unwarranted attacks connected my son.

"I thought our speech would stay successful confidence, and it didn't hap to maine astatine the clip that thing I said could pb to an investigation."

She added that she present understands Stewart "had an work to investigate" but that she "did not inquire for Gregg to beryllium fired" and "did not marque immoderate threats" nor does she "know thing astir immoderate blackmail attempts".

In a consequent statement, Claudio Reyna, who played with Berhalter connected younker and precocious schoolhouse teams arsenic good arsenic the US nationalist squad, said helium supported his woman and her statement.

He added: "I excessively was upset by Gregg's comments astir Gio aft the US was retired of the World Cup, and I besides appealed to Earnie Stewart connected December 11 asking him to forestall immoderate further comments.

"While successful Qatar, I shared my frustrations astir my son's World Cup acquisition with a fig of adjacent friends, Earnie and Brian McBride among them. However, astatine nary clip did I ever endanger anyone, nor would I ever bash so."

Berhalter's declaration expired connected 31 December and his presumption is nether evaluation.

US Soccer said adjunct manager Anthony Hudson volition instrumentality complaint of a grooming campy successful January.