Gregg Berhalter, Head Coach of United States reacts after the first half during the CONMEBOL Copa America USA 2024 Group C match between Panama and United States at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on June 27, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Gregg Berhalter was fired as U.S. men's soccer coach on Wednesday, nine days after his team's first-round exit from the Copa America flamed doubts he was the right person to remain in charge for the 2026 World Cup.
Berhalter earned $2,291,136 in 2022, including $900,000 in bonuses for the Americans qualifying for the World Cup and reaching the second round.
A top-level men's coach could put pressure on the USSF to increase the salary of newly hired women's coach Emma Hayes.
Just 23 months remain before the World Cup comes to the United States for the second time and the Americans play their opener at Inglewood, California, on June 12, 2026.
Persons:
Gregg Berhalter, Matt Crocker, Berhalter, Crocker, Cindy Parlow Cone, Jürgen Klopp, Thierry Henry, Marcelo Bielsa, Jesse Marsch, Hugo Pérez, Pellegrino Matarazzo, David Wagner, Steve Cherundolo, Jim Curtain, Massimiliano Allegri, Mauricio Pochettino, Emma Hayes
Organizations:
CONMEBOL Copa America USA, Mercedes, Benz, Copa America, Sporting, Canada, USSF, CONCACAF Nations League
Locations:
States, Panama, United, Atlanta , Georgia, America, New Zealand, United States, Inglewood , California