The USMNT have crashed out of Copa América early. At best they have stagnated under their coach’s leadership as they aim to build for 2026

You can’t deny they played for him, and for each other. This was no capitulation, no cowed or callow performance against one of the world’s best teams.

So Gregg Berhalter has not lost the locker room. But how, after this, can he not lose his job? How can anyone trust that he is the man to shape the USMNT into a team good enough to make a major impact at the 2026 World Cup? They have at best stagnated since Qatar 2022, and perhaps even regressed.