its tactical manager's fault

Loved hearing an actual coach talk to a level of what you can observe about the USMNT’s tactics and how relatively easy it is to find a way to beat and/or hold them. The Dutch coach must’ve really felt like it was child’s play seeing that Berhalter made no effective adjustments in the second half.

National team coaching is different than club team coaching. A national coach adjusts the tactics to fit the personnel, a club coach adjusts the personnel to fit the desired tactics. Greg behaves like a club coach.

The problem is 1 ussf for accepting mediocrity. 2 the coach as he can motivate, plan, lead and players.

I am about halfway through this interview, and I have to say it is absolutely fantastic. Gerson is tremendously insightful and provides a perspective you just don't hear from the current pundits and players with their superficial soundbites. I predict he is going to be a successful manager in his career.

This is such an awesome interview. It's like, from a military perspective, watching a battle and armchair general debating about what happened in the battle, to going to a divisional or corps commander and what he actually saw through the smoke and dust. I love that this interview is from that "on the ground" perspective and not just fans debating amongst themselves the shoulda woulda couldas.

Yes. Most coaches would have been fired long ago for dismal results.

Tac, so impressive you are interviewing so many of these big name players, coaches, etc. You're doing real sports journalism, very professional but I also really appreciate that you retain your authenticity - nothing censored. Keep up the great work man

The real problem is USSF. We all know GGG and the players is part of the problem but let’s not forget who brought back GGG. The players gotta take some blame as well but IMO USSF have been the issue for many things not only just the national team for a long time.

The evidence was on display when B.J. Callaghan was in charge while GGG was gone.

Spectacular interview, very informative!

Cindy Parlow Cone is the problem. Even if Berhalter is not the coach, she’d hire someone else like Berhalter.

Greg takes 85% of the blame. The only credit I give to him is getting commitments from dual nats. The system he has us running, if you even want to call it a system, is a joke, and for me, the number 1 thing will always be, game management. The coaches ability to provide instruction too turn around the performance of the team, and or being able to manage a game you are already winning too see it out, and substitutions. Greg may be a good guy, he may even somehow motivate these players, but he continues to fail when it comes to game time. Only recently when he’s started picking out better rosters has his subs improved, imo. Thanks for the quality content as usual tac

El Salvador: our strategy was to make Yedlin handle the ball. lol

Great tactical breakdown. The most insightful on the dutch strategy i have heard. We need more of this type of commentary

Both interim coaches were better. Clearly better. Bring back BJ!

At 45 min you nail it. Ggg is forcing a system that we dont have the players for. Instead of using our strengths and setting up for success he pushes an agenda, and good teams or coaches break it down easily. We have talent but they are not put in a position of strength. That and in game adjustments are slow and not usually positive.

What an EXTREMELY insightful interview! MORE OF THIS! I know it was addressed a bit later in the video but from 17:25-18:12 is why I'm sometimes hesitant to really lay into GGG. Yes the team has players playing at big name clubs but how many are the week in week out key to that team's success?

Tac- interviews arent for you repeating your same talking points to someone and asking for them to validate you. Let the man talk and make his own points, especially if they arent lock step with what we usually hear.

The question can be asked a lot of ways but Perez doesn't see this is as a pure or even primarily Berhalter issue. He kept coming back to player execution and skill set. The section on Yedlin was particularly insightful. They assessed Yedlin and game planned to force Yedlin into decisions that he couldn't execute consistently. Some people might blame Berhalter for that but it's also significantly a Yedlin talent issue.

GB should never have been let back in the building

Wish Hugo Perez were the coach. It's a pipe dream, but one can wish

Ever since I saw Ethan Horvath last game for the US I thought more highly of him because he’s much better with his feet than turner. Calmer too. I think he could potentially start over turner. If we want to play with the ball.

Seems like he's trying to tell you it's not Berhalter?

In summary we don’t want to play at away games. We preferred to play at home, that is why we struggled during World Cup qualifying and the World Cup.

Problem is the Federations hiring someone is not smart enough nor qualified to be a top level coach. The nepotism within the Federation all but guarantees that this "golden generation" will never reach its full potential. Sad

Winning away in concacaf always been a problem

I am not from us so i don't really know much about usmnt But you all have to answer yourself next question "which teams are much better,better, equal or worse than the us only speaking about the players"

44:55 EXACTLY!!! Berhalter doesnt know how to use his players strengths!

I love hearing from Jason. I really like him as a coach.

My dad is from El Salvador so I loved this video but it’s a shame that Hugo got fired honestly the team just isn’t good right now at all our best player is Alex Roldan that should say enough right there

Our strongest skill, Transition. GGG kills off our teams transition. Hold the ball, wait.

$ 3,000 is not enough for competitive coaches to give up their best players My sons team was a lot more expensive than $ 3,000 annually my son didn’t have to pay full payment but his coach needed 3 top players to make a competitive team

Sounds like the key is dirt fields and no hot water. If you can dodge a wrench, you can score a goal.

It's hard to win away in Concacaf for any team. Believe it or not teams in concacaf have grown.

Berhalter is a low level coach, and he'll always give low level results. It's no stretch to imagine the U.S going out of the 2026 WC after getting out of the group stage and losing the next game. That's what GGG offers. That's real.

Good interview but word of advice Tac, don't use loaded language when talking to a professional coach about players. Try to be a bit more neutral in your language. Instead of saying "El Salvador has worse players than the USMNT" you should say "I think you and I can both agree that the USMNT have players of a higher club pedigree than El Salvador. Therefore don't you think it should be expected that the USMNT with all due respect to El Salvador should be playing for the win even in away games?" Sounds more professional and nuanced. And I say this as someone who is a full on eurosnob who doesn't watch or like the mls.

We are tired of the sham that ussf presents, they used a so called “rigorous testing progress” , the same testing progress that berhalter created lmaoo. Ussf believes that the fans are dumb and did a world wide coaching search. This is why the fans have some hatred towards ggg, the ussf bias towards him and his novice coaching

Because we never play real squads, and we never use good tactics and good player selection at the same time.

Our players might not be the best, but a good manager could take them further than they are now.

That was a great fucking interview

Heard a laugh at 0:25 lol

Yes

El Salvador football Federation made a huge mistake letting Hugo Perez go. Man could’ve taken the program to the next level but now they are going to just stay in the same mediocre place that they’ve been in for the last 15 years

I want to know if GGG is the guy and if not who? I don't think he is. And i think he's the one holding te team back ,he's the absolute problem in my opinion. Yess he's the weak link. Once again in my opinion hoping to be proven wrong.

If tac gets 1k likes in this video l, i will release a corn video of tactical manager and GGG. You cant fool me Tac.

Gerson Perez seems like a Cool dude

Tact do an MLS cup watch along

Forget tactics and all that trash. 1) they are not that good 2) they play home games ALL the time . They are comfortable. When they play away they shit themselves.

Will have to be a huge dump for it to get clogged

GGGs roster vs the Netherlands is not tough and they have no grit

The players have all the talents but they lack confidence but I cannot put my finger on it.

Yes.

Teach the young players how to play on their own let the kids choose using two captains Futsal, futbolito, beach soccer and short sided games

100% Tact's fault!

GGG needs to go like now

🤣🤣 and yall said yall was gonna trash us. Lets go Trinidad and Tobago

No. The ceiling of an national team is defined by its performance of its individual players at the club level. The belief that we are performing below our level of talent was based on expectations formed when these players were young and with big programs and were hyped to have glorious futures in Europe. But none of our players have performed consistently and at a high level or often at any level at all in Europe since then. The entire roster is flopping compared to the hype and expectations put on them, and it's just lots easier to say, "I wasn't wrong. I didn't let myself get taken in by the hype. We are as good as anyone in the world. If only I was the coach we'd beat everyone." List any of the players you want and go back a few years and listen to what the youtube channels were saying about them and how Berhalter was the problem. Matthew Hoppe for example. Remember when he was going to be the next big thing after 5 goals in Bundesliga? Where is he now? Where is your boostering and bunkering for him now? Where are you complaints that Berhalter is being totally unfair to him now? Remember when everyone was saying how Chris Richards was going to be Bayern Munich's CB of the future? Do you remember how many times we were told how much faith Bayern had in him? Then he went to Crystal Palace where he now can't get off the bench. Remember Gio Reyna? He was hyped as the best young player in the world. He was going to be the next big thing. Well, he can't get off the bench for Dortmund. His player valuation has slipped from top 5 in his age group and top 25 in his position to 24th in his age group. And if he doesn't start playing soon, it will go lower. And this isn't just something happening with Gio. The roster has been shedding transfer market value for years, and not because they are underperforming for Berhalter but because they are underperforming for their club. What about Brendan Aaronson the "Medford Messi"? How many situations has he flopped out of now? Remember when Tim Weah was going to play for PSV? How many situations has he flopped out of now? He's not even considered a prospect at winger anymore. Or remember Sergino Dest? Sure, he's playing for PSG now and looks OK, but at one time we were being told he was a top 5 fullback in the world and the future of Barca. He's crashed down several levels from that sort of hype. Tyler Adams? Josh Sergent? Neither can get their career actually going. The number of injury prone players we have is astounding but not unexpected given the relatively small relatively unathletic player pool. The less said about the state of the GK pool the better. We've got a few players that are doing OK. McKinney is doing OK for Juventus. Pulsic is doing OK for AC Milan when he can stay healthy, but he's gone from being a 60 million dollar player to a 25 million dollar player. Robinson at Fulham might be the most in form player we have right now, as Tim Ream is finally starting to show his age after last year's entirely unexpected career year. We have some talent, but it's not the talent level of a top 10 program in the world so expecting any coach to make this squad look top 10 is ridiculous. Add up the starters we have in the big 5 every week. Add up the minutes played we have in the big 5 every week. Add up the wins we earn in the big 5 every week. Add up the goals scored. You'll find that we rank something like 25th or 26th in the world in those categories, and that we need 3 or 5 times as many players to match top programs. We don't have players ranked in the top 25 in their position, much less any that are in the top 5. You want to be a top 10 program you need a whole roster of players who are stars, who are captains, who are the best player on their team, who are ranked in the top 25 in their position in the world. We don't have that. We just don't.

The US also gets few chances to win big signature games given the region were in

Because it’s this better then everyone mentality the usmnt has in concacaf, blaming everything on the environment and fans. We cannot avoid concacaf so we have to embrace it on the international and club level. It used to be a badge of honour to win an away game in concacaf for USMNT, now they just act like it doesn’t exist. Same for MLS, just acting like it’s a bad stepchild

The short answer is triple G yes, is it the correct answer though? - Yes

This team is soft too. We need a manager that toughen this kids up

Because they think arrogance s lot

W

CONCACAF needs to merge with CONMEBOL to raise the level.

I bet most blame gregg failhalter no doubt he isnt great or even good. But the players are definitely the problem and the fans expect more from a nation that isnt a football nation. We dont have quality players and it shows on the field when we assume we have great players and it goes against reality when w elose to germany or argentina or netherlands and so on you can have the best coaches and the US would underperform. The player pool is very unimpressive even with the hype balogun had he hasnt delivered and thats just the hurtful truth. They need better recruitment in mens football and academies need to do a much better job and better scouts . Alot more as well . Many problem with US soccer federation. Too many . Its a federation issue at first then a coach issue then a player issue. The players.try their best but the reality is they wont improve this is all the US has currently with how they recruit. Mkennie and dest and musah and balogun and more are all pretty mediocre at best

Yes. Full stop. 🤭

Short answer yes, long answer yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees

22:41 Here's my thing, I do like soccer as a sport but I love the traditional sports more. Soccer is late to the game and developed in other countries when there was significant competition for athletes. Now soccer is trying to break into a world where the American sports culture is significantly different than the rest of the world. I want our US team to be the best it can be, but to do that you have to find a way to convince the best athletes to become skilled players. Basketball does that, football does that, Baseball in a lot of ways does that. But soccer doesn't, because you can put the best athlete at the top and their skill doesn't matter. Maybe that's a bad take, but I think to fix that problem you need to find a way to convince kids that their skill matters.

Agency capture of the US Soccer Federation by our racketeering domestic league diminishes and debilitates the national team. #MLSagenda #BerhalterOut

2:36 the probability is close to zero, you can go far but you will never do what the South Americans can. I doubt especially for 2024, there’s better odds of Chile winning than the USA. And I know you mean the US when talking about concacaf because who honestly would you give a far shot beside the US

Gerson for coach 2024

You overestimate pulisic reyna and these players ability in global stage. These players are average.

bring back coach "BJ"

Bare minimum Berhalter is the problem

REAL COACHING ?

We need more verticality and horizontality

its also the player's fault. They are all soft but talented. They need to toughen up. They still have time.

Filippo’s fault tbh

I posit that you are going after the wrong Berhalter. GGG wouldn't have been hired (and re-hired) w/o Jay on the USSF. Get rid of Jay and maybe Cocker would actually have freedom to choose a coach of his choice

The women went and got the best women's coach in the world. Need I say more?

I think our players are becoming soft

This team is currently operating close to it's ceiling. I know people don't want to hear that, but it's a talent issue. We aren't beating the Argentina's and Brazil's of the world, no matter who is manager. There isn't some secret tactic that makes us great. We just don't have the horses. We have Pulisic and McKennie and then a bunch of JAGs.

Previous generations were man playing, this generation seems like kids playing! They don’t know hot to grind, thy really need to grow individually and as a team. Don’t believe me?? Look at Dest last game(acting childish). This bunch of kids needs to turn into a herd of wolfs!

This bootleg Sneako still refuses to give T&T the credit of beating this arrogant and overrated US team.

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So the players not finishing chances and turning the ball over in bad areas of the field, and through no fault of the opposition, is Gregs fault too? Greg aint perfect by any means but its on both the players and the coach, but for a generation that's been proppedup as our best ever, it seems trivial to me that so much seems to be pinned on Greg. I tend to lay more blame on the players as they are actually playing

Gregg is the only thing holding this team together

I think the US team is trash so is Concacaf. This team will suck in Copa America.

Lack of character, starting from the top on down. The manager is objectively terrible. There is no youth development. Too many of the high profile players are spoiled brats. The group organizing our national team sucks. Pay to play youth teams suck. The culture is rotten.

the usmnt isnt so good tbh

Youre complaining that GGG "doesnt go for the win" away. Totally not true. Yet your the first person to criticize the possession based soccer that he is trying to play. You cant say "go for the win" then when results dont go our way you get mad that we lose/draw by trying to play possession based soccer

CONCACAF continues to allow minnow countries to operate crap fields as their "competitive advantage". Swamp in the middle of the pitch, 4in long grass, ungraded/lumpy fields--total joke as everyone knows. Add CONCACAF officiating and the confederation is a joke. So fine, USSF should create a B-team to just play kickball against CONCACAF crap teams. Our big/fast guys will beat their shorter/slower guys. Yay--so much winning.

Bro this is the worst football youtuber 😂

Don't fool yourself, manager & and team are "merde", that's why you get the product that you get!!🤣🤣🤣🤣

Because they are "merde"...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Yes