The World Cup is still 6½ months away, but for Gregg Berhalter, the windows of opportunity to prepare his U.S. men’s national soccer team are scarce. He’s got a three-week camp with four matches in June and a nine-day camp with two games in September, and that’s about it until players scramble from their clubs to Qatar for a brief buildup to the Nov. 21 opener.
But having revamped the program after the failed qualifying campaign in 2018 and guided a young squad through the pitfalls of World Cup qualifying and regional tournaments, Berhalter believes the team has taken shape.