GEORGE TOWN, CAYMAN ISLANDS - NOVEMBER 18: Gregg Berhalter speaks to media before training at Truman Bodden Sports Complex on November 18, 2019 in George Town, Cayman Islands. (Photo by John Dorton/ISI Photos/Getty Images)
Gregg Berhalter wants the USMNT to play out from the back and control matches through extended periods of possession. It is an admirable and potentially successful strategy, but to make it successful, he needs to also adopt the high press.
After the U.S. Men’s National Team were waxed by Mexico 3-0 in an international friendly, head coach Gregg Berhalter controversially said that he was more pleased with that match than he was the Gold Cup final months before in which his side only lost 1-0 to the same opponent.