LAS VEGAS — U.S. Soccer could have rolled the dice. It could have pushed all its chips into the center of the table and gambled its future on an unknown.
Instead, in a city where fortunes can be made or lost on a bad wager, the federation doubled down on the safe bet Friday, bringing back Gregg Berhalter to coach the national team through the 2026 World Cup.
That wasn’t the safe move, it was also the right one. In his first four years, Berhalter compiled the best winning percentage by a men’s coach in U.S. Soccer history. He won CONCACAF Nations League and Gold Cup titles, guided the team to the round of 16 in last fall’s World Cup and beat Mexico three times in one year, another thing no American manager had ever done.
