U.S. Soccer's Gregg Berhalter on Rebuilding Trust in the Wake of Controversy

Harvard Business Review · Oct 15, 2026 · 40m

U.S. Soccer's Gregg Berhalter on Rebuilding Trust in the Wake of Controversy

Uploaded 05-01-23

6 Jan 2023

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Gregg Berhalter coached the U.S. men's soccer team in the 2022 FIFA World Cup, where they achieved a memorable victory over Iran before losing to the Netherlands. Berhalter, who was a professional soccer player himself for 17 years, has coached in Europe and the U.S., and for the past four years, he’s been the head coach of the U.S. national team.

In the past couple of weeks, he's been under another kind of spotlight. Berhalter's decision to limit the playing time of one of his young…