Gio Reyna, the son of American soccer royalty, was supposed to be at the heart of his country’s World Cup plans. Instead, his family has sent the team into turmoil.
The biggest surprise of the U.S. men’s national team’s campaign at the World Cup last November came a couple of hours before any American kicked a ball in the tournament. Coach Gregg Berhalter had published his first starting lineup in Qatar and one name wasn’t on it: Gio Reyna.
Reyna was one of the most talented players at Berhalter’s disposal and already established with a major European club at Borussia Dortmund. So after he missed the Americans’ first World Cup match in eight years, , much of the conversation revolved around him. Was he healthy? “I’m 100%,” he said at the time. “I’m good to go.”
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