In Gregg Berhalter's first big interview since he was rehired as U.S. men's national team manager, he put down a lofty marker for the 2026 World Cup.
His goal, he told Vanity Fair, «is for us to go to a round that no U.S. team has ever gone to.» Wishing for it is one thing, but getting there will be a massive undertaking.
Technically, reaching a new frontier at the World Cup would mean reaching the final, given that the U.S. made it to the semifinals of the inaugural edition of the tournament in 1930, where it was routed by Argentina 6-1.
If one limits his statement to the modern era — loosely defined as starting in 1990, when the U.S. men qualified for the World Cup for the first time in 40 years — that means reaching the semifinals.
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