Berhalter: I'm still right coach for USA despite Copa América exit - ESPN

KANSAS CITY, Missouri — Gregg Berhalter said he believed he was still the right man to lead the United States men's national team, despite crashing out of the 2024 Copa América in the group stage on Monday with a 1-0 loss to Uruguay at Arrowhead Stadium.

The loss, combined with Panama's 3-1 victory over Bolívia in a simultaneous match in Orlando, left the Americans in third place in the group. Uruguay advanced as group winners and Panama, which defeated the 10-man USMNT on Thursday, moved onto the quarterfinals as the second qualifier out of Group C.

Asked in his postgame news conference whether he was still the right person to lead the USMNT into the 2026 World Cup, Berhalter responded with a simple «yes.»

However, he said there would be a review into what went wrong for the U.S. during the tournament and admitted the performances had not been good enough.

«Just to see the guys' faces in the locker room and to see the emotion of the staff and players, we're bitterly disappointed with the results,» he said. «We know we're capable of more and in this tournament this we didn't show it, it's really as simple as that.

»You look at the stage that was set with the fans in this tournament, with the high level of competition in this tournament and we should have done better. We'll do a review and figure out what went wrong and why it went wrong but it's an empty feeling right now for sure."

Uruguay scored the game-winner in the 66th minute on a controversial goal from Mathías Olivera. Ronald Araújo headed on a free kick that was saved by Matt Turner, who started against Uruguay after leaving Thursday's match with a leg injury.

Olivera was the first player to the rebound and appeared to be in an offside position at the time of