Hu dson to gu ide US camp as Berhalter probe begins

NEW YORK: World Cup assistant coach Anthony Hudson was named on Wednesday to guide a January national team camp while Gio Reyna’s parents admited igniting a US Soccer investigation into coach Gregg Berhalter.

Hudson will guide the Americans, co-hosts with Mexico and Canada for the 2026 World Cup, in a Los Angeles training session ahead of friendlies against Serbia on Jan.25 and Colombia on Jan.28, US Soccer sporting director Earnie Stewart said.

The news came a day ater Berhalter, whose contract as US coach ended last Saturday, admited kicking his future wife Rosalind in a 1991 incident he said was being used against him in a threatening manner.

Claudio Reyna, a former US captain and current sporting director at MLS’ Austin FC, and his wife Danielle admited in statements to The Athletic and ESPN that they pressed US Soccer Federation executives with details about Berhalter’s past.

The moves came ater Berhalter told Gio Reyna, their 20-year-old son who plays for Borussia Dortmund, that he would have only a limited role at the Qatar World Cup.

Berhalter and Claudio Reyna played together on youth and high school teams as well as the US national squad and their wives were college teammates at the University of North Carolina.

US Soccer is investigating Berhalter and the incident as well as conducting a World Cup review while considering who will manage the Americans in the upcoming home-field World Cup cycle.

Berhalter said he underwent counseling ater the kicking and he has not repeated any physical incidents.

“It was a shameful moment and one that I regret to this day,” Berhalter said. “There are zero excuses for my actions that night.”

Danielle Reyna challenged Berhalter’s characterization of the incident.

“Without going into detail, the statements from yesterday significantly minimize the abuse on the night in question,” she said in a statement.

“Rosalind Berhalter was my roommate, teammate and best friend, and I supported her through the trauma that followed. It took a long time for me to forgive and accept Gregg aterwards.”

Reyna said she was upset when he refused her son the consideration she had given him over the incident three decades earlier.