U.S. defender Tim Ream minimized a reported battle with Gio Reyna as he denied claims that there was a vote to resolve if he must be despatched dwelling.
- Reyna barely featured at World Cup
- Accused of an absence of effort
- Ream says there was no vote to ship him dwelling
WHAT HAPPENED? Reyna barely featured on the World Cup and it was later revealed that coach Gregg Berhalter thought of sending him dwelling. It was then reported by some retailers that the crew held a ballot to resolve if he ought to depart the camp, and there was just one extra vote in favour of him staying than being despatched away. Ream denied that rumor.
WHAT THEY SAID: Ream insists no such ballot occurred, as he stated on the Oblique podcast: “I imply for us, it’s a non-story. We handled it in camp, issues moved on, we moved previous it and that’s the place we’re. The gamers, there was no vote. So we will put that to mattress.
“And like I stated, we addressed it in camp and [Reyna] did what he needed to do, and clearly got here on in opposition to Netherlands and performed a reasonably stable 45 minutes for us and helped to form of drag us again into the sport. So yeah for us, that’s it. That’s the tip of it.”
THE BIGGER PICTURE: The difficulty surrounding Reyna was concerning an absence of effort in coaching, however the Borussia Dortmund star hit again on the criticism he obtained, saying: “I’m disenchanted that there’s persevering with protection of this matter (in addition to some extremely fictionalized variations of occasions) and very stunned that anybody on the U.S. males’s crew workers would contribute to it.”
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WHAT NEXT FOR USMNT? Gregg Berhalter’s crew is in motion once more in January once they tackle Serbia in a world pleasant.
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