Every morning at 5am, before setting off for his advertising job in Manhattan, Gregg Berhalter’s father used to go for a five-mile run around Englewood, New Jersey. One day, he suggested to the 12-year-old Gregg that he should join him. If he wanted to achieve things in life, Berhalter had to push himself. So he did, and does.
The man whose team could make life difficult for England at the Al Bayt Stadium at the World Cup on November 25 has always had this drive. “My parents taught me about hard work, 100 per cent effort,” the US men’s national team head coach says on Friday afternoon, speaking via zoom from Houston where he is working with the home-based players not involved in MLS play-offs.
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