Amid an argument involving his son, spouse and United States World Cup coach Gregg Berhalter, former U.S. captain Claudio Reyna resigned as Austin FC’s sporting director on Thursday, the MLS membership introduced.
Reyna and his spouse, Danielle, made headlines earlier this month after Danielle Reyna admitted to informing U.S. Soccer of a 31-year-old domestic altercation involving Berhalter and his now spouse, Rosalind. In a press release despatched to FOX Sports on Jan. 4, Danielle Reyna mentioned she reported the incident after Berhalter was quoted saying that he practically despatched a participant, later recognized as 20-year-old midfielder Gio Reyna, dwelling from Qatar for the youthful Reyna’s refusal to just accept a task off the bench.
“I support my wife, Danielle,” Claudio Reyna mentioned in his personal assertion on the time. “I, too, was upset by Gregg’s comments about Gio after the U.S. was out of the World Cup.” FOX Sports subsequently reported that Claudio Reyna had additionally inappropriately contacted then U.S. under-17 coach Raphaël Wicky about Gio’s position when the youthful Reyna was a member of Wicky’s squad on the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
The Reynas’ conduct has been roundly criticized for the reason that saga went public. Now, simply over three weeks later, Claudio Reyna has vacated the place he’d held with the Verde since leaving the same position with New York City FC in 2019. Â
“We’re grateful for Claudio’s contributions,” Austin FC proprietor Anthony Precourt mentioned in a press launch asserting the information. It added that Reyna will serve as a technical advisor to the membership going ahead. “I’m grateful that Anthony and the organization have given me the opportunity to scale back my role and responsibilities,” Reyna mentioned.
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After debuting as an growth crew in 2021, Austin took an enormous step ahead on the sector final season, ending second within the Western Conference behind eventual MLS Cup champions LAFC. But Reyna staying with the membership in a distinguished, front-facing position was most likely untenable after his position within the saga involving the Berhalters got here to mild.
Both Precourt and Austin head coach Josh Wolff have deep, longstanding relationships with Gregg Berhalter. As the then proprietor of the Columbus Crew, Precourt employed Berhalter as his first coach, whereas Wolff served as Berhalter’s prime assistant with each the Crew and the nationwide crew earlier than taking up in Austin forward of the membership’s maiden season. The impartial investigation into the Berhalter incident and Claudio and Danielle Reyna’s communications with crew employees throughout the 2022 World Cup is ongoing.Â
Austin promoted Sean Rubio, who had served as the membership’s director of participant personnel since 2020, to interim sporting director.
Doug McIntyre is a soccer author for FOX Sports. Before becoming a member of FOX Sports in 2021, he was a employees author with ESPN and Yahoo Sports and he has coated United States males’s and girls’s nationwide groups at a number of FIFA World Cups. Follow him on Twitter @ByDougMcIntyre.
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