Gregg Berhalter talks USMNT's potential at the World Cup, No. 9 battle in September Camp | Extratime: 1v1
Extratime
Andrew Wiebe
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🗓️ 7 September 2022
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to Extratime: 1v1, a new show featuring in-depth conversations with the biggest names in North American soccer! We're focusing on the World Cup this year in the buildup to Qatar 2022, and what could be a better way to kick that off than a conversation with USMNT head coach Gregg Berhalter?
Andrew Wiebe sits down with Gregg to chat everything from food, to music, to the growth and potential of the current USMNT side, to his own career as a national team player. We hope you enjoy!
0:00 - Intro
0:15 - Gregg Berhalter’s top food destinations
5:10 - Music and the last concert he attended
5:58 - What Berhalter was like as a player
7:00 - Determination to play in Europe as a player
12:42 - Difference between the 2002 and 2006 World Cup teams
13:45 - Expectations and legacy at the World Cup
18:30 - Thoughts on Brenden Aaronson’s ascension
20:44 - Culture building with the USMNT and beating Mexico
25:15 - How he’s changed as a coach from 2019 to now
27:04 - The importance of September Camp
29:09 - Discussing the USMNT No. 9 position
34:12 - Berhalter’s experience of getting cut from the World Cup team and how that translates to coaching
39:33 - How the USMNT will approach the 26 man roster
43:03 - What it’s like day-to-day at the World Cup
48:29 - Why playoffs hold the key to MLS growth
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Oh, from New York, New York, you are listening to Extra Time, |
| 0:05.3 | presented by AT&T 5G, I am Andrew Weebie, |
| 0:08.9 | and this is something new from Extra Time. |
| 0:11.2 | We're calling it Extra Time 1v1, |
| 0:13.6 | and if you got the context clues there, I'm assuming you did. |
| 0:16.8 | This is a new interview show from Extra Time. |
| 0:20.2 | Whether it's myself, myself, and Charlie Davies, |
| 0:22.3 | or any other hosts, we are putting together |
| 0:24.8 | the best in-depth conversations we can |
| 0:27.7 | and adding them to the feed. |
| 0:29.0 | Any more, we just don't have room for it. |
| 0:31.3 | Mondays and Thursdays with 28 teams, soon to be 29, |
| 0:35.3 | and maybe even more down the line. |
| 0:36.9 | It is hard to fit in what we think |
| 0:39.0 | are some of the most interesting conversations in MLS |
| 0:42.0 | that we used to do regularly on the pod, |
| 0:44.2 | but haven't been able to recently. |
| 0:45.6 | And because it is the year 2022, and because Qatar |
| 0:48.6 | and the World Cup is coming up, we're focusing this year |
| 0:51.4 | on World Cup conversations, and I'm so proud to say |
| 0:55.1 | that we are starting this series with Greg Berhalter, |
| 0:58.4 | the head coach of the U.S. Mint's national team. |
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