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USFF sporting director Matt Crocker has confirmed that Gio Reyna will be called up to the next USMNT camp, if healthy, after talks with head coach Gregg Berhalter. Reyna’s relationship with Berhalter was under the microscope after a tricky 2022 World Cup for the pair and the subsequent incident which saw details of the 50-year-old’s historic domestic abuse of his …

U.S. women’s national team general manager Kate Markgraf is leaving the role when her contract expires at the end of August, U.S. Soccer announced Friday. I look forward to supporting all of our programs and have every confidence that we will maintain our standards of excellence moving forward.” U.S. Soccer sporting director Matt Crocker said Markgraf has been “an instrumental …

British executive Crocker hired as USSF sporting director

NEW YORK — Matt Crocker intends to focus on leadership, style of play and team identity in his search for a U.S. men’s soccer coach, but deflected about whether he will consider retaining Gregg Berhalter or look at Jesse Marsch. “Gregg has done a fantastic job,” Crocker said Tuesday after the U.S. Soccer Federation announced his hiring as sporting director. …

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US Soccer appoints Matt Crocker as Sporting Director

The United States Soccer Federation appointed Southampton’s outgoing director of soccer operations, Matt Crocker, as its sporting director on Tuesday. Immediate focus: Women’s World Cup 2023 Crocker arrives with just over three months left for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 and will be expected to assist the USWNT, the defending World Champion, in a limited capacity as he will …