July 10 (UPI) -- The U.S. Soccer Federation fired men's national team manager Gregg Berhalter after the team failed to advance out of the group stage during the recent COPA America tournament in Atlanta.
Losses to Uruguay and Panama knocked the U.S. men's team out of the competition and resulted in Berhalter's firing effective immediately, ESPN, Bleacher Report and CBS Sports reported Wednesday.
"I want to thank Gregg for his hard work and dedication to U.S. Soccer and our men's national team," U.S. Soccer president Cindy Parlow Cone said in a statement.
"We are now focused on working with our Sporting Director Matt Crocker and leveraging his experience at the highest levels of the sport to ensure we find the right person to lead the USMNT into a new era of on-field success," Cone said.
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