Fans treat USMNT like a club side – and it could cost Berhalter his job

With eyes on 2026, Copa America will be a referendum on the team's head coach

• US-based fans: Tell us why you are - or aren't - rooting for the USMNT

Gregg Berhalter's job, most US men's national team fans and observers would agree, is on the line. US Soccer hasn't wavered in its public backing of the 50-year-old, but a poor showing at the 2024 Copa America would surely prompt a rethink. With the World Cup on home soil in two years, there is a bigger picture to consider.

For some, not even a strong showing at Copa would be enough to justify Berhalter's continued employment. There are plenty who have never seen him as the right man for the job. The Berhalter Out' movement has existed in some form in some corner of the internet for years. Recently, the rhetoric has become louder and more mainstream, but partisanship when it comes to Berhalter has long been an unavoidable part of following the national team.