Does Jurgen Klopp become the US national trainer now?
US National Team Coach Gregg Berhalter disappointed with team at Copa America. Now he's out of a job. Two years before the Home-World Cup, the Americans are reportedly trying for a sensational deal: they allegedly want to hire Jürgen Klopp.
Two years before the Home-WM, the US Soccer Federation may be attempting a spectacular coaching deal. The Americans want to sign Jürgen Klopp, according to the English newspaper "The Independent." The sources for this information were not named. There had already been an initial contact with the 50-year-old or his representatives. Neither the Federation, which had dismissed Gregg Berhalter as coach after the disappointing group stage exit at the Copa America, nor Klopp reacted to the news.
Klopp had left Liverpool FC after nine years and announced that he would take a break from coaching. A potential job in the USA could be lucrative and exciting: The Americans are co-hosting the World Cup in 2026 with Canada and Mexico. Former goalkeeper Tim Howard had already urged his Federation in a column to hire Klopp and offered to personally speak with the trainer at his summer house in Spain. "I believe I could convince him. One hundred percent," Howard wrote in the "Daily Mail."
However, such a signing would also have significant hurdles to overcome - especially financial ones. To get Klopp, the US Soccer Federation would have to "move heaven and earth," according to Fox Sports. Before Klopp, under contract from 2011 to 2016, former US coach was Jürgen Klinsmann. In the previous year, Berhalter was hired as coach for the second time. At the Copa America, which the US is currently hosting and where the final matches are taking place this weekend, the North Americans were eliminated before the knockout phase. Afterwards, there was heavy criticism of the 50-year-old, whose team featuring former Bundesliga professionals Christian Pulisic, Weston McKennie, and Chris Richards had underperformed so disappointingly.
The US Soccer Federation is reportedly aiming for a sensational coaching change, looking to sign Jürgen Klopp two years before the Home-WM. Klopp, who recently left Liverpool FC, has been mentioned as a potential candidate, with former US goalkeeper Tim Howard advocating for his hiring.
If successful, this move could have major implications for the US National Team, as Klopp would be coaching the team during their co-hosting of the World Cup in 2026 with Canada and Mexico.
