CHICAGO ― The hall where Gregg Berhalter spoke Friday at the United Soccer Coaches convention was packed to the gills 10 minutes before he took the stage. But the buzz in the hundreds-deep crowd offered no hints about how the former U.

Gregg Berhalter asserted that his tenure as U.S. men's national team head coach was an overall success over half a year after he was fired following an uninspiring performance at the Copa America