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United States men's national team interim head coach Anthony Hudson has revealed the turmoil surrounding the team is 'not a nice situation'.
US Soccer has been rocked by controversy since the World Cup with the future of its former leader Gregg Berhalter up in the air following the bombshell 'blackmail' scandal.
Speaking ahead of the Star and Stripes' upcoming friendlies against Serbia, on January 25, and Colombia three days later, Hudson admitted there is a glum feeling within the camp after Gio Reyna's parents told US Soccer Berhalter kicked his wife in 1991 and an investigation was launched.
'It's a shame for everyone who's involved: players, staff, Gregg, everyone is affected by it,' the 41-year-old ex-Colorado Rapids head coach said Tuesday. 'It's not a nice situation.'
USMNT interim head coach Anthony Hudson will take charge against Serbia and Colombia
Hudson has admitted that a sad feeling is hanging around the US camp due to recent turmoil
Berhalter's young US team impressed en route to the last-16 in Qatar when they were eventually dumped out by Holland following a 3-1 defeat.
However, Hudson admitted there's now 'sadness' with the revelations changing the narrative and replacing the positivity that was created last year.
'It's been a dream for so many of them - so many of us, but mainly the players,' he continued in his press conference. Hudson was an assistant coach of Berhalter's this winter in Qatar.
'They set out with a big, lofty ambition, not just go [to the World Cup], but to go there and represent themselves in a way that people would sit up and take notice of the team.
'So when all this happened, I think it was [a feeling of shame]. It's sadness because all the attention has gone away from that. All the good work and it's been shifted in an another direction.'
The relationship between suspended USMNT head coach Gregg Berhalter and Gio Reyna is making headlines for all the wrong reasons
After the World Cup, Reyna's parents resurfaced a domestic violence claim between Berhalter and his wife, Rosalind
Claudio Reyna, a former teammate of Berhalter's in the USMNT, and his wife, Danielle
The claims were brought forward by Danielle and Claudio Reyna, parents of US and Borussia Dortmund star winger Giovanni Reyna, who was reported to have a rift
