The Netherlands is the US model

A soccer relationship unites the Netherlands with the United States. The connection comes through the American selector, Gregg Berhalter, who was inspired by Dutch football to set the foundations of the ideology he would use when he was a coach. A vocation he acquired very early, when he was a player, and a profession he adopted after getting his official title in Germany. “In the Netherlands I learned a lot, I took note of many football concepts”, he confessed in the preview of the first round of 16 match about the school where he was educated. “Without the experience in Holland, I wouldn’t be where I am now,” added the American coach. Barça player loaned to Milan Sergiño Dest is the other Dutch (mother’s side) and American (father’s) connection. Berhalter convinced him that he would have a better future under the Stars and Stripes.