^*^ US Soccer loses sporting director Earnie Stewart as coaching search continues

• Earnie Stewart leaving US Soccer as part of shakeup
• Head coach Berhalter’s contract expired on 31 December
• Team’s GM Brian McBride departed earlier this week

US Soccer Federation sporting director Earnie Stewart is leaving to join PSV Eindhoven following the departure of American general manager Brian McBride, a management shakeup that leaves men’s coach Gregg Berhalter in uncertainty.

Berhalter and McBride were hired by Stewart, and the coach’s contract expired on 31 December. Three days later, the USSF announced Berhalter was under investigation for a 1991 domestic violence incident. Anthony Hudson was then appointed interim coach.

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