He apologized to the team and we’ve moved forward.” “He’s a young player, is a fantastic part of this team. “What I don’t want this to turn into is a witch hunt,” Berhalter added. We help them overcome instances like this.” “Serge has done a great job of maturing and growing over the years that he’s been with the group and for him this has to be a learning experience,” the coach said. “It’s something I have to learn from and it won’t happen again!” “I want to apologize to my Teammates, Staff, Fans and whole nation for my behaviour it was unacceptable, Selfish and immature I let my team down!” Dest wrote on Instagram. Neither Moggio not Urrutia explained why the rule blocking media access was in place. CONCACAF general secretary Philippe Moggio referred a request for comment to spokesman Alvaro Urrutia, who cited the regulation. “He put a number of guys in jeopardy, made a number of guys do a lot of extra work in this weather.”Īmerican team spokesman Michael Kammarman said CONCACAF rules prohibit players who receive red cards from speaking with media after matches. “We were very firm with with our words after the game,” Berhalter said. He missed this year’s Nations League final after getting a red card and a three-game ban for scuffling in the semifinal against Mexico. As a team, the players, the staff, we need to hold him accountable.”ĭest will be suspended for the Nations League semifinal in March. Whether they’re good decisions or bad decisions, we’re supposed to keep going and respond in an appropriate way, and that obviously wasn’t the right response from Sergiño. “We pride ourselves in staying mentally disciplined, battling through any type of conditions. “It is concerning because that’s not what we represent, that’s not who we are as a group,” Berhalter said. Ream and Turner screamed at Dest as he walked off the field. López raised two fingers and showed a second yellow and a red. Dest argued with López as Gio Reyna and Ream tried to keep him away, Reyna trying to cover Dest’s mouth.

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