i've completely drawn a blank.. where is Gregg Berhalter these days?? i thought it was Cottbus but i didn't see anything about him on their site. please help. i'm feeling stoopid.
Click here Click on "Saison" on the left. Look under Energie-Team, and click on "mehr dazu." Berhalter's under "Abwehr" on the right. Any of our German-speakers care to translate "Big Gregg!" under his profile?
Berhalter bio on Cottbus site Here's a quick translation of http://www.fcenergie.de/spieler0304/berhalter.html He can do it like most can't. When Gregg gets on the ball, the blood pressure in the stadium sinks. Though this medical effect can't be documented or scientifically explained, the fact is: Engergie gains trust their Ami-defender like none of his colleagues. Gregg Berhalter, 30, is a 33-time national team player for the USA. Nobody disputes that his re-signing after the Bundesliga demotion was an important benchmark for a promotion. As much a surprise as his signature was the length of the contract. The defensive captain signed for three more years in the Lausitz. "I had good conversations with Klaus Stabach and Eduard Geyer. They convinced me that we have the stuff to be promoted again. That's why I stayed." The staunch determination to return to the Bundesliga as soon as possible has become Gregg Berhalter's philosophy. Whoever speaks to him does not hear doubt. The goal will be reached. Period. He gets a lot from FC Energie. That's why he has a long contract. That's the reason for his adjustment ot the Lausitz. It's a much different life that Gregg Berhalter, his wife Rosalind and their son Sebastian now live. Before it was the boulevards of New York and London, now it's the Spree forest and Cottbus. Gregg Berhalter doesn't see this as a loss. "I only miss my family. Nothing else. We enjoy our life here, we go to the park a lot, ride our bikes." The way he says it, you have to believe him. There isn't much place for doubt in Berhalter's life. The American works from confidence("Überzeugungs-täter"." The man has clear goals and plans. That's probably why the break shortly after his signing in the fall of 2002 didn't get him off track. Back then the new signee from Crystal Palace did not know where to start in his man-to-man defender role, and was out of the team almost as soon as he joined. But with the switch to a four-man defensive line, his hour tolled. In the winter of 2003, he also finally had the fatigue from the World Cup out of his bones. "Now I play the same role as on the national team," and Berhalter has finally really arrived at FC Energie Cottbus. As the defensive boss he organizes the four-man line, gives directions in German, Spanish, Portoguese and English. He intends to learn a few phrases in Romanian for youngster Adrian Iordache. "That's my personality. I have to talk during the game. I've always done that," says the head-ball strong defensive bulldog, who is more shy in private. In the last two Bundesliga games, he wore the team's captain's armband. When the team said goodbye to the top division in Dortmund, Berhalter wrote history once more: The first English-speaking player of the match in 40 years of the Bundesliga. "It was an amazing feeling to be allowed to captain of this team." Even today, he's proud of that day, despite it's melancholic tenor. He wants to get back to Dortmund's Westfalenstadion as soon as possible. And also into all the other big stadiums. The World Cup in 2006 in his current home is his big goal, and another reason for his three-year contract with FC Engergie. "I will then know all the World Cup locations here in Germany, and won't feel out of place anywhere. That can only help my national side." As at home as he feels in Germany, Berhalter stays American. Even if "soccer" in the land of football, baseball and basketball leads more of a shadow existence. Someday he wants to end his career near his home. "Even if it's just for one game, I want to play in front of my family in America."