MOENCHENGLADBACH, Germany (AP) — Gio Reyna went into the 2022 World Cup as one of United States’ brightest young soccer stars. Controversy over his training effort and a family conflict with the team’s then-coach overshadowed his performances.

A World Cup on U.S. soil next year is a guiding light for the 22-year-old Reyna to revive a career dogged by injuries.

Reyna says he’d now handle the 2022 incident differently “in certain ways” and his actions stemmed from frustration, but the dispute wasn’t “completely” his fault or that of his family.

Speaking to The Associated Press at his new club Borussia Moenchengladbach last week, the attacking midfielder wants to use this season to convince U.S. coach Mauricio Pochettino he still belongs.

“I do obviously think about (the World Cup) pretty

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