world growing up. But Reyna had CONNECTIONS.
The now-infamous story of Reyna’s hands-on soccer upbringing became public knowledge earlier this year as a result of a U.S. Soccer investigation into his family. The son of Claudio Reyna, a USMNT legend who also worked in MLS, Gio was almost always a prominent figure on his youth teams. People who tried to cross him were hammered by his father in complaints made to the very top of the U.S. Soccer hierarchy, the investigation found, a habit that continued through the 2022 World Cup.
Gio Reyna began his development in New York City FC’s academy with the help of his father, who was the sporting director there at the time. He has since continued his development abroad at Borussia Dortmund.
