men's national team that Gregg Berhalter wishes would stop being talked about. .

He figured to play a huge role for the Americans in Qatar, but has been mostly absent from the field so far. .

Reyna, who has 15 caps, four goals and one assist since his first call-up in 2020, did not play in the Americans' first match against Wales and came on in the 83rd minute against England. .

Josh Sargent started against Wales and Haji Wright got the nod against England.

Berhalter was asked on Monday how he would assess the play of his center forwards so far, and if he would consider playing Reyna in that role to give Iran a different look.

Berhalter responded by saying that Sargent had a good chance in the near post against Wales and Wright was effective against England.

Over the past year, Reyna experienced injuries that limited his availability for the national team during qualifying and also for his Bundesliga club, Borussia Dortmund.

Berhalter said that same night that Reyna might have experienced "a little bit of tightness" from a scrimmage earlier in the week against Qatar club team Al-Gharafa SC, and noted they were "building him up and think he can play a big role in the tournament.

The question is when." Reyna then played about 20 minutes in the second match against England.

"He comes into this tournament, we've all got him penciled in for the starting lineup and all of a sudden, he doesn't step on the field against Wales and we're thinking, ‘What's going on here?'" Donovan said on FOX before the England match