Gregg Berhalter says he does not regret his decision to rotate the team in Sunday's 1-0 World Cup qualifying loss to Panama , saying that it was the performance, not the personnel, that doomed the U.S. on the day.
Berhalter has been criticized for making seven changes to the team that took down Jamaica last Thursday, including resting key players like Tyler Adams, Brenden Aaronson and Ricardo Pepi.
After the loss, Berhalter says he accepted responsibility for the decision to rotate, but he clarified on Tuesday that he was not willing to blame any of the players that stepped into the team in the defeat.
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