Arnie Ramirez on training a young Gregg Berhalter and coaching Gio Savarese

Arnie Ramirez stays in touch with the players he coached in New York and New Jersey since the 1970s – and there’s a long list of players who joined the pro ranks and havebecome coaches. Two of them are in the news this week. New U.S. men’s national team coach Gregg Berhalter played youth soccer with Ramirez’s son, Roberto,on teams that Ramirez helped train. And Giovanni Savarese, coach of MLS Cup finalist Portland Timbers, played at Long Island University, where Ramirez served as head coach in1979-1998.