CHICAGO - Sources indicate that the irate parents of Gio Reyna called the United States Soccer Federation to threaten moving their son to another team after he failed to win the USSF Player of the year for 2023.

Screaming, “We w ill PULL him out of this program,” an irate Claudio Reyna reportedly added, “WHO ELSE IS GOING TO BRING THE ORANGE SLICES TO PRACTICE?! YOU THINK THAT HAPPENS ON ITS OWN?”

Sources indicate that the federation was being pressured by the parents of Reyna to make Reyna the player of the year in compensation for, “being completely mistreated by these jokers.” However, neither their threats of keeping the practice cones at home nor their rumored bribe of a $20 Applebees gift card did anything to sway the opinion of those at the Federation.

“We have to keep things on the up and up,” stated one Federation official. “Now if that had been Panera, it might have been a different story.”

The Nutmeg News will have more on this as Reyna’s parents call Dortmund to demand a view into their starting 11.