USMNT midfielder Berhalter joins Middlesbrough from Vancouver Whitecaps

[p]London-born [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/berhalter-sebastian/f9tMZSaG/"]Berhalter[/a] joins the second-tier English side from Major ‌League Soccer's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/vancouver-whitecaps/K2dlua5N/"]Vancouver Whitecaps[/a], ⁠whom ‌he helped reach the MLS Cup ​final last season with 16 goal involvements.[/p][p]​The 25-year-old played in all five of the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/usa/fuitL4CF/"]USA'[/a]s ⁠World ​Cup games, providing a goal and an assist in the country's group-stage loss to ‌Turkey.[/p][embed guid="37b6b8d7-f71c-4e52-9c2a-adbd29b83a71" url="https://x.com/Boro/status/2082184314167407071" social-type="twitter" /][p]Berhalter, who scored six goals and added seven assists in MLS this season, is reunited with childhood friend and compatriot [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/morris-aidan/pYFMERNj/"]Aidan Morris[/a], with whom he spent time at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/columbus-crew/pQ8rarA7/"]‌Columbus Crew[/a] and with ​the US men's national team.[/p][p]Berhalter said he has been watching [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/middlesbrough/6F0lvLNC/"]Middlesbrough[/a] closely over the past two years and [b]"kind of fell ⁠in love ⁠with the ‌club."[/b][/p][image alt="Berhalter's recent player ratings" id="19037034-879a-4816-a7ae-043c848b2410" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="8a1fbb33-5457-4e9d-b347-99ac67904f91" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/news/transfer-news-live-tracker-updates/8QqUWm3n/"]Follow all the transfer news and rumours here.[/a][/b][/p]