Christian Pulisic says the controversy that led to Gregg Berhalter no longer being the United States head coach has been "extremely childish".

Berhalter was reported in December - by US midfielder Giovanni Reyna's mother - over an argument with his wife in 1992.

Berhalter had criticised Reyna for "not meeting expectations" during last year's World Cup.

In a statement in January, co-signed by his wife Rosalind, Berhalter admitted kicking her during the incident.

"Everything that happened with Gregg, first of all, has been handled in an extremely childish manner," Chelsea and United States winger Pulisic told ESPN.

"We've seen what's been going on - it's childish, it's youth soccer, people complaining about playing time.

"I don't want to go too far into that, but Gregg has been extremely unfortunate to get into the position he is in now."