“It’s not a point, now, the first camp of this new cycle, to start to explain why is one [player included], why is another not (included). Because if not, maybe we spend one hour here, or all day. Why not maybe 100 players that are not in the squad, and why are another 28? Always, we work is to try to call the players that we believe are the best for this roster, when we are analyzing all the circumstances, and that’s it.”

— Mauricio Pochettino‘s response when queried on Christian Pulisic‘s omission.

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Soccer America Executive Editor Mike Woitalla has written freelance articles about soccer for more than 30 media outlets in nine nations. The winner of eight United Soccer Coaches Writing Contest awards,...