The USA lost to Türkiye 3-2 Thursday night in their final game of World Cup group play, but the outcome did not matter to U.S. coach Mauricio Pochettino. “We qualified as No. 1,” he said, “and we’re going to the next round.” The next round is the round of 32 on Wednesday against Bosnia & […]
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What They’re Saying: Mauricio Pochettino
“You go to, I don’t know, someplace like Nashville and you go to a bar and if you are alone, you make friends so quick and it looks like you, in a few minutes, belong in that place and when you go around America, that for me was a massive surprise. People say, ‘Americans have […]
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Mauricio Pochettino on Türkiye, Pulisic and yellow cards
“I have no doubt that the Turkish team is going to be competitive tomorrow.”
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Pochettino backs ‘high IQ’ players to block out World Cup hype
US coach Mauricio Pochettino backed his “high IQ” players not to get carried away after they secured progress to the World Cup knockouts with Friday’s win over Australia and sent fans’ hopes soaring. Thanks to an own goal and an Alex Freeman header, the US have reached the last-32 of the tournament they are co-hosting […]
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USMNT is taking nothing for granted with Socceroos
The USA and Australia will meet on Friday with first place in Group D on the line after both teams opened the World Cup with impressive wins. Not since its two group games at the first World Cup in 1930 has the USMNT won two games in a row at the World Cup, but U.S. […]
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What They’re Saying: Sebastian Berhalter on Coach Pochettino
Mauricio Pochettino gave Sebastian Berhalter his USMNT debut in June 2025 and his 14th cap in the World Cup opener against Paraguay.
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The game of their lives
It states the obvious to observe that Mauricio Pochettino will need to get career performances out of his players if the USMNT is to go far at the 2026 World Cup. He got them all across the park on Friday in the 4-1 win over Paraguay. We think of Christian Pulisic and Weston McKennie still as kids, but they just completed […]
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Pochettino hails entire squad after World Cup opening win
United States coach Mauricio Pochettino refused to single out any individual player for praise following the co-hosts’ dream World Cup opening win, insisting the 4-1 victory on Friday over Paraguay was a collective effort. The US demolished Paraguay on an electric night in Los Angeles, with Folarin Balogun bagging a brace and Gio Reyna scoring […]
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Sesame Street and ‘USA’ chants: coach Pochettino rallies World Cup fans
Two days before the United States’ first World Cup game, coach Mauricio Pochettino only took questions from one intrepid reporter — and it was Sesame Street’s Grover. “Have you ever tried to motivate the team with snacks?” The manager gamely played along, even if he appeared slightly perplexed to be chatting with a fluffy blue […]
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Tab Ramos believes U.S. talent can fuel a deep World Cup run. But has the program progressed in four years?
“The big question to ask: Are we better off today than we were when we left Qatar four years ago after losing to the Netherlands, 3-1?”