Mauricio Pochettino’s US return is risky, expensive and probably unnecessary | Leander Schaerlaeckens
Mauricio Pochettino led the US to the last 16 at the 2026 World Cup. Photograph: Julio Cortez/APView image in fullscreenMauricio Pochettino led the US to the last 16 at the 2026 World Cup. He found a playing system and style that suited a generation of USMNT players who were unprecedented in their pedigree and talent but lacked difference-makers on the World Cup stage.
- ▪Mauricio Pochettino led the US to the last 16 at the 2026 World Cup.
- ▪Photograph: Julio Cortez/APView image in fullscreenMauricio Pochettino led the US to the last 16 at the 2026 World Cup.
- ▪He found a playing system and style that suited a generation of USMNT players who were unprecedented in their pedigree and talent but lacked difference-makers on the World Cup stage.
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Mauricio Pochettino led the US to the last 16 at the 2026 World Cup. Photograph: Julio Cortez/APView image in fullscreenMauricio Pochettino led the US to the last 16 at the 2026 World Cup. Photograph: Julio Cortez/APUSAMauricio Pochettino’s US return is risky, expensive and probably unnecessaryLeander SchaerlaeckensIn giving the head coach another World Cup cycle, US Soccer is tempting fate for negligible benefitMon 3 Aug 2026 12.48 EDTLast modified on Mon 3 Aug 2026 12.50 EDTShareMauricio Pochettino and US Soccer enjoyed their time together.Or, rather, they enshoyed it, as Pochettino would pronounce it in his thick Argentinian accent, which charmingly carries over when he speaks English.Nevertheless, the two sides should have moved on from each other.From his 10 September 2024…
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