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Posted on 8/8/24 at 2:58 pm to AllDayEveryDay
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Former Tottenham and Chelsea head coach Mauricio Pochettino is a top target for the U.S. men’s national team opening, according to multiple sources briefed on the coaching search. The sources said that the federation was still considering multiple candidates as of last week, but Pochettino is seen by some as the favorite in the pool, and U.S. Soccer is engaged in conversations with his camp. U.S. Soccer has declined to comment on any specific candidates for the job. Hiring Pochettino would be seen as a huge splash, especially at a time the U.S. fanbase is looking for a big-name manager. The Argentine has never managed a national team, but has had plenty of success at club level. He guided Southampton to an eighth-place finish in the Premier League in 2013, achieved record league finishes with Spurs, including a Champions League final appearance in 2019, and secured a Ligue 1 title with Paris Saint-Germain. Most recently, Pochettino led Chelsea to a sixth-place finish and European qualification before departing at the end of the 2023-24 season. U.S. Soccer sporting director Matt Crocker and Pochettino overlapped during the Argentine coach’s year at Southampton. Crocker led Southampton’s academy at the time, and left in November 2013 to join the Football Association.
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Argentine outlet Olé previously reported Pochettino was a candidate for the job. While it is possible that U.S. Soccer could make and announce a hire before the September window, the federation is planning to have former U.S. under-20 men’s national team coach and current USMNT assistant Mikey Varas to lead the senior team in friendlies against Canada and New Zealand on September 7 and September 10, respectively, according to sources briefed on the program’s planning. The USMNT have been without a coach since firing Gregg Berhalter after a group-stage exit in the Copa América this summer. Berhalter served as the manager from December 2018 through to December 2022, taking the U.S. back to the World Cup after they failed to qualify for the tournament in 2018, and then again from June 2023 until July 2024. The U.S. fell flat in the Copa, beating Bolivia in their opening group game before losing to Panama after playing a man down for more than an hour following a red card to winger Tim Weah. The U.S. then lost 1-0 in the group finale to Uruguay.
Pochettino's Chelsea departure won't see him left on the scrapheap Pochettino would be the highest-profile coach of the U.S. since Jurgen Klinsmann, a World Cup winner. While Klinsmann coached the German national team and Bayern Munich before taking on the U.S. job, his fame came more from his on-field accomplishments as a player. Pochettino has made his name as a manager, with teams that use positional play to try to dominate space, but that also like to press and attack opposition. The 52-year-old will likely command a top-level salary, as reports have indicated he was one of the highest-paid coaches in the world at PSG and Chelsea. However, Crocker has said the federation won’t be limited by financial restrictions. “It’s a really competitive market out there, salary-wise, and we have to be competitive to get the level of coach that I believe can take the program forward in terms of achieving the results that we want on the field,” Crocker said. “It’s a priority. It’s something we’re prepared to invest in and something that we will be investing in.”
Posted on 8/8/24 at 4:57 pm to Alyosha
The salary bit is nice to read. Gives me a little freedom boner thinking it may just be poch
Posted on 8/13/24 at 1:40 pm to AllDayEveryDay
Anyone hearing any rumors or inside news ? We are less than 4 weeks away from our friendly with Canada in KC. Can't think of a better time to introduce our new HC to fans than a Fan Appreciation Match.
Posted on 8/13/24 at 2:21 pm to reggierayreb
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We are less than 4 weeks away from our friendly with Canada in KC
Even if we announce a coach before that match, there's a 1,000,000% that that match will be coached by a caretaker manager,
Posted on 8/13/24 at 3:36 pm to Broski
Didn't they already say Mikey was coaching the friendlies?
Posted on 8/13/24 at 3:48 pm to BCLA
Yes
Posted on 8/14/24 at 8:14 pm to Broski
Pochettino to USMNT!
Posted on 8/14/24 at 8:15 pm to cwil177
Take it for whatever it's worth, but the journalist who also did the Maradonna doc, Ivan Kasanzew, is apparently reporting Poch has accepted the role. I tried to look at his twitter but I'm not on there so I couldn't see it.
The report came from the usmntonly Instagram
The report came from the usmntonly Instagram
Posted on 8/14/24 at 8:16 pm to BCLA
US Soccer continues to be incredibly disappointing
Posted on 8/14/24 at 8:43 pm to GeorgeTheGreek
Looks like the rumor has wings Doyle is retweeting it.
Posted on 8/14/24 at 8:52 pm to GeorgeTheGreek
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US Soccer continues to be incredibly disappointing
Poch would be a grand slam hire for the USMNT.
Posted on 8/14/24 at 9:06 pm to GeorgeTheGreek
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US Soccer continues to be incredibly disappointing
Disappointing would have been settling for one of the middling MLS coaches whose names were floating around.
Posted on 8/14/24 at 9:08 pm to Alyosha
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Doesn’t matter, we’re getting Poch.
Posted on 8/14/24 at 9:23 pm to GeorgeTheGreek
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US Soccer continues to be incredibly disappointing
MLS board member.
Who were you wanting. Nancy or Henry?
Posted on 8/14/24 at 9:26 pm to Easye921
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Poch would be a grand slam hire for the USMNT.
This. He hasn’t coached any national teams but the dude has had plenty of success at the club level
Posted on 8/14/24 at 9:52 pm to GeorgeTheGreek
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US Soccer continues to be incredibly disappointing
you continue to be incredibly disappointing
this is a fricking fantastic hire, and probably the best hire we could have realistically hoped for, if true
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Posted on 8/14/24 at 10:01 pm to GeorgeTheGreek
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US Soccer continues to be incredibly disappointing
why not go after Tuchel who has a better resume? the man won a champions league. i think the only knock out competition poch has won was the coupe de france but psg is expected to win those.
terrible hire.
Posted on 8/14/24 at 10:07 pm to cwil177
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you continue to be incredibly disappointing
The frick?
Posted on 8/14/24 at 10:11 pm to BCLA
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Sources indicate that Mauricio Pochettino has reached an agreement to become the new United States national team coach.
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