It shouldn't really be a huge surprise. The sport has exploded here in the last 10-15 years. And the USA still remains the largest media and sports market on the planet. If he loses everyone will just say that the US mens team still sucks, if he gets some wins he becomes a household name in the biggest media and sports market in the world. Its a win win for Poch.
The money and resources are top notch. Add the control a big name coach will get (see Jurgen Klinsmann), it's a great gig with less pressure than others.
@@jimg6178 Comparing the women titles with the men titles is like comparing the SPL and the Bundesliga. One is a higher level but there are teams in the BL who have never won much who are way better than either Rangers or Celtic, who win the SPL practically every year.
He picked USMNT over England because it is a much easier job. No pressure and all he has to do is make a quarter-final to be viewed as a success. Him being Argentine and managing England would bring him so much pressure and he would only be considered successful if England win the world cup.
"The players will face much more scrutiny, now." Good! That seems like a FEATURE of this hire, not a problem. I couldn't be more excited about this hire. US soccer absolute nailed this one.
This is an absolutely ridiculous appointment for the first time the US actually have a real coach. I'm a Chelsea fan and I'm still fuming that we let this guy go. I just don't see the vision with Enzo
@@sullaybjr I'm even more shocked to hear Marc Ogden say apparently Poch openly expressed interest before even being approached and preferred it to the England job. What a massive win for the US team.
I was with Carlisle until he said "a ton of fans are going to be expecting the US to make WC semifinals." Such fans are delusional. If the US makes the quarters, they should hold their heads high
Yes, now they need to get out of the group stage bare minimum. Least they could do as a home team. If they win one I'd be happy. Anything extra is just gravy.
Yea the non-delusional US fans aren't expecting semis; even if they look great in the group stage AND gets the absolute perfect draw the way England have gotten a few times recently that's a stretch. But now the US might actually have a chance of consistently looking like a competent team and winning or at least looking like they belong in a first knockout game which would be a massive improvement.
😂😂😂 I never saw him in the league with Klopp, Pep or Ancelotti... but I always knew he was a fantastic coach. I think he style of playing meshes so very well with the USMNT.
@@brianbates212 By the previous standards of an idiot that couldn't even hack it in the SECOND tier of the mighty Swedish league, Pochettino is like getting Pep.
Mauricio is everything that Greg was not. He has experience at the highest level of the game. He has been a winner at the highest level of the game. His experience in Europe demonstrates to the players that US Soccer is serious and they need to perform, or they won't be on the USMNT. The players know that the US has a major league coach, not a mediocre manager (Greg) from minor league soccer (MLS).
What has he won at the highest level of the game? Not a CL, not a league title (even with a stacked PSG squad). He won the French Cup with a team built to win a Champion's League, WOW!!!!! Color me impressed...
Yea US fans aren't deluded enough to think their players have the elite technical abilities of even a Japan tier team, let alone a Spain or France. But Poch certainly is smart enough to get results far more consistently than a guy who couldn't hack it in the 2nd tier in Sweden.
This is a major upgrade. We finally get a legit manager. I just want to see good team play, we don’t need to win the World Cup, I just wanna be excited to watch them play.
What do all those people who said it was an impossible idea and bad journalism when Poch was suggested have to say now? I didn't expect this in the slightest, but give US Soccer a lot of credit for this. I'm not a huge fan of Pochettino, but this is definitely a top manager for a national team. Huge kudos to the federation.
@@danieltalksEA247 I didn’t compare the coaches. Dan said there is no pressure being the USMNT coach. I’m stating that if there was no pressure on a coach Gregg would still have the job.
@@SJG31 That's being a bit pedantic; compared to any other country that's been consistently ranked in the top 20 of men's soccer, the US probably has less pressure on them to get results than anyone else. Fundamentally US Soccer is more content to sit in mediocrity and is more willing than other relevant soccer countries to appoint members of their "Old Boys Club" rather than push the performance bar higher; whether that's due to having no relegation system, running youth academies like a corporation and prioritizing profits over developing as many young players as possible or other causes is up for debate. Just compare them to Mexico; they've been going through managers like crazy and if anyone had been in charge as long as Gregg and done as poor of a job, they'd have probably gone into hiding due to how many death threats they'd have gotten by now. Other top countries have fired managers for WAY smaller offenses than what Gregg got away with (Japan nearly fired Moriyasu leading up to the last WC for a fraction of the bad results that Gregg produced).
@@lexkanyima2195 they only way he fails is if the federation forces him to pick the same players all the other managers picked and they dont let him bring in young and top flight American players and not because they are playing in europe that should be a non-factor
@@lexkanyima2195 i think he can get his selections finally get the US to not only a World Quarters but even a Semi FInal appearance is top 20 or 30 best managers in the world
WELCOME, Poch! You are world class. AS A CHELSEA SUPPORTER, I respect that you gave Cole Palmer his opportunity because his game has brought me so much joy; respect your bringing Noni Madueke along to become a more complete player, according to my eyes and Noni himself; appreciate your obvious role in the bonding together of that group of young, talented players, which was becoming a squad of straight up assassins, and did not lack individuality; and respect how you were straight about your experience at Chelsea when talking to the press, showing a spine. ...PLEASE HELP OUR DEFENSE!
Dan Thomas saying you can't blame Gregg berhalter because the players are bad just shows that he never actually watched USA play and see all the bad mistakes and decisions that berhalter made
@1:14 "potential starting 11 for WC 2026. If we're starting Miles Robinson and Matt Turner we're in trouble. And McKennie better lose 15 pounds if he wants a call up under Poch.
I just don't understand what people see in Miles Robinson. We actually have other center backs who are playing in Europe, Champions League, etc. We should bring back Brooks for a friendly, he's still young
The way Chelsea performed under him towards the end of the PL is amazing. He is the reason why Chelsea has qualified for Europe when nobody thought that would be possible given the way they played in the 1st half of the season. Used to doubt him but this man earned my respect. All the best for the USMNT.
@@NoFrictionZone US Soccer has their back up against the wall, so they probably will or have already indicated they will give Poch a lot of leverage which is probably what enticed him. I hope Poch gets rid of Ream and Robinson
Stevie is wrong on this one. US fans know that if there is failure under Poch we will have to look at the players. We are already questioning the mentality of the players considering they are one of the main reasons Gregg was even considered for a return in the first place let alone rehired. This hire not only gives Fans a manager that we can trust but it also restores faith in the federation which took the brunt of the blame the past few years. The majority of the pressure lies squarely on the players shoulders at this point.
@@brianbates212 he also won there but since we want to ignore that bc he was “supposed to win” the whole reason we watch the game is because it’s not played on paper. You don’t get stories like Leicester City, Bayer Leverkusen, or Lille, or Barca when Xavi won the League, or Chelsea winning the CL on paper but there are other factors that contribute that aren’t just tactics or roster strength. Besides a true “serial loser” would never have even gotten the chance to lose at PSG.
Compared to all the amazing stuff the last guy did? Gregg got canned from the 2nd tier of Swedish league; when's the last time Poch did remotely as bad a job? He's an infinitely better manager than Gregg.
Also... I friggin *hate* that question "how do you quantify success"! I'll tell you how... all day every day in every tournament... you win the next game. That's it. The next one is the *only* one.
Right now i think the us 🇺🇸 have a proper manager now with this group of player's that they have i believe they can go very far all the best pochettino
I think the US fanbase knows the game enough now and sees some good soccer on the field but we only get to the round of 16 I still think that is success. We want to play like Europe but we just didn't have the personnel or coach to implement. Now we do so we should hammer Mexico now
Started watching Spurs in Pochettino's last year at Spurs. Stayed for the CL final miracle. To have Pochettino as a coach again is just ecstatic. Spurs haven't been the same since he's left.
I agree with Stevie - if it starts like his Chelsea stop and looks nothing like expectations and some of the young players don't progress in time for 2026 I think people will not be happy paying someone $10M+ per year may have been a bad choice. BUT I think he will do well
Poch is an exceptional manager. His Southampton side was amazing on very limited budget, that team launched the careers of guys like sadio mane and Virgil van dijk. His Tottenham team also did incredibly well. His recent sackings aren’t reflective of how good he is. Chelsea and PSG are both complete jokes of a club.
This will all end in tears. Reality is these US players just aren't that good. If they were, they'd be playing at the biggest and best clubs, yet no one seems to want to sign them after they proved they're not good enough when playing in the best leagues in Europe.
Im not 100% in yet, the PSG stats are worthless, they had the best built football team in the history of football. And these are Americans that grew up playing crappy American style soccer.
I'm Spurs through and through and know how great Poch can be, especially having to deal with a chairman in Daniel Levy who didn't give him a transfer for 517 days at one point in his tenure.He DID Break his Trophy duck (Sadly he didn't at Tottenham) with PSG a couple years ago so perhaps he feels as though he does need a different challenge, but I feel the ceiling is quite low knowing he won't ever win anything tangible being the USMNT coach.Bottom line: What DEFINES success with USMNT? "Mauricio Pochettino! He's Magic! Y'know"!!
For most US fans, success would be getting to quarterfinals at the world cup. What USMNT fans want to really see is improvement, especially after 6 years of horrible tactics under Berhalter.
Where are you living Dan? Stevie’s absolutely right. If Poch doesn’t have success then it’s going to bring an even bigger hate than Burhalter got. If the USMNT doesn’t show great improvement it’s going to dominate the media.
Jesus - I won't be able to make fun of the USMNT for much longer. I still think their talent pool is over-rated but with a manager like Poch I am sure they're going to improve massively quite quickly.
Am I d only one thinking the US federation just appointed Chelsea coaches from last season for both their women and men's teams. Mauricio Pochettino and Emma Hayes😅.😮😮
Dan really has forgotten about it never bothered to learn about the supporter groups boycotting the team until they sacked Berhalter, nor about the potential of sponsors as well. He’s thinking about the general public in the US, but the actual supporters of the team REALLY care…
Pochettino's style of play requires players to be athletic and hardworking. That's why he had a lot of successes with developing English players and unfortunately not so much with Argentine players. He could be the perfect candidate to replace Southgate but it was not meant to be. On the other hand, I believe that he will be a good appointment for the USA team as American players have similar traits with English players - they are athletic and hardworking.
Argentina lets the ball do the work, like Steff Curry in BBall. They are smart at football. We are dumb. We do not trust the flair Neymar style, or smart Messi style. We have a few Ibras, but without Ibra IQ, heart, touch.
Not sure you can say qtr or semi is the minimal requirement when you don’t know who you could be facing in the knockout stages. They will definitely have to beat teams that on paper at least will be better than them. You have to take it a game at a time and firstly make sure you get past the group stages and if you qualify as the second team you’ll be facing the winner of another group.
Dreaming about for decades?? Poch really even appeared as a decent manager in his time at spurs, so not even a full decade has passed since he became somewhat recognisable as a decent manager
Well they've definitely stepped up a class in coach but the USMNT needed an offensive minded coach. Not gonna win any games if they can't score which has been an issue
Ok. I am more optimistic with this appointment but hardly any guarantee of significant improvement in performance with the players we have. We'll see. Looking forward to it.
Stevie is right, most of the time he is and people just dont like how frank he is...its refreshing. Poch will make them play or he would probably would resign. That's the type of guy he is.
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An actual good coach, I’ve dreamed of this day
Klinnsman??? Not a top coach but gave us some dignity for the 1st time.
I'm surprised that the US have managed to get a top manager like Pochettino, but fair play to them, it looks like a great appointment.
It shouldn't really be a huge surprise. The sport has exploded here in the last 10-15 years. And the USA still remains the largest media and sports market on the planet. If he loses everyone will just say that the US mens team still sucks, if he gets some wins he becomes a household name in the biggest media and sports market in the world. Its a win win for Poch.
They're already in the World Cup. That's appealing. Hence, this isn't surprising.
The money and resources are top notch. Add the control a big name coach will get (see Jurgen Klinsmann), it's a great gig with less pressure than others.
@@natebaxter9551fair point. Balance the resources and influence yet relatively low expectations for such a market it really is a win win.
How is Pochettino a top manager? Only thing he's won is Ligue 1.
WILD that US Soccer got BOTH men and women's Chelsea managers!
But the WNT CAN actually play, and actually win
Chelsea has an American owner at the moment. So, it adds up
Bearing in mind that the competition in womens soccer is minuscule compared with the mens game.
@@jimg6178 Comparing the women titles with the men titles is like comparing the SPL and the Bundesliga. One is a higher level but there are teams in the BL who have never won much who are way better than either Rangers or Celtic, who win the SPL practically every year.
@@K.Guillaume unfortunately
I honestly didn’t think we had a shot, especially with him also being eyed for the England job. But, this is definitely exciting for the U.S. soccer.
He picked USMNT over England because it is a much easier job. No pressure and all he has to do is make a quarter-final to be viewed as a success. Him being Argentine and managing England would bring him so much pressure and he would only be considered successful if England win the world cup.
He was never going to appointed in England!
"The players will face much more scrutiny, now." Good! That seems like a FEATURE of this hire, not a problem.
I couldn't be more excited about this hire. US soccer absolute nailed this one.
Agree 100%. It sounded like there was a fair bit of comfort and complacency among the players under Berhalter, especially over the last two years.
No more excuses
@@DavidWilliams-nm5jv yeah Matt Crocker said they were going to swing for the fences and he delivered, to my utter amazement.
This is an absolutely ridiculous appointment for the first time the US actually have a real coach. I'm a Chelsea fan and I'm still fuming that we let this guy go. I just don't see the vision with Enzo
You're not even English I can tell. Plastic fans don't have a clue.
Preach am shock he accepted
Pretty sure he meant Enzo maresca.. the manager not the player😭
Chelsea have no vision, the club is in shambles
@@sullaybjr I'm even more shocked to hear Marc Ogden say apparently Poch openly expressed interest before even being approached and preferred it to the England job. What a massive win for the US team.
Put some respect on Tim Weah's name! A true patriot that sacrificed himself to get GGG fired.
😅😅😅😅😅
Agreed lol
Oh my God it all makes sense now! 😅 That might actually not be too far from reality considering that Weah doesn't have a history of losing his temper
Lol
😂
Amazing appointment
Here for Poch owning Mexico for the next four years
@@matigol5 Well if Berhalter could then I don't see why not. It's not really saying much at this point. El Tri is at rock bottom
I was with Carlisle until he said "a ton of fans are going to be expecting the US to make WC semifinals." Such fans are delusional. If the US makes the quarters, they should hold their heads high
On the nose. Winning even one KO game is better than usual for USMNT at the World Cup.
Yes, now they need to get out of the group stage bare minimum. Least they could do as a home team. If they win one I'd be happy. Anything extra is just gravy.
He said minimum quarterfinals.
@@ComradeOgilvy1984not in this WC because now there will be a Round of 32.
Yea the non-delusional US fans aren't expecting semis; even if they look great in the group stage AND gets the absolute perfect draw the way England have gotten a few times recently that's a stretch. But now the US might actually have a chance of consistently looking like a competent team and winning or at least looking like they belong in a first knockout game which would be a massive improvement.
The very community that Dan is belittling, is the only reason he has a paycheck.
The little man has a superiority complex when it comes to the Us
Thank you tim weah your face push has pushed US soccer to a new level
Anything negative I’ve ever said about Pochettino I take it back. Happy to have him! Welcome to the USA ! 🇺🇸
😂😂😂
I never saw him in the league with Klopp, Pep or Ancelotti... but I always knew he was a fantastic coach.
I think he style of playing meshes so very well with the USMNT.
Dan acts like there aren't football fans in the US, there are tons of them and they watch the EPL more than MLS.
Most Americans trash the sport.
Dan is a bellend
Soccer snobs.
Superb appointment. Finally a real coach! Both are suited for each other as they both have the same playing style.
A real coach? He managed to not win Ligue Une with a stacked PSG side...
@@brianbates212 This is international football not league football, what are you on about?
@@brianbates212 By the previous standards of an idiot that couldn't even hack it in the SECOND tier of the mighty Swedish league, Pochettino is like getting Pep.
Dan coming off very bitter here that Poch didn't pick England and its hilarious.
As an English fan...we definitely didn't want Poch
@@leeroyuckface6893who do you want then? Cause you sure aren’t getting Klopp.
@@colinwithrow1083 Ten Hag suits them
Poch would have been great as the English squad is full of young talents.
Dyche!!!!
Mauricio is everything that Greg was not. He has experience at the highest level of the game. He has been a winner at the highest level of the game. His experience in Europe demonstrates to the players that US Soccer is serious and they need to perform, or they won't be on the USMNT. The players know that the US has a major league coach, not a mediocre manager (Greg) from minor league soccer (MLS).
What has he won at the highest level of the game? Not a CL, not a league title (even with a stacked PSG squad). He won the French Cup with a team built to win a Champion's League, WOW!!!!! Color me impressed...
@brianbates he won the league title in 2022
He was one very little. He suffered to win a title in France with a team to win by 50 points!
"we want to see silky soccer?" nah Steve, we want results
Agreed, I’ve watched them play “silky” soccer and lose, time to get results
Yea US fans aren't deluded enough to think their players have the elite technical abilities of even a Japan tier team, let alone a Spain or France. But Poch certainly is smart enough to get results far more consistently than a guy who couldn't hack it in the 2nd tier in Sweden.
Let's hope he can help USMNT get to the quarter finals of the next WC.
Quarter no buddy we on home soil. Only semi final or final at home.
1/2 final
@@RobertOburu-l1iquarter final is the best realistic outcome we can hope for
But it depends if they get Spain, maybe earlier expecting like Germany in the euros in the quarters anything could happen in the next two years
Go back to bed kid
This is a major upgrade. We finally get a legit manager. I just want to see good team play, we don’t need to win the World Cup, I just wanna be excited to watch them play.
finally, a coach that won’t play to CONCACAF standards
US just got a quality Coach who need enabling environment to succeed.
What do all those people who said it was an impossible idea and bad journalism when Poch was suggested have to say now? I didn't expect this in the slightest, but give US Soccer a lot of credit for this. I'm not a huge fan of Pochettino, but this is definitely a top manager for a national team. Huge kudos to the federation.
😂😂😂😂
I said getting Pochettino to coach USMNTQ+ was a pipe dream. Guess I was wrong.
5:36 if there wasn’t pressure burhalter would still have a job.
Never compared both coaches man one is elite the other is still learning his trade
@@danieltalksEA247 I didn’t compare the coaches. Dan said there is no pressure being the USMNT coach. I’m stating that if there was no pressure on a coach Gregg would still have the job.
@@SJG31 That's being a bit pedantic; compared to any other country that's been consistently ranked in the top 20 of men's soccer, the US probably has less pressure on them to get results than anyone else. Fundamentally US Soccer is more content to sit in mediocrity and is more willing than other relevant soccer countries to appoint members of their "Old Boys Club" rather than push the performance bar higher; whether that's due to having no relegation system, running youth academies like a corporation and prioritizing profits over developing as many young players as possible or other causes is up for debate.
Just compare them to Mexico; they've been going through managers like crazy and if anyone had been in charge as long as Gregg and done as poor of a job, they'd have probably gone into hiding due to how many death threats they'd have gotten by now. Other top countries have fired managers for WAY smaller offenses than what Gregg got away with (Japan nearly fired Moriyasu leading up to the last WC for a fraction of the bad results that Gregg produced).
This is a step in the right direction
How he's a good hope ?
@@lexkanyima2195 champions league final manager something no prior US coach could ever sniff
@AnslemSerrette that's not a the point.
What if Poch fails ? Then what ?
@@lexkanyima2195 they only way he fails is if the federation forces him to pick the same players all the other managers picked and they dont let him bring in young and top flight American players and not because they are playing in europe
that should be a non-factor
@@lexkanyima2195 i think he can get his selections finally get the US to not only a World Quarters but even a Semi FInal appearance is top 20 or 30 best managers in the world
WELCOME, Poch! You are world class. AS A CHELSEA SUPPORTER, I respect that you gave Cole Palmer his opportunity because his game has brought me so much joy; respect your bringing Noni Madueke along to become a more complete player, according to my eyes and Noni himself; appreciate your obvious role in the bonding together of that group of young, talented players, which was becoming a squad of straight up assassins, and did not lack individuality; and respect how you were straight about your experience at Chelsea when talking to the press, showing a spine. ...PLEASE HELP OUR DEFENSE!
I’m not a huge Poch fan but fair play to the American federation for finally investing some money where it matters
Lmao Dan stays hating on anything USA
Poch will be the players' boss....not their buddy like Greg
Dan Thomas saying you can't blame Gregg berhalter because the players are bad just shows that he never actually watched USA play and see all the bad mistakes and decisions that berhalter made
@@liamconverse8950 I agree. Nobody is saying the US are a powerhouse but we are absolutely better than what we showed in Copa America.
Mark didn't break anything. A Twitter user called Andrew something did hours before the press
😂😂😂😂😂
Ngl USSF finally hiring a BIG NAME, and a Latino?… that’s something different from them. Good hire IMO.
⚪wool socks to sleep=best day you've ever experienced tomorrow cuz best mood feel 🟤🧦🟦🟣
I'm actually happy right now
I'm absolutely shocked. How in the world did this happen.
Huge hire for the US
@1:14 "potential starting 11 for WC 2026. If we're starting Miles Robinson and Matt Turner we're in trouble. And McKennie better lose 15 pounds if he wants a call up under Poch.
I just don't understand what people see in Miles Robinson. We actually have other center backs who are playing in Europe, Champions League, etc. We should bring back Brooks for a friendly, he's still young
@@calmandprosperous I'd play Tanner Tessman and/or Leonard Maloney at CB before I let Miles anywhere near the training camp.
The way Chelsea performed under him towards the end of the PL is amazing. He is the reason why Chelsea has qualified for Europe when nobody thought that would be possible given the way they played in the 1st half of the season.
Used to doubt him but this man earned my respect. All the best for the USMNT.
The problem is the organization as a whole sucks.
Welcome to the club eh.
That's true but they hit a home run here. This is like upgrading from a two bedroom apartment to a penthouse.
I think he would ask for full control of the team, hopefully!
@@NoFrictionZone US Soccer has their back up against the wall, so they probably will or have already indicated they will give Poch a lot of leverage which is probably what enticed him. I hope Poch gets rid of Ream and Robinson
Yeah really hoping he can rework from the ground up to make sure young talent can get in without needing $$$
My heart cracked when he left Spurs after pushing for the title and getting to the CL final. A great acquisition for the US.
I know I’m not the only one who is looking forward to seeing Craig Burley’s reaction to this appointment 😂😂
I hope he's in tomorrow
Wow they are lucky. Best manager. They have to perform well at the world Cup.
The USA have got themselves a top coach. Congratulations.
ESPN FC is in tears 😂
Finally got a quality manager. Haven't had this good a manager since Klinsmann
Did that guy just say us performed well in the 2022 World Cup?
They didn’t even play
Stevie is wrong on this one. US fans know that if there is failure under Poch we will have to look at the players.
We are already questioning the mentality of the players considering they are one of the main reasons Gregg was even considered for a return in the first place let alone rehired.
This hire not only gives Fans a manager that we can trust but it also restores faith in the federation which took the brunt of the blame the past few years. The majority of the pressure lies squarely on the players shoulders at this point.
Poch is a serial loser, it takes real loser skill to not win Ligue Une with the squad he had at PSG yet he managed it.
@@brianbates212 he also won there but since we want to ignore that bc he was “supposed to win” the whole reason we watch the game is because it’s not played on paper.
You don’t get stories like Leicester City, Bayer Leverkusen, or Lille, or Barca when Xavi won the League, or Chelsea winning the CL on paper but there are other factors that contribute that aren’t just tactics or roster strength.
Besides a true “serial loser” would never have even gotten the chance to lose at PSG.
Besides his time at Tottenham did he do anything that was Extraordinary with the teams he managed after?
The two jobs BEFORE were amazing. Saving disaster class Espanyol and bringing Southampton to the top half of the EPL.
@@sld1776 indeed they were but after that he did nothing awesome right?
@@Nextraker The firings at PSG and Chelsea were premature. Gone after a season for not "meeting expectations."
@@sld1776 maybe he works best with smaller teams? Less pressure
Compared to all the amazing stuff the last guy did? Gregg got canned from the 2nd tier of Swedish league; when's the last time Poch did remotely as bad a job? He's an infinitely better manager than Gregg.
5:53 Dan said GB's system didn't suit the players. GB had a system?
Put a guy at the point of attack who can't dribble and shoot.
as a Spurs lifelonger u got someone FAR better than you deserve, make it count
Also... I friggin *hate* that question "how do you quantify success"! I'll tell you how... all day every day in every tournament... you win the next game. That's it. The next one is the *only* one.
Right now i think the us 🇺🇸 have a proper manager now with this group of player's that they have i believe they can go very far all the best pochettino
Finally!! A real football manager!
They got their coach, it’s on the players now. It was always on the players, but he will exploit “the talent” out of them.
I think the US fanbase knows the game enough now and sees some good soccer on the field but we only get to the round of 16 I still think that is success. We want to play like Europe but we just didn't have the personnel or coach to implement. Now we do so we should hammer Mexico now
Started watching Spurs in Pochettino's last year at Spurs. Stayed for the CL final miracle. To have Pochettino as a coach again is just ecstatic. Spurs haven't been the same since he's left.
Poch bottled a squad with prime Neymar, Messi, Di Maria, and Mbappe😂😂 US fans will sadly learn that he’s not world class
My guess is Poch could probably get the job done in the 2nd tier of Swedish football though so compared to Gregg he's a "slight" upgrade.
I think they need give this coach as much freedom as possible.
Vaaamos! 🇦🇷 / 🇺🇸
I agree with Stevie - if it starts like his Chelsea stop and looks nothing like expectations and some of the young players don't progress in time for 2026 I think people will not be happy paying someone $10M+ per year may have been a bad choice. BUT I think he will do well
Poch is an exceptional manager. His Southampton side was amazing on very limited budget, that team launched the careers of guys like sadio mane and Virgil van dijk. His Tottenham team also did incredibly well. His recent sackings aren’t reflective of how good he is. Chelsea and PSG are both complete jokes of a club.
We don’t care about having silky soccer, we just want to win and actually have the players look like a team!
This will all end in tears. Reality is these US players just aren't that good. If they were, they'd be playing at the biggest and best clubs, yet no one seems to want to sign them after they proved they're not good enough when playing in the best leagues in Europe.
Exciting to say the least. No more excuses going forward
Im not 100% in yet, the PSG stats are worthless, they had the best built football team in the history of football.
And these are Americans that grew up playing crappy American style soccer.
Reality is a bite. The older English guy Nicols is right
One thing i couldnt agree more, "when the players weren't performing it was gregg. Now players are under the microscope
Eh. Gaffer always has the spotlight. Was, is, eva shal b. But yes this hire does put @ least initially pressure on the XI 2 produce (!)
I'm Spurs through and through and know how great Poch can be, especially having to deal with a chairman in Daniel Levy who didn't give him a transfer for 517 days at one point in his tenure.He DID Break his Trophy duck (Sadly he didn't at Tottenham) with PSG a couple years ago so perhaps he feels as though he does need a different challenge, but I feel the ceiling is quite low knowing he won't ever win anything tangible being the USMNT coach.Bottom line: What DEFINES success with USMNT? "Mauricio Pochettino! He's Magic! Y'know"!!
For most US fans, success would be getting to quarterfinals at the world cup.
What USMNT fans want to really see is improvement, especially after 6 years of horrible tactics under Berhalter.
Finally, a top flight manager for the USMNT!
Where are you living Dan? Stevie’s absolutely right. If Poch doesn’t have success then it’s going to bring an even bigger hate than Burhalter got. If the USMNT doesn’t show great improvement it’s going to dominate the media.
Let's go poch that a good hire
Thank God 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
We are not good enough to make it to the quarters in the WC. We could have Pep or Klopp as manager, just dont have that quality besides Pulisic.
Jesus - I won't be able to make fun of the USMNT for much longer. I still think their talent pool is over-rated but with a manager like Poch I am sure they're going to improve massively quite quickly.
Is better than any MLS mediocre head coach
Great hired by US Soccer Association he’s really a good coach top tier fella
Am I d only one thinking the US federation just appointed Chelsea coaches from last season for both their women and men's teams. Mauricio Pochettino and Emma Hayes😅.😮😮
Dan really has forgotten about it never bothered to learn about the supporter groups boycotting the team until they sacked Berhalter, nor about the potential of sponsors as well. He’s thinking about the general public in the US, but the actual supporters of the team REALLY care…
I love that one of his terms is that the team is called USA and not USMNT. What a boss.
Well put up or shut up... Are they hungry enough to make a miracle on the pitch.
4:22Bro threw England in there like weren’t gonna notice 😂😂
Pochettino's style of play requires players to be athletic and hardworking. That's why he had a lot of successes with developing English players and unfortunately not so much with Argentine players. He could be the perfect candidate to replace Southgate but it was not meant to be. On the other hand, I believe that he will be a good appointment for the USA team as American players have similar traits with English players - they are athletic and hardworking.
Argentina lets the ball do the work, like Steff Curry in BBall.
They are smart at football. We are dumb. We do not trust the flair Neymar style, or smart Messi style.
We have a few Ibras, but without Ibra IQ, heart, touch.
Dan__bless his heart
Not sure you can say qtr or semi is the minimal requirement when you don’t know who you could be facing in the knockout stages. They will definitely have to beat teams that on paper at least will be better than them. You have to take it a game at a time and firstly make sure you get past the group stages and if you qualify as the second team you’ll be facing the winner of another group.
Dreaming about for decades?? Poch really even appeared as a decent manager in his time at spurs, so not even a full decade has passed since he became somewhat recognisable as a decent manager
This is amazing!
This is a good thing! And there will be expectation on the manager and the team - that's a good thing
Well they've definitely stepped up a class in coach but the USMNT needed an offensive minded coach. Not gonna win any games if they can't score which has been an issue
The players are going to have to step it up now. Poch is going to hold them accountable.
Those fragile americans can't handle poch
Hearing Stevie say “silky soccer” makes me want to vomit more than actual vomit placed right under my nose.
😂😂 Dan winding up Stevie, always hilarious 😂😂😂
Ok. I am more optimistic with this appointment but hardly any guarantee of significant improvement in performance with the players we have. We'll see. Looking forward to it.
steve nicol always speaking facts
It will be interesting to see how he will do with USMNT.
He will be the most frustrated man on Earth... Let's start the bidding on how many months this will last
Lets go Poch!!!
We'll give him a year after that the pressure piles on
I don’t think Pochettino knows what it’s like to play in Trinidad with the hopes of democracy on the line
Great news for all us Yankees and lets hope he can work his way up to the big job of the USWLJBTNT
Stevie is right, most of the time he is and people just dont like how frank he is...its refreshing. Poch will make them play or he would probably would resign. That's the type of guy he is.
Solo quiero que usa siga siendo el padre de mexico.
Saludos desde argentina :)