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| Can Mauricio Pochettino rebound his managerial career without Son Heung-min. As he took the helm of the U.S. national team, he is looking for another opportunity. The American Football Association (USMNT) announced the appointment of Pochettino as the coach of the U.S. men's national soccer team on its official website on the 11th (Korea time). Pochettino has been appointed manager of the U.S. A team. He will now lead the U.S. national team in the 2026 World Cup in North and Central America in his country with his abundant experience and tactical abilities,' he said. Photo = USMNT SNS Capture |
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| Can Mauricio Pochettino rebound his managerial career without Son Heung-min. As he took the helm of the U.S. national team, he is looking for another opportunity. The American Football Association (USMNT) announced the appointment of Pochettino as the coach of the U.S. men's national soccer team on its official website on the 11th (Korea time). Pochettino has been appointed manager of the U.S. A team. He will now lead the U.S. national team in the 2026 World Cup in North and Central America in his country with his abundant experience and tactical abilities,' he said. AFP Yonhap News |
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| Can Mauricio Pochettino rebound his managerial career without Son Heung-min. As he took the helm of the U.S. national team, he is looking for another opportunity. The American Football Association (USMNT) announced the appointment of Pochettino as the coach of the U.S. men's national soccer team on its official website on the 11th (Korea time). Pochettino has been appointed manager of the U.S. A team. He will now lead the U.S. national team in the 2026 World Cup in North and Central America in his country with his abundant experience and tactical abilities,' he said. AFP Yonhap News |
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Can Mauricio Pochettino rebound his managerial career without Son Heung-min. As he took the helm of the U.S. national team, he is looking for another opportunity.
The American Football Association (USMNT) announced the appointment of Pochettino as the coach of the U.S. men's national soccer team on its official website on the 11th (Korea time).
Pochettino has been appointed manager of the U.S. A team. Pochettino has been through Tottenham, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Chelsea, and he can give new life to American football based on his rich experience. He has built a successful leadership career with Europe's top club. 'Teaming with a dynamic style of play, he will now lead the U.S. team at the 2026 World Cup in North and Central America in his country with a wealth of experience and tactical capabilities,' he said.
Matt Crocker, chairman of USMNT, said "Pochettino is a coach with proven passion for player development and ability to form a competitive team. His record speaks for this. I'm very happy that Pochettino has joined."
Pochettino also "Joining the United States is not just for football, but for the journey of this team and the country. Energy, passion, and longing inspire me. It was an unmissable opportunity to coach the national team in front of fans who were as passionate as the players."
The amount invested by the U.S. national team to bring Pochettino is the highest ever. Global sports media ESPN said Pochettino would be the highest-paid coach in the history of the U.S. national team, referring to the huge contract size.
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| Can Mauricio Pochettino rebound his managerial career without Son Heung-min. As he took the helm of the U.S. national team, he is looking for another opportunity. The American Football Association (USMNT) announced the appointment of Pochettino as the coach of the U.S. men's national soccer team on its official website on the 11th (Korea time). Pochettino has been appointed manager of the U.S. A team. He will now lead the U.S. national team in the 2026 World Cup in North and Central America in his country with his abundant experience and tactical abilities,' he said. AFP Yonhap News |
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Pochettino was considered one of the outstanding masters until he made his name as a coach in the English Premier League (EPL) in the past. After retiring from active duty in 2006, he began his leadership career by taking the helm of Spain's La Liga Espanyol in 2009. Pochettino, who has shown his capabilities at Espanyol for three years, made his name as Southampton manager in 2013. Since the 2014-2015 season, he has been in charge of Tottenham and has shown excellent abilities in fostering promising players, recruiting players, and managing the team. In particular, he led Tottenham to the second place in the European Champions League in the 2018-2019 season and ranked second in the EPL.
At that time, Tottenham was greatly loved by fans for building a 'DESK line', symbolizing Tottenham's golden age, along with tremendous performance under Pochettino. The offense consisting of Son Heung-min, Harry Kane, Christian Eriksen and Dele Alli was considered the strongest in the league and is still considered the best of Pochettino's disciples. In particular, Son Heung-min tried to leave for Germany after a slump in his first season of joining Tottenham, but remained at Tottenham with Pochettino's persuasion. Since then, he has shown tremendous growth and is currently active as a winger for EPL in his 10th year at Tottenham.
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| Can Mauricio Pochettino rebound his managerial career without Son Heung-min. As he took the helm of the U.S. national team, he is looking for another opportunity. The American Football Association (USMNT) announced the appointment of Pochettino as the coach of the U.S. men's national soccer team on its official website on the 11th (Korea time). Pochettino has been appointed manager of the U.S. A team. He will now lead the U.S. national team in the 2026 World Cup in North and Central America in his country with his abundant experience and tactical abilities,' he said. AFP Yonhap News |
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| Can Mauricio Pochettino rebound his managerial career without Son Heung-min. As he took the helm of the U.S. national team, he is looking for another opportunity. The American Football Association (USMNT) announced the appointment of Pochettino as the coach of the U.S. men's national soccer team on its official website on the 11th (Korea time). Pochettino has been appointed manager of the U.S. A team. He will now lead the U.S. national team in the 2026 World Cup in North and Central America in his country with his abundant experience and tactical abilities,' he said. Photo = Capture Tottenham homepage |
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However, he has rarely escaped the decline since he said goodbye to his student Son Heung-min. Pochettino was replaced by Tottenham in November 2019 due to poor performance and joined Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in France in January 2021. At PSG, he was sluggish, even missing the league title in his first season. He won the Trope de Champion and the Coupe de France, but his performance was rarely poor in the European Champions League. The second season was the same. Although he won the league, he stepped down early in the summer of 2022 due to his team's lackluster performance in the European Champions League, which is a major flaw in his leadership career. Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe were in the squad, but Pochettino's leadership did not harmonize the three players properly.
Coach Pochettino, who took a break from PSG for about a year, returned to the EPL stage after taking charge at Chelsea in the 2023-2024 season. Pochettino, who suffered a failure at Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), did not cool down his popularity towards him. Chelsea, ahead of many clubs, have embraced Pochettino, signaling a rebound after the acquisition of owner Todd Boly.
Chelsea under Pochettino were below expectations. He showed his last-minute potential to end the league in sixth place, but performance problems have hampered him throughout the season. It could not be seen as a team that invested 1 billion pounds (about 1.8 trillion won). Without Cole Palmer's unrivaled performance, it was hard to tell what ranking he would have finished the season. In the end, Chelsea decided to break up with Pochettino after one season and had to leave the EPL stage again.
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| Can Mauricio Pochettino rebound his managerial career without Son Heung-min. As he took the helm of the U.S. national team, he is looking for another opportunity. The American Football Association (USMNT) announced the appointment of Pochettino as the coach of the U.S. men's national soccer team on its official website on the 11th (Korea time). Pochettino has been appointed manager of the U.S. A team. He will now lead the U.S. national team in the 2026 World Cup in North and Central America in his country with his abundant experience and tactical abilities,' he said. AFP Yonhap News |
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| Can Mauricio Pochettino rebound his managerial career without Son Heung-min. As he took the helm of the U.S. national team, he is looking for another opportunity. The American Football Association (USMNT) announced the appointment of Pochettino as the coach of the U.S. men's national soccer team on its official website on the 11th (Korea time). Pochettino has been appointed manager of the U.S. A team. He will now lead the U.S. national team in the 2026 World Cup in North and Central America in his country with his abundant experience and tactical abilities,' he said. AFP Yonhap News |
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But Pochettino's popularity remained. Manchester United, the English national team, and Bayern Munich have attracted the attention of several clubs. In particular, the possibility of taking the position of the England national team was strongly expected. Howe, Graham Potter, Frank Lampard, Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola have been named as the vacant England national team coach. Pochettino also seemed likely, but England's choice was an interim Ricashley system.
Manchester United also showed interest. England's Evening Standard says 'Pochettino wants to stay in the English Premier League (EPL). He left Chelsea and has been attracting United's attention for a long time. Pochettino prefers to work in the EPL and would certainly be interested in working for Manchester United if possibleHe explained that Pochettino would be active in the trend. However, Manchester United re-signed manager Erik tenhach to lead them to the FA Cup. Pochettino, who had been quiet for a while since then, has been courted by the United States and has been appointed as the head of the United States.
The U.S. national team will play a friendly match for the rest of the year because the 2026 World Cup finals in North Korea and the U.S. have already been confirmed. Pochettino will make his U.S. national team coach debut against Fana at home on October 13, followed by a match against Mexico at 16.
Pochettino, who was on the decline in his coaching career, joined the U.S. national team with all-time treatment and took a chance to rebound. As this career could actually be Pochettino's last chance, he is expected to do his best to promote the U.S. national team.
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