Pochettino Is Back! What It Means for the USMNT

Yeah, this is one of the least shocking surprises of the year because we knew he had already gotten an offer and it was a matter of time before he decided whether he was going to stay here or not.

Yeah, I think we have to move forward.

Pochettino, if there's one thing we know about him, he's been a great coach in Europe.

He took our team into a World Cup in which I thought the team did fairly well at the World Cup, didn't get the results that we wanted, obviously.

So in general, we didn't get to our goal, but the team played better.

The team got that fight back that we hadn't seen in six or seven years.

And hopefully we can start to build on that.

And that's the beginning of building something new going into 2030.

So a couple notes on this deal.

One, Pochettino, it is something that we've spoke about, but written into the press release, Pochettino and his staff will have a say in development, in pathway, in long-term strategic planning, basically.

While, of course, his main focus, his clear focus as the first team, he will have a say in helping shape the Federation decisions.

And I think that's interesting.

We knew that he was involved and the staff was involved in the process that ended with Steve Toronto as the Olympic coach.

There's some other stuff.

I've been told that there is a buyout in his contract.

Should that come up in the future if that four-year contract isn't fulfilled? And a couple quotes from Pochettino that I enjoyed was that He said, quote, now it's a fresh start.

It's a good moment to refresh the mindset, to refresh the culture and philosophy, to start and to create a new era of U.S. soccer, USA men's national team, thinking that every player will have the possibility to join if they perform.

Basically saying the last cycle ended with the World Cup.

Now we start fresh once again.

And there is so much to dive into looking forward.

But Tab...

We've both laid out the potential pitfalls of continuing with Pochettino.

We've also laid out the pitfalls of not continuing with Pochettino, right? I believe it was the last show we did was, if it's not Pochettino, who is the next manager? And there is no obvious candidate.

So in some ways, it's a marriage of convenience, and I don't mean that dismissively, a marriage of convenience for both sides.

Because while I think we've talked more about and his potential future working for a club team in Europe and potential overtures there, it's a little bit of convenience for the United States because...

Yeah, this is one of the least shocking surprises of the year because we knew he had already gotten an offer and it was a matter of time before he decided whether he was going to stay here or not.

Yeah, I think we have to move forward.

Pochettino, if there's one thing we know about him, he's been a great coach in Europe.

He took our team into a World Cup in which I thought the team did fairly well at the World Cup, didn't get the results that we wanted, obviously.

So in general, we didn't get to our goal, but the team played better.

The team got that fight back that we hadn't seen in six or seven years.

And hopefully we can start to build on that.

And that's the beginning of building something new going into 2030.

So a couple notes on this deal.

One, Pochettino, it is something that we've spoke about, but written into the press release, Pochettino and his staff will have a say in development, in pathway, in long-term strategic planning, basically.

While, of course, his main focus, his clear focus as the first team, he will have a say in helping shape the Federation decisions.

And I think that's interesting.

We knew that he was involved and the staff was involved in the process that ended with Steve Toronto as the Olympic coach.

There's some other stuff.

I've been told that there is a buyout in his contract.

Should that come up in the future if that four-year contract isn't fulfilled? And a couple quotes from Pochettino that I enjoyed was that He said, quote, now it's a fresh start.

It's a good moment to refresh the mindset, to refresh the culture and philosophy, to start and to create a new era of U.S. soccer, USA men's national team, thinking that every player will have the possibility to join if they perform.

Basically saying the last cycle ended with the World Cup.

Now we start fresh once again.

And there is so much to dive into looking forward.

But Tab...

We've both laid out the potential pitfalls of continuing with Pochettino.

We've also laid out the pitfalls of not continuing with Pochettino, right? I believe it was the last show we did was, if it's not Pochettino, who is the next manager? And there is no obvious candidate.

So in some ways, it's a marriage of convenience, and I don't mean that dismissively, a marriage of convenience for both sides.

Because while I think we've talked more about and his potential future working for a club team in Europe and potential overtures there, it's a little bit of convenience for the United States because...