Just nine months from the start of 2026 World Cup, American men’s national team Coach Maurisio Pocheto is still detecting things.
Before losing 2–0 on Saturday South Korea In a friendly who depicted his 14th different early XI in 17 sports, the USMNT coach blunt about the desire to expand his tampering – at least according to him – another international window.
,[This] There is a camp that I think the last camp is going to be in which we are likely to see the players, the new face, “Pchethino said in late August when the roster was announced.” Nobody has their place. [assured]And this is my message to all that you need to fight, fight to fight because it is an open system.
“If we want to be a team [that’s] In fact competitive, we cannot enroll 13, 14, 15 players – these people are definitely going to come for the World Cup and the rest, they need some places to fight. come on.”
The message is clear from the coach of Argentina. Although the preparation of his World Cup includes failures through injuries, the availability of the player through complications and disappointing results, he has also shown in recent international breaks that he is ready to see those who start the previous high-profile and give opportunity to the players.
Captain and star attacker ChristianAfter the absence of a headline-chori from summer friendship AC Milan The player wanted to rest during the Gold Cup. Juventus Midfielder Weston McCeni Who has 60 caps with USMNT? Left as the most notable lapse from the current squad, Pochetino “Hum Weston knows.”
The list moves forward, and continuing to investigate the growing group of alternative players on the way, those decisions have faced six defeats in their last 11 matches. USMNT failed to win the Gold Cup with an experimental roster, and even with more established names in the Nations League, he finished one fourth in March.
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Asked after the loss to South Korea on Saturday, when he had to start getting more results in his side, the Argentina coach separated the idea of the need to win next year’s way. For Pochtino, it is not about the journey, it is about 2026 destination.
“When we have to start winning when the World Cup starts,” Pchethino said.
With the current window, the USMNT has only four international brakes before the World Cup preparations begin in the next summer.
So does Pochtino have enough time? And even more importantly, has he strengthened the idea of what his best XI looks like? Data tells an interesting story, diving over the September window in the first minute from the September window.
(So Sebstian berhalterThe position in a more advanced role during the Gold Cup knockout round – as opposed to their specific central role – is also slipped on the correct flank.)
Some analysts and fans of the USMNT, if any, will say that this is the strongest XI.
Gold cups have a player of minutes (divided by goals, defenders, midfielders and forward/attackers) who participated in the summer tournament, increased by a steady diet of appearances in the Gold Cup. South Korea changed long after Saturday’s loss, but the only player for Xi with the most minutes is the change. Mat freeze Best Matte Turner,
Given this list, remarkable absence is shining.
Like major figures Sergino Dest, Antony Robinson, Timothy Vah, Foller BalogunPolice and McCeni, between others, are not found anywhere. Among the players involved with the minutes, you can confidently say that Chris richards And Tyler adams With some arguments for more than 2-3, the strongest is a member of XI, but it is about it.
Of course, injuries, club adaptation and other back visual obstacles are important variables that a coach cannot fully control. The manager of any national team rarely benefits from a fully fit and available squad, but keeping this in mind, it is confused that Pchethino has then not taken advantage of the rapidly limited windows that they have.
For the former players who look at this process, there are concerns are concerns.
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On their “unfiltated soccer” podcast, retired USMNT great landon Donovan and Tim Howard voiced their concerns after the September roster was released.
“I’m a little confused, because it seems that the experimental phase is still going on, and my opinion … it’s just better to say, here is my 15, 20, 25 and let’s roll it with it. Maybe I may remember one or two, and we can bring here or two in a man or two,” Donovan said earlier this month. “In fairness for pochethino, there are a lot of injuries, a lot of things are going on that prevent him from calling some people, but some of them … they are a little head-and-headed, to be honest.”
The former goalkeeper said that Howard also said: “We are in September, we are running out of time.” “This is a home World Cup … it means that there is football for us that there is speed, that is a discussion, and if you think, if you go [zero] There is no discussion for two or one for two or one in these friends, and then in October, and in November. There is no discussion. ,
A house environment appeared to visit South Korea’s national team over the weekend in New Jersey, the USMNT is a zero so far in the current international break.
Although the police, Dest and WAH were brought back to the initial lineup, Xi still represented the 14th separate formation of the 17 games in the Pochetino era. Does not fit perfectly with Richards, defensive couple Tim rem And Triston BlackmonThose who earned their first hat were also the ninth separate center-back pair of 17 matches.
To be fair for the coach, his players are not disturbed by his separate sequences. When asked Alejandro Zandjas Said that this is positive for some players.
“He definitely tells us that there is a group of people who deserve to be here and they want to see everyone … We each gets a chance,” Zandesus said further than South Korea. “But then, at the end of the day, it all depends on us and how do we respond to the opportunities that we have been given to us.”
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Keeping in mind the increasing list of Of mls Players are being given minutes, instead of relying too much on European-based options, Reem also praised Pchethino’s methods before Saturday.
“This is one of the things where we do not really look at the roster and say, oh, there are many people from this league, or many people in Europe. We like for us, it is a competition,” said Reem. “You have to go there and earn your place and earn your place.
“This is one of the things where he is giving opportunities to impress people, making sure that he can get an eye on everyone who is probably looking far away. It sends a little message that the locations are open, and I think it’s just a good thing. It’s a good thing.
We will see how it plays, not only in the future Japan On Tuesday, but in a handful of international windows that are left for Pchethino & Co..
Results (currently) are secondary for a coach who maintained a glass-haf-full perspective after the latest defeat, but even their players are beginning to identify that they need to generate some speed ahead of the World Cup. Although pochto Said that he felt that his team was “Better than South Korea,” most American fans will not raise their heads, yet another window in which the coach is searching for new ideas.
“I mean, I like the spirit of winning, so I would like to win the game before the World Cup,” Adams said Postgame on Saturday“But i understand [Pochettino’s] The idea process and we have talked about it that you can still perform well and not necessarily results. But yes, I think it is important to have some results at a certain time. ,
Perhaps it is not a question whether Pocheto knows its best XI, but instead, if she is now really committed to one because the watch is standing for the World Cup.
Will he have enough time? This will be a big question for the coach of a national team which has not provided enough on-the-field answers.
