What is the world Cup nearby, does Pochettino know the USMNT’s initial XI?

Only nine months from the beginning of the World Cup 2026, US National Team The coach Mauricio Pochettino still understands things.

Before the 2-0 loss dropped on Saturday South Korea In a friendly who had his own 14th. A different starting Xi in 17 games, USMNT coach was a blunt for his readiness to expand his tinkering – at least towards him – another international window.

“(This) is a camp that I think will be the last camp to have the opportunity to see players, new faces,” said Pochettino at the end of August when Roster was announced. “No one has their place (convinced), and that’s my message for everyone you need to fight, you need to fight because it is an open system.

“If we want to be a team (it is) really competitive, we cannot name 13, 14, 15 players – these guys will surely reach the world cup and need a few places to fight.”

The message is clear from the Argentine bus. Although his preparation of the World Cup pointed out injuries, complications around the availability and frustrating results, also showed at recent international intermittent to look at the beginners and give opportunities to cover players.

Captain and star attacker Christian Pulisic? The absence of the stealing head of summer friends after Milan The player wanted to rest during the golden cup. Juventus bound player Veston McKennie Who has 60 Cats with USMNT? It was also meant to be the most famous omission from current composition, and Pochettino tries to justify the decision stating “We know Veston”.

The list continues, and continuing to examine the growing group of alternative players, thus, and decisions have led to six losses in their last 11 games. Usmnt failed to win a golden cup with an experimental poster, and even more established names at the National League, they encountered the fourth place in March.

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When asked after the stab loss to South Korea on when he must start achieving several results in his favor, the Argentine coach ordered an idea of ​​the needed victory on the road until next year. For Pochettino, it’s not a trip, it’s about the destination 2026.

“We need to start winning the world cup,” Pochettino said.

Including the current window, USMNT has only four international breaks before the world’s preparation is starting next summer.

So Pochettino has enough time? And more importantly, did he mention the idea of ​​what his best KI looks like? When you rotate in the total minutes in front of the September window, the data tells an interesting story.

(Because of Sebastian HaalterPositioning in a more advanced role during the Konor Gold Cup – unlike his typical central role – it is also sliced ​​on the right hips.)

Several analysts and USMNT fans, if any, if that is the strongest XI.

He turned on a permanent diet on the gold buy, players with a maximum of minutes (divided goalkeepers, counsel, associations and attackers / attackers) are those who participated in the summer tournament. Tali changed after Saturday loss in South Korea, but the only player-made surveyed in Xi with a maximum of minutes is Matt Freese outreacting Matt Turner.

Looking at this list, stunningly absent.

Key figures such as Sergino Dest, Antonee Robinson, Timothy Veah, Captain onlinePulisic and McKennie, among other things, I can’t be found anywhere. From players involved with the most minutes you could only say that to reliably Chris Richards and Tyler Adams are members of the strongest KSI, together with some arguments for 2-3 more, but that’s about it.

Of course, violations, the adaptations of the club and other livestock funds are significant variables that the coach cannot fully control. Each representation manager rarely benefits a fully adequate and available squad, but keeping in mind, confusing why Pochettino did not use any more limited Windows who had.

In order for former players to watch this process that has given a lot of minutes a lot for an alternative golden roster, there are concerns.

On their “unfiltrated football” podcast, retired USMNT Greats Landon Donovan and Tim Howard expressed concern after Roster September was released.

“I am a little confused, because the experimental phase still happens my mice … Here’s my 15, 20, and we can, and we can bring or there, and there we can lead to it or there,” Donovan said. “Justice to Pochettino, there are a lot of injuries, there are a lot of things that prevented him from calling him certain guys, but some of them … They are a little warm, to be honest.”

Howard is also Chimed in: “We are in September, we are running out of time,” the former goalkeeper said. “This is the World Cup home … That means something for American football that there is a swing, that there is a buzzing and hit what, if you go (zero), and then October, and there is no buzz.” There is no buzzing. “There is no buzzing.”

In what seemed like a home atmosphere to visit South Korea National Team over the weekend in New Jersey, usmnt so far zero for one in the current international interruption.

Although Pulisic, Dest and Veah returned to the starting lineup, the KSI still represented the above mentioned 14. Different formation of 17 games in the ERI Pochettino. With Richards, it does not fully fit, the defensive duo Tim slot and Tristan BlackmonHe deserved his first hat, he was also a different pairing center at the center of those 17 matches.

To be fair to coach, his players do not seem to be disturbed by his various permutations. When asked how much messages with Pochettino emphasizes that Rosterske stains are still for catching, lap Alejandro zendejas noticed that it was positive for certain players.

“Definitely informed us that there was a crowd of people who deserve to be here and want to see everything … We all get a chance,” Zendejas said as friendly in South Korea. “But then, at the end of the day, it all depends on us and how we react to those opportunities you are given.”

Noting a growing list MLS Players are given a few minutes, instead of relying greatly to European options, Ream is also Pochetin’s Pochettino Pochettino Pochettino Pochettino Pochettino Pochettino.

“It’s one of those things we really don’t look at Roster and say, oh, there are many guys from this league, or it’s a lot of guys from Europe. It’s like that competition,” it said. “You have to go out there and earn your place and make your place.

“It’s one of those things in which they’re giving up, looking for, looking for everyone who might have looked out of a distant thing. It’s a good thing. It’s a good thing. It’s a good thing. That’s a good thing. That’s good.

We will see how it plays, not only in the upcoming friendly against Japan Tuesday, but in the foot of international windows that remained for Pochettino & Co.

The results are (currently) secondary for a coach who maintained a perspective on a glass gender view after the latest defeat, but even his players begin to recognize that they need to generate some momentum in front of the world cup. Although Pochettino said he felt his team was “Better than South Korea,” Most of us fans will not keep heads high in another window in which the coach explores new ideas.

“I mean, I love the feeling of victory, so I would like to win the games before the world’s cups,” Adams said last Saturday. “But I understand (Pochettin’s thought process and we talked about it, you can still have good performance and not necessarily achieve the result. But yes, I think it is important to have some results.”

Perhaps the question is not if Pochettino knows its best XI, but instead, if he is really willing to commit that one clock is ticking at the World Cup.

Will there be enough time? It will be a big question for the coach of the National Team that did not provide enough answers to the field.