Pochettino Takes Blame For USMNT Exit, Pulisic Injury Update

USMNT Coach Melts Down on Sidelines as Belgium Dominates in World Cup Elimination Clash

Mauricio Pochettino let his frustration show during the team’s round of 16 match Mauricio PochettinoCredit: John Dorton/USSF/GettyNEED TO KNOWUSMNT coach Mauricio Pochettino was not happy midway through the round of 16 World Cup gameThe coach kicked a group of water bottles after the U.S. gave up a quick goalAfter the match, Pochettino called the effort part of a “very bad day”U.S. coach Mauricio Pochettino wore his frustration on his short slee…

Why World Cup exit showed the limits to the USA’s power – on and off the pitch

Hit by a political wrecking ball ahead of their round of 16 encounter with Belgium, even a helping hand from President Trump could not take the USA into the quarter-finals. Richard Jolly examines what comes next for Mauricio Pochettino and his side

The USMNT's World Cup Exit Was Too Sad And Too Familiar

It is difficult to pin down an international team's true quality and character based on the results of one brief tournament. The games are too few, and the environment too variable, to come to any definitive conclusions. But the games are revealing nonetheless, and any team that plays enough of them will have their specific strengths and shortcomings put on display, some more immutable than others. The teams that tend to thrive in the World Cup …

Pochettino Takes Blame For USMNT Exit, Pulisic Injury Update

Mauricio Pochettino took personal responsibility for the USMNT's 4-1 World Cup elimination to Belgium, offering a preliminary diagnosis of Christian Pulisic's ankle injury and declining to make excuses for the defeat.

Jon Nelson's World Cup Musings: And so it goes. How did the U.S. team fall?

U.S. head coach Mauricio Pochettino said every match in the knockout stage is a final — win-or-go-home time. Jon Nelson explains how the U.S. team ended up.

‘Disappointed’ Pochettino says Balogun row no excuse for US World Cup exit

US coach Mauricio Pochettino said he was disappointed and frustrated by the backlash over Folarin Balogun’s ban but insisted it was no excuse for his side’s World Cup exit at the hands of Belgium.