For Mauricio Pochettino, Picking the World Cup Team Was ‘Painful’ — and Unlike Anything in His Career

26 Players Achieved Dream as Coach Mauricio Pochettino Announces US World Cup Roster

By Daniel Duque NEW YORK – Vancouver Whitecaps midfielder Sebastian Berhalter was just leaving a team meeting when he received the news he had dreamed about – in the same manner most Americans receive their news these days. “I was just literally in the stairwell and I just saw it come up on my phone,”...

For Mauricio Pochettino, picking the World Cup team was ‘painful’ — and unlike anything in his career

FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. — Mauricio Pochettino has done a lot of things in his 17 years as a manager, with big-time stops at Spain’s Espanyol, France’s Paris Saint-Germain, and England’s Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur, and Chelsea.

Star struck: 26 players achieved dream as coach Mauricio Pochettino announces US World Cup roster

NEW YORK – Vancouver Whitecaps midfielder Sebastian Berhalter was just leaving a team meeting when he received the news he had dreamed about – in the same manner most Americans receive their news these days.

Pochettino signals USMNT World Cup shakeup: Tillman, McKennie will be “a little bit deeper”

FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. — The omission of central midfielders Tanner Tessmann and Aidan Morris, especially with Johnny Cardoso already ruled out due to injury, drew criticism when the U.S. men’s national team’s World Cup roster was leaked Saturday. After it was officially unveiled on Tuesday, manager Mauricio Pochettino was asked about what his midfield could look like this summer and gave outsiders plenty to ponder in response.Speaking to reporters o…