Mauricio Pochettino has issued a warning to his national team of the American men prior to the FIFA World Cup of next summer.
Pochettino mentioned his schedule of 26 players on Thursday prior to the penultimate window of the Americans of 2025. Various striking stars were recorded, such as Christian Pulisic and Chris Richards, while they were recorded faces such as Weston Mckennie, Haji Wright and Antonee Robinson.
Recent injuries to players such as Ricardo Pepi, Sergino Dest, Gio Reyna and Johnny Cardoso forced them to miss matches against Ecuador and Australia. Others such as Josh Sargent, Yunus Musah and Joe Scally were simply not selected this time and opened the door for questions about their absence.
Although many top players had been left of the October schedule, Pochettino admitted that places will be earned, not given on the basis of club performance or previous international experiences.
That is not because your name is on one or other, that you will have the place [for] Of course in the schedule for the World Cup, “Pochettino said on Thursday during a press conference.” That I think we fought in the past year to try to restore it, changed the culture, changed the vision, the idea changed from: ‘OK is:’ OK is because I performed somehow in the past or because I did well four years ago to come and use my place. And I think that has changed a lot. “
Pulisic, who was not part of the involvement of the Concacaf Gold Cup of the USMNT, has been withdrawn to the international fold last month. The Star attacker has delivered a sensational form of shape for Serie A Club AC Milan and scored six goals in all competitions.
Pulisic received sufficient criticism in the summer after he had not represented the USMNT at the Gold Cup, despite the fact that he originally agreed to be part of the friend’s friendly matches. Since then he has been stimulated at a club level in a large way and he remains a key figure in the American program for 2026 and then.
Pochettino praised the impact of Pulisic in the team and admitted that the pressure of AC Milan got the best out of him.
“He is a player who has continuity, and I think we can say that he is now the most important player for the national team that performs and play under great pressure,” said Pochettino about Pulisic. “And he has to perform every week and every game in a place like Milan. And he is doing well and yes, we are so happy when he scores goals, gives assists and perform.
“That’s what we want, and now it’s to help him get to the best place in the World Cup,” he added.
Pochettino will have many schedules to announce before the World Cup starts in June and certainly has a lot of difficult decisions. The aforementioned Scally and Musah, who have consistently played at club level in recent weeks, have been left in Europe this time.
When asked about the absence of both, Pochettino answered a testy answer and admitted that respect should be given for his decisions and the players who are currently engaged.
“You can ask me why Messi is not in the schedule, no,” said Pochettino. “This type of player; Maradona, Pele, I don’t know. But when you’re talking about different names, I think you should respect the players who are here.”
Pochettino takes his current 10-1-7 record as USMNT boss in this month’s matches in search of a few victories against heavy competition.
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