Mauricio Pochettino Takes Charge of U.S. Men's National Team

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00:00The changing of the guard for who's going to lead the U.S. national men's team and that

00:08is going to be Mauricio Pochettino.

00:11So we do have a change.

00:12It was Burrhalter before who I don't know who liked him at all.

00:15I never ran into anybody or talked soccer with anybody because you know what?

00:18That head coach here for the U.S. here, the manager, he's a real good one.

00:21Now it's a changing of the guard.

00:23I don't know if it's a good or a bad thing, but you know what?

00:26Change was needed here, Dubs.

00:28What are your thoughts on the changing of the guard?

00:30Could we actually be a contender coming up sooner than later on the World Cup stage?

00:35The road to 2026 just got a lot more exciting, Mauricio Pochettino.

00:41And look, this is what Team USA absolutely needed.

00:45This is a gaffer, a head coach, a manager that's going to warrant a lot of respect in

00:49the locker room and for Greg Burrhalter and Team USA, that has been the thing that has

00:54been missing.

00:55There's been a lot of smoke about the players not seeing eye-to-eye with Greg.

00:58There's been a couple of well-documented riffs off the pitch there.

01:02So for Team USA, they had to make the change.

01:04They had to make the decision, and I'm glad they went after it to a name with a bit of

01:08firepower.

01:09It comes across there from Chelsea.

01:10Had a lot of success at the tail end of the season there for Pochettino in Chelsea.

01:15Didn't agree with eye-to-eye with some of the upper level there of management, but he

01:19will bring a very unique style.

01:21It's an old-school style of playing football where they can roll up the sleeves and get

01:25it done.

01:26This is absolutely what the American national side needed because this is the time.

01:30This is the window where we're going to see American soccer really thrive.

01:34The next World Cup being right here in North America and the firepower, the young players.

01:38I mean, this is the best bunch that Team USA has ever seen.

01:42This crop is really talented.

01:44Could they win the World Cup, Donny?

01:46I don't know.

01:47That'd be a massive step, but they could absolutely make a push towards the quarterfinals and

01:51the semifinals coming off Copa America from what we saw recently.

01:54That was another disappointment and for me, it was glaring.

01:57All things pointing towards the head coach had to change and now we've got some real

02:01star power.