Mauricio Pochettino does not find the way In the United States selection towards World Cup 2026. This Saturday, from the Sports Illustrated Stadium court, the American national team lost to its South Korean similar, a team that was led by Heung-Min are. The new LaFC star became the figure of the friendly with a goal plus an assistance, so he punished Pochettino.
In a commitment in which the memory of the Argentine coach was definitely present by directing South Korean during his stage at Tottenham, the Captain of the Tigers of Asia was in charge of opening the score. After an extraordinary pass to space, Sonny entered the American area and crossed goalkeeper Matt Freese with a great left-foot shot (0-1, in 18 ‘).
Later, after some isolated attempts from the USMNT for matching the cartons, South Korea marked the second goal in Sports Illustrated Stadium. After a phenomenal collective action through the center of the court, Heung-min they got into the area with a wall and before being shot down He managed to play for the arrival of Dong-Gyeong Lee, who simply pushed the ball at the bottom of the networks (0-2, in 43 ‘).
After receiving two blows in the first part, the United States went to Entremopo with the obligation to trace in the second half, but that did not happen either. In the complementary stage of the meeting, The squad led by Myung-Bo Hong handled the game in a great way, so the Pochettino team saw how the minutes escaped.
Trust for the MLS heading to the 2026 World Cup
One of the striking aspects in the game was the confidence that Pochettino gave to the players who develop in the MLSsince in the starting start there were up to six players of the American League and in the modifications made, four of the five men who militate in Europe came out of exchange, being Christian Pulisic the only one that remained on the court.
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Berhalter and Diego Luna were the members of the MLS who were headlines and subsequently came out of exchange, but in the modifications three others that militate in the American League (Jack McGlynn, Alex Freeman and Cristian Roldán) and one more of the MX League (Alejandro Zendejas) entered. Time is reduced for Pochettino and the United States National Team does not end up for the 2026 World Cup.
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