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Mauricio Pochettino’s US return is risky, expensive and probably unnecessary | Leander Schaerlaeckens

The Guardian 1 min read 4 hours ago

<p>In giving the head coach another World Cup cycle, US Soccer is tempting fate for negligible benefit</p><p>Mauricio Pochettino and US Soccer enjoyed their time together.</p><p>Or, rather, they <em>enshoyed</em> it, as Pochettino would pronounce it in his thick Argentinian accent, which charmingly carries over when he speaks English.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/aug/03/mauricio-pochettino-usmnt-return">Continue reading...</a>
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