The U.S. men's national team reportedly is hiring Mauricio Pochettino as its next head coach.
Pochettino, 52, has overseen some of the biggest clubs in the world during his coaching career. He comes to the USMNT after most recently serving as manager of English club Chelsea of the Premier League for the 2023-24 season.Pochettino's first lead coaching gig came at the same club where he spent most of his playing career.
He moved over to England in 2013 for his first of three Premier League gigs, starting with Southampton. The Saints went from 14th on the league table in Year 1 under Pochettino to eighth in Year 2, matching the club's highest-ever finish in the Premier League."Big Six" English club Tottenham then swooped in to hire Pochettino in 2014, marking the start of a historic five-year run in London.
Tottenham moved on from Pochettino in 2019 and he was out of coaching for a over a year until another one of his former clubs -- Paris Saint-Germain -- came calling in 2021. Pochettino stepped into the PSG job midseason, helping the club win a pair of domestic trophies and reach the Champions League semifinals for the first time since 1995-96.in the subsequent summer transfer window, creating a super team of sorts with Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Neymar.
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