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ATLANTA (Oct. 2, 2025) – With the road to the World Cup continuing in October, U.S. Men’s National Team head coach Mauricio Pochettino has selected 26 players to prepare for the upcoming matches against World Cup-bound opponents Ecuador and Australia. Players will begin reporting Oct. 4 into Austin.  The USA will first host Ecuador, presented by AT&T, on Oct. 10 at …

Mauricio Pochettino has named a 26-player roster for the US men’s national team’s upcoming friendlies against Ecuador and Australia that includes many familiar names – and has one very notable omission. Bournemouth midfielder Tyler Adams, a usual mainstay of the squad who captained the US at the 2022 World Cup, is not included, with Pochettino breaking the news that the …

ATLANTA (Oct. 2, 2025) – With the road to the World Cup continuing in October, U.S. Men’s National Team head coach Mauricio Pochettino has selected 26 players to prepare for the upcoming matches against World Cup-bound opponents Ecuador and Australia. Players will begin reporting Oct. 4 into Austin.  The USA will first host Ecuador, presented by AT&T, on Oct. 10 at …

Mauricio Pochettino wasn’t hired to help the U.S. men’s national team win games against regional opponents or friendlies. Those were two areas in which predecessor Gregg Berhalter was still excelling up until the end of his tenure as coach. The perceived value of investing $6 million annually in the Argentine manager was his history of success in the club game. …

The US men’s national team closed camp with its sharpest performance yet under head coach Mauricio Pochettino, a 2-0 win over Japan that felt both convincing and clarifying, especially on the heels of a disappointing defeat to South Korea last weekend. This wasn’t just the team’s best result to date under Poch; it may be a pivot point, as he …

COLUMBUS, Ohio — One year ago, Mauricio Pochettino sat on a stage in lower Manhattan with a smile on his face, filled with optimism about the job he was taking on. “Everyone thinks that there is no time to prepare and to arrive in our best condition to the World Cup,” Pochettino said that day. “What I wanted to tell you …

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A U.S. men’s national team desperate for some positivity and confidence secured a 2-0 win over Japan on Tuesday night in what was one of its best performances of the year under coach Mauricio Pochettino. The victory came with some caveats. Japan made 11 substitutions from the lineup it fielded against Mexico on the weekend, so it …

LINEUP NOTESUSMNT vs. Japan, presented by AllstateInternational FriendlySept. 9, 2025Lower.com Field; Columbus, OhioPre-Game Coverage: 7 p.m. ET; TNT, Universo, HBO Max, PeacockKickoff: 7:30 p.m. ET; TNT, Universo, HBO Max, PeacockRadio: Westwood One, Fútbol de PrimeraSocial Media: @USMNT on X and Instagram; U.S. Soccer on Facebook, The U.S. Soccer App Tonight’s USMNT Starting XI vs. Japan: 1-Matt Freese,3-Chris Richards, 4-Tyler Adams, …

This United States’ international window once looked like it could be disastrous. Now, it has been upgraded to strangely uneven. A much-improved US got goals from Alejandro Zendejas and Folarin Balogun to beat a heavily rotated Japan side 2-0 at Lower.com Field in Columbus. The result lends some credence to Mauricio Pochettino’s insistence that the US’s recent subpar results were …

USMNT’s Alejandro Zendejas celebrates after scoring during the first half against Japan at Lower.com Field on Tuesday in Columbus, Ohio. (John Dorton/ISI Photos/USSF via Getty Images) After a 2-0 loss to South Korea on Saturday, the U.S. men’s national team hoped to get its mojo back with a win. Tuesday’s game had a win-or-go home feel to it, as the …