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New United States boss Mauricio Pochettino has outlined his ambition to win the World Cup with the co-hosts in two years’ time and is happy by the chance.
Pochettino was named the supervisor of the USA on Tuesday in his first function since parting firm with Chelsea in Could.
The Argentine, who beforehand loved a profitable five-year spell in command of Tottenham, main them to a Champions League ultimate, oversaw a sixth-placed Premier League end in his solely season at Stamford Bridge.
And with the USA appearing as hosts alongside Canada and Mexico for soccer’s most prestigious match in 2026, Pochettino believes his gamers ought to harbour ambitions of successful the whole occasion.
“We have to consider in large issues that we will win, not solely a sport however the World Cup,” Pochettino stated.
“If we don’t, the journey will probably be troublesome. Now we have to suppose large. That’s the solely method to put your expertise within the service of the workforce. It’s a huge problem.”
Introducing… #USMNT Head Coach Mauricio Pochettino
— U.S. Soccer Males’s Nationwide Crew (@USMNT) September 10, 2024
The USA girls’s workforce gained the World Cup in 2015 and 2019 and claimed Olympic gold this summer time in Emma Hayes’ first match as supervisor.
Pochettino, who is aware of Hayes from the interval by which they each managed Chelsea’s senior groups, reserved particular reward for her, whereas additionally wanting his gamers to be impressed by how profitable the ladies’s workforce had turn into in current instances.
“In Emma, we have now the perfect coach on the earth,” stated Pochettino.
“The ladies’s workforce has gained every part. We have to match them. They have to be our inspiration, not solely with outcomes however in the best way they create the philosophy to defend the nation, the badge and the tradition.
“We wish to create one thing particular.”
Pochettino’s first sport in cost will probably be a pleasant versus Panama on the Q2 Stadium in Austin on October 12.
