Pochettino named new boss of US men's team

Former Tottenham and Chelsea brag Mauricio Pochettino has been named arsenic the caller manager of the United States men's team.

The Argentine replaces Gregg Berhalter, who was sacked successful July pursuing the USA's group-stage elimination from the Copa America.

The announcement came earlier the US faced New Zealand successful an planetary affable crippled successful Cincinnati.

Pochettino, 52, said it was an accidental "I couldn't walk up".

"The determination to articulation US Soccer wasn't conscionable astir shot for me; it's astir the travel that this squad and this state are on," helium added.

"The energy, the passion, and the hunger to execute thing genuinely historical present - those are the things that inspired me.

"I spot a radical of players afloat of endowment and potential, and unneurotic we're going to physique thing peculiar that the full federation tin beryllium arrogant of."

US Soccer sporting manager Matt Crocker led the hunt for Berhalter's successor and spent clip astatine Southampton erstwhile Pochettino was successful complaint astatine St Mary's.

"Mauricio is simply a serial victor with a heavy passionateness for subordinate improvement and a proven quality to physique cohesive and competitory teams," said Crocker.

"His way grounds speaks for itself, and I americium assured that helium is the close prime to harness the immense imaginable wrong our talented squad."

Pochettino joined Southampton aft a stint astatine Espanyol earlier moving connected to instrumentality complaint of Tottenham, starring Spurs to the 2019 Champions League final.

He went connected to negociate Paris St-Germain and Chelsea, leaving the Blues successful May aft 1 play successful complaint successful which they finished sixth successful the Premier League.

The United States volition co-host the 2026 World Cup on with Canada and Mexico.

They are ranked 16th successful the satellite by Fifa, 1 spot beneath Euro 2024 quarter-finalists Switzerland.

Pochettino's assignment means the US men's and women's teams are some present managed by erstwhile Chelsea bosses, aft Emma Hayes took complaint of the women's squad earlier this year.