Mauricio Pochettino spoke with Jenny Taft to break down the United States’ loss to Belgium in the 2026 FIFA World Cup™.
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Mauricio Pochettino spoke with Jenny Taft to break down the United States’ loss to Belgium in the 2026 FIFA World Cup™.
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GLAD THE GRINGOS, WHO THINK THEY ARE BETTER THAN THE REST OF HUMANITY, LOST…FEEL GOOD MOMENT
This is the WORLD CUP for goodness sake………they looked scared…….
Very surprised how bad the US looked today……..
What the team U.S.A. Player missed was heart and pride. To represent our team they played it like if it was high school mistakes over mistakes everybody saw there’s no excuse of their performance. They get paid thousands of dollars to at least have the dignity to play with hard at least and they did not no excuse, they’re better than us or their football is better than ours. You could write until that the team did not play with heart that’s why everybody in the US are disappointed in the US national men’s national team is that never played with heart and dignity and that’s a fact that they play better with other team I don’t know why they’re scared what they cannot play with heart with Europeans or are the continents that say why when they play with our own region, it blows my mind
Don’t think he heard that second question
New tactic is to stop playing against Belgium 🇧🇪 2014…2026…..perhaps 2030
Are you an American he's European 😂
Not his fault, he had no chance with those players
Those players never should have had the extra stress that was added on to them yesterday. Trump has always put the spotlight on himself and it was the players that suffered. Anything he touches is ruined
Was he in on the fix?
That's what I'm wondering..
Good coach they better keep him
richards fro gives him a defensive advantage
It looked like USA let Belgium win
Lesson number one. Recognise the game you are playing.
It is called Football and not soccer.
You will never be taken seriously by the world of football until you realise this fact.
Listen to your manager. You will never truly connect with the game until you understand it is called Football.
Every time you call it soccer, you insult the world of Football.
There was no team spirit, that was not a team aiming to win. Passes were not connecting and team was not attacking. Alex Freeman gets a beautiful pass in the first half but cant hold the ball (useless). Balogun did nothing and Pulisic gets the ball swiped from in front of him like he was some kind of toddler.
THe US needs to Stop looking Pulisic and Balogum as Captain ameirca and Saviour too much credit. These players wouldnt be any teams first nor second pick if they had a choose to have them in their team.
It is a work in progress … Gotta give it time. Give him another World Cup Cycle (If he doesn't get a better offer).
If we keep losing head coaches that is not a good sign … It means that either the governing body have no patience or that the head coaches really believe that the talent and will just isn't there and not worth their time and effort.
Sometimes you can point to bad coaching decisions (but not here) sometimes the players performance is lackluster and sometimes players make mistakes. Yesterday looked like the later two, lackluster effort and performance and too many mistakes – you can tell Pochettino wasn't happy when he Kicked the water cans – but as a professional he will say the right things.
We choked, plain and simple. The whole team looked super nervous for the first time in the competition. We'll play better next cup.
I kept shouting "SHOOT THE BALL" at my TV, only to see 50+ passes backwards and tackled away. Only BERHALTER took a legitimate shot. Everyone else didn't want the ball. Much respect to Berhalter for shooting the ball.
It's clear the red card corruption deal played a big part. Belgium decided to come out blazing, showing the correct say to win.
Horrible defense. Why didn't you use the players on the bench. I would've.
The morale was down and we know is is fully responsible for this loss. His freaking phone call took away al the merits the guys earned on previous games.
Fortunately he’s not the scapegoat. The players played with no heart and confidence. They quit on America
the players didn't approve of the Fifa decision and it broke there Moral and spirit sadly they couldn't say it loud
What do expect Trump got involved?😅😅😅😅😅😅
Need to pray we don’t lose him. If there is any hope of making America a legitimate team, it requires him
RED, WHITE, AND THROUGH US.
It's the coach's responsibility to PREPARE the team, mentally and physically. He failed miserably on both accounts. The USA looked like amateurs playing against pros. That's bad coaching.
Paraguay allowed one goal against, arguably, the best team in the tournament, France, and were never out of the game.
The US were out of the game, NINE mins in!!
The team lost mentality before they lost physically but all shall be well!
The US did a great job overall and this is just a learning experience. Big up to them. We will recover from this and be stronger next time! Just stay focused! The best is yet to come because now we have tasted success in the soccer realm too!
Go Team USA 💪🏾✊🏾👊🏾🙏🏾!
Nobody cares about soccer, and then you expect the USA to win? This isn’t just a Pochettino problem—it’s a football culture problem. The match starts, and most people on the street don’t even know the U.S. is playing in the World Cup. But if it’s a college football game, the streets are empty, stadiums are packed, and you see college flags on cars everywhere. That’s the difference. You can’t expect World Cup success when the sport simply isn’t a priority for most of the country. Re