U.S.A Wants Me To Continue As Head Coach – Pochettino

Mauricio Pochettino has said that he’ll make a decision on his future as head coach of the U.S. soon. Poch and the United States have held talks over a potential extension that would keep the Argentinian manager on board following the expiration of his contract after this World Cup.

Revealing that the country’s FA already made him an offer to continue as manager, Pochettino disclosed that he is currently evaluating it.

The former Tottenham manager confirmed that he intends to make an announcement on his future next week.

His words, “We are evaluating it, looking at it [U.S. Soccer] has made me an offer to continue, and we will see. Next week we will make a decision.”

U.S. Soccer CEO JT Batson added, “As we shared, we were going to take a break after the World Cup and rest and recuperate.

I didn’t get to do too much resting or recuperating, but we’re excited about the discussions. They’ve been active about long-term planning.

As a recent example, we’re active in our discussions with Steve [Cherundolo] around the U-23 role, and we’re a key part of that process.

We’re feeling good about where we are overall, and we’re looking forward to the discussions.

There are lots of things that need to be true for us to continue to win World Cups on the women’s side, and for us to truly compete for them on the men’s side.

Our focus is on putting ourselves in the best position to be able to do that.

Obviously, our senior team performances matter, as do the state of our youth national teams, as do the state of our pathways more broadly, as do the state of our talent identification and development, as do the state of our coaching.

I think one of our hopes is that we do a better job of educating our fans and educating our stakeholders on all of the things that matter.

We want to be Argentina, we want to be Spain, competing in a final.”