USMNT head coach Mauricio Pochettino said his team “didn’t approach the game in the same way as the rest of the World Cup” after its 4-1 defeat by Belgium, and accepted responsibility for the performance. He said:
💬 “I congratulate Belgium. They were better than us. It wasn’t our day. That is not to find excuses, because we didn’t show what this team normally can show. That is a reality.
“We need to learn. It’s a process. We need to assess this game and we need to see why we didn’t approach it in the same way as the rest of the World Cup. Maybe the explanation is easy: it wasn’t our day, collectively or individually. Of course, the person with the most responsibility is myself.
“And yes, we need to see and check what we did, because it wasn’t the performance or the way that we normally play.”
Pochettino did not say anything about his future with the team.