{"id":793524,"date":"2026-07-30T15:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T15:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/793524\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T15:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T15:00:16","slug":"winners-and-losers-of-mauricio-pochettino-reportedly-returning-as-usmnt-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/793524\/","title":{"rendered":"Winners and Losers of Mauricio Pochettino Reportedly Returning as USMNT Head Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">After the USMNT&#8217;s disappointing FIFA World Cup exit, questions started to swirl regarding the future of manager Mauricio Pochettino. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">However, just a few weeks after the round-of-16 loss to Belgium, United States fans may be rejoicing after all. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">According to a <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7458418\/2026\/07\/29\/mauricio-pochettino-usmnt-us-soccer-talks-close-deal\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">report <\/a>from The Athletic, the U.S. is close to keeping Pochettino on as head coach through the 2030 World Cup cycle. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The Argentine initially signed with the United States Soccer Federation in 2024. Since then, he has revitalized the program, unearthing overlooked talent and putting heavy hitters such as Folarin Balogun, Christian Pulisic and Weston McKennie in positions to succeed. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">With another four-year World Cup cycle ahead for the Stars and Stripes under Pochettino, the sky is truly the limit for what lies ahead. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Here are the winners and losers of Pochettino returning to the USMNT. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After the USMNT&#8217;s disappointing FIFA World Cup exit, questions started to swirl regarding the future of manager Mauricio&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":793525,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-793524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=793524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/793525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=793524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=793524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=793524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}