Dug McIntire
Football journalist
HUTON – On Sunday, the American men national team aims to win a trophy. It will be against Mexico, the main rival, which is a team featuring its top players and mostly in front of the sale of 70,000. El tri Fan at NRG Stadium.
They did not get this. And now the difficult part comes.
But we will reach it. Mexico claimed a 2–1 win in Sunday’s ConcacAF Gold Cup final-the controversy came with the controversy. American manager Maurisio Pochetino said he should have been awarded a second half penalty kick with a score. Nevertheless, the Mexico match was fully dominated.
Despite the disadvantage, it was a clear victory for the heat pochethino and their shorthand squad, a Christian police and about a dozen other regular recalls in the last five weeks.
It also sends a clear message. Especially with the biggest exam of all of them – 2026 World Cups on the soil of the house in less than a year.
“It is to be translated immediately, or I think Maurisio probably won’t call people inside,” said only one handful of World Cup roster lock as well as a companion Mainstead, with a handful of richards, Malik Tilman and Tim Rem, “Heart-And-SO US Midfielder Tyler Adams said.
America came down in Gold Cup. It is now everyone’s eye that the biggest of the next year’s biggest towards them – World Cup. (Photo by Robbie Ja Baret – AMA/Getty Images)
Entering this gold cup, the first four consecutive matches were lost in about two decades, the USMNT won five directly to reach the Sunday final. Even more importantly, he showed flexibility, character and pride – qualities that have been missing many times since the 2022 World Cup.
“I think we understand what the standard is now,” Reem said. “We understand what we need to do on the field and outside. We understand what kind of culture wants us. It took a little longer.”
better late than never. The arrival of Pchethino, the highly considered former Chelsea, Tottenham and PSG boss, was a shock to the system for a squad that Qatar was the second smallest in 2022. Most players have never had the coach of the national team in addition to Greg Burhelter, which were shown in the US-Hosted Cop Emiris in the last summer.
Pocheto is an old school. He demands a total commitment from every player, and he is at the fourth place of the USMNT in the Nations League final in March and was surprised by the fact that many players, most specially Star Man Police, asked to leave this gold cup behind that failure.
With some of his European-based standouts disappearing, Pchethino selected an MLS-roster. He had a shortage of genealogy that he made with hunger and desire. Some, like the attacker Diego Luna, now cement their World Cup locations, if the spot has not been started. But to succeed on the largest platform in the next summer sports, Pchethino will need to be present and fully purchased for all its top people. It is on them to prove that they are.
Diego Luna united his World Cup roster spot with Tyler Adams, while Alex Freeman gained some valuable experiences. (Photo by Eric Baker/ISI Photo/USSF/Getty Image)
Center Back Richards said, “There are some non-conversations from now on.”
“When people come back to the camp, I think these are some things for which we have to justify each other, and hopefully go ahead, if we can add a little more quality to it, I think we are going to be a really difficult team to defeat.”
‘They are no longer inexperienced’
Next year’s big testing, time is not in favor of this team. While Americans will now and their 2026 World Cup openers play 10 tune-up matches, all small, 10-day, two-marm, will come during the FIFA window.
When they are reorganized in September for a pair of exhibitions with South Korea and Japan, they will have to run into the field. If not regularly ready, they will have players behind them.
Young Fullback Max Arfasten and Alex Freeman were not perfect during the Gold Cup, but both improved significantly. Sebastian Berhalter had a pair of major aid in the knockout stage. Luna was a revelation, even though it was held in most checks on Sunday.
“We are gaining the weight of experience for these people,” said Reem. “I said for some of them for some of them after the first knockout game: they are no longer inexperienced. They have taken everything on the board for the last five weeks, and it has been effective to see everyone and learn on the fly and contribute to big ways.”
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It was not just young, either. It will be 38 years old in September, which has won an initial work next to Richards and if the World Cup starts today, there will be a starter. Tilman and midfielder Luka de la Torre have so far enjoyed their longest run run of the USMNT Games. With the absence of large names, he was also forced to play a big role from the field.
“Chris Richards, for example, has stepped into a vocal role in the context of the leading, ensuring that people are doing the right thing, making sure that people are in the right position,” Reem said. “Malik is one and one. The most calm man but leading for example.
“This group has really been a very positive to detect more people within this group and there is something that gives us a good foundation that can help anyone moving forward who comes to the camp from here.”
Most Gold Cup absences will return. it is inevitable. But they will only return to the terms of pochtino, and they will find a strong, more serious accessory cast when they do.
Meanwhile, the coaches will soon not forget those who were in this summer, and the most excluded the pre-peculants expectations. It goes to everyone from US captain Adams in the 2022 World Cup, for the third-string keeper Chris Braddy.
“At the end of the season, I was dried to be quite fair,” Adams said, who play for Bornmouth in the Premier League of England. “But mentally, I wanted to be a role model for many people here and wanted to be a role model, because I like to play for this team and this country.
,I told every player after the game how proud I was – not only on the development of every person, but as a team. ,
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