What you need to know about Maurisio Pochettino is that, in his opinion, there is knowledge in not knowing.
In meditation on his unifying theory of the nature of knowledge, which is called to the famous Donald Ramsfeld. “Unknown unknown” diatribThe Argentinets explained on Thursday why he never informs the potential players of the United States male team, why they were not called.
“In our philosophy, players do not need to know,” said Pochettino, running into a six-minute monologue. “If the player should know, this is because he actually does not feel the sport as I feel. Because you really know when you play, why you play; And when you do not play, you also know deeply why. The rest … ”, and here he did not encourage, saying that he preferred not to use the term that he used the last window (“ Bullshit ”), and not offering an alternative.
“The player wants you to justify; They want to know evidence, ”he continued. “If you explain, you are going to make the player happy. Players, they need to know. Players who were not called today, they need to desperately try to do better [for] Their clubs. “
Pochettino spoke on the occasion of him Calling 26 players For friendly matches with Ecuador on October 10 in Austin, Texas and Australia on October 14 in a commercial city, Colorado. That is, 33 players who were previously called in the former Tottenham, Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain-manager, which was responsible for USMNT this time, will not know why (with the exception of those who suffered, and Tyler Adams, who will miss this window due to the upcoming birth of his second child).
There are remarkable returns: Weston McCannie, Cameron Carter-Vikerers, Mark Mackenzie, Miles Robinson, Aidan Morris, Tanner Tessmann and Haji Wright were returned to another look. James Sands will return to the US camp for the first time under the leadership of Pochettino. There were Yunus Musakh, Josh Sargent and Joe Scully, all of whom played well for their clubs.
Some players will be left strategically; Some are just outside the picture. What is this, no one knows, but for one person and his employees. For everyone else, this is incomprehensible. But players, at least … maybe must know.
In September, c The previous episode of the “Pozgiy Road” of the team for the 2026 World Cup.The Americans agreed without joy and panic loss with a score of 2: 0 in South Korea in New Jersey. But they followed this one became an energetic victory with a score of 2: 0 over Japan in Columbus, when the 3-4-2-1 system gave sufficient chances of evaluation, and finally impulse and optimism.
Both fans and observers hoped that this camp, with two more full international windows, behind which they would go in November and march before the United States gathered at the World Cup, would give a more final understanding of Pochettino’s thinking for his first choice.
But Pochettino continues to use her compound for sending messages, as since in March in the last defeat in the League of Nations Konkakaf-B, the last time several former permanent people, such as Mackenny, were seen in American Jersey.
“This is not because your name is one [thing] Or another, you will probably have a place on the list of the World Cup, ”Pochettino said on Thursday. – This is the idea that we fought last year to try to fix it. Change the culture. To change the idea: “It’s good, because in the past I act in some way, or because I have succeeded four years ago, now I am ready to come and use my place because it is my place.” I think this has changed a lot.
“This is an open system,” added Pochettino. “They must convince us to come again. They need to come here and speak, follow the rules, behave the way we want [them to] Fuck yourself and try not only to win games, but also to think and build something important. ”
Pochettino was also pragmatic in her list, deliberate, in which players fall out of their club environment and when. He carefully managed traveling and expected minutes from players who recently received serious injuries or high workloads, sometimes leaving players such as Sergions Dest and Antoni Robinson, with their clubs in respect for their long -term suitable for the year of the World Cup.
Robinson, who played only 64 minutes of the prime minister for Fulham from the moment he returned from his knee, is in the camp this time, but probably will not play for about 180 minutes. “It is important that he could be with us, his teammates,” said Pochettino. “This is not only about tactics; We are talking about providing some advantages to our players. The task is to help him feel confidence again. ”
In the same spirit, Pochettino allowed the players who settled with new clubs to stay there during the September window before calling them again. Forward Patrick Agemang, midfielder Malik Tilman and goalkeeper Matt Turner returned to the camp after they stayed in their clubs last month after the translations.
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Pochettino suggested that he could cause fewer football players of the Premier League in November – in September there were 11 in the camp and 10 this time – since their clubs will be either in the middle of the plays of the play -off, or already in their off -season.
In a sense, he behaves as a club manager, who, in the end, was his coaching career, until he adheres to work in the United States. Or, at least, he acts as the club manager can evaluate.
Often between club and international coaches from the players who are not quite suitable. Hancy Flik manager in Barcelona, for obvious reasons, was caused by his otunderkind Lamine Yamal Despite the injury Introduced by painkillers and reportedly forced to play against his desires, only to return to the club with an aggravated injury.
On the other hand, he also behaves as an international luxury manager to consider something outside the short -term perspective. In the end, the United States automatically qualified for the World Cup. And in his attempts to build a depth and consider the working load of players during the 18-month period, from his appointment through the World Cup, Pochettino was freedom and the relative lack of pressure in order to worry about how just the winner of the next match.
This pays off from time to time. Pochettino allowed Christian Pulishic to sit in the summer (although not without any contradictions), and the player began the flaming beginning of the series of the series A. Now he is the leading scorer of the League, which helps Milan first place after five rounds.
“I think we can say that he is now the most important player for the national team,” Pochettino told about the bullet on Thursday.
The correlation may not be a reason here, but most likely the weekend helped update it and may well bring dividends for the United States next summer. This is a calculation that Pochettino made that it is better to manage his players than to collect a full A-commander at any time, regardless of the problems that may occur downstream.
“We are preparing the World Cup,” Pochettino said. “We are not only preparing these two games.”
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The book by Leander Schaerlaeckens about the National Football Team of the United States, Long Game, will be released in the spring of 2026. You can Pre -order it hereHe teaches the field at the University of Marista.
