Amid rumored links to the England national team and clubs like Tottenham and Manchester United, Mauricio Pochettino will embark on a journey with the United States with the goal of World Cup success on home soil.
Pochettino faced the media as head coach of the USMNT for the first time at a press conference in New York City on Friday.
Answering a question asked by DailyMail.com, Pochettino revealed why he chose the United States over other options presented to him.
‘First of all, because of the people that are here with me,’ Pochettino said – pointing to sporting director Matt Crocker and CEO JT Batson, who both played starring roles in bringing the Argentine Stateside.
‘Then because of the challenge and the potential to do many good things that make us think very seriously and to show the federation.
Mauricio Pochettino speaks to the media for the first time as head coach of the United States
‘I think it’s so exciting to be here – I think [US Soccer is] maybe the biggest challenge that we are going to [have]. We had another challenge, but this one is amazing.
‘Then to help [the US] to evolve in soccer. I think to be a part of that, I think it’s creating [in] us the motivation to accept that challenge.’
Pochettino added, ‘If you said to me I need to pick only one sentence or one word, it’s because we believe. It’s [to] believe we can help… to work together, to try to achieve what the people and us all want: to win and to win good games, if not to go for big trophies.
‘To have the possibility to be there competing for the World Cup or the Copa America or the big trophies that all the fans – and of course the players and us – want to be doing.’
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