The long-awaited official hire of former Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino as the new head coach of the US men’s national soccer team (USMNT) has finally come to fruition.

Spurs and Chelsea boss takes over a young USA team eager to take the next step forward ahead of the 2026 World Cup on home soil.

Former Tottenham and Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino has been hired to succeed Gregg Berhalter as U.S. men’s national team coach, 21 months before the Americans host the 2026 World Cup.

The Argentinian manager who has led some of Europe's biggest clubs will now take over the U.S. men's squad with less than two years to go before the U.S. co-hosts the FIFA World Cup in 2026.

A 52-year-old Argentine, Pochettino became the 10th U.S. coach in 14 years and its first foreign-born leader since Jurgen Klinsmann from 2011-16.

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For the past 5½ years, the focus has been on one element of the program, almost exclusively in a negative sense: Gregg Berhalter, the USMNT head coach from December 2018 to July