Mauricio Pochettino has agreed to become the new manager USA The coach is responsible for leading the team to the 2026 World Cup, a source told ESPN on Thursday.
Pochettino, 52, has been unemployed since leaving Chelsea by mutual consent earlier this summer after just one season in charge at Stamford Bridge.
A source told ESPN that the former Tottenham And Paris Saint Germain The coach agreed. Gregg Berhalter Success as head coach of the USMNT after lengthy discussions with Matt Crocker, the USSF technical director.
Crocker, who previously worked with Premier League team Southampton and the English Football Association, have been tasked with recruiting a world-class coach to ensure the United States enters the 2026 World Cup — the United States co-hosts with Canada and Mexico — as a competitive nation, capable of advancing to the later stages of the tournament.
Efforts to recruit Jürgen Klopp after he left in the summer Liverpool failed to materialize, but Pochettino agreed to take on the role in a major turnaround for USSF.
Pochettino is expected to be appointed in time to take charge of the USMNT’s match against Canada in Kansas City, Kansas, on September 7.
Sources told ESPN that Pochettino has been considered as a potential candidate. replace Gareth Southgate as England coach.
