‘No one congratulated us’: Inside Mauricio Pochettino’s strange clash with the US press pack

The US manager has enjoyed a solid rapport with the media, but a key difference in custom has rankled the Argentinian USA say they’re ready for surprises in Round of 32 Mauricio Pochettino’s most recent press conference should have been a routine affair. The US had lost 3-2 to Turkey, yes, but they’d played well enough in the second-half aside from conceding the last-minute winner. What’s more, the match was statistically meaningless, with the US having secured top spot in Group D days earlier. It was their best ever World Cup group-stage showing Instead, the team’s head coach went out of his way to chide those in attendance. Continue reading...

Pablo Iglesias Maurer · Tue, Jun 30, 2026, 8:21 AM
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‘No one congratulated us’: Inside Mauricio Pochettino’s strange clash with the US press pack

The US manager has enjoyed a solid rapport with the media, but a key difference in custom has rankled the Argentinian

USA say they’re ready for surprises in Round of 32

Mauricio Pochettino’s most recent press conference should have been a routine affair. The US had lost 3-2 to Turkey, yes, but they’d played well enough in the second-half aside from conceding the last-minute winner. What’s more, the match was statistically meaningless, with the US having secured top spot in Group D days earlier. It was their best ever World Cup group-stage showing

Instead, the team’s head coach went out of his way to chide those in attendance.

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