Mauricio Pochettino has agreed to become the new United States coach with the responsibility of leading the team into the 2026 World Cup, sources told ESPN on Thursday.
Pochettino, 52, has been out of work 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 coach agreed to succeed Gregg Berhalter as USMNT head coach following lengthy discussions with Matt Crocker, the USSF technical director.
No final agreement has been signed between the two parties, the sources added, and the USSF board of directors is yet to sign off on any deal.
Crocker, who previously worked with Premier League team Southampton and the English Football Association, had been charged with recruiting a world-class coach to ensure the USMNT goes into the 2026 World Cup…
