🚨 Mauricio Pochettino’s DEBUT 🚨 Alejandro Moreno gives United States a B+ vs. Panama | ESPN FC

On ESPN FC, Stevie Nicol and Alejandro Moreno weigh in on Mauricio Pochettino’s debut as the United States’ manager and react to their 2-0 win over Panama.
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[Merican_Jedi]

As a Chelsea fan I like Poch . Think he’ll be great for US soccer . I’m excited to see what he can do with this team . As of right now, there hasn’t been so much talent on our team at once . Tons of talent all over the field . It’s very exciting to be a US fan right now .

[wagfinpis]

I think it is wise to set Pulisic out of the Mexico game. Assessment of other players and keeping Pulisic healthy is a good plan.

[todwest]

The body language was totally different. They are playing for Poch, whereas they weren't playing for Derphalter. And who can blame them?

[nias]

Mark McKenzie did very well. I expected at least one major lapse. I am impressed with his play last night.

[damianmonzillo]

Much better. It was a good step forward. We also can’t expect an A from a coach and a team that has only met a couple of weeks ago!

[Swimmerman]

USMNT is still developing under poch of course, but I see this exactly like how working for a boss who just “gets it” and “knows” their stuff top to bottom. It can be one of the most rewarding experiences and you just push yourself to be better because you want to learn from them as much as possible.

Not to mention, when they speak, you know they’re speaking from experiences and what has “worked” at the highest level. That carries a different weight - unlike GGG.

Hopefully the positive trajectory continues!

[Jamaicanbwoi]

I think I’ll finally take American soccer seriously 🙏🏽

[eddiegonzalez]

“ Load management” aka Milan probably made a deal with Poch to have Pulisic be there for Pochs first training sessions/game only. Milan has a game on Saturday and champions league on Tuesday that would have been 4 games in a little over a week for Pulisic along with long transcontinental travel in between. Milan needs Pulisic as fresh as possible since he is practically their best player.

[SenorPalomo]

I saw more ball ⚽️ control and poise plus this win gives good momentum going forward.

[chegonzalez]

I’m so proud how our football⚽️ is evolutionarily different and doing very well for our continent “viva USA…”

[jayseereviews]

The team played nice and in both goals i seen them building walls passing the ball and then going to get it back and helping each other ( soccer society) nice duets also! and that is always a good thing and very difficult to achieve in a short period of time. The team needs to work on defense line a lot more. It was a great debut. Pochettino knows.

[Lukemasonmedia]

I had no idea we got him, let’s go! Finally a real coach, Poc should be huge for us

[rolandovivar]

Great discussion & points! Musa is young & still learning. Goal confidence builder for him. AC Milan, he likes to dribble and dribbles into trouble at times. Needs to dribble with his head up to pass to his team mates.I like Pepi's movement. Yes, performance is necessary, sub or starter at any time.

[maudalmusicalmachines]

You know, I wonder how many matches Ale has ever played in a year? He sureasshite never played as many as these guys do now! Also... I wonder if he's ever played a match at 3:30 in the morning. Because that's what time it was for all of our European players. So he can go fish with his energy comments 😉

That said, he's right it's a B/B+ performance. I'd say B at best myself. The whole 1st half... meh 😏 And long stretches of the 2nd half too. But those were 2 class goals. Not just individual brilliance, which is fine. But these were team goals. 2 different goals, but *really* well worked! A hopeful sign of what this team could look like 😁

[stansmith]

*The real challenge will be when they play against bigger teams... Jamaica and even Mexico that isnt doing that well beat Panama*

[johndk]

I'm 30 years old and this is the first time usmnt has seemed serious

[brianmarkley]

Considering the team was missing so many key players from injuries, a 2-0 win feels pretty good.

[sweeeetteeeeth]

i think it would be good to have pulisic play the first half against mexico, just to see how other players fit around him. at this point, it clearly looks like we're building lineups around him, so i think it would be sharp to spend as much time seeing how he fits with others as possible. i do also see why they would rest him, he plays a lot of football.

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10:22 İs this true? Not winning 26 out of 27?

[jimbrentar]

Schulte is the best US goalkeeper. He should be starting