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Mauricio Pochettino's first USMNT roster speaks to central tension of his 2026 project

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Mauricio Pochettino's first U.S. men's national team roster is a near-replica of the group that crashed out of the 2024 Copa América .

The only notable inclusions are goalkeeper Zack Steffen , who was once the USMNT No. 1 but has not played for the national team since March 2022 .

Or would he use the camps to begin implementing his system, and instilling his principles and values, and building relationships with the core group that will, in all likelihood, still be the core group come 2026 ? His first roster — the first of less than 10 between now and the World Cup — suggests that his answer is the latter. There is no time for left-field experiments, no time for net-casting. The core is the core. Pochettino will have a few dozen legitimate training sessions, and around two dozen games, to maximize it..

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