Inside Pochettino’s first month in charge of USMNT: Mate cups, meetings and a chance encounter

Over dinner at a Mediterranean restaurant near their Central Park hotel last month, Mauricio Pochettino explained to U.S. Soccer staffers the cultural significance of mate, the herbal tea enjoyed by South American soccer players including Lionel Messi. Among the thoughts Pochettino shared with his new colleagues that night in New York was the name of…

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