Men's National Teams

New United States men’s national team head coach Mauricio Pochettino will oversee his first game in charge on Oct. 12 in a friendly vs. Panama. On Wednesday the first-ever Pochettino USMNT roster was announced featuring 25 players.

Let’s look at the players Pochettino will call upon for the upcoming friendlies vs. Panama and Mexico.

First Mauricio Pochettino USMNT roster

The full squad headed to Texas pic.twitter.com/A3KpUsnYpP

PARIS, Sept 30 (Reuters) - France midfielder Antoine Griezmann announced the end of his international career on Monday after being coach Didier Deschamps's most important player for a decade, during which he won a World Cup title.

The 33-year-old, who struggled at this year's Euros, was one of the key elements in the 2018 and 2022 World Cup campaigns as Les Bleus took the title in Russia and finished runners-up in Qatar.

Concacaf revealed the 2025 Gold Cup host cities and stadiums on Wednesday with 14 different venues set to host games next summer. Notably there are no host cities on the East coast as the FIFA Club World Cup, held in the United States, will be happening at the same time.

The Gold Cup runs from June 14 until the final on July 6 with 13 venues in the U.S. as well as Vancouver being one of the host cities. The majority of venues are on the West coast with a sprinkle of Texas, St. Louis and Minnesota.

2025 Gold Cup host cities

France's World Cup-winning defender Raphaël Varane announced his retirement from football at the age of 31 on Wednesday, bringing down the curtain on his successful career after suffering a serious knee injury.

Varane made 93 appearances for France from 2013-22, playing a key role in their victory at the 2018 World Cup in Russia, as well as their runners-up finish four years later in Qatar. He retired from international football in 2023.

Varane retires

Former Everton and United States men’s national team goalkeeper Tim Howard says that Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola and his tactics have had a negative impact on the sport. The Tim Howard Pep Guardiola comment has garnered plenty of attention.

Howard shared his opinion during an appearance on the new podcast “It’s Called Soccer” with Rebecca Lowe, Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville.

A former referee has admitted to have spared Lionel Messi from a second yellow card in return for his match-worn shirt.

Chilean refereee, Carlos Chandía, has confessed to having purposefully avoided giving Messi a booking. And all in the plan to receive the Argentine’s jersey at the end of a match.

Chandía was in charge of the 2007 Copa America semifinal match between Argentina and Mexico, with the Albiceleste blowing past El Tri with a 3-0 scoreline. 20-year-old Messi scored a beautiful lob to seal his country’s spot in the final.

New United States men’s national team head coach Mauricio Pochettino believes that one of his team’s biggest inspirations should be the U.S. women’s national team.

Pochettino spoke at his first press conference on Friday since officially being announced as the new USMNT head coach. Expectations are high for the world-renowned manager as he tries to get this team in poor form prepared for the biggest tournament of their lives in two years.

Mauricio Pochettino is the new head coach of a broken team.

An apathetic United States men’s national team went through the motions of September with two below par performances against Canada (lost 2-1) and New Zealand (drew 1-1).

The pair of results completes a humiliating summer that saw the USMNT win just one of their last seven games. Yes, the USMNT have only won one game in the last four months and been outscored 12-6 in the process.