Surprised no one posted about this yet. Mauricio Pochettino has come down hard on Timothy Weah and those who are voicing their concerns about the World Cup's high ticket prices. It's not your job, shut up and dribble, accept these ticket prices. Trust FIFA, is what the #USMNT manager is telling people to do. pic.twitter.com/exAAv386tz— herculez gomez (@herculezg) January 30, 2026 EDIT: quotes are at the very beginning of the video.
For context, all weah said was "'It is too expensive,' Weah was quoted as saying this month by France's Le Dauphiné. 'I am just a bit disappointed by the ticket prices. Lots of real fans will miss matches.'" and I believe that was in response to a question. He didnt mention fifa or anything overtly political Also ticket draw will be tomorrow. Fifa had an error earlier today, so some people already know the results.
I don’t think Poch was using the term “political” to mean libtards vs MAGATs. I think he was using in the broad sense, referring to hot button topics related to the overall World Cup. He doesn’t want his players getting up in controversial topics or being used by the media to push certain agendas one way or the other. He wants them focused on the task at hand and wants to limit distractions. And of course, he’s 100% correct. The self-righteous media members will be fishing for any quotes they can get in order to push some obnoxious political narrative. As we get closer to the WC and it works its way into the main stream media, this effort will only increase. Poch is absolutely correct to keep his players focused on what’s happening on the field and keep them from creating any drama or bulletin board material off the field.
I think what Poch said was pretty dumb. He's an out of touch multi-millionaire, so I suppose it's easily explained. I do have two issues though: 1) if he was coaching Argentina, and the WC was hosted in Argentina, he wouldn't say this. Fans would literally burn his house down. For me, this is another example of his continued condescension towards American players and fans. 2) Even if I could excuse this as out of touch, even if I could excuse this as him feeling superior to this job and fanbase, the thing I can't excuse is that he ended the quote by saying that we need to trust FIFA, because they'll do the right thing. Bro... that is the absolute epitome of a shameless corporate shill. We should trust FIFA to do what's best for fans??? GTFO. I'm glad he turned the team around finally and they are playing some decent stuff, but I'm pretty much done with Poch at this point. Can't wait for him to be gone after the WC.
No .. he's an out of touch, wannabe posh English person that certain sections of London are full of. See Kyle Crew's comments above. Spot on. Bootlicker with apparantly no empathy. Weah's comments are one of the few likable things about the USMNT heading into a home World Cup in a few months. Which is a reflection of the tone the head coach has set. He has not done anything yet to engage the casual domestic audience Fox is counting on to watch. Probably feels its beneath him or not his job to do it.
https://www.londonworld.com/sport/football/spurs/i-felt-empty-leaving-tottenham-5035506 Like any good grifter ... always looking for his next mark to pay him. Poch foaming the runway to try and return to Tottenham as soon as he can. Maybe he should have not done this interview and stayed focused on his current job. Like he is advising Weah to do.
You guys have helped by giving me some context and detail around Weah's comments. So, maybe Poch overreacted. But, I just like the fact that he has been working on the foundation with this team. Our issues have been deep. Psyche has been a bigger problem than skills. From afar, it has looked selfish and entitled. Too often in recent years, I've gotten the feeling that our players seem to have unjustified, prima donna type attitudes or something. Seems to me Poch is bringing tough love, discipline, and is in the process of shaping a culture that insists on the level of focus and passion that playing for your country should manifest naturally. The vast majority of the competitors in this upcoming global spotlight will have tears in their eyes, hearts full of gratitude, and a desperation to win for their country that will compel them to extend their bodies and focus beyond anything they've ever done before. Great leaders understand the importance of emotional triggers, heartfelt passion, purpose, and the idea of playing for something bigger than yourself. Average players become super human, especially when connecting with each other within this energy. For whatever collection of reasons, for a number of years now, the US Soccer teams appear to have lost their love and pride (on the pitch.) It appears to me that Poch does things to open eyes, hoping to increase awareness of the amazing opportunity, privilege and honor, to represent the greatest, most giving, country on the planet. I'm giddy and drooling over the opportunity to just watch this event unfold on our home soil. For the first time in a while, I feel like I've seen glimpses of heart that weren't there before. Time is short. We better find the love fast, if we don't want to be embarrassed in our own country. I appreciate Poch's sense of urgency.
Can these guys just fvck off already? The players don't know the basics, and we ain't teaching them. Isn't that what you're paid to do??? 🗣️ USMNT assistant coach Jesus Perez to the High Performance Podcast says the national team lacked the basics before Mauricio Pochettino took over as head coach:"We found that there was a lack of basics for whatever reason. They (the USMNT) were in a transition. What we did was… pic.twitter.com/fAHBnDnC7l— USMNT Otaku 🇺🇸 (@USMNTOtaku) February 10, 2026
Its lost in translation, but it sounded like when he meant basics he was talking about passion and putting the national team over club. Still, he and poch have had a rough 2 weeks in the media. Poch said the trophy he wants the most is the epl trophy.
That's like Nee being asked where he wanted to be in five years and saying coaching a college team, which actually happened IIIC.
I know he said that recently, but why the h3ll did we hire Poch in the first place? Ironic that the coaching staff says players don’t have heart or the right priorities, yet the head coach doesn’t have the right priorities.
Because some people look at how MLS is a retirement league without pro/rel and think that we need a foreign coach. Yes, there's people out there who think the Fed fired Jurgen too quickly, nevermind how he almost failed to make the hex.
Poch has shown that MLS is probably a lot closer than a lot of euros think. The pace of play is the only thing different. But tbh, the pace of play (and a lot of other stuff) has made the epl almost unwatchable as it is all press, turnovers, and set pieces.
HE.LOST.TO.MEXICO.IN.COLUMBUS. Nothing else has to be said. He caused us to fail to make 2018 in Russia. That one match, and we make it.
I'm surprised nobody is talking about THIS, I thought this might be an appropriate place to discuss it, given the nature of the announcement - I can't find any discussion on here... This is freaking huge in the wake of World Cup matches being far away, IMHO. Note that Cincy is not listed. https://www.dispatch.com/story/spor...olumbus-host-mens-womens-matches/88478170007/
So what does everyone think of this? Maybe we never thought he would stick around past the WC anyway. Might have liked the announcement a little later in the year. https://www.newsbreak.com/share/449...{"platform":1,"cv":"23.1.1","languages":"en"}
I think that 'reporting' is dubious, at best. That being said, as far as I'm concerned Madrid could have him now if they wanted, we could just bring in Cherundolo short term. I don't want Poch to stay, and I think this would be a terrible hire for Madrid, so for me it would be a win-win.