Pochettino to lead US in autumn friendlies against Peru, Chile, Mexico and Canada

[p]The ‌Americans will host [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/peru/Uend67D3/"]Peru[/a] on September ‌26th in Orlando before taking on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chile/KUCG35cM/"]Chile[/a] ‌in St Louis, Missouri, three days later. ‌They will renew their CONCACAF rivalry with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/mexico/O6iHcNkd/"]Mexico[/a] on October 3rd in Glendale, Arizona, before ‌facing northern neighbours [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/canada/x4toKORL/"]Canada[/a] in ⁠St Paul, Minnesota.[/p][p]US ‌Soccer said on Monday that [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pochettino-mauricio/zuJM7XDg/"]Pochettino[/a] had agreed ​to lead the men's team through to the 2030 World Cup after taking ​them to the last 16 at this year's tournament, which they co-hosted with ⁠Canada and Mexico.[/p][embed guid="b710abe6-00cb-42ce-bc82-635f201046bd" url="https://x.com/USMNT/status/2084656031410352619" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]“We ​are so excited to start this new phase of our journey with matches in front of our home fans. Their amazing ‌energy during the summer has set the standard,” Pochettino said in a statement.[/b][/p][p][b]“Our objective is always to play the best opponents possible, and these matches provide a variety of experiences for this group of players as we begin this new chapter of the US Men’s National Team.”[/b][/p][p]The ‌Americans finished first in their World Cup ​group ahead of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/australia/xSrf6qMM/"]Australia[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/paraguay/YaNlqp6j/"]Paraguay[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/turkey/QeijuHo5/"]‌Turkey[/a], and the six points they collected were the highest-ever total for the men's team at the tournament.[/p][p]They beat Bosnia and Herzegovina in the round of ⁠32 before losing ⁠4-1 to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/belgium/GbB957na/"]Belgium[/a].[/p]