The U.S. National Team has just consummated what is the first failure in the Mauricio Pochettino era, a coach who came in for maximum accountability and has failed in the tournament that the team had won three consecutive times.
The USMNT fell on the hour to Panama, 0-1, at SoFi Stadium before Mexico went out in search of a place in the CONCACAF Nations League final.
“Our president Donald Trump likes to exert pressure, but he’s welcome,” Pochettino commented before the match, unaware that he would be out and would not be present in next Sunday’s final.
After missing the Russia 2018 World Cup, the U.S. team is obliged to amaze with its soccer in the World Cup that it will share with Mexico and Canada in 2026; a fact that it has not achieved, and the last result against Panama confirms it.
Donald Trump puts pressure on Pochettino and the US national team ahead of the 2026 World Cup
In social networks there are different opinions about the performance of the team that, although it has several elements playing in Europe, is not able to make the great leap that is expected.
The goal that sentenced the United States
Cecilio Waterman scored a stunning goal in the fourth minute of added time. The pass was given by Adalberto Carrasquilla and the goal scorer went on to execute a cross shot impossible for the goalkeeper. This goal was the eleventh goal for the international, in the only shot on goal taken by the Panamanian team.
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