Former national team coach of the United States Bruce Arena criticized the appointment of the current head coach Maurisio Pocheto, stating that a non-American lacks the necessary understanding of the country’s culture.
Argentina coach Pocheto was appointed with the task of leading USMNT to lead in the 2026 World Cup last August, jointly hosted by the US, Canada and Mexico.
He is far from the first non-American coach of USMNT. German Jargon Clinsman led the team between 2011 and 2016 and Serbian Bora Milutinovi took over the USMNT last time to host the World Cup in 1994. Coaches from England, Poland and Greece have also led the team over the years.
But San Jose earthquake coach at MLS now made it clear that he is not a fan of the approach.
“You know that if you look at every national team in the world, the coach is usually a domestic coach,” Arena said on the “unfunded saucer” podcast, which is with the former USMNT Stallwarts Landon Donovan and Tim Howard.
“And I think it is difficult when you have coaches that do not know our culture, our environment, our players.
“And I think when you are the coach of a national team, you need to know your environment, you need to know the animals you are coaches, and we are lacking. If you are giving coaching to the American team, then you know the culture, you know the pride and how important the national team is. I think when you do not understand it when you do not understand it, because we do not separate it, because we do it in our country, because we do not do it in our country Separate, because we are different, because we are different, because we are different. “
The USMNT is coming in a disappointing two matches in the ConcacAF Nations League final last month, when it lost to Panama in the semi -finals before falling in Canada in third -place playoffs.
During the international window, Pocheto openly questioned the team’s mindset and character. He echoed the feelings in an interview published on Tuesday, stating that the talent alone would not be sufficient to earn a place on the roster for this summer gold cup.
The next summer focus remains when America would be looking at the at least its best World Cup performance in modern times – when Arina led it in the quarter -finals in 2002.
And Arenna, which ended the failure to qualify for the Chota Second Magic 2018 World Cup in 2017 in 2017, expressed concern whether USMNT would be ready to challenge the world’s best.
“You ask me if we lack pride, I am watching and I am surprised that we can’t beat Panama and Canada,” he said. “It was shocking to me.
“I don’t want to be abusive. I want them to do very well in the World Cup, there is no question about it. But we have only one year left. The time is over, and they got to go.”
