🎶 MUSIC TO MY EARS 🎶 Herculez Gomez loves what he's hearing from Mauricio Pochettino | ESPN FC

The ESPN FC panel of Sebastian Salazar, Herculez Gomez, Alejandro Moreno and Frank Leboeuf react to Mauricio Pochettino's comments ahead of the USMNT's matchup with Panama.
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[@USmensnationalteam]

Sebastian Salazar, Herculez Gomez, and Alejandro Moreno understand the dynamics of American futbol and its culture!

[@yenc90]

All sound like legit American names 😂

[@Photosoflife]

@@yenc90 20% of the American population is Hispanic and has names like them. Get with the times. Literally 1 in 5 Americans are now Latino.

[@frasercalder6555]

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[@frasercalder6555]

As soon as I see/hear Alejandro Moreno I turn off, can not stand listening to him

[@thomaschippendale5503]

Is part of Poch’s contract that he needs to say Soccer instead of Football?

[@a-walpatches6460]

Probably, did you see the way he hesitated before saying it. 😁

[@benoitwaffle5439]

Heaven forbid a guy understand that the audience he is speaking to is a country where it is referred to as soccer.

[@0Icelord0]

I think also to avoid confusion with American football

[@a-walpatches6460]

@@0Icelord0 You mean armoured throwball, call it what it is.

[@stoshbrodus21479]

I’m actually pumped up for our USMNT for the 1st time since I thought we would ride to the promised land under Klinsmann…. We had some really good players at the time and he had no clue how to use them & their talents.. I truely believe Poch has a similar talent pool to work with and will give them the tools to take us up another level !!

[@Micfri300]

This team is far better than the previous one because this group play in multiple leagues and so are more tactically advanced.

[@ZeroFamilon]

Idk, I wish I could be excited. But for me it feels like too little, too late from USSF. 1.5 years till the next WC and no major competitions outside of Concacaf. Plus now with all these injuries., who knows how much time Poch will have with an actual starting 11. I just don't know how much Poch can do with the limited timeframe. They never should have wasted 2 years bringing Berhalter back.

[@dirks6550]

Love that talk of a flexible system based on the players.

[@cms1982riswut]

Poch has a bit of humor in him too.

[@eliafadil7690]

does Herc always need to say "United states mens national team" can he nt say the US.

[@Photosoflife]

@eliafadil7690 Because he works for ESPN. And ESPN are constantly trying to force women’s sports onto a male audience that overwhelmingly has no interest in women’s sports. He has to toe the company line and be politically correct.

[@kbman99]

@@Photosoflife you must be missing a large portion of your brain because that's not even what the person is asking. And even if it was, most people in the US know our Womens team before the Mens team so I'd say it's good to clarify, you absolute moron.

[@jonwhite182]

With 4 World Cup titles, they kind of deserve it.

[@griffinocallaghan5979]

The belgiums of the world the Croatias of the world, the Italians of the world, the Frances of the world.

[@samplingmastersxlr8660]

@@jonwhite182 yes and no

[@drewbranch7700]

“Self inflicted wounds “ aka trying to be cute with the ball,keep it simple and play to your strengths. Common sense fútbol,exactly!!!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@brianbunker2150]

If we don’t win this match I’m gonna crash out.

[@YoungKing50]

Calm down Jamal

[@cuzzozanteeno2127]

Why doe these Friendy matches matter so much to the USMNT fanbase? Half of the team is injured and when they played Panama @ Copa America 1 player and a bad coach cost the team a knockout round match. Don't overcompilate the FIFA friendlies. This is just a test match, the title matches should be every American soccer fans concern.

[@brianbunker2150]

@@cuzzozanteeno2127 I was being dramatic on purpose. I’d prefer we hold camp in Europe so the players aren’t traveling thousands of miles and risking a starting role the following weekend, and for what? A meaningless match against Panama and Mexico. Pulisic looked tired AF in his pre match interview and has to play Saturday and Tuesday and fly back to Italy to suit up again next Saturday. It’s too much, his form is hot right now and this window is bugging. Same for mckennie, he appears to be winning a starting role at Juve and this window will compromise that when he returns to Turin.

[@cuzzozanteeno2127]

@@brianbunker2150 💯

[@deco5057]

That doesn’t seem to be a good idea. 😂😂😂

[@a-walpatches6460]

Playing out from the back has the same PR problem as zonal marking, it looks horrendous when it goes wrong so people ignore the majority of occasions when it helps.

[@brianthompson8206]

Hearing Poch correct “football” to “soccer” hurt me a bit.

[@s3rg10arg6]

Je suis toujours surpris par la faible participation des fans de football aux États-Unis, un programme comme ESPN Parlant de leur équipe de football n'a pas plus de 10 commentaires, dans d'autres parties du monde, il en aurait facilement 500, 800 ou plus de 10 000. Il lui reste encore un long chemin à parcourir dans le football ou Soccer comme vous l'appelez.

[@Junode]

C’est pas le sport le plus populaire dans notre pays, mais il est en pleine croissance.

[@woodrowwilson2430]

Yeah it’ll never be like other countries here

[@TrainerAQ]

USA needs to play like if every friendly is a World Cup Qualifier if they want to be ready for the World Cup! Cause USA has no other competitive days until the big day in 2026!

[@Loop1977]

Wow Moreno is on board for once now Poch is really turning the tide lol jk. Love Frank Lebouf, but I’m also very tired of hearing anything about Chelsea, Chelsea this, Chelsea that, how Chelsea was when so and so used to be there. Ask Frank about his France national team experience not his club experience with Chelsea. Panama are a bunch of hacks, ik Poch wants to make a statement, but I hate risking healthy players on a Panama friendly. I hope Poch is smart enough to only play the players getting regular minutes at club level for only a half each game, forget the results. So far, I’m liking what Poch is saying, see what type of team he has then play to their strengths not force a style on them that doesn’t work that will lead to failure out of lack of being tactically flexible.

[@ariessilva]

The polar opposite of what josh wolff and Ggg were all about. Let's go!

[@navyryder]

Pochettino was doing very well there with Chelsea at last part of the season, Chelsea should of have given him more time, they would have been much better now.