sponsored by rxc card club.com get a free prescription drug card and save up to 85% on prescription drugs R xcard club.com High ement players Christian poic Janis muser reacted to Macio pochettino's impending arrival cbssports.com pochettino has already agreed to be the USA soccer's next head coach ahead of the 2026 World Cup Getty Images several players on the US Men's National Team have praised us soccer's move to hire Mauricio pochettino as the new head coach particularly ahead of the 2026 World Cup on home soil that many hope will feature a statement making performance from the co-hosts pochettino reportedly agreed to take the job in mid- August though the deal has yet to be finalized he is expected to be present when the Usman returned to action in September with friendlies against Canada in Kansas City and new New Zealand in Cincinnati but whether or not he will formally coach the team during that window is yet to be determined news of poino impending higher comes weeks after the Usman crashed out of the copper America group stages demonstrating that the team has work to do before putting together a strong showing at the World Cup in 2 years time the earlier than expected cop America exit led us soccer to fire then head coach Greg B halter in July a move many hoped would lead to us US soccer selecting a high-profile successor with the World Cup in Mind by landing on poino US soccer looks set to do just that the Argentina native is one of the most respected coaches currently working in the sport and has experience at the top level poino has mostly coached in the Premier League through stints with Southampton Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea but also worked at Paris saner when lonel Messi Killian mbappe and Neymar were on the squad his hire is a natural signal that the ement intends to level up something that the players seem to be aligned on as the way to work with a new coach continues here's what the Usman players have had to say since news broke that pochettino agreed to fill the vacancy Anthony Robinson us Defender Anthony Robinson was amongst the first players to comment on the potential hire calling the move a fresh start ahead of the 2026 World Cup he's a very good manager I'll be interested to see how he comes in how he gets used to the boys how we get used to him he told NBC after fulham's 1 to Zer lost to Manchester United on August 16th it's a fresh start now obviously is are going to be on the World Cup and he's got two years to get the best out of us that we can and we've got to give everything for him so that he can be successful with us Janis muser the midfielder came out with his support for the higher a few days later reflecting that pochettino's experience at the top levels of the game could help a group of us players who have similar Ambitions honestly when I saw the news it was nice to see that a manager L ik poino who coached a lot of top teams agreed to coach for us Musa told CBS Sports goloso Network morning footy this month I don't think it's official yet or whatever but if he becomes our manager I feel like he'll be able to help a lot