#USMNT coach Mauricio Pochettino says Chris Richards (ankle) is recovering but will not be available to play tomorrow against Germany in Chicago.

— Doug McIntyre (@ByDougMcIntyre) June 5, 2026

Hope he will be available by the Turkey match.

Berholter going to England.

I'm tired. i've had a few beers. i hike this is legit.

🚨EXCL: Derby County reach agreement with Vancouver Whitecaps to sign Sebestian Berhalter. Price for 25yo midfielder £4.5M fixed. Personal terms in place on 3+1yr deal. Medical to be completed after World Cup. #dcfc #dcfcfans pic.twitter.com/q0Z4e7LvIz

— George Graham (@GeorgeGraham86) June 5, 2026

Curiously. Is Championship better than MLS?

Debatable

Pahdz said:

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Debatable

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Interesting decision.

Speacking of Championship league, one of the lads i met from Crewe Alexander was with Bolton and got promoted to the Championship.

MLS is probably a more competitive league top to bottom, but as a whole yes. I'd bet a few of the top MLS teams could compete but they're not dealing with salary caps in England.

deadbq03 said:

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I think it's a good move for MLS guys just because it makes them more visible/obtainable to other European clubs.

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If a MLS guys ceiling is higher than the Championship then that's the only reason they should go to that league.

Edit - maybe not, guess there's the chance they could get promoted but if they do and they aren't PL level they're getting axed

Berhalter is better than Aiden Morris (for ex.) and Morris was a locked in starter for a Championship team all season long. Middlebrough almost got promoted this season. I should say he's better in my opinion.

Also, Championship being better than MLS is debatable, but a reason to move to the Championship is that rosters spots and starting spots are more competitive at that level than in MLS. If Berhalter is fighting for his spot every week it helps him get better for sure.

Looks like Dolo is coaching the U23s in the Olympics.

✅ OFFICIAL: Sebastian Berhalter has joined Middlesbrough FC on a 4-year deal from the Vancouver Whitecaps. 🔴🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/55Vbz44bMW

— USMNT Otaku 🇺🇸 (@USMNTOtaku) July 28, 2026

15 year anniversary of Klinsmann hiring.

Sounds like the US might be getting close to resigning Poch

wangus12 said:

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Sounds like the US might be getting close to resigning Poch

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Mixed feelings. He had them playing better than Berholter did but at the same time they **** the bed in the last match.

Doesn't really matter who we have until we change our youth system.

Rudyjax said:

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wangus12 said:

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Sounds like the US might be getting close to resigning Poch

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Mixed feelings. He had them playing better than Berholter did but at the same time they **** the bed in the last match.

Doesn't really matter who we have until we change our youth system.

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Gonna need that $40MM from FIFA to pay him.

I'd just be concerned that he seems likely to leave during the cycle for a club job and leave us high and dry

The juice probably isn't worth the squeeze IMO.

But I don't hate it.

USMNT HEAD COACH MAURICIO POCHETTINO IS OFFICIALLY BACK THROUGH 2030 🙏🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/aWPkMnRhXu

— USMNT Only (@usmntonly) August 3, 2026

Legit?

I think this is good overall. He tried a lot of different things and pretty much played the lineup most fans would've picked.

Hoping our young CBs like Banks, Norris and Pierre continue to grow.

ESPN is confirming it.

ESPN

You're not going to replace him with anyone that you know will be just as good, so imo its obvious that you keep him around if he is interested.

Happy with keeping Poch. Need to improve the CB and GK situation, but felt like he got better as he understood the player pool.

Hopefully he'll continue to integrate young talent into the pool and increase the floor of this team. The big worry is him leaving mid-cycle to a club team (EPL).

JJxvi said:

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You're not going to replace him with anyone that you know will be just as good, so imo its obvious that you keep him around if he is interested.

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I tend to agree that continuity is probably a good move at the moment, but he is costly and if we're honest, the results are maybe only marginally better overall than GGG. Eye test is certainly better in most cases, that is to say that I like the way we play better - but truly, the end results aren't different.

I wonder if getting BJ Callahan for half the price would've been a better move, but I wouldn't be surprised if USSF has fully burned that bridge so it's not even a viable option.

Another transfer

🇺🇸🔴 BREAKING: Middlesbrough is finalizing a deal to sign USMNT wingback Max Arfsten from the Columbus Crew, per sources.

- Fee up to $7.5m (incl. add-ons)
- Crew retain significant sell-on %
- Arfsten expected to travel to complete move in days/weekhttps://t.co/Aa7LZknXir

— Tom Bogert (@tombogert) July 31, 2026

I don't see him leaving mid-cycle unless a Champions league club came calling - post Copa America seems like the most likely time to leave and I think it'd be natural to promote Dolo from his U23 gig.

🚨🔵⚪️ Gio Reyna to RC Strasbourg, here we go! Deal in place for the American to join BlueCo project from Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Fee worth €3m, medical booked on Monday as @CyrilOlives reports on L’Equipe. 🩺

Gio has agreed to the move. 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/Wg0DxEfv0K

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 2, 2026

Sure hope Gio figures out how to get on the field consistently. He's still young but he's running out of time to fulfill his potential.

Thats because "GGG" is mostly **** upon for not being what some expect, rather than being actually bad.

He's not Pochettino, but he's also not bad. The weaknesses of both coach's team devolve mostly from the players available to them, IMO.

JJxvi said:

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Thats because "GGG" is mostly **** upon for not being what some expect, rather than being actually bad.

He's not Pochettino, but he's also not bad. The weaknesses of both coach's team devolve mostly from the players available to them, IMO.

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What makes me tap the brakes on Poch is that he costs more than double.

We crapped on GGG largely because USSF was taking the cheap and safe approach.

Now they've splurged but the results aren't much different. Again, I'd much rather watch Poch's WC team than GGG's due to tactical preference but at the end of the day, it's a results game and the results are largely a push for WC games and at this point, GGG was clearly better in CONCACAF (but also struggled early).

I'm optimistic but wary. Maybe I've been burned by too many Aggie football HC extensions, but I feel like there's a decent chance we're going to need to pay a big buyout because Poch's CONCACAF record doesn't improve and WCQ is on the ropes.

For me, the worst outcome isn't Poch leaving early. If he leaves early for a champions league caliber job, it likely means he'll have done well here - in which case I'd be sad to lose him, but he likely will would leave a good blueprint for the next guy.

The worst outcome is if he fails, and while I don't think it's likely, it is a concern to have a high salary coach on a long contract when he really has a spotty record here outside of 3 WC wins against bad teams. He's adapting and figuring out how to coach this team far more than GGG ever did so I remain hopeful that he's going to accomplish great things.

Watching the USMNT under Poch was the first time I've seen the US try do something other than "out athlete the other team". Even when we had Donovan and company it felt like it was watching youth "kick ball" soccer and just hoping you could defend enough to draw.

Under Poch we saw excitement on the offensive side and the ability to play chess with solid teams. American needs an identity like Italy, Spain, Germany, etc to help rally the youth programs. We see it in football. Elite players are learning spread offenses starting at 13 after we saw big success in NFL and CFB programs.

akm91 said:

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Hopefully he'll continue to integrate young talent into the pool and increase the floor of this team. The big worry is him leaving mid-cycle to a club team (EPL).

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I mean sure. But the same could be said about anyone you hire.