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I honestly thought you were kidding that you like Ggg.

Oh well.ill shut up on this topic.

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Just ignore him. Today for the first time I used the ignore function for a poster. It's a bit, and it isn't that funny and it's run its course.

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Damn. i"m agreeing with you. I must have caught up to you age. (I'm '94 too. )

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It's not a bit. Gregg won multiple cups as our coach. I feel like y'all are taking crazy pills…

Edit: I sincerely apologize for ruining y'all's fun. I'll stop posting on this thread.

I hope I'm proven to be a fool. I hope this new coach is wildly successful…

🚨🇺🇸 Mauricio Pochettino, prepared to sign this week as new USMNT head coach.

After verbal agreement weeks ago, all legal topics are being resolved and the contracts are almost ready.

If all goes to plan, formal steps could follow this week for Poch. 🤝🏻 pic.twitter.com/XZlqYVeVeh

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) September 3, 2024

Finally. (Maybe).

Part of me wonders if the delay is a bit contrived to deflect criticism for him not coaching this window. Seems to have taken a really long time.

Or maybe he'll be the first coach in history to have to wear a polo shirt full of sponsors.

I definitely think they're trying to give Poch (or any new manager) a soft landing by not making them manage the squad for these first two friendlies. When they announced that Vargas would coach the team this window, it didn't immediately make sense to me, but there's definitely something to being able to flush the results against a fired up Canada team (the manager really).

They've said for months regardless who they hire and when they hire him, they were going to have Vargas coach this cycle.

Yeah, we talked about it on page 10 of this thread. It's always been the plan to shield whomever was hired from having to jump right in and have the team possibly not look great in the Sept friendlies.

I get that, but by delaying, the narrative can shift away from it being "the plan" - instead, it's a necessary reality, as seen in this rare official tweet regarding the matter (which caused a lot of unnecessary hand-wringing). As far as I recall, all the stories about how Varas would serve no matter what were from the same folks that leaked the Poch news. We've seen nothing official about either… but now that it's late enough in the process, the official narrative becomes one that's a lot easier to justify.

With the search for a new head coach continuing, Mikey Varas will serve as interim head coach.

A Q&A with Varas breaking down today's roster announcement ⤵️

— U.S. Soccer Men's National Team (@USMNT) September 1, 2024

If it weren't for BS from Chelsea, he would've been hired weeks ago.

Mikey Varas was a youth coach for FCDY just a few short years ago..... This is a SpaceX-type trajectory for him

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Mikey Varas was a youth coach for FCDY just a few short years ago..... This is a SpaceX-type trajectory for him

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And he completely failed the U20s in their championship game.

Soon.

(Hopefully)

🚨 EXCL: Select US Soccer executives are flying to Barcelona to finalize the agreement on Friday with Mauricio Pochettino to become the next #USMNT head coach.

The plan is to record Pochettino in an announcement video to be released Friday or Saturday.https://t.co/rZ1VRYtSLO pic.twitter.com/7f0FplirC4

— World Soccer Talk (@worldsoccertalk) September 5, 2024

I wonder if he's ever been to Atlanta.

Hopefully he won't just be over here just for camps and competitions. I think ideally he'd spend at least half the year on this side of the pond, and most of that in ATL.

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Hopefully he won't just be over here just for camps and competitions. I think ideally he'd spend at least half the year on this side of the pond, and most of that in ATL.

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Will he qualify as an Alien of extraordinary ability?

Looks like USSF stepped up to the plate and ponied up the money (with generous help from billionaires and commercial partners)

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Pochettino signed a two-year contract, according to ESPN, which also reported that he will be paid $6 million per year - a pay cut from his previous job with Chelsea, but still enough to make him the highest-paid coach in USMNT history.

U.S. Soccer did not announce compensation figures. The Federation said Pochettino's hiring was supported by a leadership gift from Kenneth C. Griffin, the CEO of the hedge fund Citadel, and his philanthropic entity Griffin Catalyst, with additional support from Scott Goodwin, managing partner of the asset management firm Diameter Capital Partners, and USSF commercial partners.

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Poch gets paid!

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Looks like USSF stepped up to the plate and ponied up the money (with generous help from billionaires and commercial partners)

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Pochettino signed a two-year contract, according to ESPN, which also reported that he will be paid $6 million per year - a pay cut from his previous job with Chelsea, but still enough to make him the highest-paid coach in USMNT history.

U.S. Soccer did not announce compensation figures. The Federation said Pochettino's hiring was supported by a leadership gift from Kenneth C. Griffin, the CEO of the hedge fund Citadel, and his philanthropic entity Griffin Catalyst, with additional support from Scott Goodwin, managing partner of the asset management firm Diameter Capital Partners, and USSF commercial partners.

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Poch gets paid!

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Dayum.

Not sure how he'll live on $6mm a year though. Might have to cut some costs.

Reportedly he was making something like $13M a year at Chelsea so yeah, guess he's going to have to tighten his belt.

Interesting that he's living in Barcelona; guess he's still very connected with Espanyol.

Fun to go back and read this whole thread.

Congrats to Emma Hayes on her pay raise.

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They screwed the pooch when they didn't give the job to Marsch. The US isn't going to attract a top level international manager in their prime. We had an opportunity to turn the reigns over to the best coach we've ever produced and the powers that be intentionally snubbed him. Now we are left scrambling to replace a coach that has demonstrated on numerous occasions that he isn't up to par.


USSF is full of trash. Nepotism, greed and stupidity. Need to clean out the entire organization, not just Greg.

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This aged well.

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The only thing shocking is it took the federation more than a week to come to the decision.

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shocking that it didnt take them longer?

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You should be prepared for them to take 6-8 months to replace him.

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Exactly 2 months. Well ahead of schedule!

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Congrats to Emma Hayes on her pay raise.

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Don't think they are adjusting her salary.

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(Sources tell ESPN that Hayes' salary, however, will remain where it is, and not move in lock-step with Pochettino's.)

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Story Behind Poch's Hiring

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Congrats to Emma Hayes on her pay raise.

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Don't think they are adjusting her salary.

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(Sources tell ESPN that Hayes' salary, however, will remain where it is, and not move in lock-step with Pochettino's.)

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Story Behind Poch's Hiring

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I think he was joking.

Yeah I was. Looking back at the thread reminded me of that old argument.

Lol.. I couldn't keep track of the comments on this.

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Yeah I was. Looking back at the thread reminded me of that old argument.

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Aston94 was so sure of it.

Drop your questions in the replies 👇#AskPochettino https://t.co/22pdNCJGLJ

— U.S. Soccer Men's National Team (@USMNT) September 11, 2024

Is it just the playback or WTF is this clown show?
No music on the video.
Cut off the sound on both Cone and Crocker and Poch.

It's a US Soccer clown show. I was 30 minutes late so missed some of the technical difficulties. Telemundo's sound was great.

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It's a US Soccer clown show. I was 30 minutes late so missed some of the technical difficulties. Telemundo's sound was great.

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The technical difficulties were in the replay too. Shocking this is good.

So far love what Poch has said.

Poch might be Argentinian. But what could be more American than his answer? 🏆

Our interview with new @USMNT manager Mauricio Pochettino is now LIVE 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/VBzZN8Iv7k

— Men in Blazers (@MenInBlazers) September 13, 2024

“the right kind of arrogance…my teammate is behind me he’s going to defend me and we are going to fight.” there’s no better place this would work at- that’s brotherhood fc. and making use of that AND adding that fighting mentality ? everything I’ve wanted pic.twitter.com/5fML1JuM8V

— ًًً (@_captainpulisic) September 13, 2024