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Pochettino Leads USMNT to 6-0 Win Over Haiti in Farewell Match

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In Short: The USMNT's performance in the match was a near-perfect start to Pochettino's brief farewell tour, with the team showing little signs of distraction.

Mauricio Pochettino to Depart as USMNT Head Coach. U.S. Soccer

The match marked Pochettino's penultimate game with the USMNT before he joins Manchester United as their new head coach.

Pochettino, who had signed a four-year contract extension with the USMNT in August, announced his departure just three months later.

Auston Trusty, Julian Hall, and Weston McKennie scored for the USMNT, contributing to the team's most goals in a match under Pochettino's leadership.

Pochettino expressed his gratitude and appreciation for the opportunity during a press conference ahead of the match, saying, "I want to say thank you, thank you, thank you so much."

"It all was so quick," an emotional Pochettino said Friday after confirming his exit, reflecting on the rapid turn of events.

The USMNT's performance in the match was a near-perfect start to Pochettino's brief farewell tour, with the team showing little signs of distraction.

As part of the agreement with Manchester United, the club paid U.S. Soccer a reported $10 million to release Pochettino from his contract, along with an additional $2 million for the staff.

Pochettino's first match with Manchester United will be on November 18, after the second leg of the Concacaf Nations League quarterfinal series with Haiti on Tuesday.

"I think we have an amazing future, brilliant future in this country with the national team," Pochettino told reporters after the match.

"It's very difficult when out of 115 charges you are found guilty of 114 to know what the punishment should be to make it fair," Pochettino said, reflecting on a previous challenge he faced.

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Background

What's confirmed

• Argentine manager Mauricio Pochettino will coach the USMNT against Haiti in the first leg of the 2026-27 Concacaf Nations League quarterfinals, despite his impending move to Manchester United.
• Mauricio Pochettino will begin his United States farewell tour as it enters the CONCACAF Nations League quarterfinals against Haiti on Saturday.
• It was a near perfect start of what will be a brief farewell tour for Pochettino, who has agreed to become the head coach of Manchester United after two years coaching the U.S. Just three months after announcing a contract to lead the Americans through the 2030 World Cup, the U.S. Soccer Federation said Pochettino will depart next week for Old Trafford.
• It was a mostly pro-Haiti crowd on Saturday, with fans draped in their country’s blue and red colors cheering on the squad for reasons far beyond the game.
• Auston Trusty, Julian Hall and Weston McKennie also scored for the U.S., which had its most goals in a match under Mauricio Pochettino.
• “I just wanted to show it’s my time,” Balogun said.
• The second leg of the Nations League quarterfinals will take place Tuesday in Cincinnati (7 p.m., TBS, Universo). » READ MORE: Mauricio Pochettino talks about why he's leaving the USMNT for Manchester United “Pochettino is an amazing manager and he added a lot to us with the national team,” Balogun told TNT Sports.

What's still developing

• Before joining the USMNT in September 2024, he managed Espanyol, Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur, Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea.
• So how is Pochettino technically in charge of both the USMNT and Manchester United at the same time?
• But before he leaves for Old Trafford, Pochettino will lead the Americans for two final games, on Saturday and Tuesday vs.
• Man United is on break for the international window, when players return to their national teams for official FIFA matches, so Pochettino can finish out the Haiti series.
• Haiti have a chance to go level within two minutes of the confirmation of the U.S.
• #USMNT x @VW pic.twitter.com/3fBaZ6oDrH USMNT man Antonee Robinson leaves his leg in a hard challenge to sprinting Josue Casimir, and he’ll see a yellow card.
• Keep it locked here for Haiti vs USMNT live updates from team news and lineups to analysis and video highlights, plus reaction.
• “We need to believe that we can win,” Pochettino said that day in September 2024.
• Manchester United powerbrokers set to make a final decision on Michael Carrick's future after Wednesday's Monaco summit; Mauricio Pochettino, who has a £7m release clause in the contract he signed with the USA after the World Cup, has been lined up as his replacement Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Manchester United have reached a verbal agreement in principle with Mauricio Pochettino to take over as head coach.
• Pochettino and United go back a long way, with the Argentine's name associated with the club since he was spotted leaving a lunch appointment at Scott's restaurant in Mayfair with Sir Alex Ferguson in 2016.
• USMNT coach Mauricio Pochettino is reportedly finalizing a deal to replace Carrick.
• Toby Alderweireld was part of the Tottenham team that reached the Champions League final under Mauricio Pochettino Mauricio Pochettino heads to Old Trafford with a reputation for "brutal" pre-seasons, an obsession with fitness and a no-nonsense approach.

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