Landon Donovan

I'll tell you what you can do. My thought was, and still is, but that's going to waver in the next month if things don't go well, that Mauricio Pochettino was much, much bigger than U.S. soccer. And I don't mean that negatively. He's a big name. He's coached big characters.

I'll tell you what you can do. My thought was, and still is, but that's going to waver in the next month if things don't go well, that Mauricio Pochettino was much, much bigger than U.S. soccer. And I don't mean that negatively. He's a big name. He's coached big characters.

I'll tell you what you can do. My thought was, and still is, but that's going to waver in the next month if things don't go well, that Mauricio Pochettino was much, much bigger than U.S. soccer. And I don't mean that negatively. He's a big name. He's coached big characters.

So my hope would be that there was this plan in place that says, this is last chance saloon to get all of my guys together to see what I have. By the way, you're talking about evaluating? When the Gold Cup ends, Mauricio Pochettino will not know. Hear me out. I'm going on record as fact. He will not know what his best team is made of in the most difficult moments.

So my hope would be that there was this plan in place that says, this is last chance saloon to get all of my guys together to see what I have. By the way, you're talking about evaluating? When the Gold Cup ends, Mauricio Pochettino will not know. Hear me out. I'm going on record as fact. He will not know what his best team is made of in the most difficult moments.

So my hope would be that there was this plan in place that says, this is last chance saloon to get all of my guys together to see what I have. By the way, you're talking about evaluating? When the Gold Cup ends, Mauricio Pochettino will not know. Hear me out. I'm going on record as fact. He will not know what his best team is made of in the most difficult moments.

Do you understand what I'm saying? Let me say that again. He will not know what his best team has in the most difficult moments. Think about that for a second. So my thing is, there had to have been a plan in place that says, we are prioritizing the Gold Cup. We're going to win the Gold Cup. You and I have been in rooms with managers on the U.S. national team that have said to us this exact thing.

Do you understand what I'm saying? Let me say that again. He will not know what his best team has in the most difficult moments. Think about that for a second. So my thing is, there had to have been a plan in place that says, we are prioritizing the Gold Cup. We're going to win the Gold Cup. You and I have been in rooms with managers on the U.S. national team that have said to us this exact thing.

Do you understand what I'm saying? Let me say that again. He will not know what his best team has in the most difficult moments. Think about that for a second. So my thing is, there had to have been a plan in place that says, we are prioritizing the Gold Cup. We're going to win the Gold Cup. You and I have been in rooms with managers on the U.S. national team that have said to us this exact thing.

Listen, boys, we're going to play this tournament exactly how we're going to play next year's World Cup. We're going to use the same substitution pattern. We're going to use the same travel pattern. We're going to use the same training sessions. We're going to mimic. You and I have heard this, Landon.

Listen, boys, we're going to play this tournament exactly how we're going to play next year's World Cup. We're going to use the same substitution pattern. We're going to use the same travel pattern. We're going to use the same training sessions. We're going to mimic. You and I have heard this, Landon.

Listen, boys, we're going to play this tournament exactly how we're going to play next year's World Cup. We're going to use the same substitution pattern. We're going to use the same travel pattern. We're going to use the same training sessions. We're going to mimic. You and I have heard this, Landon.

We're going to mimic what the World Cup is going to look like so we have an idea of what that looks like next year.

We're going to mimic what the World Cup is going to look like so we have an idea of what that looks like next year.

We're going to mimic what the World Cup is going to look like so we have an idea of what that looks like next year.

Correct. Exactly the same. Yeah. So we don't, we, we as a, as a country, Mauricio Pochettino does not have that. So I'm saying this needed to be a priority. Okay. So when you ask what's he supposed to do, because the players tied his hands, he's bigger than us soccer.

Correct. Exactly the same. Yeah. So we don't, we, we as a, as a country, Mauricio Pochettino does not have that. So I'm saying this needed to be a priority. Okay. So when you ask what's he supposed to do, because the players tied his hands, he's bigger than us soccer.

Correct. Exactly the same. Yeah. So we don't, we, we as a, as a country, Mauricio Pochettino does not have that. So I'm saying this needed to be a priority. Okay. So when you ask what's he supposed to do, because the players tied his hands, he's bigger than us soccer.

He makes it a priority and then says that, because you know what, you know, what's more important to Kristen Pulisic and Anthony Robinson and Musa is than having the summer off. What's more important is that they play in a world cup.

He makes it a priority and then says that, because you know what, you know, what's more important to Kristen Pulisic and Anthony Robinson and Musa is than having the summer off. What's more important is that they play in a world cup.