The Mauricio Pochettino Interview
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Welcome into another episode of Unfiltered Soccer. A special one because you might be wondering what in the heck we're doing sitting next to each other on a fancy couch here in Chicago. But we have the really amazing honor of interviewing US Men's National Team head coach, Rachel Pochettino. We're super excited for this internally, but we know you as our listeners and the fans are beyond excited to hear what he has to say. So it's going to be aces. We're excited for it and really looking forward to having him join us in the room.
We'll be there in one minute. As always, guys, follow us at Unfiltered Soccer on all the social media. Follow on Apple, podcast, Spotify, anywhere you get your podcast. Subscribe, like on YouTube. As always, you can email us at unfilteredfeedback at unfilteredsoccer.com. And without further ado. Unfiltered Soccer with Landon and Tim presented by Volkswagen.
Well, we are delighted to have with us in this country, the top of the top, the king of U.S. soccer, which is Mauricio Pochettino. So great to see you again. Always enjoy spending time with you in the past and talking football. Our audience, unfiltered soccer audience, is so hungry to hear from you. They just can't, they cannot wait and neither can we. So thank you for being here.
Thank you so much for me. I think it's a great honor to be with you. Two legends. Thank you. Amazing. And I think it's a fantastic opportunity to talk about football. And always it's a pleasure to talk with you both.
Good. So you've had some time now with the team, a few different camps, a long January camp, some shorter camps. So our first question is because we're kind of old and get cynical and grumpy sometimes, but what can fans be excited about in the next year leading up to the World Cup? And we're going to get into some of the harder questions and what's going on, but how can we be excited about this team as we move forward?
Well, I think the first is the federation and all the staff and the people that is involved in PREPARE. I've been the host of the World Cup in Guarneri and I think we tried to translate that passion and the excitement about to to be part and to be involved, you know, in the World Cup in one year. And then all the people also that is helping us around, telling you like building the new training ground, too many people that is doing an amazing effort, you know, in an economic but also in time. to help in the Federation to create something, some legacy for the future, not only for now, for the present, if not for the future. I think the country in behind is what we are feeling, that is in behind, also the fans is in behind. They are so excited that the World Cup arrives. At the same time, it's true that we are building something. And always, when you are building something, there are ups and downs in this period. It's true that we are a little bit disappointed.
We were very excited after January, not because of the two races against Venezuela or Costa Rica, but it was about how the players showed, the teams showed. that aggressivity that we want to translate. And then, with all the circumstances in March, I think the circumstances didn't help us to show that. I think we are a little bit pessimistic about that, but I think that only needs to be a thing that can help us to improve and to realize that we need to be much better, we need to perform much better, we need to be more professional, we need to care more. Our national team needs to be the priority, talking I think in too many points that we need to talk and I think to improve. I think sometimes when you win, you win, you win. I think always you want to win. But sometimes in some defeat, I think can help you to see the reality and to say, if we want to be competitive and arrive in a good form in the World Cup, I think we need to change a little bit the... the approach that we are having with the team, the national team.
And I think that was a knock on the door to say, pay attention, that we need to change. Because if not, I think that is not the way that we need to compete.
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