‘No one congratulated us’: Inside Mauricio Pochettino’s strange clash with the US press pack | World Cup 2026

Mauricio Pochettino’s most recent press conference should have been a routine affair. The US had lost 3-2 to Turkey, yes, but they’d played well enough in the second-half aside from conceding the last-minute winner. What’s more, the match was statistically meaningless, with the US having secured top spot in Group D days earlier. It was their best ever World Cup group-stage showing