U.S. Men's National Team Head Coach Mauricio Pochettino to Depart for Manchester United After Coaching Haiti Series
U.S. Soccer announced in Atlanta on November 13, 2026, that Mauricio Pochettino will depart his role as head coach of the U.S. Men's National Team following the conclusion of the current camp to become head coach of Manchester United in England. Manchester United announced the same day that he will take charge from November 18.
Pochettino and his staff will remain in charge for the rest of the current camp. The United States faces Haiti on November 14 and 17 in the two legs of the Concacaf Nations League quarterfinals, which will be his final matches in charge of the U.S. team.
Named U.S. head coach in September 2024, Pochettino compiled a record of 21 wins, two draws and 12 losses across 35 matches. Under his leadership, the United States reached the 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup Final and advanced to the Round of 16 at the 2026 FIFA World Cup on home soil, finishing first in its group and earning its first World Cup knockout-round victory since 2002. His three World Cup victories are the most of any head coach in U.S. Men's National Team history.
U.S. Soccer said 75 players earned at least one cap during his tenure. In the most recent window, 11 players under age 21 made their senior-team debuts, including eight teenagers.
Pochettino said the opportunity to represent the United States was one of the greatest honors of his career, and thanked the players for their commitment, the fans for their belief and the federation for its support. He said there is tremendous talent in the U.S. player pool from the youth teams through the senior team, and that he has great belief in the future of U.S. Soccer.
U.S. Soccer President Cindy Parlow Cone thanked Pochettino and his staff for their contributions over the past two years and wished him well at Manchester United. CEO and Secretary General JT Batson said Pochettino raised standards, strengthened the team's culture and created clearer connections from the youth national teams to the senior team, changes that are now embedded in how the federation operates.
Steve Cherundolo, the current U.S. Under-23 head coach, will lead the team's previously scheduled December camp, which will feature a primarily MLS-based roster, and there will not be a separate Under-23 camp in December. The search for the next U.S. head coach will be led by Batson and Chief Operating Officer Dan Helfrich, alongside a soccer leadership team that includes Emma Hayes and Oguchi Onyewu.
Pochettino, 54, is from Argentina. Before joining U.S. Soccer, he managed Espanyol, Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur, Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea during more than two decades of coaching in European football.
(Source: U.S. Soccer Federation)
Source: U.S. Soccer Federation
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Photo: 图：美国男足主教练 Mauricio Pochettino，2026年3月28日美国队对 Belgium 的比赛期间摄于 Atlanta（资料图）。Bryan Berlin 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，Wikimedia Commons，本站预裁为16:9。 / Photo: U.S. men's national team head coach Mauricio Pochettino during the United States vs. Belgium match on March 28, 2026, in Atlanta (file photo). By Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, pre-cropped to 16:9.
