{"id":2374,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/2374","headline":"USMNT players praise Pochettino as Manchester United exit looms","dek":"With a Nations League quarterfinal against Haiti two days away, Folarin Balogun and Sebastian Berhalter spoke about the Argentine manager's expected departure following Michael Carrick's firing.","body":"Mauricio Pochettino has not told his U.S. players anything official, but the writing is on the wall. Michael Carrick was fired by Manchester United earlier in the day, and reports quickly linked Pochettino to the vacancy, leaving the USMNT camp to field questions about a coach who may already be halfway out the door.\n\nFolarin Balogun and Sebastian Berhalter, both fixtures of the squad Pochettino guided to the round of 16 on home soil at the 2026 World Cup, addressed the situation before training at U.S. Soccer's training center. Neither pretended not to notice what was happening. Berhalter, whose father Gregg previously managed the national team, said simply that he could not thank Pochettino enough for what he had done with the group.\n\nThe timing is awkward. The USMNT opens a two-legged Concacaf Nations League quarterfinal series against Haiti in two days, with a semifinal spot on the line, and the manager steering them through it may not be around much longer. Pochettino himself has stayed quiet on the matter as his players try to keep their focus on Haiti rather than Manchester.","published_at":"2026-11-12T23:34:08.509064+00:00","source_count":5,"written_from":[{"outlet":"CBS Sports","publisher":"CBS Sports","title":"USMNT players grapple with Mauricio Pochettino's looming exit to Manchester United","url":"https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/usmnt-reax-mauricio-pochettinos-exit-manchester-united/"},{"outlet":"New York Post","publisher":"New York Post","title":"Mauricio Pochettino keeping USMNT in the dark over expected Manchester United exit","url":"https://nypost.com/2026/11/12/sports/mauricio-pochettino-keeping-usmnt-in-the-dark-over-expected-man-u-exit/"},{"outlet":"Fox Sports","publisher":"Fox Sports","title":"USA Players Laud Pochettino Amid Manchester United Links: 'I Can't Thank Him Enough'","url":"https://www.foxsports.com/stories/soccer/usmnt-pochettino-manchester-united-balogun-berhalter"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Man United legend slams club's 'very disrespectful' treatment of Michael Carrick","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/man-united-legend-slams-clubs-173109812.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Why Pochettino’s USMNT Exit Might Be Good For US Soccer","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/why-pochettino-usmnt-exit-might-100013396.html"},{"outlet":"Front Office Sports","publisher":"Front Office Sports","title":"USMNT Set to Lose Pochettino as Manchester United Fires Coach","url":"https://frontofficesports.com/article/pochettino-manchester-united-12-million-us-soccer/"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Mauricio Pochettino's Manchester United start date revealed as new boss faces just three days with his squad before Liverpool trip","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/mauricio-pochettinos-manchester-united-start-173620878.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"USMNT striker Folarin Balogun makes Mauricio Pochettino plea as Man United move nears","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/usmnt-striker-folarin-balogun-makes-193000821.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Folarin Balogun and Sebastian Berhalter speak out on Mauricio Pochettino’s USMNT impact and future","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/folarin-balogun-sebastian-berhalter-speak-204117741.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Mauricio Pochettino leaving USMNT for Manchester United just months after signing new deal","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/article/mauricio-pochettino-leaving-usmnt-for-manchester-united-just-months-after-signing-new-deal-231111130.html"}],"image":null,"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}