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A home World Cup is supposed to build, week by week, towards a night the whole country remembers. For the United States it ended instead on a Monday in Seattle, 4-1 to Belgium, the gap between ambition and…
Every article The Sports Guru has published about Mauricio Pochettino: 5 Football articles between 13 June 2026 and 7 July 2026, newest first. For wider coverage, see all Football analysis.
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USA 2-0 Bosnia-Herzegovina: Balogun Scores and Sees Red as Ten-Man Hosts End a 24-Year Knockout Wait
The World Cup hosts had waited 24 years for a knockout win, and when it finally arrived it came with a plot twist worthy of the wait. This covers the USA's 2-0 victory over Bosnia-Herzegovina in the round of…
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A team already out beat a team already through, and the scoreline barely mattered to either. This covers Turkey's 3-2 win over the USA in Los Angeles, settled by a 98th-minute goal that meant little beyond…
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Without their most recognisable player and in front of a raucous home crowd, the United States produced a performance that raised genuine questions about how far this team could go. Adrian Dane examines how…
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The United States opened their home World Cup with a performance that answered plenty of questions and raised several more. This piece looks beyond the scoreline to examine what Pochettino's tactical approach,…