Mauricio Pochettino is sticking around as manager of the U.S. Men's National Soccer Team.
“Mauricio and his staff believe in the future of soccer in the United States and our new project allows us to build on progress of the USMNT and the momentum of U.S. Soccer,” U.S. Soccer CEO and Secretary General JT Batson said in the announcement. “We know we have a lot of work to do to achieve our clear ambitions, including competing to win Men’s World Cups and having soccer become the most played sport in every community. I couldn’t be more excited that Mauricio and team are committed to partnering with all of us to do the hard work to bring those ambitions to life.”
The contract locks him in through 2030, meaning he will likely coach the National Team at the next World Cup. He will coach the team at the 2027 Concacaf Nations League, the 2027 Concacaf Gold Cup, the 2029 Concacaf Nations League, and the 2029 Concacaf Gold Cup, as well as the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
He will also oversee the developmental pipeline for the USMNT, which the announcement said will be a top priority for the Olympics. The USMNT under-17s and under-20s teams will compete in their World Cups in late 2026 and 2027.
In the 2026 World Cup, the USMNT notched their first win in the knockout stage since 2002 with a 2-0 shutout over Bosnia and Herzegovina. That win—their third of the tournament—set the record for wins in a single World Cup and made Pochettino the winningest head coach in USMNT history. The team won its group for just the third time ever.
Pochettino will also retain his senior assistants: Jesús Pérez, Miguel D'Agostino, and Toni Jiménez. The coaching quartet led Paris Saint-Germain to three championships and took Tottenham Hotspur to the 2019 UEFA Champions League Final. He recently added athletic trainer Sílvia Tuyà to the staff, along with his son, Sebastiano, as an assistant.
"Working together with U.S. Soccer over the past two years, it has become clear to us that there is tremendous potential to make the Men’s National Team program even stronger,” said Pochettino. “The passion we experienced from the fans throughout the World Cup only strengthened our belief in what is possible here. We are excited by the opportunity to bring all our experience and knowledge to even more areas of U.S. Soccer while helping strengthen the pathways for players, coaches, and teams across the Federation. We want to try to have a lasting impact on the sport in the country that has welcomed us so warmly and for that impact to extend beyond results on the field.”
He moved across the border to France with Paris-Saint-Germain in January 2001, then Bordeaux from 2003 to 2004, before returning briefly on loan to Espanyol in 2004.