The US coach is short on big names and time, and will spend this summer hoping for a spark from the domestic league
So far, the conversation around the United States’ Gold Cup camp roster is primarily about absence. Christian Pulisic isn’t there. Neither is Antonee Robinson, Tim Weah, Weston McKennie, or Gio Reyna. Yunus Musah is missing for personal reasons. Josh Sargent is out for “football reasons.”
Mauricio Pochettino doesn’t have this name, he doesn’t have that name. He also doesn’t have much time. That was already the case when he took on the US job with just two years to go before a home World Cup, but the situation seems all the more pressing now, a year away from the international game’s signature event and only a couple months removed from some Concacaf Nations League results that were, well, a bit catastrophic.
