Welcome into the latest edition of ESPN. F.C. We're live on ESPN Plus. I'm Dan Thomas joined by Stevie

Nickle. Later on the show be reflecting on the Ritchie Poccicino looks like he will be the new head coach of the U.S. men's at national team.

Just for a reminder what he's done in the lead up to.

This he comes from Chelsea after, was the second half of the season before he fell out with management.

He of course left there. Before that, PSG where he won the League I won the domestic league.

Spurs of course led them to the Champions League.

Made his name really at

Espaniel and Southampton. For more on this, Mark Ogden joins us. Mark

broke the story but I want to start with you Jeff Carlisle.

Chief, apart from of course covering the US for a very long time, just as a fan, how

excited are you by this prospect?

I'm very excited.

I mean, this is a manager that US fans have been dreaming about for decades, you know,

especially with this very talented generation of players.

You know, the thought has always been, yes, this generation of players has performed solidly you know the

the 2022 World Cup but how far could they go if they had a top manager overseeing

things and now fans are going to get their

chance to see precisely that and you know it's a guy in Rieso Pochetino who

comes in with a reputation of doing very well with young players with playing a very aggressive pressing

style I think that fits the the current US player pool and ahead of the 2026

World Cup which the US is co-hosting with Mexico and Canada.

There's just a lot of reasons to be excited to see how far this manager can take this team.

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