“We need to keep believing and approach every single day like we did from day one: Believing we could win,” Mauricio Pochettino declared after joining in with the crowd’s chants of “U-S-A!” following a giddy victory over Australia.
Pochettino isn’t the only one who thinks the U.S. men’s national team can lift the World Cup trophy in July after his side produced a pair of convincing victories to start the competition on home soil. Yet, while those optimists remain in the general minority, the USMNT’s chances of making a deep run this summer have been boosted by a seemingly favorable path through the knockout stages.
