INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Mauricio Pochettino arrived at his press conference in the aftermath of the U.S. men’s national team’s 4–1 drubbing of Paraguay on Friday night in an odd mood.
What should have been a sweet moment to savor the greatest performance of his entire managerial tenure in the States instead began with a rant about the moderately offputting mechanical clank of the air conditioning unit in the corner of the room. “We can’t work in these conditions,” he lamented before a question had even been asked.
