The 2026 World Cup is officially this year, meaning there’s very little time for players on the fringes of the U.S. men’s national team to play their way onto Mauricio Pochettino’s roster.
Several American players have likely locked their spot in the Argentine’s 26-strong pool thanks to a stellar 2025, but others need to use the second half of the 2025–26 campaign to pick up their form and make themself impossible to overlook.
