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Sophia Vesely

USMNT Called Up Eight Teenagers—Pochettino Says It’s Not Some Silly Experiment

The days of seasoned veterans are over. Perhaps they flew out the window when the likes of 19-year-old phenoms Lamine Yamal and Pau Cubarsí led Spain to global glory this summer.

It’s a doctrine that has since deeply imbedded itself into the mind of U.S. men’s national team manager Mauricio Pochettino, whose youngest player at the World Cup was 21-year-old Alex Freeman.

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