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.