No head coach wants the focus to be on them heading into critical knockout games. Yet, that situation couldn’t be avoided for Mauricio Pochettino ahead of the U.S. men’s national team’s Concacaf Gold Cup quarterfinal against Costa Rica.
Early on Saturday, a report from Ireland suggested that Pochettino had interviewed for the Brentford managerial position, which the club’s former set-piece coach Keith Andrews has since filled. However, according to Pochettino himself and multiple sources, the Premier League club never reached out, let alone proceeded with an interview.
