Pochettino, 52, has overseen some of the biggest clubs in the world during his coaching career. He comes to the USMNT after most recently serving as manager of English club Chelsea of the Premier League for the 2023-24 season.
Pochettino's first lead coaching gig came at the same club where he spent most of his playing career. Just a few seasons after closing out his playing tenure with La Liga's Espanyol in 2006, the Barcelona-based club hired him as manager midseason in 2009 amid a relegation battle. Pochettino helped Espanyol avoid relegation that year and took the club as high as eighth in the league over the following three seasons.
He moved over to England in 2013 for his first of three Premier League gigs, starting with Southampton. The Saints went from 14th on the league table in Year 1 under Pochettino to eighth in Year 2, matching the club's highest-ever finish in the Premier League.
"Big Six" English club Tottenham then swooped in to hire Pochettino in 2014, marking the start of a historic five-year run in London. Spurs finished in the top four of the Premier League in four of Pochettino's five seasons at the helm.
That included a 2016-17 campaign where Tottenham tallied its most points (86) and highest finish on the table (second) in Premier League history. And in 2018-19, Pochettino guided the club to its first-ever Champions League final, where Spurs fell to Premier League powerhouse Liverpool.
