{"id":73385,"date":"2026-05-12T06:00:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T11:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/usmnt-world-cup-squad-prediction-how-mauricio-pochettinos-call-ups-determine-the-26\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T06:00:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T11:00:04","slug":"usmnt-world-cup-squad-prediction-how-mauricio-pochettinos-call-ups-determine-the-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/usmnt-world-cup-squad-prediction-how-mauricio-pochettinos-call-ups-determine-the-26\/","title":{"rendered":"USMNT World Cup squad prediction: how Mauricio Pochettino\u2019s call-ups determine the 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The USMNT head coach has played 61 different players in his 24 games in charge \u2013 the trends among them could determine who makes the cut<\/p>\n<p>In exactly two weeks, Mauricio Pochettino will determine which 26 players will represent the United States at this summer\u2019s World Cup. The decision may be even harder than you\u2019d expect<\/p>\n<p>Across 24 games as US boss, Pochettino has deployed 61 different players for first-hand assessment, and his tenure so far has provided scant evidence of a crystalized core.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/may\/12\/usmnt-world-cup-squad-prediction-how-mauricio-pochettinos-call-ups-determine-the-26\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The USMNT head coach has played 61 different players in his 24 games in charge \u2013 the trends among them could determine who makes the cut In exactly two weeks, Mauricio Pochettino will determine which 26 players will represent the United States at this summer\u2019s World Cup. The decision may be even harder than you\u2019d &#8230; <a title=\"USMNT World Cup squad prediction: how Mauricio Pochettino\u2019s call-ups determine the 26\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/usmnt-world-cup-squad-prediction-how-mauricio-pochettinos-call-ups-determine-the-26\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about USMNT World Cup squad prediction: how Mauricio Pochettino\u2019s call-ups determine the 26\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73385\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}