USMNT head coach Mauricio Pochettino has issued a warning to young American players — warning against ‘arrogance’ 😮
“We are watching everything, we are seeing everything.”
“We are very happy to have all these potential good players. Being young, and with a possibility to perform and to play. Only we need to be careful, no? We need to be careful because when you are young, of course you need to be confident. You need to have the trust in yourself and believe that you can perform and you can do well. But I think there is a limit.”
“The balance is the most important. And one of our responsibilities is to protect these guys because sometimes, if you play well and you are 17, 16, or 18, and you play well and people start to talk (like) you are (Leo) Messi, or you are a big star in the world because you do a few good things, if after you are confused and you don’t manage (it) well, that can be dangerous for your career and that is what we don’t want. We don’t want that (for) the young guys with potential of being top players.”
“(We want) to provide the platform for them to evolve and to be professional, to build their career in the best way, improving every day, being humble, being careful when they talk in the media, when they talk with their teammates, when they talk with the opponent. I think respect is the most important thing, and they need to be respectful.
“And of course, we want players with talent, players that feel brave, feel confident, but not (that) feel things that they still don’t show or they (haven’t) earned. I think you only are entitled to talk a little bit out of order if you are Messi. If you’ve won eight Ballon d’Ors, OK, you can talk with a certain arrogance. But even Messi, never are you going to hear him talking in this way. But if you are young and you start to talk that you can play here, you can play there, or you can play, I don’t believe that these are in a right way to build your career in the best way.”
“And that is why we need to be careful.”
@Jermainejunior Never met you . Why single out 2010-2018? I played on the national team 85-1993. We all lived in an apartment complex in Laguna negal . Traveled the world playing massive club teams and countries. More stories and travel than any era ever. I speak to you as a former usmnt player
@TaylorTwellman@Como_1907 For those who don’t know. Taylor has championed like myself to get repetitive heading out of the game at the younger ages. Love his honesty while others don’t even get involved
@davejsports@FIFAWorldCup FIFA has got to get a panel together and include Dave Johnson who has been talking about this for a long time. Well now as he predicted VAR has taken over the World Cup ! Wenger Rule Now!!!
@markschlereth Hi Mark . American HOF soccer player who has fought head trauma post playing career. You are an intelligent guy but you have whiffed on this one. Educate yourself on your own sport and all the players who suffered head trauma. Everyone makes mistakes. This is a huge one