USMNT's Christian Pulisic on potential Mauricio Pochettino hire: 'It's time for a change'
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Pochettino is being lined up as a successor to Gregg Berhalter, who was fired in July, and the Milan man likes what he sees
U.S. men's national team star Christian Pulisic became the latest player to publicly back Mauricio Pochettino, who has reportedly agreed to become the national team's new head coach ahead of the 2026 World Cup on home soil.
"I think it's good news," Pulisic told CBS ahead of AC Milan's 2-1 loss at Parma on Saturday. "I think it's time for a change. It's time for us to take another step and really improve as a team and leading up to this World Cup, we need to find some good results and build some momentum leading up to that moment."
Pulisic is the latest USMNT player to support the potential hire. Club and country teammate Yunus Musah telling CBS Sports Golazo Network's Morning Footy on Thursday that Pochettino will "be able to help a lot," while days earlier, Antonee Robinson told NBC that the incoming manager has "two years to get the best out of" the group.
