{"id":189902,"date":"2025-06-16T20:50:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T20:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/189902\/"},"modified":"2025-06-16T20:50:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T20:50:10","slug":"usmnt-boss-mauricio-pochettino-in-ugly-exchange-with-christian-pulisic-as-warning-to-celtic-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/189902\/","title":{"rendered":"USMNT boss Mauricio Pochettino in ugly exchange with Christian Pulisic as warning to Celtic hero"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Life at Celtic is as good as it has ever been for Cameron Carter-Vickers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But the same can\u2019t be said for Celtic\u2019s<\/a> hard-hitting defender on the international stage, and the USMNT (United States Men\u2019s National Team). <\/p>\n

Carter-Vickers<\/a> is managed by some high-profile names. Brendan Rodgers on the domestic stage, and Mauricio Pochettino for his country. <\/p>\n

With the USA set to co-host the 2026 World Cup<\/a>, alongside Mexico and Canada, the Americans turned to Pochettino as their new boss last September. <\/p>\n

But life hasn\u2019t started as well as he would have liked, including an ugly public exchange with star man, Christian Pulisic, during this past week, on top of losing four games on the bounce. <\/p>\n

\"USMNTPhoto by John Dorton\/ISI Photos\/USSF\/Getty Images for USSFMauricio Pochettino warns USMNT players amid public spat with Christian Pulisic<\/p>\n

For some, the season still isn\u2019t over, because there is Club World Cup<\/a> action, the U21 European Championships, and the Gold Cup.<\/p>\n

Carter-Vickers wasn\u2019t included<\/a> in Pochettino\u2019s squad for the Gold Cup, nor the friendly matches, just like star man, Pulisic.<\/p>\n

The player then shared on American TV that he had asked to only play the friendly matches against Turkey, which they lost 2-1, and against Switzerland, 4-0 loss, because of the heavy workload over the season for AC Milan. <\/p>\n

But that was dismissed by Pochettino, and he came out fighting in his recent press conference, as he responded to Pulisic\u2019s comments, as well as warned the rest of the USMNT players, including the likes of Carter-Vickers and Auston Trusty.<\/p>\n

As posted by ESPN, the Argentine made it clear that the players \u2018can\u2019t dictate the plan\u2019, and how \u2018I am not a mannequin.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cPlayers don\u2019t need to understand or not understand,\u201d said Pochettino. \u201cPlayers need to listen and to stick with our plan. They cannot dictate the plan.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe most important thing is that we explained why we decided not to include (Pulisic) in the two friendly games.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen if you have some problems, no, that is not my problem to understand. I am the head coach, I am not a mannequin.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Warning for Celtic duo Carter-Vickers and Auston Trusty<\/p>\n

This recent public exchange between manager and star player is a warning to the likes of Carter-Vickers and Trusty.<\/p>\n

Despite a gruelling European campaign with Celtic<\/a>, just like Pulisic at Milan, they know what road they can or can\u2019t go down.<\/p>\n

Pulisic will probably get away with what has just happened because of his status, but with Celtic\u2019s defensive duo still trying to make a name for themselves on the international stage, they now know where they stand. <\/p>\n

The 2025\/26 season is huge for them, because they aren\u2019t regulars for the USA, who are struggling at the back, and if they can go to the next level at Celtic, then there is no reason why they can\u2019t be starters at the upcoming World Cup. <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Life at Celtic is as good as it has ever been for Cameron Carter-Vickers. But the same can\u2019t…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189903,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[46674,8636,94,6598,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-189902","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-cameron-carter-vickers","9":"tag-christian-pulisic","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-mauricio-pochettino","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114695020751679284","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}