{"id":906962,"date":"2026-07-02T07:02:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T07:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/906962\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T07:02:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T07:02:15","slug":"usmnts-mauricio-pochettino-sings-country-roads-after-world-cup-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/906962\/","title":{"rendered":"USMNT’s Mauricio Pochettino sings ‘Country Roads’ after World Cup win"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was a big night for Mauricio Pochettino<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Pochettino on Wednesday night clinched the most wins all-time by a men\u2019s U.S. head coach at the World Cup with the USMNT\u2019s 2-0 win over Bosnia-Herzegovina<\/a> in the Round of 32 in Santa Clara, Calif., marking the squad\u2019s first knockout round win since 2002.<\/p>\n

During the victory celebrations at Levi\u2019s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., Pochettino joined in on the crowd\u2019s singalong to \u201cTake Me Home, Country Roads,\u201d which has become a postgame tradition<\/a> for the Americans this World Cup.<\/p>\n

USA\u2019s head coach Mauricio Pochettino celebrates winning the FIFA World Cup 2026 Round of 32 match USA against Bosnia-Herzegovina, in San Francisco, California on July 1, 2026. BENJAMIN FANJOY\/EPA\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

The Fox broadcasters went silent to allow viewers to listen to the fan-favorite song inside the stadium. Midfielder Weston McKennie was seen conducting the crowd as they sang to their players.<\/p>\n

Crowds outside the stadium joined in with a singalong of their own.<\/p>\n

Pochettino led the American men to first place in Group D after they won their first two group stage matches against Paraguay and Australia.<\/p>\n

Pochettino\u2019s record with the US is now 17 wins, two losses, and 11 draws. <\/p>\n

Tim Ream of the United States celebrates the victory with Mauricio Pochettino on July 1, 2026 in Santa Clara, California. FIFA via Getty Images<\/p>\n

United States head coach Mauricio Pochettino, left, celebrates with supporters. AP Photo\/Julio Cortez<\/p>\n

It remains to be seen whether he will stay on as head coach of US Soccer following this World Cup, as his contract will expire after this tournament. The United States Soccer Federation has offered Pochettino an extension<\/a> through another World Cup cycle, which would keep him with the team until 2030.<\/p>\n

But decisions on the matter are not expected to be made until after the 2026 tournament.<\/p>\n

Every match of the FIFA World Cup will air on either FOX or FOX Sports 1. If you don\u2019t have cable, you can take advantage of a DIRECTV free trial<\/a> to stream it all.<\/p>\n

Prefer to check out the action live and in person? Shop World Cup 2026 tickets on SeatGeek<\/a> and make sure to use promo code NYPOST10<\/strong> for $10 off purchases over $250 at checkout if you\u2019re a first-time SeatGeek user.<\/p>\n

Pochettino\u2019s squad has been feeding off the energy of the fans since their first match, and in its biggest match in years, the USMNT continued to utilitze that euphoria on home soil.<\/p>\n

The U.S. will face Belgium in the Round of 16 in Seattle on Monday at 8 p.m. Eastern.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It was a big night for Mauricio Pochettino. Pochettino on Wednesday night clinched the most wins all-time by…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":906963,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[45],"tags":[364937,221,62,67,132,68,33686,179684,21490,105860],"class_list":["post-906962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-bosnia-herzegovina-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-us-mens-national-team","tag-us-soccer","tag-world-cup","tag-world-cup-2026"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=906962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/906963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=906962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=906962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=906962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}