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On Tuesday, Tim Ream and Antonee Robinson faced the media ahead of USMNT’s first games under Mauricio Pochettino. The defenders discussed the start of the training camp and the integration process with the managerial change.
First few days under Pochettino
The Argentinian coach met with the players for the first time in the training camp in Austin, Texas. The initial 25-man squad was forced into changes with Tanner Tessmann, Brandon Vazquez and Alex Zendejas replacing the injured trio of Folarin Balogun, Johnny Cardoso and Tim Weah.
USMNT faces Panama on Saturday before next week’s big clash away at Mexico. Following long face-to-face conversations, Pochettino addressed the team collectively in Monday’s session.
“There have been individual conversations, and it continued throughout. I had mine when I showed up on Sunday,” Charlotte’s new center back Ream said. “The message transmitted is that he (Pochettino) wants to win. He has his ideas. And it’s about winning at the end of the day. It’s important to have that mentality and mindset going forward.”
“We worked in some movements in training and reviewed that afterward,” Fulham’s Robinson recalled. “It’s about getting ideas into our heads and understanding to make sure we’re on the same page going forward.”
Beside their linkup in the international scene, Ream and Robinson played together at Fulham for four years. While the latter played a big part in the Cottagers’ decent start to the Premier League season, Ream returned home in the summer after playing in England for over a decade.
Ream, Robinson say Pochettino can get most out of players
Under the English coach Dean Smith at Charlotte FC, Ream is playing at the left-back position at club level. But he’ll be expected to play in his favorite position for USMNT instead of competing with his former clubmate.
Ream talked about the importance of blending MLS players with their Europe-based peers….
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Author : Eskender Tamrat
Publish date : 2024-10-09 14:10:37
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