Christian Pulisic and Co. have been told how Mauricio Pochettino will take the USMNT to a "new level", with Tim Ream discussing their evolution.

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Argentine tactician calling the shotsGame growing internationally and domesticallyBuilding towards home World Cup in 2026Follow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱Getty Images SportWHAT HAPPENED?

Former Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain boss Pochettino inherited the managerial reins with the United States in September 2024. Positive progress has been made during his short reign, with five victories collected from six matches so far.

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Improvement in the present is considered to be important, but the USMNT are building towards the longer-term goal of being fiercely competitive at a home World Cup in 2026. Ream believes a squad loaded with talent will be firing on all cylinders by then, courtesy of their Argentine tactician.

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Veteran defender Ream has told FIFA’s of the benefits that Pochettino brings: “He just brings an intensity and a focus in everything that he does, and he translates that into the players. Over the first couple of camps, that’s what we’ve seen and it’s been evident. He's going to continue that. He's going to evolve us. He’ll improve us in the way we want to play, in our transitions, movements, and rotations, trying to confuse opposition with different setups. He’s going to lead the evolution of who we are as players and as a nation. He's going to take that to a new level.”

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It is not just in the international arena that the American game is growing, with the likes of Lionel Messi – who is starring at Inter Miami – helping to boost the MLS brand. Ream is also back on that stage, after 12 years in England with Bolton and Fulham, and is impressed with what he has seen since heading home.