For Mauricio Pochettino, there is a power in ignorance for USMNT players

<p>In an unexpected soliloquy, the US mens national team manager made clear there’s a method behind his selections, even if players may never know it.</p><p>The thing to know about Mauricio Pochettino is that, in his view, there is knowledge in not knowing.</p><p>In a meditation on his unifying theory on the nature of knowledge that called to mind Donald Rumsfeld’s famous <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_are_unknown_unknowns">“unknown unknowns” diatribe</a>, the Argentinian explained on Thursday why he never tells potential United States men’s national team players why they weren’t called up.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/oct/03/for-mauricio-pochettino-there-is-a-power-in-ignorance-for-usmnt-players">Continue reading...</a>