Pochettino’s competitive debut earmarked for St Louis

CHICAGO (AP):

THE UNITED States will play their home leg of a CONCACAF Nations League quarterfinal in St Louis on November 18, the Americans’ first competitive match under coach Mauricio Pochettino.

The game, announced yesterday, will be at Citypark, which opened for Major League Soccer’s 2023 season. The first game of the two-leg series will be November 14 or 15. The opponents will be determined by group stage matches in October.

The US have won the first three editions of the tournament in 2021, ’23 and ’24.

Pochettino was hired to replace Gregg Berhalter, who was fired following the Americans’ first-round elimination at the Copa America. Pochettino’s first matches are friendlies against Panama on October 12 at Austin, Texas, and Mexico three days later in Guadalajara.