SEATTLE (AP) — U.S. coach Mauricio Pochettino will throw out the first pitch before Friday night’s Major League Baseball game between the Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays, which the team was invited to attend.

Mauricio Pochettino is USMNT's all-time winningest coach at World Cup after team won three games at this tournament

When Mauricio Pochettino was appointed as the first non-American head coach of the USMNT in 2024, tasked with turning the U. S.

The US defeat to Belgium in Seattle on Monday marked a second straight round-of-16 exit to European opponents, after losing to the Netherlands in 2022.

After a stellar start to the World Cup, the U.S. was overmatched against Belgium in a 4-1 loss. Now Mauricio Pochettino’s team must wait four years to prove it belongs with the elite soccer countries.