{"id":31759,"date":"2025-09-05T14:28:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T18:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/pochettino-son-heung-min-will-boost-mls-says-us-coach\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T14:28:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T18:28:50","slug":"pochettino-son-heung-min-will-boost-mls-says-us-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/soccer\/pochettino-son-heung-min-will-boost-mls-says-us-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Pochettino: Son Heung-Min will boost MLS, says US coach."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pochettino praises Son Heung-Min and his impact on MLS<\/h2>\n\n\nThe coach of the United States men&#8217;s national team, Mauricio Pochettino, has expressed his admiration for Son Heung-Min, LAFC player and former pupil at Tottenham Hotspur. Pochettino highlighted that the South Korean international &#8220;will help in the evolution&#8221; of the MLS.\n\nSon, who spent a decade at Tottenham, four of them under Pochettino&#8217;s management, joined LAFC in August for an MLS record fee of $26 million.\n\nThe 33-year-old player, with 51 goals in 134 international appearances, will lead South Korea against Pochettino&#8217;s USMNT in a friendly at Sports Illustrated Stadium in Harrison, New Jersey, on Saturday.\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pochettino &#8216;in shock&#8217; after Levy&#8217;s departure from Tottenham<\/li>\n<li>Pochettino and Pulisic must reconcile for the USMNT to perform at its best<\/li>\n<li>Weah: &#8216;I don&#8217;t regret&#8217; calling USMNT critics &#8216;evil&#8217;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>An incredible opportunity to see each other, we love each other very much, he was a very important player, one of the most important in my time at Tottenham,&#8221; Pochettino said in his press conference before Friday&#8217;s match.<\/p><cite>Mauricio Pochettino<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>What he is going to bring to MLS, I think it&#8217;s this type of player that will help in the evolution of the game.<\/p><cite>Mauricio Pochettino<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0905%2Fr1541490_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Mauricio Pochettino y Son Heung-Min disfrutaron del \u00e9xito juntos en el Tottenham.\" title=\"\"><figcaption>Mauricio Pochettino y Son Heung-Min disfrutaron del \u00e9xito juntos en el Tottenham.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\nSon has accumulated a goal and an assist in his first four appearances with LAFC.\n\nAs for Pochettino and company, the coach reiterated on Friday that he wants to leave behind a summer saga that seemed to highlight a supposed friction between him and captain Christian Pulisic after the star&#8217;s absence from the Gold Cup.\n\nPulisic cited fatigue as a reason for not playing in the Gold Cup, adding that Pochettino had denied the star&#8217;s request to play in only two friendlies prior to the tournament. Pochettino responded by saying that he was the one who made the decisions about who played, adding: &#8220;I am not a puppet.&#8221;\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>For me, that&#8217;s in the past, these kinds of things that happen&#8230; we all make mistakes, sometimes because we read the situation in a different way,&#8221; said the Argentine coach on Friday.<\/p><cite>Mauricio Pochettino<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n&#8220;Christian is happy to be here, of course he is an important player for us and&#8230; the atmosphere is good.&#8221;\n\nAfter facing South Korea, the United States will face Japan in another friendly in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, as the team continues its preparations for next year&#8217;s World Cup at home.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pochettino praises Son Heung-Min and his impact on MLS The coach of the United States men&#8217;s national team, Mauricio Pochettino, has expressed his admiration for Son Heung-Min, LAFC player and former pupil at Tottenham Hotspur. Pochettino highlighted that the South Korean international &#8220;will help in the evolution&#8221; of the MLS. 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