""It's so exciting to [go] in every single camp because when you meet the player, always it's about to really give the confidence and the possibility to fight for a place, and that is a thing that is really important that we are feeling now,""
""That is not because your name is one or another, you are going to have the place [for] sure in the roster for the World Cup. That I think is an idea that we were fighting in the last year to try to fix, that changed the culture, changed the vision, changed the idea of, 'OK because in the past I performed in some way or because I did well four years ago, now I am right to come and to use my place because that is my place.' I think that is changed a lot.""
The U.S. men's national team roster for the October window resembles the March Concacaf Nations League squad, indicating clearer World Cup plans under Mauricio Pochettino. Pochettino encountered availability limits last summer because club commitments removed Weston McKennie, Tim Weah and Giovanni Reyna from camps and injuries sidelined Antonee Robinson, Sergiño Dest and Folarin Balogun. Pochettino is driving a culture change summed up as perform or else, placing value on present performance rather than past reputation. The coach emphasizes giving players confidence and the opportunity to fight for roster spots. The roster contains players responding to that message, including Lyon's Tanner Tessmann in strong form.
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