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[dawg80]

US 3 Costa Rica 0

Another good performance by our youngsters...plus a few veterans mixed in. Two spectacular saves by Zack Steffen, world class saves. Brian White and Caden Clark got their first international goals and Patrick Aygemang added his second in as many games.

Coach Poch has brought a different level to USMNT than we ever saw under Bradley and Berhalter. I like it!

[DallasDog]

I think most European coaches have just lived it more than our guys have, and I am not knocking our guys by saying that. It's not something in their control. Poch has the technical knowledge and the coaching skill to manage and adapt his systems to the players he has while, building a system that the players will eventually be trained for. I would love for him to stay for a full cycle after the '26 cup to see what he could do with a full term, because I think the time factor will limit his overall success in '26. Klinsmann definitely had the technical knowledge but lacked the player management and adaptability.

[dawg80]

I had kind of forgotten about Klinnsman, easy to do since he left Landon Donovan off the 2014 WC roster