Mauricio Pochettino made a winning start to his reign as coach of the United States with AC Milan’s Yunus Musah on target in a 2-0 win over Panama on Saturday.
Argentine Pochettino, the former Tottenham, Paris Saint Germain and Chelsea coach, was brought in last month to take over a team which had won just once in their last seven games.
He will lead the USA into the 2026 World Cup, which they are co-hosting with Canada and Mexico, and while he had only five days to work with his new squad his influence was already evident.
The USA set up in a flexible 4-2-3-1 formation and it was clear from the outset that Aidan Morris had been trusted with the key role as the anchor in the midfield.
Middlesbrough midfielder Morris was not part of the team which was eliminated in the group stage of Copa America in July, …