{"id":234423,"date":"2024-10-17T18:56:17","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T18:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/17\/pochettino-suffers-first-us-defeat\/"},"modified":"2024-10-17T18:56:17","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T18:56:17","slug":"pochettino-suffers-first-us-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/17\/pochettino-suffers-first-us-defeat\/","title":{"rendered":"Pochettino Suffers First US Defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Mauricio Pochettino <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mauricio Pochettino suffered his first defeat in charge of the United States as his side lost 2-0 in Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>Former Chelsea manager Pochettino, 52, celebrated a 2-0 win over Panama on his debut as United States manager on Sunday but was dealt an early setback in the friendly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t a great performance but this type of game is perfect for us to learn,\u201d Pochettino said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOverall I think Mexico were a little bit better than us and fully deserved the victory. But for us, it is a process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fulham striker Raul Jimenez curled a brilliant free-kick into the top corner to give Mexico the lead midway through the first half at Estadio Akron, near Guadalajara.<\/p>\n<p>Cesar Huerta then doubled the hosts\u2019 advantage as Mexico earned a much-needed victory, after they were booed by their fans following a 2-2 friendly draw against Spanish club Valencia last week.<\/p>\n<p>Christian Pulisic, Ricardo Pepi and Weston McKennie were among those missing for the USA, who managed just one shot on target.<\/p>\n<p>Defeat also ended the United States\u2019 seven-match unbeaten run against Mexico, who said farewell to their most-capped player Andres Guardado \u2013 substituted off to a standing ovation in the 19th minute after earning the last of his 182 caps.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mauricio Pochettino \u00a0 Mauricio Pochettino suffered his first defeat in charge of the United States as his side lost 2-0 in Mexico. Former Chelsea manager Pochettino, 52, celebrated a 2-0 win over Panama on his debut as United States manager on Sunday but was dealt an early setback in the friendly. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t a great [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":234424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-234423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pochettino Suffers First US Defeat - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/17\/pochettino-suffers-first-us-defeat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pochettino Suffers First US Defeat - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mauricio Pochettino \u00a0 Mauricio Pochettino suffered his first defeat in charge of the United States as his side lost 2-0 in Mexico. 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