AUSTIN — To begin to understand Mauricio Pochettino, the new U.S. men’s national soccer team coach, one must start with wine.
Aside from soccer and family, nothing captures his Argentine heart like a nice bottle of red. When he was a player, Pochettino signed with Bordeaux instead of a Spanish club because he would get to live in what he calls “the best wine region in the world.”
When they began wooing him to replace Gregg Berhalter a few months ago, U.S. officials made sure to bring a bottle of wine to the meeting.