AUSTIN, Texas —
Before new coach Mauricio Pochettino had even left the locker room for one of his first training sessions with the men’s national soccer team, many of his players were already bathed in sweat.
Under Pochettino, even stretching has taken on a new emphasis.
“Everything feels a little bit more intense,” forward Ricardo Pepi said after one practice. “The exercises all have a purpose. Everything has a purpose.”
“Anything we do,” added forward Josh Sargent “he wants it to be intense. That’s the big message so far.”
