With next year’s World Cup drawing closer, Mauricio Pochettino called up a 25-man roster Sunday for his first competitive games as coach of the men’s national soccer team.
The U.S. will face Jamaica in a pair of CONCACAF Nations League quarterfinals, the first on Thursday in Kingston and the second on Nov. 18 in St. Louis. The winner of the two-leg playoff will advance to the tournament’s final four in March at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood.
The U.S. won the first three Nations League tournaments under Gregg Berhalter, who was sacked as coach in July after his team was bounced from the Copa América in the group stage.