Mauricio Pochettino understands his ‘responsibility’ with World Cup fast approaching

U.S. men’s soccer coach Mauricio Pochettino celebrates after defeating Panama in an international friendly on Saturday night. AUSTIN, Texas —

If there was any doubt the national soccer team was under new management it faded Saturday when fans arriving at Q2 Stadium for Mauricio Pochettino’s first game as coach were handed a poster bearing his face, the same face that stared out from a red banner behind the south goal.

“It was a massive shock for me,” said Pochettino, U.S. Soccer’s $6 million man, who also received a rousing ovation/welcome from the near-sellout crowd.

For much of the game that followed, however, Pochettino’s team played very much like the one that won just once in its final…