International Football
ARLINGTON, Texas — U.S. men’s national team coach Mauricio Pochettino said he was “jealous” to see Juventus and not the U.S. invited to the White House with both the Concacaf Gold Cup and FIFA Club World Cup soccer tournaments playing out simultaneously in the country.
At a press conference at AT&T Stadium ahead of Sunday’s Gold Cup group finale against Haiti, U.S. center back Chris Richards was asked if he saw teammates Weston McKennie and Tim Weah at the Oval Office with Juventus. As he started his answer, Pochettino interrupted with a smile joking that they were “jealous.”
“Jealous we didn’t receive an invitation,” Pochettino said. “The national team is playing here and it was Juventus there, no?”
“A little bit far from the White House,” Richards responded, with a smile.
