INGLEWOOD, Calif. — U.S. men’s national team head coach Mauricio Pochettino made an abrupt exit from his post-match press conference and struck a defiant tone following his team’s 3-2 loss to Turkey to close out its World Cup group-stage campaign.The USMNT still finished top of Group D, that fate determined after two games, which allowed Pochettino to rotate nearly his entire lineup at SoFi Stadium. Pochettino fielded a number of questions about the team’s performance, momentum and outlook for the knockout rounds. He took exception to the tone of the queries.“It cannot be possible that Turkey celebrates three points, Australia celebrates getting through, Paraguay celebrates getting through… for you to not say congratulations for winning the group, it’s a little bit sad,” Pochettino said.“I need to remind everyone we won the group, sorry guys, we won,” he added, before standing and swiftly leaving the room.Turkey scored the game-winning goal in the eighth minute of stoppage time with the last kick of the game. Pochettino pointed out on numerous occasions in the press conference how the team had already wrapped up first place in the group, making the outcome here inconsequential.“I’m happy, maybe I’m not showing because your questions are a little bit weird,” Pochettino told the media minutes before his departure. “But I’m happy, the players are happy because we are first. I’m confused, maybe the vibes are like we go home tonight and Turkey stays (in the World Cup), no?”The USMNT rolled out an almost entirely rotated squad from the win over Australia, with just Ricardo Pepi and Weston McKennie retaining their starting places. Pepi got his start against the Socceroos in place of an injured Christian Pulisic. McKennie played 86 minutes before being replaced by Malik Tillman. None of the four key starters at the risk of yellow-card suspension — Tyler Adams, Folarin Balogun, Chris Richards and Antonee Robinson — made an appearance. Yellow cards are wiped after the group stage, so they all start fresh in the round of 32.