Forget Christian Pulisic, Folarin Balogun or even Gio Reyna, Pochettino’s fiercest praise was directed at 70,492 people who didn’t get onto the pitch.

The men’s head coach tells Sid Lowe about his ‘American dream’ at the World Cup and tempering the host nation’s ‘arrogant’ expectations

The U.S. routed Paraguay, 4-1, to win its World Cup debut under the 54-year-old Argentine.