USMNT players grapple with Mauricio Pochettino’s looming exit to Manchester United

While no one has officially confirmed that Mauricio Pochettino is departing the United States men's national team for Manchester United after Michael Carrick's sacking, the faces of Sebastian Berhalter and Folarin Balogun said everything that you needed to know at media availability on Thursday ahead of their Concacaf Nations League quarterfinals match with Haiti. With a spot in the Nations League final at stake in this competition, there's a need to be professional during this, and they stressed that, but it was also hard to hide emotions when the manager under whom they experienced some of their best times as USMNT internationals and an entire World Cup is about to depart.

When asked about what he wanted to see, Balogun was succinct, saying, "If I had a vote, I would like to keep things the way they are."

He continued, saying, "I think things have been working well; we have a clear sense of identity, we have a clear playing style, and whenever you have a top coach, you'd want him to stay, as it's a no-brainer, so I think for us it's no different."

It's hard not to feel for Balogun after he became the story of the World…

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