With the end of the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup, the next goal of the US national team will be to focus on the 2026 World Cup. Pochettino said that it is necessary to build a team with good competitiveness and reach a certain level of competition.

In the earlier CONCACAF Gold Cup final, the United States relied on Chris Richards to score a goal in the first 4 minutes of the game, but was later defeated by Raul Jimenez and Edson Alvarez. In the end, they were defeated by Mexico 1-2 and failed to win the championship.

"We need to build a competitive team and be able to reach the competitive level we expect," U.S. coach Pochettino said in an interview. "But I think we are gradually working together to understand what it means to play for the U.S. national team, which always requires everyone to be at their best."

“We represent a country that aspires to be the best everywhere, and that is why in football we have the responsibility to create this mentality.”

Pochettino added: "We are in this process, now there is still a year until the World Cup, and our preparations are going in a good direction and I am happy with the progress so far."

"The most important thing is to give the players belief and trust in them. When we call them up for a friendly, a January training camp or other reasons, we have to give them confidence and let them know that as long as they do their job and perform well, they deserve to be called up and they will definitely be called up again."

Pochettino also said, "They need to feel our trust and have the confidence to know that they are called up because the team really needs them. For me, the most important thing is to let the players feel that they have a chance and they can enter the national team as long as their performance is worthy."