In total, the USMNT gained 22.23 points to move them back into the Top 15. Despite moving up 1 spot in the rankings, the United States is no longer the top ranked team in Concacaf.

The USMNT with Pochettino as head coach lost twice against Mexico, and lost two friendlies against Turkiye and Switzerland. The USMNT lost to Canada in the 2025 CONCACAF Nations League Bronze Final.

There were plenty of difficult lessons for the USMNT in the Gold Cup final loss to Mexico on Sunday. How Mauricio Pochettino & Co. respond will be telling.

USMNT fans are already (rightly) distrustful of his defending against CONCACAF foes, to say nothing of potential World Cup foes. But he might just be the second-choice left back. 25.

The Gold Cup absentees hold the keys to this USMNT’s potential. The question is how Pochettino will reintegrate them into a group that grew without them this summer.

And while the USMNT’s tournament performance had more of those overall, “final third magic” wasn’t the feature attraction at any point, save for the few times Diego Luna got loose.

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It’s not going to be easy. With the U.S. co-hosting the tournament with Mexico and Canada, the USMNT will not have another competitive match until it takes the field at the actual World Cup.