Former US coach Bruce Arena has criticized Argentine’s appointment Mauricio Pochettino with the role, saying foreign coaches cannot understand the importance of work.

Pochettinofirst Tottenham hotspur, Paris Saint-Germain AND Chelsea the manager, named in US Role in September 2024, replacing American Gregg Berhalter.

“You know if you look at every national team in the world. The coach is usually a local coach,” The arena said during ‘Football not filtered’ Podcast with former nationals of American Landon Donovan AND Tim Howard.

“And I think when you have coaches who don’t know our culture, our environment, our players, it’s hard. I’m sure our coach is a very good coach, but the training of international football is different than the club football, it’s a completely different job,” He said.

Arena, 73, took the US to the 2002 World Cup quarter-final-their best completion in the modern era, but he entered a second spell in 2017 when his team failed to qualify for the World Cup next year in Russia.

San Jose earthquakes The coach, who has won MLS five times, suggested that Pochettino does not understand the culture of the US national team.

“I think when you are a national team coach, you need to know your environment, you need to know the animals that coach you, and we lack this,” He said.

“If you are an American team training, you know culture, you know pride and how important the national team is. I think when you bring someone from outside, they don’t understand it, especially in our country because we are so different.”

A long -term coach at Major League Soccer, Arena joined earthquakes this season after a departure from the New England Revolution in 2023, where he settled in administrative leave after charges of charges “Insensitive and inappropriate remarks”.

Arena, who had two magic as the national team coach and was also a critic of Jurgen Klinsmann’s German reign at the team, said he was “Shocked” In the losses of last month to Panama AND Canada In the League of Nations Concacaf.

“I am seeing and I am shocked. I am shocked that we cannot defeat Panama and Canada. It was shocking to me,” He said.

“I don’t want to be disrespectful. I want them to make great in the World Cup. There is no doubt about it. But we only have one year now. He said.

The US co-cuts the World Cup next year with Canada and Mexico.