The U.S. Men’s National Team (USMNT) suffered Mauricio Pochettino’s first and second defeats as head coach—losing 1–0 to Panama in the Nations League semi-final, and 2–1 to Canada in the third-place playoff. These results reignited familiar criticisms: defensive uncertainty, lack of intensity, emotional flatness on the pitch, and recurring structural mistakes.   Pochettino acknowledged the…