Mauricio Pochettino faces off against one of his footballing idols in Marcelo Bielsa on Tuesday night, as the USMNT take on Uruguay in Tampa.
Pochettino’s side have familiarized themselves with CONMEBOL over the past couple of months, and despite dealing with a number of notable absentees, the USMNT head into their upcoming friendly off the back of consecutive wins.
A resurgent Gio Reyna and Folarin Balogun were on the scoresheet in their 2–1 victory over Paraguay last time out. Pochettino is now poised to offer opportunities to fringe squad members in their final outing of 2025, but hopefully without compromising an emerging balance within his 3-4-3.
Here’s how the USMNT could line up against Bielsa’s Uruguay.






