Robinson: USMNT focused on Haiti amid Pochettino-Manchester United links

That news kind of got sprung on all of us like the rest of the world, I'd say. Similar things happened in the past, happened at the World Cup, where huge teams lose their manager and they start looking at possible candidates. For us to have a manager who's linked with those sorts of jobs means we're very lucky and we know that we're working with a top-class manager. That never seems to leak into the work we do, whether it was the World Cup or whether it's going to be this camp, all that sort of outside noise is nothing to do with him. He's very much focused on getting the best out of the team and getting these two wins in Nations League, and we'll be on the same page as that. As soccer players, we're pretty used to fast-changing environments and games, coming thick and fast and things like that, so we're all very good at just focusing on the next task at hand, whether that's the next session or the next game coming up. For me personally, I don't really look at him being linked to other jobs as, oh, this could be the last time he's in front of me. It's just focusing on we've got a game at the weekend and I'm going to do everything I can to be ready to play for him and how he wants us to play until it's all otherwise. So, yeah, it's just working with what we've got until things change. I don't really think it affects many of us, to be honest. Mauricio has been, you know, he's taken me under his wing in the most tremendous way possible. Thank I was obviously a young guy coming in, and he told me to just play free and be myself and have confidence in my ability. you Thank But that didn't mean, you know, I was let off the hook or the standard was lowered for me. very That standard remained the same for everybody in the camp and every training and every game. much. And I'm someone who really appreciates that and the directness on the field, but also, you know, the warmth, the hugs and the, you. you know, just he's a really personal guy off the field. Yeah, he's just it just works for us and everyone loves him as a guy. So the whole coaching staff was amazing for, you know, the more experienced guys always, but also the new guys coming in.