Donald Trump wants to take home the World Cup himself


“Of course, Mister President.” That is what national coach Mauricio Pochettino responded to Donald Trump's question whether the United States can win the World Cup. The tournament in your own country should further boost the status of football, but will the sport really be embraced? “Because this is America,” Pochettino later explained his answer. 'We have been in business for a year and a half and I think people believe and feel that we can win. We have a massive country behind us that is going to push us. The expectations are enormous, but we have to convert that pressure into energy.' It is an almost self-evident line of thought in the land of Uncle Sam and the American Dream, that of the superlative. But the United States is not a football country; the bronze in 1930 is the best World Cup performance ever. After 2002 they never reached further than the quarter-finals.