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🚨💣 𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄: There is major concern within FIFA regarding the lack of hype for the upcoming World Cup and they don't know why. It will be the first ever tournament with 48 countries participating, but many seats remain unsold. With the tournament being only 4 months away, the scale of the event is not matching the hype it should have.

USMNT legend Kasey Keller isn’t impressed with Mauricio Pochettino and called him out for not being “fully committed.” 👀 “What I haven’t seen from Pochettino is a full commitment to the national team,” Keller said. “I haven’t seen a full commitment to the players, I haven’t seen a full commitment to going and watching matches and truly being the guy to find out all those questions.” “Frank Leboeuf said it’s gonna be a tough task for him because he doesn’t know any of these players. Fair enough, he doesn’t know them so he has to absolutely dive in head first.” “And we haven’t seen that. We’ve seen him doing a lot of other things but we haven’t seen him truly being represented.” “You hear players. [They get asked] ‘Have you spoke with Pochettino? No, he’s never called me. I’ve not talked to him, I don’t know where I stand.’ That’s fine if you’re a club coach.” “Because in a club, if someone doesn’t buy into what you’re saying, you just go buy somebody else. But as a national team coach, you only have what you have.” Keller also called out Pochettino for his tactics in the final, where he had big strikers like Patrick Agyemang and Damion Downs on the pitch but decided to keep playing with short passes. After 40+ days of camp, he believes tactics and game plan should’ve been better. [via ESPN]