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First and foremost, Ricardo Pepi is a member of the U.S. World Cup team because he knows how to score goals — 45 of them, despite irregular starting assignments, over three years across all competitions for Dutch bully PSV Eindhoven. “Pepi is a killer,” coach Mauricio Pochettino said last week. And for the first half of the U.S. friendly against Senegal on Sunday, the 23-year-old Texan was a menacing figure at Charlotte’s Bank of America Stadium.
CHARLOTTE — With the U.S. World Cup opener rushing toward reality, Mauricio Pochettino wanted to see his team perform with solidarity and spirit in the penultimate tuneup Sunday. He wanted to see better performances – and secondarily, better results – than what he witnessed in the troubling March window. Mostly, though, Pochettino wanted to get through the Bank of America Stadium friendly without any scratches before the second week of training camp back in Georgia.
Tim Ream, who has worn the captain’s armband more than any other U.S. player under Mauricio Pochettino, was named the team’s World Cup captain Saturday. “I am so grateful that he is with us because [he is] a great captain not only on the field, [but] maybe more important off the field,” Pochettino said.