United States coach Mauricio Pochettino is not impressed with forward Christian Pulisic,who skipped the CONCAF Gold Cup but offered to play in a pair of friendlies.

The biennial Concacaf event, which opens for the Americans on Sunday against Trinidad and Tobago, gives them a chance to change the narrative.

United States coach Mauricio Pochettino defended his decision to omit Christian Pulisic from recent friendlies against Turkey and Switzerland on Saturday, saying he alone was responsible for choosing ...