{"id":14355,"date":"2025-07-07T10:59:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T10:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=14355"},"modified":"2025-07-07T14:54:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T14:54:43","slug":"mauricio-pochettino-slams-officiating-after-us-falls-to-mexico-in-2025-gold-cup-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/mauricio-pochettino-slams-officiating-after-us-falls-to-mexico-in-2025-gold-cup-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Pochettino Slams Officiating After U.S. Falls to Mexico in Gold Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/mauricio-pochettino-and-the-us-team-walk-past-the-concacaf-gold-cup-to-receive-runners-up-medals.jpg\" alt=\"Mauricio Pochettino and the US team walk past the Concacaf Gold Cup to receive runners up medals\" width=\"300\" title=\"Mauricio Pochettino Slams Officiating After U.S. Falls to Mexico in Gold Cup\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-14357\" \/><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The U.S. lost the Gold Cup final 2-1 to Mexico on Sunday night. <\/li>\n<li>Coach Mauricio Pochettino criticized three officiating decisions, including a denied handball penalty and Mexico\u2019s winning goal.<\/li>\n<li>Pochettino argued that the VAR reversal on Edson \u00c1lvarez\u2019s goal ignored an offside and called a foul on Diego Luna unfair.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/mauricio-pochettino-bids-goodbye-to-chelsea-after-one-season\/\">Mauricio Pochettino<\/a><\/strong> couldn\u2019t hold back after the U.S. men\u2019s national team fell 2-1 to Mexico in Sunday\u2019s CONCACAF Gold Cup final. <\/p>\n<p>The Argentinian who has been coaching the team since August 2024 directed sharp criticism at the officiating crew for what he described as <strong>three decisive mistakes<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>The U.S. coach was particularly frustrated that the <strong>video review system wasn\u2019t used to overturn what he thought was a clear handball<\/strong> and a controversial game-winning goal by El Tri, the third such incident involving Mexico in this tournament.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Should this have been called a handball? \ud83e\udd14 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nqlOWRI53F\">pic.twitter.com\/nqlOWRI53F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FOXSoccer\/status\/1942019456156467535?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The Argentinian argued his side <strong>should have been awarded a penalty in the 67th minute<\/strong> when Jorge S\u00e1nchez handled the ball while trying to regain his balance in the box after colliding with Max Arfsten. Guatemalan referee Mario Escobar was seen signaling for play to carry on.<\/p>\n<p>Pochettino said, <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I\u2019m not going to cry. I wanted to tell the truth. And the truth was that if that happened in the opposite half, in the other box, for sure it\u2019s a penalty. You say silly penalty, silly penalty. It\u2019s like plenty of penalties that are so silly. Silly, yes. The player was with the knee on the floor. He pushed the hand over the ball. It\u2019s not that the hand was on the floor and the ball touched.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>\u201cNothing More to Say.\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>His <strong>frustrations grew when Diego Luna was whistled for a foul on Alexis Vega<\/strong> in the 77th minute, leading to the free kick that produced Mexico\u2019s winner. <\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>He slipped and fall down alone<\/em>\u201d, Pochettino said. Johan V\u00e1squez flicked the set piece across goal where Edson \u00c1lvarez, appearing to have come from an offside position, scored what proved to be the decisive goal. <\/p>\n<p>Initially ruled offside, the decision was overturned by VAR. <\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">MEXICO TAKES THE LEAD \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfd\ud83d\ude31<\/p>\n<p>After a VAR check, the goal is confirmed and Edson \u00c1lvarez puts Mexico on top \ud83d\udd1d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5bNm5Ymsnm\">pic.twitter.com\/5bNm5Ymsnm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FOXSoccer\/status\/1942022359764070482?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Pochettino insisted<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>When he touched the ball, the player from Mexico delivered the ball, was in an offside position.That\u2019s it. Nothing more to say.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Defender <strong>Chris Richards<\/strong>, who had given the U.S. an early lead in the fourth minute, echoed his coach\u2019s frustration, claiming the officiating always seems to favor Mexico. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Palmed the ball like Shaq in the box. Any other week it would be called offside. But, again, that\u2019s CONCACAF for you. They hate us and we just have to keep moving with it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Pochettino concluded by saying, <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>If we lose, we lose. No problem. I am the first to say, hey, we need to improve. But I am not crying, I am saying nothing against Mexico. Nothing. I respect Mexico. But I think my player doesn\u2019t deserve this.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The head coach, who was given two years to prepare the team for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/usa-to-co-host-2026-fifa-world-cup-after-trump-threat\/\">2026 FIFA World Cup<\/a> hosted by Canada, Mexico and the United States, ultimately described Sunday\u2019s \u201c<em>situation<\/em>\u201d as \u201c<em>embarrassing<\/em>\u201d and a \u201c<em>shame<\/em>\u201d to witness. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: The U.S. lost the Gold Cup final 2-1 to Mexico on Sunday night. Coach Mauricio Pochettino criticized three officiating decisions, including a denied handball penalty and Mexico\u2019s winning goal. Pochettino argued that the VAR reversal on Edson \u00c1lvarez\u2019s goal ignored an offside and called a foul on Diego Luna unfair. 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