In the friendly match, the United States, coached by Pochettino, defeated Uruguay 5-1. After the game, when asked by reporters, Pochettino angrily criticized the former.

When asked by a reporter that the team had too many rotations, Pochettino asked: "Who are the regular main players?"

The reporter then tried to explain, but was interrupted by Pochettino: "Maybe we need to pause the press conference, and I have to go back to the locker room and start the press conference again. Because the atmosphere now is like we suffered a 0-5, 1-5 defeat. I am the coach of the US team, I am not a janitor.

"Who do you mean by 'regular players'? Because I have no idea what 'regular player' means. What we should be talking about now is congratulating the players.

"I don't know, if the players were watching the press conference and heard themselves being called 'unconventional players', even if they performed well, it would be very disappointing for me as a player to hear that label. To be honest, maybe I am too tired to understand the English expression.

"I am extremely disappointed with the first two questions, which completely makes me don't know how to respond. "