The message from USMNT head coach Mauricio Pochettino was clear: the future may be now, but the future is also the future.

Mauricio Pochettino is keen to rebuild the United States men’s national team after a disappointing World Cup. The USA showed encouraging signs throughout the group stage and the first knockout round before losing 4-1 to Belgium in the Round of 16.

As the U.S. men's national team enters a new era, head coach Mauricio Pochettino has named a 28-player roster full of fresh faces.

Now that the United States men's national team roster for the September international break is set, the Mauricio Pochettino 2.0 era begins. The Argentine has called in a youthful squad where he'll get to have an extended look at many players in the national team pool.

It’s an overgeneralization and, frankly, a bit of a myth. But in the U.S., Pochettino’s second cycle singed old wounds. Each of the last four full-time USMNT coaches were retained after their first World Cups; three were then fired before they reached a second, and the fourth, Bruce Arena, crashed out of his second World Cup winless.

Mauricio Pochettino named his squad for the USMNT’s first four international games following a World Cup with some surprising additions and absences.

The U.S. men’s national soccer team is playing a series of international friendlies in its first matches since it exited the FIFA tournament this summer.

Take a look at the full USA men's national football team squad that was picked by Mauricio Pochettino for the upcoming friendlies against Peru, Chile, Mexico and Canada.