World Cup: USMNT rides wave of belief into Australia clash — but a big question remains

World Cup: USMNT rides wave of belief into Australia clash — but a big question remains

SEATTLE — Before the U.S. training session began in earnest Thursday, coach Mauricio Pochettino walked by himself onto a grass hill overlooking his players and staff working inside Husky Soccer Stadium. With Union Bay shimmering under a blue sky on the University of Washington campus, he took it all in. "I wanted to see how everything looks without me," he said with a smile, drawing laughter at a Lumen Field news conference on the eve of the World Cup Group D match against Australia.