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Mauricio Pochettino's huge USMNT salary funded by hedge fund billionaire
Mauricio Pochettino's record $6 million-per-year USMNT salary was made possible by a philanthropic contribution from Citadel founder Ken Griffin
Mauricio Pochettino is the highest-paid coach in United States Soccer Federation history, and he would not be in the job at all were it not for a billionaire hedge fund manager picking up a significant portion of the bill.
When U.S. Soccer fired Gregg Berhalter in the summer of 2024 following the team's humbling Copa América group stage exit, federation executives drew up a list of the world's best available coaches and set about pursuing them with unprecedented financial ambition.
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