HARRISON, New Jersey -- You can say this about the United States men's national team: They are singing from the same songbook of positivity, even as the players looked like they're far from being on the same page in a 2-0 defeat to South Korea .

USMNT manager Mauricio Pochettino said his team was "better than South Korea" due to having created more chances and allowing just one shot on target in the second half. Tyler Adams added that getting new faces into the national team and bringing back some old standbys was a positive. "I don't think it was a bad performance," the U.S. captain added.

This isn't to say that Pochettino & Co. should be ripping each other in front of the assembled press, but the public pronouncements flew in the face of the available evidence.

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