PHILADELPHIA — Perhaps the clearest sign of Mauricio Pochettino’s background at the club level comes in his interaction with members of the U.S. men’s national team when they are outside international windows.

Which is to say, there’s not much interaction at all.

“I feel like in-season, he kinda lets you deal with your club and lets you focus on your coach and stuff there,” USMNT defender Alex Freeman told The Post this week. “But if you ever need him, he’s always a text or a call away. He always picks up. I think he lets you be at your club. He was a club coach, so he probably knows how it is with clubs.”

Mauricio Pochettino is pictured before an Oct. 10 match. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect

That is not to imply that Pochettino isn’t building the necessary relationships with his pl

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