CHESTER — The time to next summer’s World Cup is getting ever shorter. For U.S. men’s coach Mauricio Pochettino, Saturday’s visit to Subaru Park represents what may be a full quarter of the game time left until he names the 26-man squad for next summer’s World Cup.

The U.S. have Saturday’s friendly with Paraguay (5 p.m., TNT), then Tuesday’s friendly in Tampa against Uruguay in this window. It will play two friendlies in March, likely against nations who’ll mimic the matchups for the World Cup group stage, as determined by December’s draw.

And that’s about it. Pochettino, in his pre-match press conference Friday, hinted strongly toward a preference for naming a 26-player roster sometime in May ahead of the June 12 World Cup opener rather than the usual convention of a larger roster, say

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