CHESTER, Pa. — U.S. coach Mauricio Pochettino plans to bring only the final 26-man roster to his last pre-World Cup training camp, not wanting to cut anyone in the days ahead of the soccer tournament.

“I think from the beginning, if you say, OK, that is the 26, that is a shock, but this — OK, you accept. But after to be involved and then to go home, I think it’s more cruel,” Pochettino said Friday, a day ahead of a friendly against Paraguay.

Past U.S. coaches have called in larger groups and then trimmed their roster. Jurgen Klinsmann caused controversy when he cut 32-year-old star Landon Donovan after a training session at Stanford University in 2014, and Jeff Agoos burned his uniform when he was dropped by Bora Milutinovic in 1994.

In 2010, Bob Bradley called seven players into a hote

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