Bruce Arena Calls This the Best USMNT Team Ever — Here's Why | The Cooligans

Bruce Arena managed the USMNT in 2002 — the squad that reached the World Cup quarterfinals. Now he's calling the 2026 group "the best we've ever had." Is he right? Alexis and Christian break down Arena's full quote, compare the 2002 squad to Pochettino's 2026 team position-by-position, and deliver their verdict: is this the most TALENTED USMNT ever, or the BEST? (Spoiler: those are two different things.) ⏱️ CHAPTERS 0:00 VERDICT: Is This the Best USMNT Ever? 10:00 - How Pochettino has changed this team 🔔 Subscribe for daily World Cup coverage, reactions, and interviews: @TheCooligans #USMNT #BruceArena #WorldCup2026 #USMNT2026 #Pulisic #Pochettino #USoccer #WorldCup #Cooligans #MLS About The Cooligans: Two New York Latino stand-up comedians who love soccer and aren't afraid to tell you the brutal truth. Live streams, podcasts, and YouTube content around the beautiful game. Who Are The Cooligans? The Cooligans are two New York Latino stand up comedians who love soccer/football/futbol/calcio and do live streams, podcasts, and YouTube content around the sport. Imagine if you walked into the best comedy club in New York City and two comedians on stage were talking about the sport you love. That's the Cooligans! Exclusive content:   / soccercooligans   This is where we put everything we shouldn't say 😉 Two full YouTube episodes every week: Mondays 8pm ET Thursdays 8pm ET ➕ Multiple weekly clips and shorts @SoccerCooligans Hosts: Alexis Guerreros   / notalexis   Christian Polanco   / christian_polanco     / soccercooligans   https:///www.instagram.com/SoccerCooligans/   / soccercooligans   https://www.soccercooligans.com/ Weekly audio podcasts: https://www.itunes.apple.com/us/podca... https://open.spotify.com/show/6Uxrpmg... https://www.stitcher.com/show/cooliga... MERCH: https://onthevolleyapparel.com/collec... About The Cooligans: Two professional stand-up comedy who love being funny about soccer, MLS, USMNT, US soccer, USWNT, Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga and much more. Alexis is of Cuban descent and Christian is of Dominican descent, two futbol POWERHOUSES in the Caribbean. Shhh, let us have this. We'll help you enjoy the game after the 90 min are up.