Argentine Mauricio Pochettino was in charge of Spurs for five years from 2014 and took the team to the Champions League final but never won a trophy with the North London club.

The Americans dropped to 5-4 under Pochettino, who took over after first-round elimination at last year’s Copa America led the U.S. Soccer Federation to fire coach Gregg Berhalter.

Mauricio Pochettino has dismissed the idea of a return to former club Tottenham to replace Ange Postecoglou as “not realistic ...