Pep Guardiola's Stance on USMNT Job After Mauricio Pochettino Exit Reportedly Revealed

United States men's national team fans hoping Pep Guardiola will be the next head coach reportedly might not want to get their hopes up at this point.

Jason Burt of the Telegraph reported Sunday that "Guardiola will resist any attempts by the United States to hire him as their head coach" in large part because he wants to take a year away from the sport after leaving his role with Manchester City.

The United States position is open with Mauricio Pochettino departing for Manchester United.

Despite the apparent lack of immediate interest, Burt reported Guardiola remains "open" to at least meeting with the United States after previously living in the country after leaving Barcelona in 2012 prior to joining Bayern Munich.

That is notable since Burt pointed out "it is well known that Guardiola would, at some point during his career, like to manage a national team at a major tournament."

He turned down the Italy job in the past and, according to Burt, would also be interested in coaching either Brazil or England.

As for the Americans, ESPN's Jeff Carlisle reported United States women's national team coach Emma Hayes is among the group that will lead the search to find the next men's head coach. She will be joined by USSF CEO JT Batson, COO Dan Helfrich and VP of Sporting Oguchi Onyewu.

There is some momentum on the men's side of things after emerging from the group stage and reaching the round of 16 in the 2026 World Cup. It was the second straight World Cup the program reached the round of 16 after also doing so in 2022.

The Americans did not qualify for the 2018 World Cup but also reached the round of 16 in 2010 and 2014.

Guardiola is the type of high-profile coach who could potentially help the Red, White and Blue get over the hump and challenge for deeper runs in the World Cup and other international tournaments.

After all, he won 20 major trophies in his 10 seasons with Man City and set the Premier League points record with 100 during the 2017-18 campaign. The club became the first to win the Premier League four years in a row and also became the only English team to hold the Premier League title, FA Cup, Champions League title, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup at the same time.

Yet it seems like the Americans will have to turn elsewhere in their coaching search.