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A consistent theme has emerged on the eve of Mauricio Pochettino selecting the United States mens soccer teams roster for next months FIFA World Cup: Nobody really knows. Pochettino will inform the 26 players who survive the cull this weekend, according to multiple sources briefed on the Argentines plans. The ex-Chelsea and PSG boss has previously said he wont contactthe pool of more than 50 players hes called up during his 20-month tenure at all. Through much of that time, a window far shorter than the full four-year cycle most national team coaches have. Pochettino deliberately obliterated the hierarchy cultivated under predecessor Gregg Berhalter. It was an attempt to both deepen the player pool with hungry youngsters and push veterans who had become too assured of a starting spot. Starters at Qatar 2022, including the likes of striker Josh Sargent and midfielder Yunus Musah have been out of the picture for months. Juventus standout midfielder Weston McKennie was left home for September friendlies against Japan and South Korea, a message to the rest of the veterans that was clear. Pochettino vocalized it anyway. "No one has a place for sure," he said before that camp began. So is it any wonder that the player pool is on edge right now as a potentially life-changing decision looms? On Thursday, a source close to one of Pochettinos regulars told me hes not sure whether elation or anguish awaits. Hes probably not alone. McKennie responded to the September snub with a career-best season. Hes a lock now if he wasnt then. So is forward Christian Pulisic, despite his career-worst scoring slump with AC Milan, and a few others including midfielder Tyler Adams, fullback Antonee "Jedi" Robinson and center back Chris Richards. Thats assuming Richards is even fully fit following news on Thursday that the defender tore ankle ligaments last week playing for Premier League side Crystal Palace. After that its anyones guess and guess they pretty much have to. Because Pochettino has employed the same backroom staff for almost two decades, taking assistant coaches Jesus Perez, Miguel DAgostino and Toni Jimenez from Espanyol to Southampton to Spurs before stops with PSG, Chelsea and now the U.S. team. Not much leaks out. The coaches all live in Europe. They communicate in Spanish. Compared to the lead up to previous World Cup roster announcements, theres a dearth of reliable information to be had. Within the span of a few minutes on Thursday night, a source told me one player who most would expect to be picked was hurt and likely out. Unprompted, another texted me the exact opposite; that the player is fine and therefore in.A similar thing happened regarding another veteran. Right now, I dont have a good sense of where either player stands. "Im not sure even Gooch knows" wholl make it, a source told me, referring to acting U.S. Soccer sporting director Oguchi Onyewu. The only thing I can report confidently after a week-plus worth of digging is this: 19-year-old Real Salt Lake sensation Zavier Gozo was included in the provisional World Cup squad U.S. Soccer submitted to FIFA before the May 11 deadline. That list can include up to 55 names, from which the final 26 must be selected. Will Gozo stick when Pochettino makes it official on Tuesday? While my gut says probably not, a hard truth remains: My head really has no idea.

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Lopez has already won nine major trophies with Barcelona and two with Spain [Getty Images]An inflatable boat, a Rayo Vallecano shirt, and a chance meeting on a Benidorm beach - the beginning of Vicky Lopez's journey in elite football sounds like a work of fiction.Lopez, 19, is undoubtedly the next global star of the women's game. Over the past year, the attacking midfielder has established herself as a regular starter for the biggest powers in club and international football, Barcelona and Spain.She has done so despite having to contend for minutes with Ballon d'Or winners and global superstars, and now looks set for global recognition at the 2027 Women's World Cup in Brazil.On Saturday, Lopez is set to play in a Women's Champions League final for the first time when Barcelona face Lyon in Oslo, live on BBC Two and iPlayer (17:00 BST).Her journey to reach this point, it is fair to say, has not been conventional.Won over by an inflatable boatThe daughter of a Spanish father and a Nigerian mother, Lopez was born in 2006 in the tight-knit working class Madrid neighbourhood of Vallecas.At four years old she was playing football in the street with her older brother Jesus, an early education in the game that partly explains the flair, agility and speed she would become known for."Vicky learned her craft on the streets of Vallecas, her style is very street-influenced," Spanish football journalist Irati Vidal told BBC Sport."She used to play for fun while admiring and trying to copy Neymar's dribbles."Lopez soon joined local girls and boys teams where she often played in defence, and her innate talent caught the attention of Alba Mellado.Mellado - a professional footballer and youth coach at Madrid CFF - a women-only club in the Spanish capital - was working on expanding the club's junior ranks.After telling club president Alfredo Ulloa about the gem she had discovered, Mellado approached Lopez's family. The young girl decided she wanted to stick with her friends on the local team, but fate would soon give Mellado another opportunity. During a trip to Benidorm in the summer of 2015, Mellado bumped into an eight-year-old Lopez playing football with her cousins on the beach.Mellado returned wearing a shirt of Rayo Vallecano, the La Liga side from Vallecas, to establish a connection with Lopez."After a few days playing with her, I bought an inflatable boat big enough for her and her cousins to convince her," Mellado told BBC Sport."I think it paid off - a few days later her father rang me and said she was definitely joining [Madrid CFF]."Lopez considers Alexia Putellas one of her footballing idols [Getty Images]Lopez quickly caught attention at Madrid, though her route to the top was not without major obstacles.At just 11 years old she lost her mother to a brain tumour. When her mother's condition worsened and her father practically lived at the hospital, Mellado and her Madrid team-mates helped Lopez get to training and kept her occupied.From there, Lopez developed at remarkable speed. In 2019, she was named most valuable player at a La Liga-organised tournament for under-12s girls' teams after scoring seven goals, including a hat-trick in the final.She caught the eye by scoring 60 goals in 17 matches in the 2020-21 youth league, and began her journey through the country's junior ranks.In September 2021, Lopez became the youngest player to feature in Spain's top flight when she came off the bench against Athletic Bilbao, aged 15 years and 42 days."Of course she had the ability - I always told her so," Mellado said."I also pushed her hard, because if she really wanted it, she had to always give her best and she always did. She was one of the hardest-working and she never once complained."She knows what she wants - that's very important, because it makes her strive every day to achieve it."In 2022, perennial Spanish champions Barcelona signed Lopez on her 16th birthday, and two months later she became the youngest debutant in the club's professional history.She did so wearing the number 30, the same shirt worn by Lionel Messi when he broke into the Barca first team.That season Lopez became Barcelona's youngest-ever Champions League debutant, male or female, and the youngest player ever to score in Liga F. If fans were not already excited by her potential, they were in October that year when she was named MVP as Spain won the U17 World Cup in India. Lopez made her senior Spain debut in February 2024, replacing national icon Jenni Hermoso during the Nations League semi-final. At 17 years, six months, and 27 days, she become her country's youngest debutant.A breakout 2024-25 campaign - during which she stepped in for the ill Aitana Bonmati to help Spain reach the final of Euro 2025 - led to her winning the Kopa Trophy for the best young player in the world.After initially being used as a winger, Lopez is now largely used in a central role for club and country despite competition from the likes of Bonmati, Patri Guijarro and her idol Alexia Putellas.A combination of intelligence, excellent technique and athleticism allows her to both score and create - she has contributed nine goals and nine assists in 26 Liga F games this season, 16 of them as a starter."She's not afraid of anything and she tries everything. And I think that's why, even in teams with so much talent, she's starting to earn a place in the starting line-up," Vidal said."As we say in Spain, she's one of those footballers you buy a ticket to watch, because she enjoys the game and makes you enjoy it too. "She's just as extroverted on the pitch as she is off it."Lopez began her club career in the youth sections of Madrid CFF in 2015 [Getty Images]'She will win the Ballon d'Or'With 126 first-team Barcelona appearances and 21 senior caps for Spain under her belt before the age of 20, there is no doubting Lopez is destined for greatness."She is an incredible player and I'd be very, very surprised if she doesn't win the Ballon d'Or when she's older," Keira Walsh, England midfielder and former Barcelona team-mate of Lopez, told BBC Radio 5 Live."She's one of those kids who's just got so much character. She's super cheeky and I think you can kind of see that confidence on the pitch and in the way she plays."Whenever anyone speaks about [her] it just makes me smile because she's an incredible player."After training with Lopez for a couple of months in 2022, England defender Lucy Bronze told Mundo Deportivo: "She will be one of the best in the world."Lopez is not getting carried away with stardom though. She often works on her business and administration management degree during national team camps, and was studying when she received her first senior call-up.Spain's 2023 World Cup triumph came too soon for Lopez, but she has her sights firmly set on Brazil 2027."I think wearing the Spain shirt is a dream that all girls who play football have," Lopez told Antena 3 Deportes."For me, winning a World Cup with Spain would be one of the greatest achievements."She has a personal motivation to make that a reality."For me, my mother is everything. A goal I have in life is to make her proud."[BBC]Ben Haines, Ellen White and Jen Beattie are back for another season of the Women's Football Weekly podcast. New episodes drop every Tuesday on BBC Sounds, plus find interviews and extra content from the Women's Super League and beyond on the Women's Football Weekly feedGet the latest WSL news on our dedicated page

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With the Women's Champions League final between Barcelona and Lyon on Saturday, BBC Sport takes a look at the extraordinary rise of football's next global superstar, Vicky Lopez.