USMNT battles back for 1-1 draw vs Mexico | Continental Clasico Recap & Reaction

Hey, hey, hey, hey, it's football, we trust, what's up? The United States just played against Mexico. We are unbeaten against them in our last five. It was a 1-1

draw

. We have some things to talk about, so like it. And subscribe and let's continue. yeah trash can cream cheese calories Jim I'm here with Hollywood Harry aka Heath Pierce but Charlie Davies to set up oh it's too late I don't want to come to the show my tummy hurts my tummy hurts but but Heath we know that from Anyway the comments were going to provoke him, man, honestly, two things: one, I know that man has to get up very early, so I understand.

I feel sorry for him, he's running. I'm playing morning soccer right now, so I understand. It is, but also yes, we can't have it. The thing is, I could do this show and sleep well at night, but it can't be after a game between the United States and Mexico that we didn't win because you're right. He will become active and will be thinking those thoughts the rest of the night. We know he already texted us like, oh good luck with that, that's a terrible game to talk about, that was before both goals or before we scored.

I think so, yes, we appreciate that Chuck and him aren't here, but yes, we have a game between the United States and Mexico to talk about. We are undefeated in our last five. Let's start with the positive. This is Pierce. You got a 1-1

draw

. We came

back

from a goal down we created and dug our own hole, we got the shovels out and we found our way

back

and it was a good transition play after they hit the crossbar, we can get into the game, it ended 1-1. I feel like we should reverse engineer this and start with the positives and then get the or maybe we should start from the beginning.

I don't know where you're going Heath, but I was thinking about becoming Fuller an American soccer fan and just saying it was bad from start to finish you know not everything yes no no there's no nuances it's subtleties it's just ever it's just been bad is bad no where do you want to start can we well let's start with the starting lineup because honestly I was really disappointed with the starting lineup. I said I wanted to see the children play. You know, I wanted a little Josh Winder in my life. I wanted a little Caleb Wiley in my wife.

I already have a wife. I don't need him like my wife too and I want to see Aiden Morris from the beginning and we will deploy Sean Johnson, the goal he had, DeAndre Yedlin, he didn't have it at right back, we put Sergina Desot at left back and we have Aaron and Walker Zimmerman I I don't like him I I Walker Zimmerman is the one I get the most at that particular position, let's start with the bottom five I don't know why I don't need to see I don't ever want to see Sergina Odessa leave Come back anymore, it's just a waste of time, yeah, why not just throw Caleb Wiley, who plays there, he did.

He drove from the left side to set up the first goal he scored. He was the main protagonist. I tweeted this. He was the main one. protagonist in that goal, he and it's clear that he has the sauce when he has a little bit of space and obviously there is a certain urgency that we need after that particular goal and they just hit the crossbar and he makes a play that breaks the lines that we allows to finish that play and jml plays a very good ball Jordan Morris plays a very good ball on that Jesús Ferreira who is lucky, but you have to create your own luck, so no problem, we can't get one. but when I see that I think how many more times can sergina do than if he had just started on the right side listen this is the tenth time that DeAndre Yedlin plays against Mexico I don't need to see him play against Mexico I no longer understand why we don't take advantage of these opportunities to interpret to guys who have the opportunity to represent us.

I just don't understand that. I don't know, friend, it's not necessary. Seeing DeAndre Angel for a long time I don't even know why they called him that's where I'm at Aaron for a long time I didn't need to see anymore I don't need to see Aaron for a long time or at the old Rampage tonight I was a little a little, I'm very Chuck as I'm being now, I'm getting triggered and what I wanted to see and it just let me down, listen, let's look at it like this, look, you have a right foot and Aaron plays long with his left.

The central defender can't pass very well in general, but you'll put him on the left side, so that's already taking away some of his options on the right and wherever he feels comfortable, then you'll have Sergino Dest much better on the right than he. On the left, the guy can play there, both guys are capable of that, but again you're limiting their potential and handcuffing them a little bit and then you've got Kate Cal in front of him who's another right foot on the left side, now yeah . In theory, it's good to have a right foot when he receives the ball and you see him in those areas cutting inside to be on his right foot.

I just felt like we had too many right feet and not enough left feet left to give us a little bit more of that mix, listen, I just wanted to say I wanted to vent. I'm a little raw and vulnerable right now, Heath, I think you can tell, but what do you think about the last five? Uh, man, I agree. You, I think so, you let me get hot and bothered, but you're mad, yeah, I just wanted you to say it first so you knew, in case you said something stupid, I could say "wow", I mean, I would.

I don't go that far, but no, I agree with you, really, um no, I think Sean Johnson made sense to me, and Walkers made sense to me, but the rest of it just wasn't right and you look at it through the lens when you play. against Mexico these games are complicated, like you, you go into this game with what I would call experience, there is not much mystery in the team that was discarded, but there is inexperience in them playing together, although I think that a group of them had played together eight of them in the Saudi Arabia game, um, but my point is it just felt safe, it felt like this was a game, clearly it's where you come in and we tried to win against Mexico right there.

It's not an attempt to challenge the players as I thought Ed Morris was pretty sharp in these few minutes on the field. um I thought other players were more willing to do it and more willing to accept the challenge that our Classics liked the way. We brought experience to the guys from Major League Soccer who were called up for this game. None of those guys were a mystery to me. None of those guys increased his interest in them because he knew exactly what we were going to get if they played well. or I played badly. I knew exactly the player we were going to have against Mexico, and that's disappointing for me because we don't have many opportunities for players to get opportunities and we had some good young players in this Camp I.

I liked it I liked Kate Cowell on the field I like it the idea of ​​shooting Vásquez. I like the idea of ​​Jesús Ferreira playing underneath. I don't think he did it right. It's true that he scored a goal and that's been Mo's type of him all season. I've played a couple of Dallas games where he doesn't play well most of the time, but he gets his chance and scores, which you can't do well, even if it's luck, even if it's opportunistic, it just happens and he does it. that, but beyond that um it's just not just not inspiring, right, it wasn't like they came out with that fight or that advantage and it was going to turn into a battle, it was fine, yeah, I think maybe the game in general did. did.

There's some star power missing on both sides and I think that showed that both teams just had a day or two of training well and together and that showed especially in the final third with everyone. Both sides, so I'm talking about Mexico, I'm talking about the US, they both lack a little bit of sharpness in that last third where there was more purpose, they were so decisive in those places and it felt like maybe they were trying to play that extra pass or the pass wasn't good enough or whatever, I guess that's why I'm frustrated and I agree with you, Brandon Vasquez, when our first best action in the first half was Vasquez having a great Hold play Up in a shot. leaves him out, Ferrer plays in the dugout, Cal plays in Jordan Morris and Jordan Morris takes almost like the best touch of all time to go 1-on-1 and, uh, good defense there and it worked and I'm like, well, those.

Those are the sequences that I want to see because when I take everything away from Heath, when I try to evaluate these players individually, it's not always going to be about the end result, it's not going to be about the whole like I don't know if I'm going to be able to verbalize this the right way, but this whole Collective is these individual moments where it's okay. Ferrera is playing at 10. We all wanted to see him at 10. We wanted to see him as a second striker and he didn't do enough to impact the game in that position when he was pushed late and then scored to your point Kate Cal, okay, We introduced a young player, he started, I thought he had a lot of good energy.

He's moving around looking for spaces and then all of a sudden I didn't. I forgot he was there for 20 minutes, but that's the information I think we need, which is why we played with our young players. I have that. There is already information about Yedlin, okay, I already have that information about James Sands and the Sergina deaths on the left side. I need more information about KCAL, so if I evaluate Kate Cal and he comes in, I say: Hey buddy, listen first 15 20 minutes, you found the ball. You found some good Pockets, you craved things, you were being dangerous, and then you disappear for the next 20 minutes.

How do we change that? How can we involve you more? Those are the things and information we need, but we will never know about Josh Winders, Caleb Wiley or Aiden Morris. If we never implement them in a game, that means nothing at this point and that's what bothers me. because we have a chance, we don't need to know any more information about Aaron Long, man, uh, yeah, I'm hot, I think my heater is like five degrees hotter than it should be, but I'm sweating over here. man, I know I put on headphones so I could better capture your passions directly into my earlobes, and I didn't carry them around anyway.

I bottled this up for 90 minutes and now I'm unleashing it on you, not like me. again, if you look at it from Anthony Hudson's perspective, what did you want him to do? Yes, he's playing it safe, right, he's playing it safe for himself, he's playing it safe because he needs to prove that he's not going to get the job. What is he showing? Yes but no. another coach wouldn't do it another coach wasn't going to play it safe in his situation, he's playing it safe because it's not like he's going to get this job, but he can't deploy a team that gets completely beat up because he says, yeah.

I want to play the kids, you know, so I'm going to play all the kids, yeah, like two more of them, no, like, look, I guess I didn't need to see Colin Acosta tonight. He didn't need to see Aaron for long. I don't need to see Walker Zimmerman, but I understand, I understand maybe one of those three, yeah, you can go with experience. I actually wasn't mad that Jordan Morris was on the field. In fact, I thought he was solid. I thought he was good, um, he was direct. I've been trying to make sure it happens, you know.

I think Jesús Ferreira was poor and there's nothing in his game that's, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm just like. I'm intrigued by that, I don't think he'll score again, that's actually a really cool thing, but over 90 minutes in terms of impact, he's showing that if he scores he needs to be the best striker because he can. Not being in a deeper position on the pitch and just scoring goals, yeah, he had a great through pass that he made. He had some of those moments that stood out, but the overall impact and value. I didn't like it again.

The Cowell kid, I thought he floated in and out for most of the game. Brandon Vasquez. I thought he wasn't very smart at times, but he fought and fought, but again it wasn't a great performance for me. But eliminate Brandon Vasquez at least. At least I looked at Brandon Vásquez and when I looked at him I watched every touch he gave and they watched every move he made and I watched all his movements with the ball off the ball, his Hold Up play. I was watching closely to see what he can do. do for the national team because you're trying to get information, that's why you play it well, that's why he makes a bad back pass, uh, Aaron runs long, okay, they make mistakes, they punish us for it, but I haven't done it yet, nothing changed.

I still think the same about Calum Acosta. I still think the same about Aaron Long in terms of who they are as players because there is no mystery. Do you think that's Aaron Long's last National Thing game? Because I always say this and I say with a smile that it's pretty hard all things considered, but it's too long a summer to write them off, it's too late, it's true, it's true, but you were there for my last National Team game. I got two yellow cards in 15 minutes as Captain and I came out in the Glorious fire with a red card now I didn't know it was my last real team game and you never think it is but that was mine and yeah it sucks haters , I went out in a place. of Gloria, thiscould be this could be Aaron Long's Gloria spot, who gave up a bad ball to lead to a breakaway against Mexico, yeah.

I mean, could be, I don't know if it'll be the last one, I think it's too busy a period, yeah , you're right and he could have incredible form at some point, you never know I mean, but I think I thought he made some pretty good plays during the game, but then there's that play and you're like, look, we're talking about a game only from ML, right? And if you think that the last limit next January is another. January camp is probably true, um, but I don't think I thought Meowska came in and did as bad or worse, uh, during her minutes, uh, so I don't want to ask or even go in, man, I mean, it's Winder there, friend. throw it out I guess I want to be fair Matt Miasco was an important part of the US soccer system for a long time, like give him another look to see where he is again, it's not a mystery to me huh, but he hasn't been in the mix. for a while, so I can see why you want to give him a chance and see how he performs well um and I don't think he performed in a way that was amazing, not to say that like you thought, I thought he was.

He was going to have a bad game, but even if he played a solid game, he still wasn't going to say oh, there's something there that I hadn't seen before and this was an opportunity against a good opponent in a friendly game to be able to see that and, Therefore, I am a little disappointed in the equipment that was implemented compared to what could have been implemented. Having said that, I understand the idea of ​​if he were in Anthony Hudson's position, would he go? guns blazing and just take all the experience against Mexico like guess what Jimmy like you and I were present at the Mexico USA final with our b2c team in the Gold Cup final and it went from halftime zero zero to bad , well tragic and Mexico will do that to you in a rivalry like that and if you can't handle the changes with experience and things like that, things can get really bad, very quickly, especially in a stadium like that where you play effectively in matches away from home for Team USA, so I can understand that he had some experience to weather those moments and those storms, but it wasn't like that, it wasn't an unexciting lineup and it wasn't rewarding in terms of the performances of the people he rewarded, put into the team what is interesting and congratulate Anthony Hudson.

I thought in the first 20 minutes our desire to press and try to win the ball back seemed excellent, we were in a high block. Well, actually we went with two forwards, Ferrera and Vásquez ended up being instead of having that kind of single forward to force the play to one side, we took away some of what I thought Mexico wanted to do and they didn't resolve that until halftime when they had the opportunity to do it and the coaching staff had the opportunity to evaluate what we were doing and I thought every time they played the ball back there was some real energy and I actually thought their forward didn't touch the ball.

Honestly, I don't know if he touched the ball for the first 25 30 minutes and then when the game started to open up a little bit, he started to get involved a little bit more, but he had to drop deeper. I did not care. From that, the tactics that I thought were pretty solid to start with were not the tactics I had a problem with, it was a starting lineup. I just wish we had different guys out there, so yeah, I agree with you, I understand going into Mexico. Game and you know we can say all these things about who we want, but when the time comes and you have to make tough decisions and you and Anthony Hudson maybe he's harboring some opportunity or some dream in his mind that he's going to do. get the full-time job, I don't know, but I felt very, very conservative, that we would go out with that and you're deploying guys on this in some places, ah, it's very frustrating, but even if he's not going to do it. get the job, do you still think he's going to get the Nations League?

I think now it's your job to lead the national team with pride and do everything you can, whether it's now, whether it's in the national league, to win games, you brought out the team that was the safest, the most experienced to go and get a result, as long as they tied. 1-1 with Mexico they are now undefeated in five as you mentioned in your introduction they won three of them they tied two of them it was not a great performance we have seen our best national team have bad performances or average performances against lesser opponents or opponents equal to Mexico, but in this one I think we are all desperate to see the next thing, to see new people because we know that when we have a team there is not much room for tinkering at the moment, we are talking about there are three or four in the deep right midfield, there are three or four deep at other positions on the field, so now there's a pipeline of players that we're looking at where it would be good if it wasn't Brandon.

Erinson, it's giorative, it's not Urano's team and if it's not a team like the one you have, it's Zendejas, like you're looking at a depth chart now, that makes these moments so desperate to see something different and new, TRUE? Aiden Morris, right, give me cow, give me that, yeah, cool, we got him one, yeah, well Vasquez was always going to be a uh for me, a relatively easy and obvious start, yeah, um, because he was really our only one. big guy up and you know, fair play, Anthony Hudson for scoring for the ten, that was it.

I think we were all thirsty for that in some way and we got it and then what I love about it and it goes back to my topic today. The show is information, we have information that that is not a great place for Jesús Ferreira at the National Team level, maybe it works with FC Dallas, but you have called some games and you say no, it is just a little bit better a little further up the field and maybe. He doesn't, no, I think he's better, I think he's better in a two striker system, I think that, but what I'm saying is if his best attribute we're looking at right now because obviously I had him last weekend and I had him. , you know, watch today's game.

He was ineffective in most parts in the club match the previous week. He was better and more impactful for the 90 minutes and was generally ineffective today throughout his performance, but call it lucky, call it whatever he scored. now in the MLS several times he scored again tonight so I say you can't put him in a 10 spot, you can play him in a two striker system and that could be the role because you have someone else next to you but he doesn't he can be in the 10 in midfield because he's not a great defender, he doesn't necessarily want to do that job, he doesn't exactly influence the game that much and if everything he does, the whole production will end in a goal, then just play him as the tall striker and do the best you can with him, knowing that if you give him that chance or two, I know people have judged him on the opportunities he's missed, but it's been clinical. sometimes or created Goals created um and I'm saying you can't maintain that can't be a 10 because it's not impactful enough okay, let's take our first break.

I've been speaking confidently when we come. We're going to do a little bit of three up three down again in this performance for us against Mexico, so let's not go anywhere absolutely masterful here, what's up? Everyone, welcome back to football. We are confident that we are analyzing the game between the United States and Mexico. 1-1 friendly draw between two heavily domestic squads for both countries, but we want to remind everyone that if you are a US-based fan of the beautiful game, Paramount plus is an absolutely must-have subscription from nwsl to the Champions League, Syria and There's a lot more in between, you have to do it and if you don't think it's for you, you can try a month for free.

This is Heath and I doing a great job using the nwsl code 2023. Alright everyone, let's continue this conversation. We appreciate your support, like it, like it, subscribe, leave us some comments, turn on your notifications if you're listening to us on the podcast platform of your choice, we'd love to follow, we'd love to download, we'd love for you to tell us. your friends about how amazing our show is, we're very biased, but yeah, well, put words in your mouth, but if you want to say that, we wouldn't say no. I'm Jimmy Conrad next to Heath Paris ants Heath three up three down, let's do it, do you want to start?

What do you want? Do you want to go to the negativity first? or when you want to tiptoe into the warm waters of negativity or want to go to positivity first. What do you want to do? I just always think. about that line from Talladega Nights about that guy, well you know we had fun today and we're still friends and I say that's the end of it, I mean, give me someone you're disappointed in. I need, I need, actually, I'm going to be the obvious choice for Aaron Long, yeah, yeah, okay, so we're both in it, Aaron Long, deep down, deep down, everyone, if you want to disappoint them, let us know at comments from time to time.

We're hearing this right now or later or whenever this post hits us on Twitter iswtpod, we'd really appreciate it if you'd follow us there too, so I think it's unanimous that we're disappointed in Aaron for a long time, it's hard not to have him on all three down given the glaring mistake he made that led to Mexico's goal, okay, sorry, up, uh, I'm going to go with James Sands, I didn't care anymore, due to the fact that he had qualities that I've seen. about him as his improvements at Rangers came back from his ability to sweep, you talked about the striker not being able to receive the ball, he sweeps very well in front of a back line, covers a lot of that ground and takes out a lot of passing lanes In fact, I think in my CFC, when he's on the field, he has the best record in the league for penetrating passes, the fewest penetrating passes, um like through his midfield, uh, to the front line, and I like that. about him relatively ineffective, uh, otherwise, but when I think about the challenge and the task at hand on that one, he's someone I would give up on maybe I wouldn't if he was only giving three, three alone, but I thought because I'm passing by him right now on our back line and moving forward um I imagine why it's not right, like Sans, you didn't like it, that's all, yeah, you know, there was a, he played a very good ball, we changed the point of attack in the first half that I thought was smart, I thought the weight of the pass was great, tried to go for it again later, missed on that one so went back to the well a little too early when maybe the play wasn't going on, but I think he's come back a much better player.

I think he's added some guile to his game that I think will serve him well. I still wanted to see Aiden Morris, so I guess I'm waiting. That against James Sands right now, but yeah, there were some moments where you can start to see the passing lanes. Something in particular, I think it's very important to say because I thought Mexico had a difficult time, yes, getting the ball to their number. nine that, honestly, I'd be surprised if he had more than 10 touches in significant places besides heading or whatever, where he could actually catch the ball and try to play, so it's fine, I don't care. let's go down, let's go back to okay, um and I hate saying this because maybe it's hard, yeah, no, it's not hard.

I would say Kellin Acosta is also a failure for me. I J. It's just not him anymore right now. period, I do not accept his experience, no, I do not expect more, that is the point is that I think he is very solid, I think he does certain things very well, I think he is fantastic, he takes the peace, I think he has the fight and the motor , but it's not going to be better than it is and I don't think it has the ability to have enough impact if it doesn't have the right people around it.

I think he has the intangibles. I think he has the effort. I think he has the intangibles. I think he epitomizes the classic US Men's National Team player, but personally I want more now and I think we have the opportunity to have more and his number is almost in the 60s of international matches, maybe 70, 50 , 60, 70 caps I think I think there is a better use of our caps in the future than with him, I don't want to say that he played badly, but just for the fact that I think there are better things, I think it's better now , uh, criticize his game and uh, it seems like he's a great guy.

I bet you he would come here and he would be picky with us. You know, I just wish he played a little more forward. I don't need him hitting the big home run well. put someone on top, I mean, if you are, I know you have that in your bag, but that's not what I'm necessarily looking for, it's those little ones when we're creating the triangles, I thought tonight in particular, maybe it just wasn't So. on the right he wasn't seeing the options quickly enough or the support wasn't there, but can he break the lines with those forward passes to move the team forward?

Can you help us transition in a way that felt like he was playing? side and back a lot tonight uh, that's me really picky uh the game of him. I have to say one thing, although it may defy logic because he scored, but inwhich Heath has been right okay you know what I think Morris performs the way you expect him to and we hope of course we want as many good players on our national team as possible you could be uh yeah , I missed. Brett I lost friends I lost friends in Eddie in Ricardo Pepe because you know Eddie Johnson was like brother, nobody, what are you stupid?

You know and I have to keep writing for that now, you know, I have Debbie Johnson on the run right now. okay, let's take our second and last break in football. We trust that when we return we will summarize everything we saw. We will talk about Argentina, now host of the U-20 World Cup. We will talk about the candidacy. That was just announced, but the United States and Mexico are trying to host the Cup. Women's World Cup in 2027 and we got a little comment from Paxton Aronson, so don't go anywhere. Italy's best clubs and brightest stars bring spectacular skills and incredible emotions to the fight. until the end for scodetto James every game in stereo live on Paramount Plus, welcome back to all who do football.

We trust. I'm Jimmy Conrad with Heath Pierce and we're near the finish line of this emergency podcast after the 1-1 draw between the United States and Mexico against Glendale. Arizona, you know, the first time the United States played Mexico at that Stadium Heath, I scored, I was player of the match and we won and it was pretty close to the stadium. I was able to see the clip, but I don't know if it was the producer Dad or Alex. has that ready to go or the producer does both producers should we have that clip ready to go I agree we should have that as the clip so I do it in the clip should leave it or me in football We trust the family or you should license you should license it I should license it to our producers eh, but that's fine, but by the way, Mexico played 10 games in that and I remember that the one I was in was one of the first Jurgen Klinsmann, I think, and it was a tie in that game and I don't remember who scored, I think maybe Brick Shea maybe or I don't know Robbie Rogers is on the field like I don't remember much from that night.

I didn't get into the game. I warmed up a lot. I warmed up for a good 60 minutes though, yeah, yeah, I have a lot of warming up, man, yeah, yeah, yeah kind of like, uh, I remember you know I've told this story before, but when you have the best seat in the house. When you're warming up, you know, unless the game is being played at the other end of the field, you have one of the worst seats, but I remember Marvel Wynn saying that at one of these national team camps, like tweeting it or posting it.

He posted it on some kind of social media site and then got in trouble for saying that he had the best seat in the house, uh, he did, he warmed up throughout the game and didn't play, and I remember he got scolded for it. I think I thought that was really funny funny it's funny that's a good tweet imagine having a sense of humor yeah well I can I think I know which coach you're talking about that probably gave him a hard time okay let's talk. a small controversial decision by the U-20 World Cup to take it out of Indonesia and put it in Argentina, FIFA director Johnny Infantino said FIFA is delighted to announce that this year's edition of the U-20 World Cup It will be held in Argentina as its headquarters. of the world champions opens its doors to the world football superstars of tomorrow, as this year's edition will take place in a country that lives and Breeze Football will be a tremendous inspiration for the stars of tomorrow, also for those who They don't know that Argentina actually didn't do it. qualify for the U20 World Cup when it was held elsewhere, but now that they are the hosts they automatically enter the tournament, that must be good for you. 20 coach Javier Mascherano, you probably heard about him before I played him in the Copa América and I think you did too, Heath, yeah, you had a great team, you had a great seat for that game, I had a great seat for that game, sure, actually, the seats weren't great, they were. obviously they actually were, I think if I remember correctly they were elevated so we had a decent view of the pitch for that one and I remember it was an incredible game, didn't you make a crazy tackle against Messi?

Jimmy. We did it. I should take out that clip, that's another one that's like the next card, but I did, I did it recently. I was hanging out with some Argentinians recently and we were talking about it. In the friendly match in 2008 against Argentina Masana was sent off as was our teammate. um Argentinian friend um um what's his name uh uh Pablo mastrini yes both sent off in that game well Pablo the red card is never too far from him we love you Pablo is not okay so friend, you can't, you can't get to him Not now , that's true, that's true, that's true, well, speaking of the U-20 World Cup, we had a chance to hear from Paxton Aaronson about his thoughts on this upcoming tournament and, uh, what it means, so let's take a look Take a look and listen to this clip.

I have the opportunity to be able to represent your country in a major event, even if it's the U20 World Cup, it's a big thing for young players trying to make a name for themselves, so I hope so, but yeah, I know the group we've been in. in this under-20 cycle from the beginning and I've seen how much we've grown and we have a really strong group on and off the field and I think we showed that in Concacaf qualifying and I'm super excited and yeah, I hope to get caught up in those oh , there are a lot of clichés there, but I think it will do it.

I mean, it's part of it, he was born to be a quarterback, you know, with those types of answers, which is like you know. the team had a great time you know I couldn't have done it without the team yeah we had a really great preparation and a game plan that we could. I've been here since the beginning, yes, very grateful to be where I am. You never know when you'll have another game, so you just go out there and do your best. That being said, I think he's going to be an important player for us in this particular tournament and I'm very excited to be able to do that.

Look at how our guys are doing this summer so it should be a lot of fun okay let's look forward Heath I don't know if there's a game because this is our last podcast of the week unfortunately I know I know everyone. Josh Winder is eligible, right? Josh Winder can't play for the under-20s, that's correct. Caleb Wiley can play for the under-20s. Owen Wolfe we ​​got some Ballers mate oh okay cool Darren yappy yeah you can keep listing names and names I mean. it's o3 oh four oh five I mean, we're talking about some, yeah, I mean, what do you know, it's 15.

Kavan Sullivan is getting a ton of interest for the Philadelphia Union. He's 07. He's not even 15 yet. I know, but me. I mean he's already shown that I think he could probably hang with those guys. Oh, he's one of the best in the 15 of the tournament. Very good at times, but yeah, I mean, Jim Curtin came out and said, "If only people wouldn't listen to this Philadelphia Union." Coach Jim Curtin said that Kavon Sullivan, this under-15 player who dominated this recent tournament, you know he's related to Chris Albright, yeah, oh, we can't have Albright walking around saying he's gone, he's gone.

It was now. he's, you know, he's not, he's not, he's not hanging out in Philadelphia, I get it, I get it, but Jim Curtin came out and said that Kavon Sullivan could or should be a household name if he continues his career, which It's crazy. It's like putting that kind of pressure on one of your younger players, but clearly he knows he can handle it, so if you watch any of those games, what I like about him is fiery, he wants to fight everyone like he's going to fight. . You see that mentality as you, Jimmy, remember when you were young and like we were probably those guys that yell at his teammates and his teammates are older than him, but he wants the ball a certain way, he wants the ball. play a certain way.

In some ways, there's a certain expectation that he has and he's the young player of 15, you know, which is pretty impressive and, again, people for a long time will see that and adopt an attitude, you know, but at the same time you see to a player like that. with that kind of mindset and quality you say oh there's something there, you know there's something there and I'm going to need it, I need to nurture it and take advantage of it and that's what we're starting to get now in these professional or academic environments. where they say oh no, I'm not going to change this child.

I'm going to help shape all these things that he has to make him a good player instead of saying, Oh, the parents are mad about the way he yells at his teammates, no, I love that and I think you're right. . I think the evolution of youth academies has helped us maybe readjust or change our thinking about how to stop some academies. Okay, that's a few, yes. I don't want to generalize and label everyone, we'll give credit to those who will be lazy Jimmy there are some academies that are very lazy okay so for me the most important game on the weekends and then we'll let everyone go . it's Fulham against the leaders, many Americans involved in this Fulham don't need this game as much as Leeds, the leaders have conceded 11 goals in their last two games, both home defeats 5-1 to Crystal Palace and then 6-1.

For Liverpool, Javi Garcia, the manager looked good to start with or at least he did, and then he got bad very, very quickly and you wonder what that would have been like with Jesse Marsh, maybe maybe he wouldn't have changed, he wouldn't. I know, but um. I don't know that Jesse Marsh probably isn't feeling any delight or satisfaction, but it could be validated in some way that not only was he right, so there's that component, but potential customers really need to win this game and, uh, we. I have a lot of Americans in the field, so I think that's the one I'm looking at the most.

I don't know if any other games stand out to you, Heath, but that's the one I'll be keeping an eye on and us. We'll talk about that, of course, on Monday's podcast, it's an important game. I mean, Fulham were also in a bad spell and they came out of it against Everton, so, bad spell, Buster Everton, yeah, death of Everton, my God, you just don't want that to happen. but yeah it's all going to come down to the wire when you look at this, you just look at the rankings there with leads that are constantly just above and that's a dangerous position to be in, to the point where like Bournemouth went and got two wins in a row and you say oh Barnum is safe, they got 33 points, you just know they can get one more, they'll probably be safe for the year and they have plenty of games to do it. but Bournemouth were almost like a sure drop at one point this season too, so it takes just a little bit of time, like seven days, that can change the trajectory of everything we saw at the end of last year. with Jesse Marsh went all the way, but it's not over, they're just in a bad bad place, but I think that's the only game to watch, hard to watch, but uh, a game to watch, yeah, it'll be fun.

There are a lot of good MLS games on the schedule, as well as from our group of players, but we'll

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everything on Monday, but we'll call it a spectacle for tonight's USA game, Mexico, one undefeated in our last five. against our biggest rivals and that's all we should be talking about is positivity baby let's get this over with Silver Lining so on behalf of producer Dez, producer Alex and I guess Charlie Chuckwagon Davies and for Heath and for me, shit trap. crash I almost called myself I'm Chuck gbt baby you're and I'm uh I'm from Chuck uh I just asked Chuck to write the show for me tonight and I just responded the way Chuck would actually, did you know what you are? a Chuck GPT They let me start the show, ask Chuck GPT and he just spit out the angry responses, you know it, okay, I have to go to bed, I'm starting to slur my words, everyone's okay, have a good night, Have a great week. and see you next time thanks