WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:05.120 First off, barbark John, before we start, we are going 2 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:08.759 to put an embargo, for Bart's sake, on a certain 3 00:00:08.839 --> 00:00:13.439 school south of Pennsylvania. So we're gonna let's put an 4 00:00:13.480 --> 00:00:15.439 embargo on that right now. Bart had a bad enough 5 00:00:15.439 --> 00:00:16.199 week on that front. 6 00:00:16.399 --> 00:00:21.079 Did I drunkenly email the alumni Association and athletic department 7 00:00:21.160 --> 00:00:23.519 to cancel the donations I had made that week? 8 00:00:23.719 --> 00:00:23.960 Yes? 9 00:00:24.640 --> 00:00:33.840 Wow, so well, embargo the redacted place south south of Pennsylvania. 10 00:00:35.159 --> 00:00:35.719 We can just. 11 00:00:37.439 --> 00:00:39.039 You have enough problems without that. 12 00:00:40.479 --> 00:00:45.759 Wow, Bart, you sound like you're still attempting to recover 13 00:00:45.920 --> 00:00:50.880 from a brawl. Comma backyard, John, My soul is broken. 14 00:00:53.159 --> 00:00:55.479 Coaching. I didn't even have watched the Lama United game 15 00:00:55.520 --> 00:00:56.200 on Saturday. 16 00:00:57.560 --> 00:00:58.880 Neil Brown's the head coach. 17 00:00:59.520 --> 00:01:00.520 No, I know it did. 18 00:01:01.000 --> 00:01:01.880 Oh Pat Nardozy? 19 00:01:02.280 --> 00:01:05.760 Is Nordoozy still there? I feel like they've had the 20 00:01:05.760 --> 00:01:06.239 same coat. 21 00:01:06.239 --> 00:01:09.480 I feel like Nordoozy's been there since Dave Wanstad left. 22 00:01:11.040 --> 00:01:19.959 They had oh crap, not Todd Graham. 23 00:01:19.959 --> 00:01:21.719 God to Todd Graham. 24 00:01:21.840 --> 00:01:24.719 Well, I would imagine it's not Todd Graham. Because it 25 00:01:24.719 --> 00:01:27.319 was Todd Graham, this program might have shut down. 26 00:01:28.359 --> 00:01:32.000 Well well, and Todd would have left I think he 27 00:01:32.079 --> 00:01:35.120 did leave. What it's just basically Todd Graham goes in 28 00:01:35.159 --> 00:01:36.200 for a year coach. 29 00:01:37.719 --> 00:01:38.280 Anyway. 30 00:01:38.519 --> 00:01:39.840 Yeah, well, I mean. 31 00:01:40.319 --> 00:01:43.040 My soul is not in a great place this morning. 32 00:01:43.120 --> 00:01:45.239 That's why I sound like I'm still recovering. Also, my 33 00:01:45.359 --> 00:01:48.920 voice is a little because I was busy yelling at 34 00:01:48.920 --> 00:01:52.239 a certain income poop who managed to. 35 00:01:54.239 --> 00:01:55.840 Again break my soul. 36 00:01:56.959 --> 00:02:01.159 So Todd Graham, Keith Patterson, Paul Chris, Joe, Rudolph Patnar, Doozy, 37 00:02:02.599 --> 00:02:03.920 I like to a coaching. 38 00:02:03.640 --> 00:02:09.639 Here for the good decade. Yeah, but Arsenal be Tottenham. 39 00:02:09.719 --> 00:02:10.280 That's great. 40 00:02:10.560 --> 00:02:12.719 Well we got We've got some reughing down here to 41 00:02:12.759 --> 00:02:17.800 talk about that one we do as a part of 42 00:02:17.840 --> 00:02:20.360 the discussion. But no, But first thing that I wanted 43 00:02:20.400 --> 00:02:25.800 to go into with you this morning is involving the 44 00:02:25.800 --> 00:02:30.199 the the promotional walk that was had at WBD the 45 00:02:30.520 --> 00:02:34.919 WBD Glass in cased building in New York City, where 46 00:02:35.159 --> 00:02:38.159 it is now officially official the US men's national team 47 00:02:38.319 --> 00:02:40.360 have a a new head coach, and we have not 48 00:02:40.439 --> 00:02:44.479 had you on since that promotional walk and subsequent press conference. 49 00:02:45.800 --> 00:02:49.960 Now that Mercia Pochettino is here, he is officially official. 50 00:02:50.120 --> 00:02:54.599 All of the Chelsea based contract elements have been apparently 51 00:02:54.639 --> 00:02:58.439 sorted and signed, and so now Mercia Pochettino, the worst 52 00:02:58.520 --> 00:03:02.599 kept secret and all of international is now nih ann 53 00:03:02.840 --> 00:03:05.599 and now part of the US soccer community. What say you, 54 00:03:05.680 --> 00:03:06.520 Bart Keeler. 55 00:03:07.639 --> 00:03:11.400 Well, I thought you heard a lot of similar things 56 00:03:11.479 --> 00:03:15.199 to what you would have heard and a Greg Borhalter conference, 57 00:03:15.319 --> 00:03:20.400 But you also heard a lot of different ideas but 58 00:03:20.479 --> 00:03:24.319 also framing of some concepts. You know, look, I don't 59 00:03:24.319 --> 00:03:28.560 think it's I don't think it's going to be a 60 00:03:28.639 --> 00:03:32.120 drastic change in how this team plays. You know, it'll 61 00:03:32.120 --> 00:03:33.919 still be a team that wants to have the ball. 62 00:03:34.400 --> 00:03:36.680 How they get that ball will be a little different. 63 00:03:37.280 --> 00:03:42.400 You know, he emphasized a lot of running off the ball, 64 00:03:42.479 --> 00:03:46.680 both defensively and offensively, and I think that specifically will 65 00:03:46.719 --> 00:03:47.960 be a key change. 66 00:03:48.039 --> 00:03:51.639 Is we've grown accustomed to seeing. 67 00:03:51.439 --> 00:03:55.919 The US national team be stagnant in possession and seem 68 00:03:56.000 --> 00:03:58.719 like they're out of ideas, and that to me comes 69 00:03:58.719 --> 00:04:03.599 from a lack of off wall movement for your teammates. And 70 00:04:03.639 --> 00:04:08.280 so that in particular could be an immediate change that 71 00:04:08.400 --> 00:04:12.879 unlocks the athleticism and fitness levels that American players have 72 00:04:13.159 --> 00:04:21.279 and uses them in a positive way. But he seems 73 00:04:21.360 --> 00:04:24.199 to you know, there's a reason he's been a very 74 00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:27.480 successful coach at a lot of big clubs is because 75 00:04:27.480 --> 00:04:31.800 he understands what he believes and how to communicate that 76 00:04:31.879 --> 00:04:37.319 to the players. And you know, it sounds again, there 77 00:04:37.319 --> 00:04:39.839 were some things he said that were similar to what 78 00:04:39.879 --> 00:04:42.759 Greg Burholter would say, but they sound different and they 79 00:04:42.800 --> 00:04:45.959 are framed differently. And then there's a lot of different 80 00:04:46.000 --> 00:04:49.319 things that he mentioned and those are what I'm hoping 81 00:04:49.360 --> 00:04:53.680 that we can see bear out in the these next 82 00:04:53.680 --> 00:04:55.160 two windows. 83 00:04:55.879 --> 00:04:59.600 Jared with bart on the national team, anything in your 84 00:04:59.600 --> 00:05:01.160 mind from the signings and. 85 00:05:01.160 --> 00:05:07.519 So, yeah, I guess what's your I guess runway with 86 00:05:07.600 --> 00:05:11.079 this where you're kind of is what's the runway like 87 00:05:11.160 --> 00:05:13.959 in terms of, hey, there might be some bumps in 88 00:05:14.040 --> 00:05:18.199 the road while we get everything installed, while people get acclimated, 89 00:05:18.240 --> 00:05:22.000 that sort of thing. You know, what's what's your runway 90 00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:25.160 here with like how comfort how how long you're comfortable 91 00:05:25.199 --> 00:05:28.600 with just kind of maybe hiccups for lack of a 92 00:05:28.639 --> 00:05:30.240 better word. I know, we're two years out from a 93 00:05:30.240 --> 00:05:31.959 World Cup, so we only have so much time. 94 00:05:33.319 --> 00:05:36.959 Well, I think, you know, he said himself that they're 95 00:05:37.000 --> 00:05:39.480 not going to make excuses and they're not going to, 96 00:05:39.959 --> 00:05:41.680 you know, look at this and say, oh, well, we 97 00:05:41.720 --> 00:05:44.360 don't have the time, and he said there is time, 98 00:05:45.199 --> 00:05:47.279 so he wants us to hold them to that standard. 99 00:05:48.079 --> 00:05:50.759 But you know, I think you have two friendlies in 100 00:05:50.800 --> 00:05:55.839 October where it will probably be a little rough to 101 00:05:55.959 --> 00:05:58.839 watch the team figure out what they're supposed to do. 102 00:05:59.480 --> 00:06:01.160 At given times during the game. 103 00:06:01.480 --> 00:06:03.040 But again, I don't think that there will be a 104 00:06:03.120 --> 00:06:06.720 drastic change from what we were trying to do with 105 00:06:06.720 --> 00:06:09.759 Burhalter versus what we were trying to will be trying. 106 00:06:09.560 --> 00:06:11.040 To do with Buchettino. 107 00:06:11.199 --> 00:06:16.199 I do think there will be key points of emphasis 108 00:06:16.720 --> 00:06:19.199 that are different, and I think those are the things 109 00:06:19.240 --> 00:06:25.079 that Patch in the immediate time frame can communicate with 110 00:06:25.120 --> 00:06:27.120 the team and say look this this, this is great, 111 00:06:27.199 --> 00:06:29.000 but this is what I want you to do, or 112 00:06:29.120 --> 00:06:31.120 these are the things you need to be worried about 113 00:06:31.720 --> 00:06:37.319 off the ball and on the ball. But then you know, 114 00:06:37.600 --> 00:06:41.040 in November you get into Nations League, and as much 115 00:06:41.040 --> 00:06:45.879 as we joke about playing a Caribbean country in the 116 00:06:45.920 --> 00:06:52.480 middle of November, Greg Burhalter's team struggled against these early 117 00:06:52.800 --> 00:06:56.839 round Nations League's opponents in this kind of secondary tier 118 00:06:56.920 --> 00:07:00.759 in Conca Calf and you know you don't have the 119 00:07:00.879 --> 00:07:04.279 runway to screw up there because you need to be 120 00:07:04.319 --> 00:07:09.680 in that nation's league final come March. Because you know 121 00:07:09.839 --> 00:07:13.720 the amount of truly competitive matches. 122 00:07:16.639 --> 00:07:18.920 Is very low going into the next. 123 00:07:18.959 --> 00:07:21.800 World Cup, and you need to use these as preparation 124 00:07:22.839 --> 00:07:26.519 to be able to, you know, respond when a team 125 00:07:26.560 --> 00:07:29.240 that is playing for something comes out and hit you 126 00:07:29.279 --> 00:07:32.439 in the mouth. Because we saw that happen in Collpa America, 127 00:07:32.560 --> 00:07:35.240 where a team that was playing for something and playing 128 00:07:35.240 --> 00:07:39.319 with some passion that our team clearly didn't have, you know, 129 00:07:39.360 --> 00:07:41.959 when they came out and punched us in the mouth, 130 00:07:42.319 --> 00:07:46.759 we took that and stepped back a few steps and 131 00:07:47.360 --> 00:07:51.279 didn't really have a response. So those are important games 132 00:07:51.319 --> 00:07:53.720 because we know that those teams, and this is something 133 00:07:53.759 --> 00:07:56.800 he also touched on in the press conference, those teams 134 00:07:56.839 --> 00:07:59.759 come to compete, they come to fight, and they come 135 00:07:59.800 --> 00:08:02.759 with every game. And if those aren't exist, if those 136 00:08:02.800 --> 00:08:05.040 don't exist within the team every single time they step 137 00:08:05.079 --> 00:08:09.000 foot on the field, which they have not under Greg Burholter, 138 00:08:09.120 --> 00:08:11.639 and I think he is very much to blame for that, 139 00:08:11.720 --> 00:08:16.920 despite people's wanting to blame players. Yes, Greg never approached 140 00:08:16.920 --> 00:08:20.519 a friendly as a doer die situation, and to be 141 00:08:20.600 --> 00:08:23.879 quite honest, from the sounds of the press conferences leading up, 142 00:08:23.879 --> 00:08:27.319 he did not approach Copo America as a doer die situation. 143 00:08:28.519 --> 00:08:36.559 And you know the Argentinian desperation, the Argentinian passion hopefully translates. 144 00:08:35.879 --> 00:08:40.480 From Bodgettino to the US mistational. 145 00:08:40.120 --> 00:08:45.039 Team looking at just some of the quick quotes from 146 00:08:45.519 --> 00:08:49.480 the opportunity football is to touch the right button and 147 00:08:49.519 --> 00:08:51.440 start to perform. And we need to really believe in 148 00:08:51.480 --> 00:08:53.720 achieving big things. We need to believe that we can win, 149 00:08:54.159 --> 00:08:56.360 that we can win, not only a game, that we 150 00:08:56.399 --> 00:08:59.240 can win the World Cup end quote. And she said 151 00:08:59.240 --> 00:09:01.600 players are so intelligence, so talented, they can play in 152 00:09:01.600 --> 00:09:03.320 a different way. For sure. I think we have time 153 00:09:03.399 --> 00:09:07.840 to integrate whatever philosophy that Mercy Pochattino wants. He says, 154 00:09:07.879 --> 00:09:10.720 the circumstances after the Copo America situation weren't good for 155 00:09:10.720 --> 00:09:12.960 the players to manage in the last two games. But 156 00:09:13.000 --> 00:09:15.840 the most important thing is to see the potential that 157 00:09:15.919 --> 00:09:19.440 we have. I see very good players end quote. I 158 00:09:19.519 --> 00:09:21.960 send the message to every single player around the world. 159 00:09:22.399 --> 00:09:26.039 They have the door open. Considering that no MLS players 160 00:09:26.039 --> 00:09:28.720 saw Copa action and twenty three to the twenty six 161 00:09:28.759 --> 00:09:33.039 were European based. Cade Cal, the late replacement for Geo Rena, 162 00:09:33.279 --> 00:09:35.639 was the only Mexico based US player called into the 163 00:09:35.720 --> 00:09:39.600 last three camps. So obviously Pochettino's trying to hit the 164 00:09:39.679 --> 00:09:42.039 right buttons in the press conference. He's trying to win 165 00:09:42.080 --> 00:09:44.720 the press conference by saying things that folks want to hear. 166 00:09:46.679 --> 00:09:51.440 Right, Absolutely, he he has experienced this. He's been at 167 00:09:51.440 --> 00:09:55.759 a lot of clubs and you know he's that. 168 00:09:56.000 --> 00:09:58.120 That's why I do think that to an extent. 169 00:09:59.480 --> 00:10:03.440 It it's he's going to say the right things and 170 00:10:03.480 --> 00:10:05.360 say them in the right way, because there's a reason 171 00:10:05.399 --> 00:10:10.440 he got hired at places like Tottenham, like PSG, like Chelsea. 172 00:10:10.519 --> 00:10:14.320 But the fact that he for the most part has 173 00:10:14.360 --> 00:10:16.879 been able to take what he says in a press 174 00:10:16.919 --> 00:10:21.679 conference and then apply that and communicate that. 175 00:10:23.159 --> 00:10:26.960 Is different than I think again that we had with the. 176 00:10:26.919 --> 00:10:31.879 Guy previous because and I'm sorry, like it's just I'm 177 00:10:31.879 --> 00:10:34.799 not trying to make Greteck out to be this terrible coach, 178 00:10:34.840 --> 00:10:36.440 because your Clinson is a terrible coach. 179 00:10:36.480 --> 00:10:39.399 Greg Burholter is just wasn't doing his job well this 180 00:10:39.399 --> 00:10:40.000 past cycle. 181 00:10:40.159 --> 00:10:43.759 The recency attachment is where you are with your discussion. 182 00:10:43.840 --> 00:10:46.720 But the yeah, but the reality is, John, we had 183 00:10:46.720 --> 00:10:49.279 to make a stark decision after the Copa America tournament 184 00:10:49.320 --> 00:10:52.000 to move on from the guy who, in theory, was 185 00:10:52.080 --> 00:10:52.639 hired to get. 186 00:10:52.600 --> 00:10:53.559 Us to the next World Cup. 187 00:10:53.639 --> 00:10:56.919 So you are going to compare them, and again, I 188 00:10:56.960 --> 00:10:59.799 just think I go back to the idea of intensity 189 00:11:00.480 --> 00:11:07.240 and urgency where he talks about, you know, we're not 190 00:11:07.320 --> 00:11:09.679 here to play, we're here to compete, talking about the players, 191 00:11:10.399 --> 00:11:12.559 talking more about the players, about how his coaching staff 192 00:11:12.600 --> 00:11:16.799 will be evaluating them from day one. You know, nothing 193 00:11:16.919 --> 00:11:24.679 is not No opportunity to evaluate players' ability to compete 194 00:11:24.679 --> 00:11:31.519 and perform in a match is going unused, and hopefully 195 00:11:31.519 --> 00:11:35.320 that translates to actual winning. And I think if any 196 00:11:35.440 --> 00:11:40.080 US fan will tell you that sometimes winning isn't even enough. 197 00:11:40.159 --> 00:11:43.600 You know, beating Trinidad by the skinning your teeth and 198 00:11:43.679 --> 00:11:47.080 a two legged tie isn't enough. You know, barely qualifying 199 00:11:47.120 --> 00:11:50.120 for the twenty twenty two World Cup by finishing third 200 00:11:50.799 --> 00:11:51.480 is not enough. 201 00:11:51.919 --> 00:11:53.559 If you're going to be the big dog in the region, 202 00:11:53.639 --> 00:12:00.440 you need to dominate the region. And hopefully this beentality. 203 00:12:00.600 --> 00:12:04.919 These minor adjustments to this playing style can help. 204 00:12:06.679 --> 00:12:09.080 Bart Keeler hanging out with US at Bartabas Prime nineteen 205 00:12:09.200 --> 00:12:12.039 for the Soccer for USPOD at Soccer for the Soccer 206 00:12:12.039 --> 00:12:15.240 for US POD at Soccer for US POD on the 207 00:12:15.279 --> 00:12:18.240 two hundred and eighty character app also on the table 208 00:12:18.279 --> 00:12:20.039 this morning. I do want to get into the late 209 00:12:20.159 --> 00:12:24.840 night that some of us had watching activities Columbia. We 210 00:12:24.879 --> 00:12:27.399 will get into that. We've also got some reffing down 211 00:12:27.480 --> 00:12:30.240 here for Bart and Bart I'm gonna try to keep 212 00:12:30.279 --> 00:12:32.759 you for fifteen minutes so you don't completely and totally 213 00:12:32.759 --> 00:12:36.519 blow out your voice. So Will I will try to 214 00:12:36.600 --> 00:12:39.840 keep you till ten thirty and just that way you 215 00:12:39.879 --> 00:12:44.559 can get into your your honey and diving into everything else, Jared, 216 00:12:44.600 --> 00:12:47.279 anything else on your mind US national team wise, before 217 00:12:47.279 --> 00:12:49.240 we head to the youth national team and the chaos 218 00:12:49.279 --> 00:12:50.440 last night in Colombia. 219 00:12:50.879 --> 00:12:54.879 Yeah, so I know he left it open, so you know, look, 220 00:12:55.440 --> 00:12:57.159 everybody's on the table here. 221 00:12:58.799 --> 00:13:01.840 Any kind of off the wall that you're looking at 222 00:13:02.200 --> 00:13:04.600 for people who are eligible who maybe have fallen out 223 00:13:04.600 --> 00:13:06.759 of favor to get back into the mix for the 224 00:13:06.840 --> 00:13:07.679 US national team. 225 00:13:08.360 --> 00:13:11.559 Yeah, I think the one that has the biggest I 226 00:13:11.559 --> 00:13:19.480 guess opportunity to get back into this group is maybe 227 00:13:19.519 --> 00:13:24.240 a Jordan p Fock, who has been playing really well 228 00:13:24.320 --> 00:13:29.519 at top level leagues for several seasons in a row 229 00:13:30.559 --> 00:13:33.600 and has just clearly not been favored by Burrhalter. 230 00:13:33.799 --> 00:13:35.159 Right, And I'm not saying that he is. 231 00:13:36.759 --> 00:13:39.639 Definitively better than any of the strikers we've seen, but 232 00:13:41.399 --> 00:13:45.879 he's clearly doing something right for club, and so like, 233 00:13:45.919 --> 00:13:48.279 I like that as someone who I think just can 234 00:13:48.440 --> 00:13:50.720 benefit from just different eyes looking. 235 00:13:50.480 --> 00:13:51.279 At the playerpool. 236 00:13:52.360 --> 00:13:55.519 But I've said a whole long I mean, look, the 237 00:13:55.559 --> 00:13:57.840 reality is the playerpool is what the playerpool is. 238 00:13:58.399 --> 00:14:00.519 And if you don't think that Tim. 239 00:14:00.360 --> 00:14:06.240 Way At, Christian Polistic, Georena Wester McKenney, you know, if 240 00:14:06.279 --> 00:14:10.399 those guys aren't the best players we have, Jedi Robinson 241 00:14:10.639 --> 00:14:13.720 and Serginio Desk aren't the two best fullbacks we have, 242 00:14:13.840 --> 00:14:17.840 then I don't know if I can you're a reliable 243 00:14:17.919 --> 00:14:22.120 narrator in the story right now, because that's just the issue. 244 00:14:22.159 --> 00:14:23.600 Now. There are going to be some French players that 245 00:14:23.639 --> 00:14:27.000 I think can benefit, you know, and. 246 00:14:28.559 --> 00:14:33.840 There might be guys who are currently with the team 247 00:14:33.879 --> 00:14:35.799 that get a little bit more priority I'm thinking maybe 248 00:14:35.840 --> 00:14:43.200 a Luca Delatore, possibly Marlon Fosse. But at the same time, 249 00:14:45.360 --> 00:14:48.000 it's the player pool is not going to just magically 250 00:14:48.039 --> 00:14:48.559 get better. 251 00:14:48.799 --> 00:14:50.519 You know. What we hope is. 252 00:14:50.480 --> 00:14:53.440 The players who come into camp respond to what he's 253 00:14:53.600 --> 00:14:55.679 telling them and can execute better. 254 00:14:57.320 --> 00:15:00.840 For those that decided to stay up and knew where 255 00:15:00.879 --> 00:15:08.600 to find it. FS two. The chaos that was happening 256 00:15:08.720 --> 00:15:13.919 last night in the tournament that is going on in 257 00:15:14.000 --> 00:15:18.240 Collie and various and sundry other cities, the U twenty 258 00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:22.279 World Cup. The US is now in the Semis once again. 259 00:15:22.639 --> 00:15:26.399 Local love Jordan Dudley, Riley Jackson a part of this. 260 00:15:27.559 --> 00:15:31.120 The US was down two nil in the second half, 261 00:15:31.919 --> 00:15:35.039 and I would swear up and down that there were 262 00:15:35.039 --> 00:15:37.840 two chances for penalties to be called in the seventies 263 00:15:37.840 --> 00:15:42.000 in the eighties that were not so. Germany had a 264 00:15:42.039 --> 00:15:46.759 two nil league going into ninety plus. The US scores 265 00:15:46.799 --> 00:15:49.840 at ninety plus seven. The US scores at ninety plus 266 00:15:49.960 --> 00:15:53.960 eight to equalize to send it to an extra thirty 267 00:15:54.360 --> 00:15:57.480 players just basically tried to survive and not to totally, 268 00:15:57.559 --> 00:15:59.559 you know, cramp up. In that thirty minutes, it goes 269 00:15:59.600 --> 00:16:03.320 to peak US wins three to one in PKS, and 270 00:16:03.360 --> 00:16:09.120 the chaos that was there bordered on truthfully national team 271 00:16:09.200 --> 00:16:12.240 after dark. I mean it was out of control last night. 272 00:16:12.279 --> 00:16:14.600 But the US makes it to the Semis and the 273 00:16:14.679 --> 00:16:17.840 U twenty Women's World Cup come back for the ages, 274 00:16:17.960 --> 00:16:23.120 and yeah, and the way that it's being looked at 275 00:16:23.480 --> 00:16:27.000 its goals at ninety plus eight and ninety plus nine 276 00:16:27.399 --> 00:16:29.519 as opposed to ninety plus seven and ninety plus eight. 277 00:16:29.559 --> 00:16:31.600 So yeah, go ahead and go ahead and add to that. 278 00:16:31.679 --> 00:16:34.279 So ninety plus eight, ninety plus nine, you down two, Neil, 279 00:16:34.360 --> 00:16:36.840 you tie it to you go to PKS, you win 280 00:16:36.840 --> 00:16:39.320 in PKS, You're now in the Semis. Holy ish. 281 00:16:40.159 --> 00:16:44.759 Yeah, well got a great point like this is I mean, 282 00:16:44.799 --> 00:16:48.039 we got our we The second goal Germany scored was 283 00:16:48.080 --> 00:16:48.919 even late, right. 284 00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:51.039 I Mean that was the thing that I wasn't able 285 00:16:51.039 --> 00:16:52.600 to I wasn't able. 286 00:16:52.399 --> 00:16:55.639 To watch this game because I was flying back from Pittsburgh, 287 00:16:55.679 --> 00:16:58.080 which I will maintain as one of the most underrated 288 00:16:58.120 --> 00:17:02.759 cities in this country. And so I'm like, I'm able 289 00:17:02.799 --> 00:17:04.559 to keep up with it on Twitter, and I'm getting 290 00:17:04.559 --> 00:17:06.079 the notifications I have landed. 291 00:17:06.119 --> 00:17:08.079 I'm on Marta like all these things. 292 00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:08.720 And. 293 00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:13.720 I did I don't want to say I turned it off, 294 00:17:13.759 --> 00:17:15.720 but because I didn't, but like I was like, all right, 295 00:17:15.759 --> 00:17:20.160 well that sucks. But as my continual stance is, you 296 00:17:20.200 --> 00:17:22.359 know the goal of these youth tournaments is to get 297 00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:26.519 there to show well. And with most youth tournaments, the 298 00:17:26.559 --> 00:17:29.599 crap shoot is a crap shoot. Make the knockouts and 299 00:17:29.640 --> 00:17:31.960 see what can happen. And hey, look, Germany is not 300 00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:33.519 a bad team. 301 00:17:33.839 --> 00:17:34.960 They clearly have talent. 302 00:17:35.599 --> 00:17:35.720 Uh. 303 00:17:35.960 --> 00:17:37.960 And you know from watching the highlights, it's not like 304 00:17:37.960 --> 00:17:40.440 the US got completely dominated. It's just the fact that 305 00:17:40.480 --> 00:17:43.480 Germany got a penalty kick called for them to Actually 306 00:17:43.519 --> 00:17:46.519 we saved one in the first half. And we'll talk 307 00:17:46.559 --> 00:17:48.880 about that in just a second, because I want to 308 00:17:48.880 --> 00:17:54.759 talk about that young lady. But that is to go 309 00:17:54.839 --> 00:17:58.319 back to a po Chattino for a second. He mentioned 310 00:17:58.319 --> 00:18:01.400 the US women multiple times in his press conference as 311 00:18:01.440 --> 00:18:03.920 being the model of how to compete, how to fight, 312 00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:07.559 how to win, and they showed that last night. Why 313 00:18:07.680 --> 00:18:12.319 this program, uh, you know, despite Tracy Kevin's coaching them, 314 00:18:12.640 --> 00:18:13.640 is finding ways. 315 00:18:13.359 --> 00:18:16.599 To win games. 316 00:18:17.440 --> 00:18:19.720 Yeah, well yeah, I'm sorry. 317 00:18:19.799 --> 00:18:23.519 I just I think ran about Tracy Kevins and I 318 00:18:23.559 --> 00:18:27.880 don't know why she's still employed. But I think the 319 00:18:27.960 --> 00:18:31.319 thing John is and this is where for all those 320 00:18:31.319 --> 00:18:34.640 who bemoaned somehow that this talent was gone from the 321 00:18:34.720 --> 00:18:40.119 US team, this is one of the most professionally infused 322 00:18:40.359 --> 00:18:43.920 rosters we I think it's the most professionally infused roster 323 00:18:44.000 --> 00:18:45.400 we've ever sent to. 324 00:18:47.119 --> 00:18:49.440 Any these competition, in World Cup competition. 325 00:18:49.960 --> 00:18:52.359 And I think that was one of those things that 326 00:18:52.400 --> 00:18:56.200 shined last night is you saw players who understood what 327 00:18:56.240 --> 00:19:00.640 it meant to physically and mentally fight to get a 328 00:19:00.640 --> 00:19:03.319 result because they have to do that with their CLIP teams, 329 00:19:03.440 --> 00:19:07.599 right especially in NWSL, where you know every week it 330 00:19:07.640 --> 00:19:10.480 seems like we have a new team that's out in 331 00:19:10.519 --> 00:19:15.920 and in the playoffs. There's a lot of stake in NWSL, 332 00:19:16.079 --> 00:19:20.920 and so that that to me was what came through 333 00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:26.039 last night and the quality and the determination of these players. 334 00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:31.000 And it's it was absolutely insane to see that match 335 00:19:31.279 --> 00:19:32.480 go the way that it did. 336 00:19:32.880 --> 00:19:36.440 I mean, John, that last goal was that sent Nora 337 00:19:36.519 --> 00:19:39.079 scored was was determination and grit. 338 00:19:39.400 --> 00:19:41.119 She just beat the goalkeeper to the wall. 339 00:19:41.400 --> 00:19:41.599 Yep. 340 00:19:44.119 --> 00:19:47.079 And again that that is talent, but that is desire. 341 00:19:47.160 --> 00:19:51.640 That is playing hard, playing through the whistle, and that 342 00:19:51.799 --> 00:19:57.039 was it was a wonderful comeback, and then we could 343 00:19:57.079 --> 00:19:59.359 talk about her It's teague and why who not only 344 00:19:59.400 --> 00:20:02.519 saved the penal in the game, yes, had the game 345 00:20:02.559 --> 00:20:07.440 winning safe after as you mentioned, hometown girl Riley Jackson 346 00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:11.240 the third penalty kick that sealed it. Basically, but T 347 00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:14.000 and I had a fantastic game end goals. 348 00:20:14.200 --> 00:20:15.599 As a whole. She looks. 349 00:20:15.839 --> 00:20:18.920 I haven't been sold on her before this tournament, to 350 00:20:18.920 --> 00:20:22.839 be quite honest, mainly because it's hard. It's really hard 351 00:20:22.839 --> 00:20:26.680 to tell and cocky cap competition. It just as I'm sorry, 352 00:20:26.720 --> 00:20:29.319 but she has bawled out this World Cup in my opinion, 353 00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:34.480 And whoever ends up drafting her or not drafting her anymore, 354 00:20:34.519 --> 00:20:38.839 whoever ends up signing her in NWSL or possibly abroad, 355 00:20:38.880 --> 00:20:41.680 I mean, I think she would make a team like 356 00:20:42.160 --> 00:20:47.279 nine Arsenal a thousand times better. She's going to make 357 00:20:47.400 --> 00:20:52.400 a fan base very happy. 358 00:20:52.799 --> 00:20:56.279 It's it will be intriguing, to say the very least, 359 00:20:56.279 --> 00:20:58.519 when it comes to what you're looking at from the 360 00:20:58.920 --> 00:21:02.839 group that was there, it was it has been a 361 00:21:02.880 --> 00:21:05.720 great watch to see them work their way through the 362 00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:11.720 tournament and getting into the semis. You know, that is 363 00:21:13.039 --> 00:21:16.160 that it's been. That's been a fun watch so far. 364 00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:21.400 All right, so seven minutes. Like I said, I'm gonna 365 00:21:21.440 --> 00:21:25.319 keep you to thirty so that way your voice doesn't die. 366 00:21:26.359 --> 00:21:31.559 There was some raffing down here this week, and one 367 00:21:31.599 --> 00:21:34.519 of them has to do with moments in the other 368 00:21:34.559 --> 00:21:38.279 match that you were paying attention to that has nothing 369 00:21:38.319 --> 00:21:42.519 to do with the backyard brawl, the possible kind of 370 00:21:42.519 --> 00:21:46.400 a backyard brawl. But yeah, true, that is absolutely true. Yeah. 371 00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:49.799 The the nld as it is either hashtag or you know, 372 00:21:49.880 --> 00:21:51.519 I like, if you're one of the cool kids and 373 00:21:51.559 --> 00:21:54.000 you refer to it, you know as the nld the 374 00:21:54.039 --> 00:21:56.680 North London Derby, you have to do the finger pistols. 375 00:21:56.759 --> 00:21:58.400 Not to be confused with the nld S. 376 00:21:58.759 --> 00:22:02.400 No, no, no no. That would be an early round 377 00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:07.319 of the playoffs. Arsenal knocking off Spurs one nil. Mikhail 378 00:22:07.400 --> 00:22:11.359 Arteta admitted that he lost sleep trying to figure out 379 00:22:11.480 --> 00:22:14.119 what his lineup was going to be. I'd like to 380 00:22:14.160 --> 00:22:16.759 thank him for the back line that he did construct, 381 00:22:16.799 --> 00:22:18.519 because that really did help me out in fantasy this 382 00:22:18.559 --> 00:22:20.160 past week. I gave him full credit for that, and 383 00:22:20.200 --> 00:22:25.559 I started Gabrielle the red card on the Urian Timber 384 00:22:25.680 --> 00:22:30.599 foul on Pedro poro, contact with the ball, then contact 385 00:22:30.640 --> 00:22:34.400 with the player. The ref shows yellow to Urian timber 386 00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:38.599 checked by var for a potential red it was waved 387 00:22:38.640 --> 00:22:42.559 off as no red card. And this goes off of 388 00:22:42.599 --> 00:22:47.400 the Curtis Jones ives Busuma challenge about a year ago. 389 00:22:47.680 --> 00:22:50.880 But there are things that you look into account about 390 00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:53.480 force and getting to the ball first in contact with 391 00:22:53.559 --> 00:22:55.279 the player. Walk us through that. 392 00:22:57.599 --> 00:23:05.400 Yeah, I think specific to the incident you are looking at, 393 00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:12.480 we can't judge intent, John, but you can kind of 394 00:23:12.559 --> 00:23:18.799 infer intent to play the ball, right, And so this 395 00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:21.720 to me wasn't a red card worthy because this was 396 00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:24.680 within a natural action of play, okay, right. 397 00:23:25.680 --> 00:23:28.640 The player was in control of himself for the most part. 398 00:23:29.039 --> 00:23:33.240 While he may have been careless slash reckless with his challenge, 399 00:23:33.799 --> 00:23:34.799 he was in control. 400 00:23:35.200 --> 00:23:40.759 He was doing something within a normal play of the game. Right. 401 00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:41.480