WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.360 --> 00:00:04.160 You know, I saw a tweet from a w fan account, 2 00:00:04.400 --> 00:00:07.879 very popular one, and I like what they say, like 3 00:00:07.960 --> 00:00:14.039 all the time, but mentioned that wearing the coal rush 4 00:00:14.119 --> 00:00:18.079 uniform and putting out that type of performance is not 5 00:00:18.239 --> 00:00:21.920 representative of the state. And as much as I love 6 00:00:21.920 --> 00:00:24.000 the state of West Virginia, I have to say, actually, 7 00:00:24.039 --> 00:00:26.679 it is kind of very representative. Trying to celebrate coal 8 00:00:26.719 --> 00:00:29.440 and then falling flat on your face is pretty representative 9 00:00:29.440 --> 00:00:33.039 of the state of West Virginia. They should move on 10 00:00:33.079 --> 00:00:36.799 from coal. Respect all the coal miners. You have a 11 00:00:36.840 --> 00:00:41.000 hard and dangerous job, but there are other things to 12 00:00:41.039 --> 00:00:43.640 celebrate about the great state of West Virginia, and natural 13 00:00:43.679 --> 00:00:46.320 beauty being one of those that. By the way, coal 14 00:00:46.439 --> 00:00:49.880 ruins a lot of But you know, hey, windmills are 15 00:00:49.920 --> 00:00:51.799 the problem, not strip mining where you take off an 16 00:00:51.880 --> 00:00:52.920 entire top of a mountain. 17 00:00:53.280 --> 00:01:00.320 Correct, yes, yes, absolutely, But no, I thought they look. 18 00:01:00.479 --> 00:01:02.880 Falcons one on Sunday, John, That's what I'm focusing on. 19 00:01:03.200 --> 00:01:05.640 Tech one at UGA. That's a great win for them. 20 00:01:06.480 --> 00:01:12.239 Auburn didn't have to cause your household any internal stress today. 21 00:01:12.400 --> 00:01:14.280 Well neither did Florida State. 22 00:01:14.319 --> 00:01:17.640 By the way, you're right, you're right. You got to 23 00:01:17.680 --> 00:01:22.920 watch opposing fans, you know, go through the consternation of 24 00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:24.480 being a football fan this weekend. 25 00:01:24.640 --> 00:01:26.879 Yes, it is absolutely true, and we talked about it 26 00:01:26.920 --> 00:01:30.680 on the OS two side of things. With the other 27 00:01:30.799 --> 00:01:34.680 elements and things that went on. We were all either 28 00:01:34.959 --> 00:01:38.079 looking at everybody else and not worrying about our bye 29 00:01:38.120 --> 00:01:40.200 week and wondering how we could still be fifteenth in 30 00:01:40.239 --> 00:01:45.120 a conference of seventeen schools. But there was a moment, 31 00:01:45.959 --> 00:01:48.640 and there was a moment in US soccer where it 32 00:01:48.680 --> 00:01:52.760 was officially official. First off, was Q two even full? 33 00:01:55.120 --> 00:02:02.359 You know, I don't think it was officially full, It 34 00:02:02.439 --> 00:02:05.159 was close. They announced the night before the game that 35 00:02:05.159 --> 00:02:11.800 they had basically like what they needed two thousand tickets 36 00:02:11.800 --> 00:02:16.520 to be sold. Wow, which you know is disheartening because 37 00:02:16.560 --> 00:02:19.960 Q two is only a stadium of just over twenty thousand, 38 00:02:20.080 --> 00:02:26.479 So the fact that they weren't able to m yeah, attended, well, 39 00:02:26.520 --> 00:02:28.879 they announced attends at twenty two thirty nine, so I 40 00:02:28.919 --> 00:02:29.960 guess it was a full house. 41 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:31.479 Congratulators, it was, Yeah. 42 00:02:31.479 --> 00:02:33.840 I would hope that, you know, US soccer would have 43 00:02:33.840 --> 00:02:37.560 been able to sell out the match of the first Yeah, 44 00:02:37.879 --> 00:02:40.719 the first match of its new head coach, the best 45 00:02:41.400 --> 00:02:49.159 biggest head coach of its history. But you know, oh well, 46 00:02:49.879 --> 00:02:52.120 apparently they did sell out. Good for them. It took 47 00:02:52.159 --> 00:02:54.240 them all up until the day of the game. 48 00:02:54.639 --> 00:03:00.599 Yes, so we end up with a a win for 49 00:03:00.639 --> 00:03:05.159 the United States. And the way that John Arnold at 50 00:03:05.199 --> 00:03:12.400 all phrased it was this, It was that Pochettino's US 51 00:03:12.560 --> 00:03:16.319 M and T passed the vibe check. How long will 52 00:03:16.319 --> 00:03:18.759 the good times roll? He says. Soccer is about physical 53 00:03:18.759 --> 00:03:21.400 ability and skill, plus the collective understanding of how best 54 00:03:21.400 --> 00:03:23.159 to work together to score goals get the other team 55 00:03:23.159 --> 00:03:27.080 scoring on you. But especially at the international level, vibes 56 00:03:27.199 --> 00:03:30.000 enter the equation too, whether it's frustration with a certain 57 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:32.479 coaches style of play, anger at recent results, or even 58 00:03:32.639 --> 00:03:36.120 national moods spilling into the sporting sphere. What's going on 59 00:03:36.240 --> 00:03:38.039 around a team often has a big effect on a 60 00:03:38.080 --> 00:03:40.560 team's form, even when it seems superior in the ability 61 00:03:40.560 --> 00:03:43.199 and skills sector. That may even be more true in 62 00:03:43.240 --> 00:03:46.520 the Concacaff region, where the depth of any given national 63 00:03:46.520 --> 00:03:49.159 team is unlikely to match that of counterparts in UEFA 64 00:03:49.240 --> 00:03:52.520 or Connoble. My friends at the World of Concacaff podcasts 65 00:03:52.520 --> 00:03:55.639 say that Concacaff is a vibes based economy. 66 00:03:56.080 --> 00:03:58.319 Cocacaff is a vibees based economy. 67 00:03:58.360 --> 00:04:02.199 That is a fact while hiring Murcio Pochettino or Jesse 68 00:04:02.280 --> 00:04:04.719 Marsha Javier Giray is designed to take advantage of a 69 00:04:04.719 --> 00:04:06.919 coach's experience at the highest levels of the club game. 70 00:04:06.960 --> 00:04:09.599 They're also intended to change the vibes. No one would 71 00:04:09.719 --> 00:04:12.039 argue the vibes were good at the end of Greg 72 00:04:12.039 --> 00:04:14.599 Burholter's tenure leading to the US men's national team, and 73 00:04:14.639 --> 00:04:17.839 no one will argue there anything but good. One game 74 00:04:17.839 --> 00:04:21.439 into the Pochatino Era after a two nail victory over Panama, 75 00:04:21.480 --> 00:04:23.199 What say you, Bart Keeler. 76 00:04:24.319 --> 00:04:27.759 Yeah, I think that for starters, you got to win 77 00:04:27.759 --> 00:04:32.000 over Panama, which under the Burholter tenure was kind of 78 00:04:32.000 --> 00:04:37.839 this bugaboo team, right, I mean, Panama beat us in 79 00:04:37.920 --> 00:04:43.040 World Cup qualifying down there. They proved to be a 80 00:04:43.079 --> 00:04:46.639 problem for us in Gold Cups, you know, knocked us 81 00:04:46.639 --> 00:04:50.160 out of the last of the twenty twenty three Gold Cup. 82 00:04:50.279 --> 00:04:51.120 That was a lot of math. 83 00:04:54.399 --> 00:04:57.439 Beat us obviously in Copoamerica for you know, and there 84 00:04:57.439 --> 00:05:00.560 are some extenuating circumstances around them. You remember that loss 85 00:05:00.600 --> 00:05:03.160 in World Cup qualifying. We had Josse Artas starting, which 86 00:05:03.240 --> 00:05:08.439 is a recipe for disturb for anyone. You then lost 87 00:05:09.279 --> 00:05:11.720 in that Gold Cup in twenty twenty three because you know, 88 00:05:11.759 --> 00:05:13.639 Panama doesn't have a B squad, they have their A 89 00:05:13.720 --> 00:05:16.439 squad and the US was playing somewhere between a D 90 00:05:16.560 --> 00:05:19.399 and a B squad. And then obviously with the Copa 91 00:05:19.399 --> 00:05:22.279 America result, it was because you had, you know, a 92 00:05:23.959 --> 00:05:26.800 red card by Tim Wayev for being a little dumb. 93 00:05:27.160 --> 00:05:30.959 But you know, this was definitely not a first choice 94 00:05:31.000 --> 00:05:33.839 lineup from the US, right, not just with the injuries 95 00:05:33.879 --> 00:05:38.439 that we knew of coming into camp, but then the 96 00:05:38.480 --> 00:05:40.959 players that were selected were probably not the first choice 97 00:05:40.959 --> 00:05:43.240 for a lot of people that would be picking a team, 98 00:05:43.279 --> 00:05:45.199 and there are obvious reasons for that. I'm sure we 99 00:05:45.240 --> 00:05:49.000 will have a question about. And so the fact that 100 00:05:49.079 --> 00:05:53.160 you won is good because that as a reversal from 101 00:05:53.199 --> 00:05:57.000 what you've seen in recent history. But also John apparently 102 00:05:57.199 --> 00:05:59.920 saw one watching the broadcast, Panama had scored a goal 103 00:06:00.199 --> 00:06:03.680 on the US in at least five straight games. Wow, 104 00:06:04.680 --> 00:06:07.160 And so you got to shut out and that was 105 00:06:07.160 --> 00:06:09.720 the hallmark of the bird to Halter tener tenure, so 106 00:06:09.759 --> 00:06:12.079 I was told by his supporters, is that, Oh, his 107 00:06:12.160 --> 00:06:14.279 defensive scheme is very good. We don't give up a 108 00:06:14.279 --> 00:06:17.560 whole lot of goals. Again, Panama seemed to be the 109 00:06:17.560 --> 00:06:20.000 team that figured out how to Panama and Canada where 110 00:06:20.000 --> 00:06:21.680 the two teams that figured out how to score goals 111 00:06:21.680 --> 00:06:27.800 against the US consistently. And a lot of that is 112 00:06:29.319 --> 00:06:36.079 looking at what we saw. The difference between Saturday and 113 00:06:36.079 --> 00:06:38.000 what we saw a difference between you know, the last 114 00:06:38.040 --> 00:06:41.199 few games of the Burr Halter era was I think 115 00:06:41.199 --> 00:06:46.519 two things. One was just an intentionality to the play 116 00:06:46.560 --> 00:06:52.120 more frequently, okay. And then I don't want to say 117 00:06:52.120 --> 00:06:55.120 intensity because I don't think that's like a fair metric 118 00:06:55.240 --> 00:06:57.240 to use. It's a little that's a little two vibesy. 119 00:06:57.800 --> 00:07:00.800 But you could just tell that there was a understanding 120 00:07:00.800 --> 00:07:02.839 of the severity of Hey, I'm playing for the national team. 121 00:07:02.839 --> 00:07:06.680 We got to go win. Was it perfect? By no stretch? 122 00:07:06.720 --> 00:07:08.079 It was perfect? Right? It was? 123 00:07:09.519 --> 00:07:12.519 There were there were errant passes everywhere. There were obviously 124 00:07:12.519 --> 00:07:16.279 players who didn't live up to the moment at many times, 125 00:07:16.720 --> 00:07:21.839 some players who unfortunately, I think, failed to capitalize on 126 00:07:21.879 --> 00:07:24.920 the opportunity they had from you know, being able to 127 00:07:24.959 --> 00:07:29.519 start over players who were injured or being held out 128 00:07:29.560 --> 00:07:34.160 due to rest, but overall the team as a collective 129 00:07:34.480 --> 00:07:36.959 got a too well when at home in the first 130 00:07:36.959 --> 00:07:41.480 game of the punchetoon Era. And that's that's a positive. 131 00:07:42.279 --> 00:07:44.560 Unis Moussa scores on the forty ninth through Cardo Peppy 132 00:07:44.600 --> 00:07:45.959 scores at ninety plus four. 133 00:07:46.600 --> 00:07:48.240 That's what Peppy does. He scores in Austin. 134 00:07:48.639 --> 00:07:50.560 Yes, that's true. Just ask him. 135 00:07:53.000 --> 00:07:54.160 I've seen them scoring. 136 00:07:55.439 --> 00:07:58.839 As verities about that from his time at FCD. Uh 137 00:07:59.079 --> 00:08:01.680 sealed the victory and the USA's four game winless streak. 138 00:08:01.800 --> 00:08:04.040 Player ring or player ratings, And this is where we 139 00:08:04.079 --> 00:08:06.800 tear apart what Soccer America likes to do on a 140 00:08:07.000 --> 00:08:12.839 match by match basis. Matt Turner had a six early 141 00:08:12.879 --> 00:08:15.600 in the second half. Turner stops Panama's first good chance 142 00:08:15.639 --> 00:08:17.680 with the diving save, jumped up to block the close 143 00:08:17.759 --> 00:08:20.279 range shot off the rebound, so Matt Turner with a 144 00:08:20.360 --> 00:08:26.680 six in net For the United States defenders, Anthony Robinson 145 00:08:27.120 --> 00:08:30.480 gets a five. Mark McKenzie gets a five, Joe Scally 146 00:08:30.519 --> 00:08:34.159 gets a five. Tim Reen gets a six. Sparked the 147 00:08:34.159 --> 00:08:35.919 attack on the first goal with a long ball down 148 00:08:35.960 --> 00:08:38.480 the wing to Robinson, Reem and Mark McKenzie blocked several 149 00:08:38.480 --> 00:08:43.200 shots by Los Caneleros and mostly distributed safely, although McKenzie 150 00:08:43.240 --> 00:08:45.159 gifted Panama ball deep in the US half. In a 151 00:08:45.200 --> 00:08:46.799 free kick at at the edge of the area in 152 00:08:46.799 --> 00:08:49.399 the eighty seventh, Kinsey was beaten to the ball by 153 00:08:49.480 --> 00:08:53.960 Edguarda Farina, who hit wide from seven yards out. So 154 00:08:54.120 --> 00:08:56.960 five's basically across the board except for Tim Reim, who 155 00:08:57.720 --> 00:09:00.399 looks like he sparked an attack. Therefore he got plus 156 00:09:00.440 --> 00:09:01.440 one there and got a six. 157 00:09:01.759 --> 00:09:03.600 I think that's a little unfair to Jedi, who did 158 00:09:03.679 --> 00:09:06.279 I think a much better job in a slightly more 159 00:09:06.320 --> 00:09:09.799 advanced role. I know formations aren't a real thing, but 160 00:09:09.960 --> 00:09:12.960 it was like an unbalanced four three three four three, 161 00:09:13.000 --> 00:09:18.080 where like Jedi and Musa were technically in the same plane, 162 00:09:18.159 --> 00:09:20.559 but like Musa was a little bit higher than Jedi. 163 00:09:20.720 --> 00:09:22.039 Like it was like they were a little bit on 164 00:09:22.080 --> 00:09:27.799 a seesaw. But I thought Jedi was better than a five. 165 00:09:28.440 --> 00:09:33.720 I don't think anyone else did anything worth noting from 166 00:09:33.720 --> 00:09:37.039 a defensive standpoint, And again, I think McKenzie is one 167 00:09:37.039 --> 00:09:39.799 of those guys who did not take advantage of a 168 00:09:39.919 --> 00:09:42.960 chance to put a good foot forward for the manager. 169 00:09:43.000 --> 00:09:45.720 I know, again, you get the shutout, but a lot 170 00:09:45.759 --> 00:09:49.320 of times he committed fouls or got beat to a 171 00:09:49.360 --> 00:09:52.639 ball and it just wasn't He continues to be This 172 00:09:53.960 --> 00:09:58.080 a story of unfulfilled promise from Mark McKenzie where you 173 00:09:58.120 --> 00:09:59.960 watch him and you go, this guy could be really good, 174 00:10:00.080 --> 00:10:02.200 and then when it comes time to actually test him, 175 00:10:02.200 --> 00:10:05.799 he kind of doesn't always pass the test, or if 176 00:10:05.799 --> 00:10:08.879 he does, it's like at best to see and you know, 177 00:10:09.039 --> 00:10:12.200 that's disappointing when Tim Briam seems to be the most 178 00:10:12.879 --> 00:10:16.480 competent center back in your center back pool right now 179 00:10:16.519 --> 00:10:18.399 and he's you know, eighty seven years old. 180 00:10:18.759 --> 00:10:25.120 Yes, Midfielders Unice Mussa, Aiden Morris Joll, Lukabusio and Musa 181 00:10:25.200 --> 00:10:28.519 gets a seven. I'm guessing because you get the goal. 182 00:10:28.759 --> 00:10:30.559 I was gonna say, ooh, you got the goal, so 183 00:10:30.600 --> 00:10:32.639 therefore you get a you get a plus, you get 184 00:10:32.639 --> 00:10:33.919 a blue star attack. 185 00:10:33.679 --> 00:10:37.159 If they called him a midfielder, Yeah. 186 00:10:36.759 --> 00:10:40.480 Yeah uh imprecision contributed to the USA's failure to turn 187 00:10:40.519 --> 00:10:44.080 possession into scoring threats in the first half, forged Ford 188 00:10:44.080 --> 00:10:46.240 more than usual, storm through the penalty area to finish 189 00:10:46.279 --> 00:10:49.080 Poliitic's low cross for the first US goal to Pochattino Era, 190 00:10:49.720 --> 00:10:52.080 Unice gets unice, Mussa gets a seven. I'm guessing because 191 00:10:52.120 --> 00:10:55.759 he scored. Busio got a five, aiden Morris got a six. 192 00:10:56.440 --> 00:10:58.600 That's a little harsh for Bussio. I would have given 193 00:10:58.639 --> 00:11:00.639 both he and Morris a sixth, but they are both 194 00:11:00.679 --> 00:11:06.919 like above average. I thought Morris had some turnovers that 195 00:11:06.960 --> 00:11:12.399 were not great. But I think the issue here is 196 00:11:12.480 --> 00:11:14.679 and we'll get to the next guy as you had 197 00:11:14.720 --> 00:11:22.279 Aaronson also in this midfield kind of Amiba and outside 198 00:11:22.279 --> 00:11:27.759 of Musa, right, none of those three guys, Busio, Morris, 199 00:11:27.919 --> 00:11:32.840 Aronson have proven to be a real driver for the 200 00:11:32.960 --> 00:11:35.240 US men's national team. Right. There are a lot of 201 00:11:35.279 --> 00:11:37.879 guys who are really good passengers. Right. They might be 202 00:11:37.919 --> 00:11:41.240 your shotgun rider, great navigation, might be the backseat rider, 203 00:11:41.279 --> 00:11:44.240 great at distributing snacks, but they're not the guy driving 204 00:11:44.279 --> 00:11:47.720 you to the destination. And you know, I think you 205 00:11:47.720 --> 00:11:50.159 can trust Musa to get you there. But most of 206 00:11:50.159 --> 00:11:52.279 the other guys haven't proven that with the national team, 207 00:11:52.320 --> 00:11:55.720 and they didn't prove anything to that extent. But that's 208 00:11:55.759 --> 00:11:57.679 not a bad thing. They proved competent, and I think 209 00:11:57.759 --> 00:12:00.480 that's kind of the positive, is okay, Well, if you 210 00:12:00.519 --> 00:12:04.960 add them with A McKenzie, right, McKenny, excuse me, if 211 00:12:04.960 --> 00:12:06.759 you add them with Wes McKinney. If you add them 212 00:12:06.759 --> 00:12:09.799 maybe with Goo Rena who comes back Alphie. You know, 213 00:12:10.720 --> 00:12:12.960 if they're a piece of the midfield, great, But all 214 00:12:12.960 --> 00:12:15.720 three of those together, those guys just it didn't really 215 00:12:16.360 --> 00:12:17.200 work all that well. 216 00:12:17.759 --> 00:12:23.639 Forwards Josh Sergeant, Brendan Aaronson and Christian Polisic. Policit gets 217 00:12:23.639 --> 00:12:30.000 a seven. Brendan Aronson gets a five. Josh Sergeant was 218 00:12:30.000 --> 00:12:32.440 stripped of the ball when Busio found him at the 219 00:12:32.440 --> 00:12:34.320 top of the penalty area. Prime chance came in the 220 00:12:34.320 --> 00:12:37.000 forty second. Busio fed a eight yards out. Sergeant skied 221 00:12:37.000 --> 00:12:39.720 the ball over the crossbar. I think it landed at 222 00:12:39.759 --> 00:12:44.840 dk R and Sergeant did better with his. 223 00:12:45.879 --> 00:12:46.679 The racecourse there. 224 00:12:46.759 --> 00:12:50.559 John Yeah, out by the airport. It did better with 225 00:12:50.559 --> 00:12:52.200 his first shot of the second half, forcing a save 226 00:12:52.279 --> 00:12:58.279 with a seventeen yard shot. The our friends at Soccer America, 227 00:12:58.519 --> 00:13:01.879 and it was woy Tala who through the piece gave 228 00:13:01.960 --> 00:13:04.159 him a three. 229 00:13:05.720 --> 00:13:09.039 Well, you know, that's like that's like being in the 230 00:13:09.159 --> 00:13:12.720 That's like being in the backseat of the car and 231 00:13:12.799 --> 00:13:16.120 opening up the cooler and realizing that on the drive 232 00:13:16.200 --> 00:13:18.720 that you didn't hit the ziploc bag correctly and all 233 00:13:18.759 --> 00:13:21.519 the sandwiches because they were on top of ice, got 234 00:13:21.519 --> 00:13:22.320 all mushy. 235 00:13:22.919 --> 00:13:24.320 That would be a three for me. 236 00:13:25.639 --> 00:13:28.759 Yeah, I don't think a three is worth is what 237 00:13:28.799 --> 00:13:32.679 he deserved. But I don't think he was close to average. 238 00:13:32.879 --> 00:13:34.240 Let's put it that way. I would have put him 239 00:13:34.240 --> 00:13:37.080 at a five or four maybe, But you know, I 240 00:13:37.080 --> 00:13:39.279 think this is the struggle with Josh Sergeant, is the 241 00:13:39.360 --> 00:13:42.679 dude hasn't scored in like ten years for the national team. 242 00:13:42.679 --> 00:13:47.200 It feels like, yeah, and despite everyone thinking he is 243 00:13:48.000 --> 00:13:50.399 the guy who should be starting. I mean even with Baligan, 244 00:13:50.440 --> 00:13:52.519 people are like, well, I don't know, Sergeant. He just 245 00:13:52.600 --> 00:13:58.480 continues to get chances and doesn't get anything from him. 246 00:13:58.559 --> 00:14:01.840 You know, And we've talked about this ad nauseum onto 247 00:14:01.840 --> 00:14:07.320 my podcast that you know, strikers need to be more 248 00:14:07.320 --> 00:14:10.159 involved with this national team. They don't score enough, they 249 00:14:10.159 --> 00:14:12.399 don't get involved enough. You know, he did have nineteen 250 00:14:12.440 --> 00:14:18.039 total touches, five in the penalty area. That's good, right, 251 00:14:18.120 --> 00:14:20.559 that's a decent number. But at the end of the day, 252 00:14:21.200 --> 00:14:24.000 what are we doing with those opportunities? And when you 253 00:14:24.840 --> 00:14:27.360 not only miss your one good chance, but never find 254 00:14:27.399 --> 00:14:31.919 yourself in other good chances. I think his next best 255 00:14:32.000 --> 00:14:34.879 chance was like a corner kick or across the goal 256 00:14:35.039 --> 00:14:37.440 that the goalkeeper punched away, right, He just happened to 257 00:14:37.440 --> 00:14:41.120 be close to it. And so yeah, look, strikers rely 258 00:14:41.200 --> 00:14:43.519 on service. Strikers rely on other players around them to 259 00:14:43.559 --> 00:14:45.919 get them the ball. But it's also your job as 260 00:14:45.919 --> 00:14:49.600 a striker to put yourself in better positions to receive 261 00:14:49.639 --> 00:14:51.360 the ball and then play the ball off of you. 262 00:14:51.879 --> 00:14:55.159 And I think Sergeant just continues to not be able 263 00:14:55.159 --> 00:14:56.919 to do that for one reason, earning the other. It 264 00:14:56.919 --> 00:14:58.440 doesn't help when the other guy scores. 265 00:14:58.480 --> 00:15:02.440 By the way, No, no, And I'd love to know 266 00:15:02.600 --> 00:15:05.960 who it was in the State of Texas Chamber of 267 00:15:06.000 --> 00:15:09.039 Commerce or the city of Austin didn't get together with 268 00:15:09.080 --> 00:15:11.840 the schedule makers and have folks understand that when you 269 00:15:11.919 --> 00:15:15.759 have a Formula one race the same weekend as Georgia, Texas, 270 00:15:16.519 --> 00:15:20.399 that might be great for the economy, but when you're 271 00:15:20.399 --> 00:15:24.080 trying to find places to stay and trying to actually 272 00:15:24.159 --> 00:15:27.919 function in that town, that ain't the best thing to do. No. 273 00:15:28.279 --> 00:15:31.559 By A family tried to go to Austin this year 274 00:15:31.720 --> 00:15:33.679 for the Torgia Texas game, and my parents are even 275 00:15:33.720 --> 00:15:36.080 going to RV it, so, you know, not looking at that, 276 00:15:36.120 --> 00:15:39.720 but even flights into an out of Austin or crazy Austin. 277 00:15:39.759 --> 00:15:41.440 By the way, I talk about a city that needs 278 00:15:41.440 --> 00:15:45.559 a revamp of their airport, airport itself is nice. Yeah, 279 00:15:45.720 --> 00:15:47.559 that needs to be about three times bigger. 280 00:15:48.080 --> 00:15:48.679 Yeah. 281 00:15:49.080 --> 00:15:51.080 I know they're building a new terminal, but holy crap. 282 00:15:51.440 --> 00:15:55.480 You know it's when Columbus, Ohio has a bigger airport 283 00:15:55.559 --> 00:15:55.919 than you do. 284 00:15:56.679 --> 00:15:59.879 Yeah, and Columbus has a better soccer team in Major 285 00:16:00.039 --> 00:16:02.039 League Soccer, but that's another discussion entirely. 286 00:16:02.519 --> 00:16:02.639 Uh. 287 00:16:03.039 --> 00:16:07.360 Subs Tanner, Tessaman and Christopher Lung got fives, Hodgie Wright 288 00:16:07.399 --> 00:16:10.000 and Malick Tilman got six's. Peppy as a sub got 289 00:16:10.000 --> 00:16:13.440 a seven. Alexandaehouse got our incomplete because of the lack 290 00:16:13.480 --> 00:16:16.679 of minutes victory into the four game winless streak, USA's 291 00:16:16.720 --> 00:16:18.960 longest since twenty two, and it went winless for five, 292 00:16:19.120 --> 00:16:22.200 one loss and four draws. USA had lost their two 293 00:16:22.200 --> 00:16:24.960 previous games to Panama two, won it last Summer's Copa 294 00:16:25.320 --> 00:16:27.240 and in a shootout after a one one draw the 295 00:16:27.240 --> 00:16:30.720 twenty three World Cup. That is where we are when 296 00:16:30.720 --> 00:16:34.480 it comes to your subs and everybody who played in 297 00:16:34.519 --> 00:16:35.200 the two nil win. 298 00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:38.840 Yeah, first off, I forgot that the US played. Thank 299 00:16:38.879 --> 00:16:41.919 you for reminding me of that. Oh yeah he did. 300 00:16:43.399 --> 00:16:44.759 I guess he was secondly on the field and the 301 00:16:44.759 --> 00:16:49.360 golf scored. So good friend. Uh, you know, I think overall, 302 00:16:49.440 --> 00:16:52.279 like I said, this was a team that performed slightly 303 00:16:52.279 --> 00:16:57.200 better than average. The win itself is just the positive 304 00:16:57.240 --> 00:17:00.799 here because as you just ran through, not only did 305 00:17:00.799 --> 00:17:03.120 we have a long losing streak or winless streak, I 306 00:17:03.120 --> 00:17:08.200 should say, we've also only won like one match since 307 00:17:08.799 --> 00:17:11.519 last March, right or since this March? Right that the 308 00:17:11.559 --> 00:17:14.720 Bolivia match. Okay, great, you beat Bolivia. 309 00:17:16.799 --> 00:17:17.200 I don't know. 310 00:17:18.039 --> 00:17:21.680 They're not a good soccer team, John. So you know 311 00:17:22.039 --> 00:17:25.400 when you had lost to Colombia so badly, Yes, you 312 00:17:25.440 --> 00:17:28.440 tied Brazil, you still don't win. Sure you can beat Bolivia. 313 00:17:28.480 --> 00:17:34.119 And then you know you losed Panama away Canada, New Zealand, 314 00:17:34.319 --> 00:17:37.920 Like that was a skid you needed to break out of. Now. 315 00:17:38.279 --> 00:17:41.799 The problem is as we turned the page to Mexico. 316 00:17:44.680 --> 00:17:46.559 I mean, Mexico has their own issues right now. I 317 00:17:46.559 --> 00:17:50.160 mean they've lost to who they play, severe Valencia or 318 00:17:50.200 --> 00:17:52.759 one of those Lalliga teams I think was playing a 319 00:17:52.799 --> 00:17:53.640 first choice land up. 320 00:17:53.839 --> 00:17:57.920 Yeah, and they are. They are in fact bart Ish US, 321 00:17:58.039 --> 00:17:59.160 you are correct. 322 00:17:58.920 --> 00:18:02.480 Yeah, yeah, they They gave up a two goal lead 323 00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:06.319 and ended up tying to to not great from L three. 324 00:18:06.839 --> 00:18:11.400 But for the US, look, you get the gwin. That is, 325 00:18:11.599 --> 00:18:14.240 that is the positive because again you you do need 326 00:18:14.279 --> 00:18:19.000 the positive reinforcement of the work that Poch put in 327 00:18:19.839 --> 00:18:25.240 for this week that said, if you expected a lot 328 00:18:25.279 --> 00:18:30.480 of grand changes and immediate you know, flips of the switch, 329 00:18:31.079 --> 00:18:33.799 that wasn't gonna happen because Pochettino and Burhalter are not 330 00:18:33.920 --> 00:18:37.720 that far apart right. They're their coaching style there, uh 331 00:18:37.799 --> 00:18:40.799 or excuse me there, playing style. Their philosophy is about 332 00:18:40.799 --> 00:18:44.599 how the game is played. What we did see I 333 00:18:44.640 --> 00:18:50.160 think is multiple times throughout the match Patchettino urging the 334 00:18:50.200 --> 00:18:54.359 team to just play a little bit quicker and move 335 00:18:54.480 --> 00:18:58.119 the ball a little bit better. And that was something 336 00:18:58.160 --> 00:19:01.039 that you know, we had fallen into a lull under 337 00:19:01.079 --> 00:19:04.319 the Burholter tenure in the second you know, era two 338 00:19:04.359 --> 00:19:07.960 point zero Burholter is the horseshoe passed. I mean it 339 00:19:08.000 --> 00:19:09.920 looked very Pinita ballish right where there was a lot 340 00:19:09.920 --> 00:19:12.160 of passing with no actual intent to do anything with it. 341 00:19:12.279 --> 00:19:15.039 And in this match, you know, you could see Pochettino 342 00:19:15.319 --> 00:19:19.400 signaling to try to do something with the ball because 343 00:19:19.680 --> 00:19:21.920 you know that the goal. I don't know if you 344 00:19:21.920 --> 00:19:26.119 know this, John, the goal of soccer, the sport is 345 00:19:26.160 --> 00:19:29.880 to put the ball in the opponent's net. That's that's 346 00:19:29.920 --> 00:19:31.640 the whole point, right, do that more times than they 347 00:19:31.680 --> 00:19:35.119 do it to you, huh. And in order to do that, 348 00:19:35.400 --> 00:19:39.359 it does help to have the ball on their opponent's 349 00:19:39.400 --> 00:19:42.599 half and maybe close to their goal on occasion. So 350 00:19:43.279 --> 00:19:45.119 that is I think the one thing that I saw 351 00:19:45.160 --> 00:19:48.559 a difference of. There was also some more central combo 352 00:19:48.640 --> 00:19:50.720 play rather than just get it wide and cross it in, 353 00:19:50.759 --> 00:19:54.279 which is another problem with the Burholter strategy at the end. 354 00:19:54.920 --> 00:19:58.160 And so from those two things right there, it did 355 00:19:58.400 --> 00:20:02.359 look better. And again against the team in Panama that 356 00:20:02.440 --> 00:20:06.920 had been a problem for this program for a while now. 357 00:20:07.720 --> 00:20:11.039 All right, So Ropes was a question who had the 358 00:20:11.039 --> 00:20:13.400 best look Saturday. He liked that Bussia was playing. 359 00:20:15.079 --> 00:20:17.240 Who had the best look Peppy because he scored and 360 00:20:17.279 --> 00:20:18.000 Sergeant didn't. 361 00:20:20.400 --> 00:20:20.559 Uh. 362 00:20:20.880 --> 00:20:22.839 And now Peppy is going home, which I'm a little 363 00:20:22.880 --> 00:20:23.680 upset about. 364 00:20:23.559 --> 00:20:25.240 And that's the that's the next thing I want to 365 00:20:25.240 --> 00:20:27.240 get into topic wise, but we keep going. 366 00:20:28.319 --> 00:20:30.680 No, I thought busy again. I thought, all those midfielders, 367 00:20:30.799 --> 00:20:33.960 to me, outside of Aaronson, proved that they are able 368 00:20:34.000 --> 00:20:38.319 to play in the midfield with other players who are 369 00:20:38.319 --> 00:20:41.720 better than them. But as a combo, that midfield was 370 00:20:41.759 --> 00:20:45.799 not superb and it's not going to get better on 371 00:20:46.599 --> 00:20:49.000 it's Tuesday, So that's concerning. 372 00:20:49.920 --> 00:20:53.119 Abby was surprised to hear about the player said it 373 00:20:53.160 --> 00:20:55.160 was the first time that they'd had a US M 374 00:20:55.240 --> 00:20:58.279 and T practice. It was two hours in the time 375 00:20:58.319 --> 00:21:02.119 that they had been on the national team. And Abby's like, really, 376 00:21:02.119 --> 00:21:04.240 they never had a practice it was two hours long. 377 00:21:05.079 --> 00:21:08.720 Well, no, I mean, I think that's kind of a 378 00:21:09.000 --> 00:21:11.640 I don't maybe two hours is probably the most you'll 379 00:21:11.640 --> 00:21:13.519 get in a club training session. But like when you 380 00:21:13.519 --> 00:21:16.359 get to these national teams, you have to remember you 381 00:21:16.400 --> 00:21:19.240 get in on a Monday, and you play that Friday 382 00:21:19.319 --> 00:21:23.599 or Saturday, right sometimes Thursday. Yeah, so you don't have 383 00:21:23.680 --> 00:21:26.880 a whole lot of actual training time, and you certainly 384 00:21:26.920 --> 00:21:30.119 then don't have a whole lot of recovery time. And 385 00:21:30.160 --> 00:21:32.880 that's the thing that I think, you know, people don't 386 00:21:32.880 --> 00:21:36.359 want to factor in a look if you think all 387 00:21:36.359 --> 00:21:38.200 they're doing is going out there and kicking a ball 388 00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:40.559 for two hours, which one is not what happens. You're 389 00:21:40.599 --> 00:21:43.000 not kicking a ball and doing soccer for two hours. 390 00:21:43.000 --> 00:21:44.839 You're doing a whole lot of things within the two 391 00:21:44.880 --> 00:21:45.640 hours on the field. 392 00:21:45.720 --> 00:21:45.920 Right. 393 00:21:46.720 --> 00:21:49.440 From what I also could infer from a lot of 394 00:21:49.440 --> 00:21:51.319 these is, yes, it was intense, and yes there was 395 00:21:51.359 --> 00:21:54.119 a lot of training going on during the two hour 396 00:21:54.200 --> 00:21:58.880 training time. It seemed like Pocheccino was also stopping and explaining, 397 00:21:59.039 --> 00:22:02.680 maybe not fully, but like pulling players aside and having conversations. 398 00:22:02.720 --> 00:22:05.440 So I think it was more of a two hour 399 00:22:05.519 --> 00:22:13.160 installation session and two hour How do I also say 400 00:22:13.160 --> 00:22:16.839 this because all these coaches have their own types of 401 00:22:19.160 --> 00:22:23.200