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Apple TV PxP Carlos Mauricio Ramirez on USMNT vs Paraguay, Recaps Mexico vs South Africa, Paraguay a Darkhorse team (?) + More · The Sean O'Connell Show

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  Speaker 1: You tuned to The Sean O'Connell Show from the Murdoch
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  Speaker 2: Welcome to our number three on the Sean O'Connell Show.
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  Speaker 2: Get ready for the airing of grievances that we do
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  Speaker 2: on Fridays at one point thirty your texting fingers ready
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  Speaker 2: for that. But right now talking a little World Cup,
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  Speaker 2: talk a little soccer. Carlos Buriso Ramirez. You could catch
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  Speaker 2: him on Apple TV calling MLS. He's doing play by
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  Speaker 2: play in multiple languages. He is absolutely the man and
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  Speaker 2: we're lucky to have him back. Carlos, welcome, How are you, sir?
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  Speaker 3: Thank you for that, sewn I appreciate it, man. Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: and don't forget tell him we go doing some sideline
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  Speaker 3: reporting for the World Cup. My first game will be tomorrow,
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  Speaker 3: are Againstitcheland here in the Bay Area. I'm in San
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  Speaker 3: Francisco right now, actually technically Santa Fara for the game.
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  Speaker 3: So yeah, appreciate it, pot and uh. I'll be back
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  Speaker 3: in Salt Lake in the month of August. Of course,
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  Speaker 3: some Major League Soccer action can't wait to be back
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  Speaker 3: in the region. I'll do Real Salt Lake against Dallas.
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  Speaker 1: Nice.
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  Speaker 2: We will look forward to that. Maybe we'll get together,
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  Speaker 2: have a bite or something. Let's talk about this, Uh,
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  Speaker 2: this FIFA World Cup. We're underway now. Games yesterday, games today.
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  Speaker 2: US men's national team plays tonight. We'll get to that
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  Speaker 2: here in a second. But Uh, as you mentioned, you
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  Speaker 2: are there in one of the host cities, you are
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  Speaker 2: on the ground. What what is the sort of vibe
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  Speaker 2: the atmosphere. Uh, it's it's probably a little bit tougher
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  Speaker 2: in Santa Clara than in some of like the more
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  Speaker 2: downtown districts. But just give me a sense of what
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  Speaker 2: it's like being a host city right now.
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  Speaker 3: It was interesting because the Bay Area, I would guess,
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  Speaker 3: unlike Los Angeles or maybe even Miami or Mexico City,
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  Speaker 3: where the stadiums are right in the heart of the city,
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  Speaker 3: even though I know Las and Englewood. But still this
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  Speaker 3: is different because for those of you who have never
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  Speaker 3: been in here, Levi Stadium, which is located, like you said,
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  Speaker 3: in Santa Clara is a good forty five minutes away
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  Speaker 3: or forty five minute drive from downtown San Francisco, so
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  Speaker 3: you don't really get a sense of that, you know,
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  Speaker 3: something's happening. But when we were yesterday, there's a lot
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  Speaker 3: of viewing and watching watch parties around both San Jose
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  Speaker 3: and San Francisco. I'm telling you right now, the watch
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  Speaker 3: party for the Mexico game Sean yesterday was absolutely bonkers.
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  Speaker 3: It was in San Fereguro Square Market, which is right
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  Speaker 3: in the heart of San Jose. I'm guessing they were
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  Speaker 3: like what two thousand people, give or take. They closed
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  Speaker 3: the street. You have two gigantic screens and both ends
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  Speaker 3: of the street, one with box the other one we
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  Speaker 3: tell themundo. It was a as you expect a majority
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  Speaker 3: of Mexico fans, and it was so for that game
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  Speaker 3: and that specific area. It was insane, completely insane. So
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  Speaker 3: there are pockets where you absolutely know and feel like
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  Speaker 3: during the World Cup. But if you're driving like in
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  Speaker 3: downtown Down Jose or you know, Coopertino, it's it's just
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  Speaker 3: another day. But there is a vibe and an energy
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  Speaker 3: that that something is happening. Definitely hearing the World Cup.
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  Speaker 2: Mexico obviously off to a hot start. They beat South
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  Speaker 2: Africa to nil in the first game of the World Cup.
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  Speaker 2: At the One of the interesting things there, uh, pretty
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  Speaker 2: spicy game. Three red cards in that first game. I
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  Speaker 2: don't know if I had that on my Bengo card.
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  Speaker 2: Were you surprised to see any of that chippiness, especially
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  Speaker 2: so early in an inaugural game for this tournament.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, no, not really, because I mean tension is high,
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  Speaker 3: nerves are at a premium, So not really. South Africa
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  Speaker 3: is a very limited team. We knew that from the
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  Speaker 3: debt go. Mexico is favored as they should have been.
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  Speaker 3: I thought the scorecard was not reflective of what the
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  Speaker 3: game was. Mexico should have won that game at least
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  Speaker 3: three or four nail. The coach said, how give us
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  Speaker 3: said it after the game was done. It should have
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  Speaker 3: been a wider gap. The sis on a month they
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  Speaker 3: read card towards the end of the game was perfectly
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  Speaker 3: avoidable by him. That puts him in a bune for
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  Speaker 3: the next game in Guadahada against Gout Korea. I'm guessing
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  Speaker 3: either son would be the center back Mixtu done Buscus.
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  Speaker 3: But yeah, Mexico proved that they're the favorites in the
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  Speaker 3: in that group. But South Korea that was the later
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  Speaker 3: game last night. Check ya was nothing to call home about.
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  Speaker 3: They're also I think the limited team. Uh, they barely
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  Speaker 3: made the way to the World Cup by etching out
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  Speaker 3: Denmark South Korea. I think that game, I think the
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  Speaker 3: Mexico South Korea game will be the prime or premium
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  Speaker 3: game in that group. That would be the next game
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  Speaker 3: of the page in Guadahada. I'm really looking for that one.
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  Speaker 2: Has there been any buzz conversation complaining anything about the
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  Speaker 2: teams that draw in Mexico City, because obviously the altitude
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  Speaker 2: difference between as Teca and some of these other places
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  Speaker 2: is pretty significant. We're you're talking about you know, sea
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  Speaker 2: level in the Bay Area, sea level in La and
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  Speaker 2: Mexico City is like the highest major city on the planet.
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  Speaker 2: So the teams that are involved there has there been
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  Speaker 2: any complaining?
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  Speaker 3: No, No, not really good? I mean this is this
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  Speaker 3: is a third World Cup that Mexico City has hosted.
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  Speaker 3: Mexico is the only country to host three World Cups
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  Speaker 3: nineteen seventy, nineteen eighty, second in two thousand plus second
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  Speaker 3: and it comes with It's like playing games in Denver,
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  Speaker 3: right when you go to place the Broncos or the Nuggets,
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  Speaker 3: or the Avalanche or the Rapids. You just know it
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  Speaker 3: comes with the territory. So now no complaints. People understand
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  Speaker 3: it's part of the It's part of the deal when
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  Speaker 3: you go play in Mexico City.
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  Speaker 2: All right, let's talk about tonight's game USA versus Padaguay.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously US men's national team looking to start off this
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  Speaker 2: tournament the right way. Uh what do you how do
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  Speaker 2: you handicap Paraguay as an opponent.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm really concerned about times games. Paraguay to me
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  Speaker 3: is a dark horse in this tournament. They have a
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  Speaker 3: very good coach in the Stellar Finals who completely turning
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  Speaker 3: one to eighty on them. They were pretty much debt
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  Speaker 3: in the water in the South America Qualifiers before he
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  Speaker 3: got the job, and once he did, he turned them
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  Speaker 3: into not a juggernaut but a very stingy, physically imposing
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  Speaker 3: soccer team. They have one really standout player in terms
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  Speaker 3: of technical quality, and he will be available. He wasn't
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  Speaker 3: supposed to Paraguay's base here in the Bay Area. I've
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  Speaker 3: been to every single team practice that media has had
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  Speaker 3: access to. His name is Julio and Siso. He'll be
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  Speaker 3: in the top of that formation of the four four
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  Speaker 3: to two steam from the Stellary Finals, light next to
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  Speaker 3: Antonio san Avide. He plays in France with Strasburg. He
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  Speaker 3: had some experience in Premier League with Brighton. He is
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  Speaker 3: a difference maker. He's twenty three years old, a really skilled,
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  Speaker 3: technically gifted player. And he had a muscular injury intoir
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  Speaker 3: last friendly match in Paraguay before heading to the States,
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  Speaker 3: and he had the Out of the four practice sessions
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  Speaker 3: that I saw, he was working aside from the team
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  Speaker 3: on three of them. On the last one, which was yesterday,
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  Speaker 3: he did work with them. So he is expected to
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  Speaker 3: start tonight. He is a difference maker. He'll take you
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  Speaker 3: one on one. Uh, He'll break defenses with his skill.
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  Speaker 3: He's got a legit shot. Aside from him, they're a
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  Speaker 3: very tactically sound team and physically imposing. They will not
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  Speaker 3: be an easy match for Team USA if they're not
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  Speaker 3: on their accusing. If he's in qus, they can lose
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  Speaker 3: that game tonight. And it's the home opener, it's the
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  Speaker 3: World Cup opener. Mexico head coach Tyda spoke about players
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  Speaker 3: being cramped and physically and emotionally affected by by it.
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  Speaker 3: You know, but because it's it's at home, it's yestika, Uh,
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  Speaker 3: it's it's Shahira. Now it's gonna be the same for
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  Speaker 3: Team US. Say it's Katy Perry, it's future, it's so
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  Speaker 3: by stadium, it's a home opener, So nerves will be
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  Speaker 3: at a top if they are not locked in. If
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  Speaker 3: they don't punch this Paraguay team early and often, they
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  Speaker 3: can lose. They can absolutely lose this game. I can
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  Speaker 3: see anyone from Turkey, Paraguay or Kim who say, taking
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  Speaker 3: this group, it's a really high group.
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  Speaker 2: With what keeping in mind what you just said about
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  Speaker 2: that pressure and about you know, the I guess the
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  Speaker 2: extra layer that comes with being a host nation and
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  Speaker 2: being on the stage that they're on.
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  Speaker 3: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: We've seen some kind of like a curious sort of
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  Speaker 2: communication style from Poshatino, and I don't know if everyone
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  Speaker 2: loves it. I think that it's probably fine because all
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  Speaker 2: these guys are professional athletes and and probably know the
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  Speaker 2: score with him. But you know, you throw together, you
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  Speaker 2: slap it together pretty quickly for these World Cup rosters.
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  Speaker 2: And that is that a concern at all that you've got?
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  Speaker 1: Uh?
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  Speaker 2: Is it it concerned all the way that this particular
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  Speaker 2: coach communicates with this particular team.
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  Speaker 3: That's a real question. I would say, listen, you would
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  Speaker 3: have to be in there inside that locker room. You
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  Speaker 3: understand what he does is one of his best skills
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  Speaker 3: is as communicator. He took Tottenham to the final of
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  Speaker 3: the win the Champions League based on talent tactics in communication.
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  Speaker 3: So is there anything that I trust him on that
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  Speaker 3: would be one of the strong suits from Torchettino. But well,
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  Speaker 3: we'll have to wait and see. I think team USA
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  Speaker 3: from the midfield up with McKenny, with Fallagoon, with Polis,
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  Speaker 3: say that team is the strong suit is midfield up
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  Speaker 3: from the mid If it's a picture of body from
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  Speaker 3: the waist up, the team looks good. Waist down not
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  Speaker 3: so much. UH. Team to say it's been historically good
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  Speaker 3: at goal. Uh we've had goalkeepers playing Man United, UH,
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  Speaker 3: Premier League, Blackburn, Rovers, Bolton. I mean we've we've had
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  Speaker 3: historically great goalkeepers. That's not the case this time around.
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  Speaker 3: Every keeper we have plays on m LS. We don't
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  Speaker 3: have keepers abroad that are making a difference. Stack Stefan
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  Speaker 3: had a short lived UH spell with Man City and
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  Speaker 3: he's now with with Colorado. So that's my concern. Waist
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  Speaker 3: up good waist down. You need to be tactically, technically sound,
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  Speaker 3: tactically disciplined and uh, and we'll see what happens. I
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  Speaker 3: gotta let you go, guys. I gotta run, I gotta
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  Speaker 3: I'm going to the guitar press conference as we speak,
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  Speaker 3: as I'm watching the Canada Bostonia games. It's nil nil
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  Speaker 3: and the fifty minutes. Let's do it again. I love,
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  Speaker 3: I love talking to you. Great show as all the
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  Speaker 3: way and it's always a pleasure to be in touch
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  Speaker 3: with with the Salt Lake fanbase.
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  Speaker 2: Appreciate you giving us a couple of minutes. Go do
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  Speaker 2: your thing, and yeah, we'll talk again soon. Carlos, thank
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  Speaker 2: you very much.
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  Speaker 3: Let's let's let's do it again.
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  Speaker 2: Please, Carlos Mauricio Ramirez. You'll see him on Apple TV,
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  Speaker 2: You'll see him on Telemundo. World Cup Talk brought to
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  Speaker 2: you by our friends over at Beer Bar, a perfect
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  Speaker 2: place for you to go watch US men's national team
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  Speaker 2: versus Paraguay tonight, Sofi Stadium, seven pm. That game will
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  Speaker 2: be on Fox