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Jay Nolly on the World Cup, USMNT's win over Bosnia and Herzgovina, Superstars continuing to dominate + more · The Sean O'Connell Show

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  Speaker 1: We lead the show off today though, with the US
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  Speaker 1: men's national team to nothing win over Bosnia last night.
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  Speaker 1: Not an easy win, not a I didn't expect it
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  Speaker 1: to be an easy win. That's Bosnia was gonna muck
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  Speaker 1: it up anyway. They couldn't run and play with a
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  Speaker 1: team like the United States.
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  Speaker 2: They just couldn't.
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  Speaker 1: But they got physical and then of course the red card.
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  Speaker 1: But the United States found a way to gut out
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  Speaker 1: a win. Jayn Olli joins me right now, RSL broadcaster,
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  Speaker 1: former RSL keeper, my broadcast partner for many years on
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  Speaker 1: these airwaves and beyond, and still joining me to do
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  Speaker 1: some ESPN plus Utah soccer.
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  Speaker 2: Jay, how are you good?
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  Speaker 1: Bill?
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  Speaker 3: How you doing?
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  Speaker 4: Welcome back as well.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, thanks, thanks for jumping on with me today. It's
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  Speaker 1: good to be back pitch hitting for OC today. So
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  Speaker 1: initial thoughts, what were your expectations going in? Like I said,
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  Speaker 1: I thought Bosnia would try to make it ugly and physical.
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  Speaker 1: They wouldn't play an open game. They just couldn't with
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  Speaker 1: the United States. It was about the type of game
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  Speaker 1: I thought it would be.
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  Speaker 4: What about you, Yeah, I think you know they were
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  Speaker 4: going to sit in that four forth to kind of
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  Speaker 4: hold the center park block and just make it really
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  Speaker 4: hard for the US to bind. I was actually pressed
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  Speaker 4: in spurts for the US. You could see that one
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  Speaker 4: touch passing, but just that break through. It didn't happen
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  Speaker 4: earlier in the game, but I thought they were going
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  Speaker 4: to make it hard. And then Jeko up top is
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  Speaker 4: always going to be difficult. You know, Man City players
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  Speaker 4: played all over the world and he's been fantastic, and
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  Speaker 4: so you were just hoping there wasn't an opportunity for him,
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  Speaker 4: you know, at top of the box, which the US
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  Speaker 4: did great, and then it was really just trying to
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  Speaker 4: get that break through, which they did and then good
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  Speaker 4: for Tillman on that set piece at the end, just
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  Speaker 4: to extend it to to nail now.
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  Speaker 2: I felt good.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think the back line for the United States
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  Speaker 1: it's been mostly a back three, but I really feel
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  Speaker 1: like they've grown into this tournament last night, especially not
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  Speaker 1: to bosni as a wildly creative team. They're more about
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  Speaker 1: set pieces, crosses, using their size, with the exception of
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  Speaker 1: a couple of late shots where I think things got
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  Speaker 1: a little loose where you at the US was a
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  Speaker 1: man down.
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  Speaker 2: They weren't on frame. They were just a little wider frame.
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  Speaker 1: I thought the United States defensively was really good for most.
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  Speaker 2: Of the ninety minutes last night.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, and I do really like this formation. It's actually
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  Speaker 4: really similar to how RSL's playing as well too. When
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  Speaker 4: you have Jedi out left in Sergio Dust, you know,
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  Speaker 4: kind of on that right side, they can play that
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  Speaker 4: box to box. They can fill in as a fourth
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  Speaker 4: back side, but it gives them more of an attacking presence.
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  Speaker 4: And we've seen what Jedi can do in the advanced role.
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  Speaker 4: Same with seeing Sergio Dust up high, which has really
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  Speaker 4: helped in the attack. But you know that that back
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  Speaker 4: three has been solid and they've just earned their spot.
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  Speaker 2: You know.
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  Speaker 4: I think the questions with Tim Reim have been answered.
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  Speaker 4: He's been the captain free This is the first time
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  Speaker 4: I felt he looked a little shaky. I know, we
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  Speaker 4: text about it last night. Just didn't seem as comfortable.
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  Speaker 4: And I don't know if it was taking that game off,
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  Speaker 4: you know against Turkey, kind of put him back into
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  Speaker 4: like now I'm in the knockout phase and this is
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  Speaker 4: my third game.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I've still sold on Freeze. I always felt like
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  Speaker 1: for years, you know, when you were playing in Otherwise,
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  Speaker 1: whether it was Tim Howard or Casey Keller or or
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  Speaker 1: or any of the keepers that we had going through,
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  Speaker 1: I always felt good.
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  Speaker 2: I just freeze. Just he doesn't.
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  Speaker 1: And this is just me observing from ten thousand feet
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  Speaker 1: and a million miles away. He doesn't exude confidence to
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  Speaker 1: me back there, and I like a keeper even if
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  Speaker 1: you don't feel it.
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  Speaker 2: Did you look like, you know, fake it till you
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  Speaker 2: make it? But you know what I'm talking about.
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  Speaker 4: Jay, Yeah, there was there was really no ownership of
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  Speaker 4: the box, you know, even when the ball wasn't even
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  Speaker 4: coming in, you know, really kind of giving that presence
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  Speaker 4: to the back for the outside guys of the middle.
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  Speaker 4: With Tyler Adams and McKenney as well, you just felt
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  Speaker 4: like there was just a goalkeeper in the back and
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  Speaker 4: everything in front was being taken care of. So I
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  Speaker 4: think that's an opportunity for him because he's gonna need
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  Speaker 4: to be that against Belgium.
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  Speaker 2: I agree. J Nolly's with us here.
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  Speaker 1: As we talked a little bit about the United States
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  Speaker 1: win last night, you could make a case I was
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  Speaker 1: watching in some early stuff this morning, Dax McCarty was
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  Speaker 1: trying to say, well, you could say that five or
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  Speaker 1: six different people have been the best player so far
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  Speaker 1: for the United States.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know that you could make that case. I
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  Speaker 2: think others have had good games.
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  Speaker 1: I think people have been solid, but Baligan has been
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  Speaker 1: the most dangerous goal creator, and they get a goal
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  Speaker 1: from flow Balagan last night. It was just sticking with
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  Speaker 1: it and making something happen, what a true striker can do.
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  Speaker 1: But the red card, Jane, let's talk first about it.
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  Speaker 1: I think you and I would both agree it was
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  Speaker 1: a bad decision. It wasn't a yellow in real time.
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  Speaker 1: Var made the rex to take a look at it
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  Speaker 1: in slow motion and still frame replays. And by the way,
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  Speaker 1: that's not aligned with the protocols, the rules of what
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  Speaker 1: they're supposed to do. They didn't follow those last night.
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  Speaker 1: To me, it looked really bad in still frames, but
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  Speaker 1: in real time it looked like two guys clumsily going
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  Speaker 1: after the ball. But Baligan's going to miss the next
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  Speaker 1: game unless something drastic happens with FIFA that's not in
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  Speaker 1: their rules.
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  Speaker 2: How does this impact the US? And did you agree
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  Speaker 2: with the red card?
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  Speaker 1: Uh?
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  Speaker 4: No, I don't. I don't agree with the red guard.
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  Speaker 4: I don't actually think it should have gone to v R,
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  Speaker 4: you know. And yes, when we saw it in slow mo,
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  Speaker 4: he steps on his ankle, it's with it looks really
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  Speaker 4: really bad. But if you look at his vision, you
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  Speaker 4: look at the challenge it was, it was awkward and
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  Speaker 4: he got thrown off balance and he's coming down. There's
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  Speaker 4: just no intent to it. There's no vision of even him.
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  Speaker 4: I thought the call on the field was correct. He
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  Speaker 4: kind of just let it go as a challenge. But
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  Speaker 4: once you slow it down and see that, yes the
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  Speaker 4: player could have got hurt, but again there's no force,
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  Speaker 4: no malice, no intent, but you can see the serious
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  Speaker 4: nature of the foul and that's why the red card happened.
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  Speaker 4: But I don't think it could have should have gone
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  Speaker 4: to v R where VR could input themselves in that decision.
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  Speaker 4: So really unfortunately, because I think Baligan he's our clear
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  Speaker 4: number one, you know, and creating opportunities, just making it
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  Speaker 4: hard on defenses. So you saw a drop when Pepec
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  Speaker 4: came in, and I think that's going to be a
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  Speaker 4: big hole when we really need to get opportunities against Belgium.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I agree with you. Pepe had a fantastic year
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  Speaker 1: in the Dutch League. He scored a ton of goals,
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  Speaker 1: but when he's come on and I just I haven't
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  Speaker 1: been impressed with seeing him so far in any of
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  Speaker 1: the run ups or in the World Cup so far.
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  Speaker 1: So would your expectation be alike for like swap there
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  Speaker 1: where you play Polisic and Pepe up top kind of
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  Speaker 1: the same way that they played when they didn't have
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  Speaker 1: Polisic in the second game where it was balligin and
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  Speaker 1: Peppi up top.
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  Speaker 2: Would you expect Hodgi?
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  Speaker 1: Right?
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  Speaker 2: What's your expectation?
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  Speaker 1: Because again, Poachattino, he he plans for everything, and he's
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  Speaker 1: probably got a plan in place for this. I've loved
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  Speaker 1: his preparation. I've loved his confidence in this team. But
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  Speaker 1: if you're trying to hazard a guest at the formation
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  Speaker 1: and what it would look like minus Balligan, what do
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  Speaker 1: you think they do?
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  Speaker 4: I think initially, like my initial thought when I saw
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  Speaker 4: it happened with going to be a like for like
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  Speaker 4: because the midfield and the outside guys we're all in
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  Speaker 4: sync and it's now, you know, just having Pepe step
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  Speaker 4: up that next level in when he gets inside the
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  Speaker 4: boxer in around the area creating because I think you
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  Speaker 4: know the movement of phlobalgen is what opens up so
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  Speaker 4: much space for Christian politics to come in on the inside.
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  Speaker 4: So I don't think you want to lose that and
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  Speaker 4: just force Polisic to be kind of on the top
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  Speaker 4: of the eighteen. So I think there, I personally think
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  Speaker 4: they may stay a little bit similar formation, maybe have
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  Speaker 4: just a lack like just because Polisic can find so
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  Speaker 4: many different holes when he's in that space, and he's
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  Speaker 4: got Jedi behind him as well too to help defensively,
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  Speaker 4: so he can force going forward. So we'll see what
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  Speaker 4: he does. I know they've planned multiple ways, and we've
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  Speaker 4: seen you know, Timothy Way, it's done a great job
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  Speaker 4: when he's come in as well. So do you need
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  Speaker 4: that caste to get him behind? It is going to
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  Speaker 4: be the big question of what Patino.
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  Speaker 2: Wants to do.
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  Speaker 1: I want to ask you about Belgium in a minute,
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  Speaker 1: but I want to ask you about a player in
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  Speaker 1: particular that I think it's time. Christian Polisic has been
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  Speaker 1: called Captain America and he's been called the generational player.
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  Speaker 2: He wears the captain's armband.
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  Speaker 1: He had a fantastic first forty five minutes against Paraguay,
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  Speaker 1: but that's been about it. Jay, He's created a few
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  Speaker 1: things here and there, but we've not seen him score.
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  Speaker 1: We've seen him create a few chances. He's been active,
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  Speaker 1: but is this the time? I mean, if he's truly
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  Speaker 1: going to be the generational face of American soccer and
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  Speaker 1: be talked amongst the greats like the Landon Donovans and
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  Speaker 1: the Clint dempseyes and such, is this really the match?
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  Speaker 1: Is this really the time where we've got to see
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  Speaker 1: Christian politic step up?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah?
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  Speaker 4: This is you know sixteen going to eight, and you
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  Speaker 4: stole the two players out of my mouth. When you
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  Speaker 4: think about his history with the US.
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  Speaker 3: Men's national team, Landon Donovans stepping up in big moments,
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  Speaker 3: Dempsey stepping up in big moments cemented their place in
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  Speaker 3: US men's national team history, even going back.
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  Speaker 4: To McBride way before that as well. And this is
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  Speaker 4: you know, if say we crash out one zero, you know,
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  Speaker 4: what do we say about Kristan palistic? We're looking for
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  Speaker 4: the next World Cup for him to be a breakout.
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  Speaker 4: So I do think this is where his opportunity is
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  Speaker 4: against Belgium, a top team, to come and really break out.
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  Speaker 4: You know, did have that offside goal last night that
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  Speaker 4: just kind of slipped through, but still hasn't had that
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  Speaker 4: impact that we've been really waiting for, even though he
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  Speaker 4: sat out about a game and a half.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, offside goals still don't count. It's great, a lot
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  Speaker 1: of people put in offside goals. People stats would look
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  Speaker 1: a lot better without him. But I just think that
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  Speaker 1: this is the time. I mean, you are now the
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  Speaker 1: most dangerous player on the field with flow balligan out.
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  Speaker 1: You've got to put your stamp on this match against
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  Speaker 1: Let's face it, Jay, this is a Belgium team that
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  Speaker 1: is still solid, still pretty good. They beat the US,
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  Speaker 1: though not a full strength US team, five to two
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  Speaker 1: back in March. But fourteen years ago they beat the
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  Speaker 1: United States.
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  Speaker 2: That was a fourteen No, twelve.
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  Speaker 1: Years ago they beat the United States in this same round,
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  Speaker 1: the round of sixteen, the knockout round in the World Cup.
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  Speaker 2: And so I guess my question.
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  Speaker 1: And this was the beginning of their golden generation, guys
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  Speaker 1: like a Kaku and de Bruyna and some of these
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  Speaker 1: were coming into their own. Well, Belgium hasn't done much
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  Speaker 1: and some of those guys are still around. They were
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  Speaker 1: frankly pretty lucky to beat Senegal yesterday, but they earned it.
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  Speaker 1: Keeper missed the punch. We could talk about a lot
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  Speaker 1: of things, but they want. This is a team that's
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  Speaker 1: coming into its own in the United States, kind of
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  Speaker 1: going up against the team that's leaving a little bit
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  Speaker 1: from the world stage. They've still got good, good young
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  Speaker 1: players Heelmans and Dooku and some of those Doku are good.
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  Speaker 1: But is this a game the United States should win
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  Speaker 1: on Monday night?
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  Speaker 4: It should win, but it should much more competitive, obviously
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  Speaker 4: than the last one. When they were going through and
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  Speaker 4: you talked about it, you know, a group that's kind
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  Speaker 4: of leaving, and when you look at the spine, you
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  Speaker 4: know cork Paw and back his you know he's aging
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  Speaker 4: de Bruyner, who they're still relying on a lot in
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  Speaker 4: the midfield again, it's starting to slow a little bit,
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  Speaker 4: but still very impactful. And then Lukaku's still getting done
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  Speaker 4: up top, but still just kind of in and out
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  Speaker 4: with minutes. So there was a time for us, you know,
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  Speaker 4: in the way they're youngsters are hitting their stride to
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  Speaker 4: really take on and beat a Belgium convincingly. This would
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  Speaker 4: be a great moment for them. I think the US
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  Speaker 4: throw are faster. I think they can do what Senegal did.
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  Speaker 4: Senegl just made it awkward for them. They counted really well,
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  Speaker 4: they defended strong, they slowed the game down a little
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  Speaker 4: bit for Belgium and the attacking third, and then they
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  Speaker 4: just awkwardly kind of hit them, you know. They were
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  Speaker 4: super athletics fast and got up to zero and just
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  Speaker 4: didn't do a good job closing that game out. So
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  Speaker 4: I do expect a much more competitive game from what
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  Speaker 4: we've seen against Belgium, and I would love to lean
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  Speaker 4: towards the US beating them, but there's just so many
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  Speaker 4: storied players on Belgium that can beat you at any moment.
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  Speaker 1: All Right, I'm going to hold off on a prediction
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  Speaker 1: or how the game plays out or what has to
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  Speaker 1: happen the US. It's in Seattle. I think it's the
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  Speaker 1: greatest soccer city in America. I think it's the greatest
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  Speaker 1: atmosphere in home field the United States can have anywhere
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  Speaker 1: in this country. And we saw what it was earlier
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  Speaker 1: in the World Cup. What are you expecting from an
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  Speaker 1: atmosphere and how much can that atmosphere help Team USA
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  Speaker 1: on Monday Night.
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  Speaker 4: You couldn't ask for a better place for this game
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  Speaker 4: to go to in Seattle. Seattle tip Or traditionally continues
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  Speaker 4: to show up for the Sounders, the MLS team, and
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  Speaker 4: now we have a World Cup match there in the
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  Speaker 4: in the final sixteen, So perfect city for the US
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  Speaker 4: to go to. As far as US pride, US loudness,
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  Speaker 4: it's a very tough place to play if you are
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  Speaker 4: coming in. All MS teams know that, and I think
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  Speaker 4: it's going to be if you don't show up for
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  Speaker 4: this game. If you're a US player, I don't know
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  Speaker 4: what else you can be set up with. It's going
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  Speaker 4: to be an unbelievable environment. And I think they're going
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  Speaker 4: to come in, you know, getting a two zero the
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  Speaker 4: victory over Bosnia with more confidence than Belgium, kind of
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  Speaker 4: coming from behind and squeaking that one out against Senegal.
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  Speaker 1: All Right, how does it play? What's your expectation minus
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  Speaker 1: Balligan for how this match plays out on Monday night, Jay.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I think it's gonna shift that forth a little
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  Speaker 4: bit too. I think again the US come out strong
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  Speaker 4: and then I think Belgium settles it in, settles in
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  Speaker 4: a little bit, and then there's gonna be some tussle
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  Speaker 4: back and forth. I just think you can't take away
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  Speaker 4: what Belgium can do in the center to up top
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  Speaker 4: and creating opportunities. So Freeze in the defense is going
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  Speaker 4: to have to be much better than they then throughout,
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  Speaker 4: because I think this is the time they get really
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  Speaker 4: tested up top, that's where the opportunity is. I think
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  Speaker 4: that middle group in front can really break down that
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  Speaker 4: back forth. I think we're faster. I think we can
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  Speaker 4: get in behind and if they get stretched a little bit,
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  Speaker 4: that's where our opportunities come. I am picking the US
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  Speaker 4: in this game, but I do think it's may be
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  Speaker 4: left till late.
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  Speaker 1: So are we looking at a two to one type match?
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  Speaker 1: Are we looking at a three to two, four to
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  Speaker 1: three type match?
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  Speaker 4: I have a two to one match as defensively, the
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  Speaker 4: US kind of pull it out and then we get
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  Speaker 4: some breaks and not Colin Who's gonna score the goals.
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  Speaker 4: We really have to see kind of what happens. But
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  Speaker 4: I just think the US it's kind of their time.
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  Speaker 4: I think they've built great through the group. You know,
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  Speaker 4: they got it done against Bosnia and this is the
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  Speaker 4: first test before they go through kind of it could
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  Speaker 4: be a heck of a road depending on what they
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  Speaker 4: do but this is you know, no matter what, when
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  Speaker 4: you get to the sixteen eight, you're gonna play one
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  Speaker 4: of the best countries. So you can't be looking at draws.
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  Speaker 4: You just have to be ready to play. And I
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  Speaker 4: think this is a great next step to be able
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  Speaker 4: to play Belgium.
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  Speaker 1: I do too, And if they are able to get
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  Speaker 1: by Belgium on Monday, it's an all likelihood Spain following
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  Speaker 1: that in Los Angeles, I think on July the tenth.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, Spain's you know, before the World Cup, that's
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  Speaker 4: who I picked to win. It probably would change to
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  Speaker 4: France now any France is probably playing the best, but
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  Speaker 4: you know, you never want to face Spain. Just touch
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  Speaker 4: a solid team as well.
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  Speaker 1: It's been so much fun this tournament. I don't know.
• 15:13
  Speaker 1: I was saying this to somebody. If Fox could draw,
• 15:17
  Speaker 1: you know, write a script up, I'm not sure they
• 15:19
  Speaker 1: could script this World Cup any better. The host countries
• 15:23
  Speaker 1: are all winning, Canada, Mexico, and more importantly, the United
• 15:27
  Speaker 1: States are all advancing. The stars are showing up, the Messies,
• 15:32
  Speaker 1: the Rinaldo's, the Canes, the Hollands, they are all showing up. Jay,
• 15:37
  Speaker 1: It's been to this point an unbelievable World Cup.
• 15:43
  Speaker 4: Well, and not to mention the venues and the people
• 15:47
  Speaker 4: and everybody that's traveled. Looking at Monterey Stadium the pictures
• 15:51
  Speaker 4: is phenomenal. Hearing all the positive things about Vancouver and
• 15:56
  Speaker 4: hopefully that helps the Vancouver white Caps as well too
• 15:58
  Speaker 4: to stay there. Everything in the States as well. Just
• 16:03
  Speaker 4: leading up to this, we had so many questions and
• 16:05
  Speaker 4: now that we're here, it's been phenomenal, one of the
• 16:09
  Speaker 4: most fun things to watch. I know you've got to
• 16:11
  Speaker 4: experience it in person as well too, which is incredible.
• 16:14
  Speaker 4: But yeah, I think you couldn't have asked for a
• 16:16
  Speaker 4: better progression into this sixteen. I think we're still going
• 16:20
  Speaker 4: to have some upsets and it's going to get really
• 16:22
  Speaker 4: interesting towards the end.
• 16:23
  Speaker 1: Jay, we were in Boston and it was unbelievable. We
• 16:27
  Speaker 1: were there for Yankees Red Sox and then decided to
• 16:30
  Speaker 1: stay for Germany Paraguay, which was unbelievable. The Norwegians were
• 16:37
  Speaker 1: at the hotel right next door to ours. The French
• 16:40
  Speaker 1: were headquartered two blocks down the street. It was nothing
• 16:44
  Speaker 1: but French and Norwegian folks. I mean they were everywhere.
• 16:48
  Speaker 1: Boston did an unbelievable job and then the German Germans
• 16:54
  Speaker 1: came rolling into town. They were very confident. They were
• 16:57
  Speaker 1: not feeling so good late in the day on Monday
• 17:00
  Speaker 1: Day the Paraguay. It was just I likened it to
• 17:04
  Speaker 1: a many Olympics being in like fifteen different cities. It's
• 17:08
  Speaker 1: like the Olympics come to town for three or four days.
• 17:11
  Speaker 1: It was amazing, It really was.
• 17:14
  Speaker 4: Yeah, it's just incredible to see. You know, how many
• 17:17
  Speaker 4: fans are you know, being impacted by this, you know,
• 17:20
  Speaker 4: obviously here in North America, but also overseas, and you know,
• 17:24
  Speaker 4: there's always a hangover after the World Cup, and we'll
• 17:27
  Speaker 4: see what that does towards the end of the season.
• 17:29
  Speaker 4: Four MLS as well too, and hopefully it brought some
• 17:32
  Speaker 4: new fans into the group, but fast for a better
• 17:36
  Speaker 4: run so far, and I'm just happy to be part
• 17:38
  Speaker 4: of it.
• 17:38
  Speaker 2: Jay, You're the best. Talk to you soon.
• 17:41
  Speaker 4: Thanks Bill, All the best man there is.
• 17:42
  Speaker 1: Jay Notley with US former RSL Vancouver Whitecap, Chicago fire
• 17:47
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• 17:50
  Speaker 1: broadcast partner for a long time, joins me as well
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: on the University of Utah Soccer broadcast on ESPN Plus.
• 17:56
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