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Mac & Bone Show - Anna Witte Interview · Mac & Bone Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Welcome back in Mack and Bone Joe Fitty doing a
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  Speaker 1: great job running the show over there today. Mac on
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  Speaker 1: a cruise right now. He'll be back next week, and
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  Speaker 1: you know he wishes he was here to talk about
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  Speaker 1: what is the biggest story in sports, and that is
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  Speaker 1: slow Balligan and the decision to suspend the suspension and
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  Speaker 1: allow him to play tonight. We're gonna talk about that
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  Speaker 1: and more of tonight's matchup and the matchup yesterday, and
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  Speaker 1: a witty of the Charlotte f C Radio Network kind
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  Speaker 1: enough to join us here on the Mac and Bone Joe. Anna,
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  Speaker 1: First of all, congrats on the new addition to the family.
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  Speaker 1: That is so awesome to hear.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you so much. Yeah, it's been a fun now
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  Speaker 2: two months with her. We really enjoyed this time. So yeah,
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  Speaker 2: thanks thanks for that.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I'm sure you're not getting a lot of sleep
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  Speaker 1: with that and the Loo Cup going on, So thank
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  Speaker 1: you for doing this. What's your reaction when we puked
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  Speaker 1: you on here? We didn't realize the biggest story in
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  Speaker 1: sports would be about a US player, but here we are.
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  Speaker 1: Your reaction to the decision to let Flow play and
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  Speaker 1: really how it all goes about from the red card
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  Speaker 1: until now your reaction all this.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, I was originally supposed to come on the
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  Speaker 2: show Friday morning, so I'm actually glad I'm here chatting
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  Speaker 2: now because this definitely changes what tonight is going to
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  Speaker 2: look like. Obviously, Balligan's going to start. He's scored in
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  Speaker 2: every single game so far as he has been the
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  Speaker 2: breakout star for the US men's national team, So the
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  Speaker 2: fact that he's able to be back in their lineup
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  Speaker 2: their system definitely takes something off of puch Tino's shoulders
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  Speaker 2: in terms of who he's going to start. But overall,
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  Speaker 2: it's such a sticky situation. Right. We all know FIFA
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  Speaker 2: is one of the most corrupt organizations in sport, and
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  Speaker 2: how it all went down seems very fishy. However, yes,
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  Speaker 2: in my opinion, it was a red card, even though
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  Speaker 2: it wasn't intentional. That is the rule of the sport.
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  Speaker 2: But the same thing has happened in previous games. Messi
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  Speaker 2: committed the same crime in this time with Argentina in
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  Speaker 2: the past couple of weeks and didn't even get a
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  Speaker 2: card for it. So if we're gonna if we're going
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  Speaker 2: to call things equally, if we're going to make this
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  Speaker 2: equal on every single game. Let's make sure it's unfairly.
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  Speaker 2: So the callback I think is it's fair because it
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  Speaker 2: was committed in other games and those players were not punished. However,
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  Speaker 2: it's very strange how it all went down that they
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  Speaker 2: receded this red card, because that doesn't happen in TIFA.
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  Speaker 1: No, it doesn't. Do you do you think this is
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  Speaker 1: over or there's stuff going on this morning? UEFA's involved.
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  Speaker 1: Now there's appeals going on. Do you do you think
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  Speaker 1: there's still a chance that something happens today or is
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  Speaker 1: it really the unknown? And because of how chaotic this is.
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  Speaker 2: I mean what, we've got eleven hours until kick and
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  Speaker 2: I can't imagine anything is going to change. But I
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  Speaker 2: did say the appeals from Belgium, which rightfully so right like,
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  Speaker 2: that's a rule you can't if you are shown a
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  Speaker 2: red card that you can't change that that shouldn't be
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  Speaker 2: given freely to a certain player. However, this is SISA
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  Speaker 2: and they kind of play by their own rules. They
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  Speaker 2: do what they want to do. I don't necessarily see
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  Speaker 2: things changing because such a big decision was made twenty
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  Speaker 2: four hours ago or so. However, that's how FIFA kind
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  Speaker 2: of operates sometimes. But as a US fan and wanting
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  Speaker 2: to see them do well in their home country, I
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  Speaker 2: hope it doesn't change, right Belligan is such a key
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  Speaker 2: integral part. Belgium has played a really good tournament so far,
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  Speaker 2: so hopefully it doesn't change. But with the way things
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  Speaker 2: have been kind of moving the past couple of days,
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  Speaker 2: I want to be shocked if we see something in
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  Speaker 2: the next few hours.
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  Speaker 1: Belgium the oldest team in the tournament. This US team
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  Speaker 1: was knocked out by at least three of these guys
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  Speaker 1: twelve years ago. It's crazy that they're still around. What's
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  Speaker 1: the biggest key in your mind to beating the Do
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  Speaker 1: you have to move it on tonight?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah? Well, I think for the United States, a big
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  Speaker 2: talking point for them is getting off on the right
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  Speaker 2: foot in the first ten minutes. They want to be
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  Speaker 2: the most explosive team. They want to be the most
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  Speaker 2: dangerous team in the opening ten minutes and really get
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  Speaker 2: the most opportunities on goal to put their opponents back
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  Speaker 2: on their heels. A huge plus for the US and
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  Speaker 2: this tournament is obviously playing on home soil, and you
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  Speaker 2: kind of feel that energy in games that they get
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  Speaker 2: from the fans and that hype, but it's also coming
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  Speaker 2: from themselves. This is a US team that I've actually
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  Speaker 2: never seen before. I love how Pushatino has put this
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  Speaker 2: roster together. It's a mix of really high talent who
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  Speaker 2: can get the job done by themselves, but also players
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  Speaker 2: who are really selfless and they understand the opportunities for
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  Speaker 2: the key players to get forward. So for the United States,
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  Speaker 2: I think they have to play with the confidence they've
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  Speaker 2: been playing all tournament long. This has been a US
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  Speaker 2: team that a lot of people have been down on
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  Speaker 2: for the last few years, and they're proving a lot
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  Speaker 2: of the haters wrong. I'm loving the confidence that they
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  Speaker 2: kind of speak with. I love their confidence on the ball.
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  Speaker 2: Their ability to be clinical in front of goal is
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  Speaker 2: something I've never seen before. Tillman's goal was a great
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  Speaker 2: example of that, just outside the eighteen to hit that
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  Speaker 2: one home. So I think for the US it's about
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  Speaker 2: confidence and getting off on the right foot, showing their
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  Speaker 2: athleticism early.
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  Speaker 1: And a witty of the Charlotte FC Radio network with
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  Speaker 1: us on the Mack and Bone Joe her and Willie
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  Speaker 1: b back at the end a couple of weeks now,
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  Speaker 1: once the MLS season gets rolling again. What have you
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  Speaker 1: thought of the performance of Tim Reim so far in
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  Speaker 1: this tournament.
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  Speaker 2: Raem's been awesome. I've really enjoyed his partnership next to
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  Speaker 2: center back Chris Richards. They have a really good partnership
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  Speaker 2: in some ways that I think Reem has with Morrison. Clearly,
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  Speaker 2: Reim he's the captain of the team, but he has
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  Speaker 2: more of that leadership rule on the back line for
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  Speaker 2: the US men's national team, where Richards will get stuck
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  Speaker 2: in on certain tackles. I think Reem has been great.
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  Speaker 2: He wins most of his tackles that he gets to.
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  Speaker 2: I think he's done a great job of helping this
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  Speaker 2: team in the bill and just being a support system
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  Speaker 2: on that back line, a confident player who's been in
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  Speaker 2: these positions before. Since there are a lot of new
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  Speaker 2: players who haven't been in a World Cup before, I
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  Speaker 2: think Griem has been excellent in terms of his leadership
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  Speaker 2: and just doing what he needs to get the job done.
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  Speaker 2: And honestly, like if you're a center back, the role
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  Speaker 2: of a center back, you don't want to be talked
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  Speaker 2: about all of the time. You just want to be
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  Speaker 2: the steady person who gets their job done. They don't
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  Speaker 2: want to be flashy. And for Reem, the fact that
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  Speaker 2: we're not really talking about him a lot in those
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  Speaker 2: situations I think is a good thing in this tournament.
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  Speaker 1: It's kind of like offensive line in football, right, If
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  Speaker 1: you're talking a lot about the offensive line, it probably
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  Speaker 1: means that something's gone wrong there, oh wrong the way.
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  Speaker 1: And it feels like every day there's a game, a
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  Speaker 1: moment in this World Cup and every time we think, wow,
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  Speaker 1: how great is this? It goes up to another level
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  Speaker 1: every day. Last night it was England down a man
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  Speaker 1: at the Azteca where they hard Do you ever lose
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  Speaker 1: two in ninety matches? And England pulls it off last night.
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  Speaker 1: What'd you think of the three Lions and what they
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  Speaker 1: did last night?
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  Speaker 2: Oh my gosh. I mean, I feel like every single
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  Speaker 2: game since group stage play has been so exciting in
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  Speaker 2: what you don't expect. I mean, even France their ability
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  Speaker 2: to pull it off in the last few seconds against Paraguay.
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  Speaker 2: Who would have thought that France would have a hard
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  Speaker 2: time against Paraguay. But England, I think they're a team
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  Speaker 2: who they can get things done in the last second.
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  Speaker 2: They're a team who is very strong in those moments.
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  Speaker 2: I think Mexico played them really hard. I think they
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  Speaker 2: had opportunities towards the end, but England defensively played a
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  Speaker 2: really strong game. So it's just been like such a
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  Speaker 2: fun tournament to watch every single game. The Cape Verdet
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  Speaker 2: story is one that I will never forget. Like you
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  Speaker 2: love to see these underdogs come into these tournaments and
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  Speaker 2: just do what no one expects them to do. Have
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  Speaker 2: you had a favorite story so far, a favorite game,
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  Speaker 2: favorite mollet?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, every time I think there's one, it just
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  Speaker 1: gets it just gets topp there. There are so many
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  Speaker 1: I think as it goes along. I think the Norway
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  Speaker 1: stories are pretty cool and the rowing and that's that's
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  Speaker 1: kind of interesting. Are you surprised that Brazil got knocked
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  Speaker 1: out or they seem kind of voterable to you along
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  Speaker 1: the way.
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  Speaker 2: No, not necessarily surprised Brazil got knocked out. I didn't
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  Speaker 2: really think this was very year either. I think they've
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  Speaker 2: got some good talent, but I don't think they're up
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  Speaker 2: to the par where I thought they would make it
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  Speaker 2: much further. No, I was okay with that. I think
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  Speaker 2: with Norway advancing definitely made more sense. Arling Holland is
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  Speaker 2: so I mean, he is giantenormous in size, and it's
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  Speaker 2: so hard to slow down. I think he just breaks
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  Speaker 2: down defenses towards the end from not just like a
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  Speaker 2: physical standpoint, but in a mental standpoint. You're always trying
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  Speaker 2: to figure out where he is. But he can score
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  Speaker 2: in so many ways. And he's also been a fun
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  Speaker 2: story to watch as well. Just his personality kind of
• 9:01
  Speaker 2: light up his time in Dallas. Like on social he's
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  Speaker 2: extremely fun to follow. So even just outside of the
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  Speaker 2: soccer standpoint and watching these games on the field, it's
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  Speaker 2: really been fun to watch the off the field stories
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  Speaker 2: evolved and people who aren't even soccer fans kind of
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  Speaker 2: buy into it and get to know these players that
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  Speaker 2: we watch and I watch on a weekly basis. So
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  Speaker 2: just the growth here in the States from not just
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  Speaker 2: the US team, but these international players coming in and
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  Speaker 2: really obsessing over American culture has been funny and really
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  Speaker 2: fun to watch.
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  Speaker 1: Should be another incredible doubleheader today Spain Portugal gets it started,
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  Speaker 1: of course, US Belgium tonight and we can't wait for
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  Speaker 1: you and Willie p back on the call. A couple
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  Speaker 1: of weeks, tarot f C back in Ash, Thank you
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  Speaker 1: so much for taking the time today in your busy
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  Speaker 1: life right now.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, of course, thanks for having me back on. I
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  Speaker 2: haven't been listening as much to the show tea that
• 9:54
  Speaker 2: I've been busy, but I hope you guys have chatted
• 9:56
  Speaker 2: about the Summerhouse drama because that tops a lot of
• 10:00
  Speaker 2: the reality TV recently.
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  Speaker 1: We haven't talked about it lately, but I do because
• 10:05
  Speaker 1: normally in the summer that's when we can. But the
• 10:07
  Speaker 1: World Cup has taken over most of the drama's World
• 10:09
  Speaker 1: Cup related stuff right now.
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  Speaker 2: I know, I know, I get it. It stopped the
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  Speaker 2: moment for sure. I totally understand that. But thanks so much. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I look forward to be backing on padding some Charlotte
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  Speaker 2: FC here soon