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Tyler Adams & Antonee Robinson Talk USMNT's Loss in World Cup Send-Off Match · Bleacher Report

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  Speaker 1: To Tyler Adams, who joins us from the pitch. What
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  Speaker 1: a day, Tyler Adams to begin our day and to
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  Speaker 1: complete our day. Brad, you're up, Tyler.
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  Speaker 2: I know the result didn't go your way, and these
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  Speaker 2: games often come down to find margins. How do you
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  Speaker 2: overcome those fine margins to be able to pull out
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  Speaker 2: big wins going into the summer. Yeah, I think ultimately
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  Speaker 2: we saw what we wanted to see in this game
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  Speaker 2: in the sendoff. I mean, obviously the result didn't go
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  Speaker 2: our way. I know we spoke briefly yesterday, but it's
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  Speaker 2: like you said, it's it's the moment of the game.
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  Speaker 2: You know, to conceive that early in a game like
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  Speaker 2: this is always going to make it difficult. But the
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  Speaker 2: character we showed, the energy, the resilience, I mean, guys
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  Speaker 2: were going at it like it was a World Cup final,
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  Speaker 2: and I think that's what we wanted to see, Tyler.
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  Speaker 1: That's what just where I was going, the idea of
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  Speaker 1: combative urgency. It felt like, especially when Kai Havertz kind
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  Speaker 1: of horse collar, Tim Reen, your response was immediate to
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  Speaker 1: put in a tough tackle. How important is you know,
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  Speaker 1: setting the stage within reason to make sure that no
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  Speaker 1: one's going to bully the US around.
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  Speaker 2: No, it's exactly that, man. We want to we want
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  Speaker 2: to show are still in our quality. But it doesn't
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  Speaker 2: come without you know, being combative, being compative, you know, fighting,
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  Speaker 2: winning duels, those kinds of things. Man, if I see
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  Speaker 2: one of my guys get kicked, I'm going right after them.
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  Speaker 3: Joo, Tyler's bees, well done.
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  Speaker 1: Be honest, when Anthony hit that ball, you did not
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  Speaker 1: think that was going into God?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, laughing, you laughing.
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  Speaker 2: I'm gonna be honest. I had the perfect view of
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  Speaker 2: everything when he hit that. I was like, there's no chance.
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  Speaker 2: But then it just kept dipping, man, and it was
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  Speaker 2: under the Crossbard and so it was just a great
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  Speaker 2: streng good.
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  Speaker 3: So just really quick to follow up. But how are
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  Speaker 3: you feeling body wise?
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  Speaker 2: Uh? Mentally you know going into this World Cup obviously
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  Speaker 2: after playing against a top team in Germany, just you know, personally,
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  Speaker 2: how are you feeling right now? Yeah, No, I'm feeling good.
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  Speaker 4: Man.
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  Speaker 2: You know, you got to test yourself against the best,
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  Speaker 2: and I think we did that tonight. I think we
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  Speaker 2: feel good about what we're doing and where we're going. So,
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  Speaker 2: you know, on a personal note, obviously ended the season
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  Speaker 2: strong informent, So you know, I think I'm here with
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  Speaker 2: the right energy and ready to go.
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  Speaker 3: Tyler, you've been in a World Cup before.
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  Speaker 1: As as much as you can let us behind the scenes,
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  Speaker 1: walk us through the week for yourself and the team
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  Speaker 1: lead into that first game.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, no, I think that, you know, first things first,
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  Speaker 2: getting to La, getting on the time zone, settling into
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  Speaker 2: to where we're going to be, the facilities we're going
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  Speaker 2: to use, you know, familiarizing ourselves with the area. It
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  Speaker 2: would be good to just get over there because I
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  Speaker 2: feel like we've been traveling a lot obviously in these
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  Speaker 2: sendoff games, and I think it's important to you know,
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  Speaker 2: give the fans, you know, a little bit of a
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  Speaker 2: show before we leave. But now I think it's it's
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  Speaker 2: down to business. I think, you know, once you settle
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  Speaker 2: down in LA, you're gonna feel like you're really ready
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  Speaker 2: to go.
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  Speaker 1: Tyler, thanks so much for doing this. Great gain and
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  Speaker 1: good luck in the World Cup.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you man, appreciate it.
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  Speaker 4: We got to first start this off with that goal.
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  Speaker 4: One can only dream about making that banger take us
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  Speaker 4: through that moment.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it was a real shoulders back and smash it
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  Speaker 3: on the moment I've just seen the ball looping. I thought,
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  Speaker 3: just commit hit it, look down and trying at the
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  Speaker 3: dog and look like it went in.
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  Speaker 4: And yeah, it's great feeling a grid of that feeling.
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  Speaker 4: Given your celebration, what you showed. How much did that
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  Speaker 4: mean to you, especially going into this World Cup?
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  Speaker 3: I meant a lot. I mean there's been a lot
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  Speaker 3: of times this season that I couldn't really see the
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  Speaker 3: light at the end of the TI I'm not I
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  Speaker 3: didn't feel like I was going to make it to
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  Speaker 3: this boy and getting through the game, like struggling a
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  Speaker 3: little bit at the end, but I'll be fine, help
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  Speaker 3: wise and knowing that, like I'm ready to be able
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  Speaker 3: to help the team at the World Cup and do
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  Speaker 3: something special for this country. It's an amazing feeling and
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  Speaker 3: a big relief.
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  Speaker 4: Well you let the team and chances created as well
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  Speaker 4: as ball recoveries and about the team sixteen shots on goal,
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  Speaker 4: the most at the US has gone against Germany since
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  Speaker 4: twenty thirteen. What can you say about the performance of
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  Speaker 4: your team, especially going in to a very important first
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  Speaker 4: match just six days away.
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  Speaker 3: There's a lot of good to take away. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: you know, it's the worst start possible conceding and you know,
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  Speaker 3: their first chance of the game. But we reacted really
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  Speaker 3: well to that bounce back and started giving them a game,
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  Speaker 3: and once we scored, you could see it even and
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  Speaker 3: up and we were creating even more chances. So, you know,
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  Speaker 3: games like this you obviously want to get to win.
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  Speaker 3: It's disappointing that we couldn't. But taking a lot of
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  Speaker 3: positives going into the first game against Paraguay.
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  Speaker 4: Your second go at it at a FIFA World Cup,
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  Speaker 4: how can you explain your emotions of what you're most
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  Speaker 4: looking forward to?
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  Speaker 3: Sorry?
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  Speaker 4: What was that? Your second go at it at a
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  Speaker 4: be for World Cup? What are you most looking forward to?
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  Speaker 3: I'm most looking forward to playing in front of our fans.
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  Speaker 3: I mean the last two games Charlotte Cargo, they've been amazing.
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  Speaker 2: If we can keep these.
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  Speaker 3: Atmospheres going, it's gonna you know, will It is a
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  Speaker 3: long way, and every every time any one of us
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  Speaker 3: steps onto this pitch and represents the US, it's an
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  Speaker 3: amazing feeling. So being able to go back around that
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  Speaker 3: with the experience of the first time and knowing how
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  Speaker 3: bad it feels to lose with a lot of us
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  Speaker 3: and a lot of boys who are fresh to it
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  Speaker 3: and have a lot to prove. I think it's an
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  Speaker 3: exciting time.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you, has any great job about their day.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you just