Colin Cowherd

The depth of skill, the overall connectivity, the collectiveness, has it even surprised you?

Mauricio Pochettino, to a lot of people in America, is still a bit of a mystery.

We heard he was good with young players.

People like me thought, that's good, we've got all these young guys either in their prime or going into it, he's a perfect fit.

Then there was a little turbulence a couple of years ago with Pulisic.

And we're like, well, it's soccer.

He's overseas.

That's where guys make their money.

Let's not worry about that.

And then there was a little bit of a scoring drought before the Senegal and the German friendlies.

We were like, oh, boy, we are struggling to put the ball in the net.

And so I went into this World Cup and all I said, Chris, to the audience was we're really talented.

It's the most talent we've ever had, and I don't have any idea how we're going to play.

Explain Pochettino from an insider's perspective.

Where does he connect so well with this group of men?

highly aggressive in both Paraguay and Australia it is very clear you can be a soccer casual it's highly aggressive and I have joke with my audience that's so America we're aggressive to a fault we're obnoxious at times but it does feel like watching it he's sort of he's diving into that spirit as if he's saying guys this is who we are it's American soil am I reaching on that or do you feel that

I've watched everybody of note play at least once, right?

So the most talented team I've seen is France.

I think they have devastating skill and speed.

They jump off my television set.