Dan Thomas

Is that a point, Ali?

Should he have used this platform to put out that starting 11?

Jermaine, I'm intrigued as a player to get your view on this, and indeed a coach.

The four teams that the US will face leading up to the World Cup, obviously lost against Belgium, lost yesterday against Portugal, they'll face Senegal and Germany.

They're really hard games.

As a player, would you have preferred to play someone more on your level, or would you get more out of playing against opposition like this?

Because, I don't know, if I'm playing tennis against someone who just scores aces past me, what am I learning?

Christian Pulisic hasn't scored since December.

He's struggling to get into this Milan team.

He's supposed to be the guy, isn't he?

He's supposed to be the focus that's going to carry the US in this summer tournament.

Yet he can't even get a game domestically at the moment.

Jermaine, you think of that group, Ali used the word grind there, and no one gave you much of a chance really when you looked at the opponents.

Within that group, obviously, you made it through.

It's the kind of opposite going into this World Cup for the US.

People are looking at Paraguay, looking at Australia, looking at Turkey, thinking, oh, the US should be okay here.

It's not guaranteed they're getting out of this group, is it, Ian?

Jermaine Jones, of course, will be judging with us during the World Cup.

We'll have some special shows for you as the tournament progresses.

Jermaine, thank you very much for joining us.