Jeff Rueter

He is not the focal point of the attack.

It's a Gabonese winger, Denis Bowonga.

And yeah, I think that that instinct still was very much a play for him.

But, you know, a credible comeback and be able to complete it with him off the field, I think actually bodes pretty well for them in this tournament.

Oh, yeah.

Who doesn't love a slow finish?

Master of suspense.

Yeah, I was gonna say that seems low, if anything, like it truly has been such an advantage for them where you you favor them so long as the tournament stays in Mexico, so long as they're able to play those games.

But once they get to something that I suppose you would call more of a neutral site, that's where it gets a bit trickier for them.

Yeah, I mean, look, they've all really bought into sort of the cult of Pochettino, right?

Like, there's this quiet confidence kind of coming off of them.

They're speaking of this is the moment.

We trust our preparation.

And that's all well and good, but at the end of the day, it still is the same players, isn't it?

And you look and you say this is not...

arguably the thinnest the american goalkeeper pool has ever been um so that is not going to be the same strength that maybe you would remember when you look at the 90s and the are they the thinnest the u.s they're pretty wiry honestly brad friedel and tim howard both had a bit of bulk about that's true yeah casey keller was quite tony miola he was a unit and now they're little wipes are they

Yeah, no, it's something that's interesting.

Usually the Americans, there's a big boy on the team, right?

There's at least one who is going to be either up front or in the back and dependably going to be able to muss off.

There isn't really a big boy on this squad, right?