John McEnroe

He is driving across Florida, Georgia, Alabama, going into Waffle Houses, having his mind blown, going to Buc-ee's for the first time.

You know, the European mind cannot comprehend.

Again, watching America seen through the eyes of

These fans, again, it's so uplifting.

It's so transcendent.

It's what this tournament's all about.

Give me the number one storyline going into the World Cup.

Well, this is a massive World Cup.

It's like the big gulf of World Cups.

48 teams, three nations, 104 days, 39 days.

It's like an ultra marathon.

The only thing I know for sure is we're all going to get runner's nipple.

But there's some magnificent storylines.

Argentina, led by the transcendent Lionel Messi in his last dance, surely won it last time.

Can he go back to back, which is almost as hard as doing the Stanley Cup?

um reclaiming it to the argentina effervescent france uh a roster more stacked than a can of pringles i mean it is an absolutely magnificent roster they've been in the last two finals they've won one can they roar again and then from a united states perspective and what can this do 1994 we hosted the world cup the men's world cup last time it was

meant to make America fall in love overnight.

We were like space to Captain Kirk, the one terrain that didn't want football in our lives.

I've written a book about it called We Are the World Cup.

In 1994, they did a study right before the tournament kicked off.