Joshua Kloke
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And I think too, when you look at how much their depth has improved, some of their players in 2022 that were there have taken incredible leaps.
Like Liam Miller, for me, is probably starting June 12th.
He was a player of promise, right, in 2022.
Now he's a player whose team is getting promoted to the Premier League in big part because of him.
His swagger and confidence this last week in Charlotte, to me, was off the charts.
And you got questions about Ali Ahmed, huge questions about Alphonso Davies on the left side.
Start Liam Miller because he will likely play in the Premier League next season.
And you couldn't say that about most of your players in 2022.
So yeah, the depth has improved.
And I think big picture, that's a good thing because I think more Canadians than ever are going to tune into this tournament.
And, you know, people are going to want to find their guys, right?
People are going to want to say, oh, who's that guy?
I've never seen that guy before, right?
Like, you know, Moise Bombido is another example.
He might be, when fit, the best centre-back in North America, right?
When fit, right?
and we all watched the first game against Belgium in the World Cup four years ago.
If they have Bombido's speed in the back, they probably don't allow that goal.
Maybe they get a draw out of their first game, and we're having a very different conversation.
So, yeah, a long way of saying the depth's much, much better.