Landon Donovan

Honestly, I've spent so much time watching you two play football over the years.

I'm so glad you've invited me on to grill you both today.

So thanks for having me.

Yeah, he sent me a picture of it before I jumped online.

It couldn't quite fit in the whole frame, so it must have been pretty big.

I think we're absent about 17 core players from the squad.

So this is an unbelievable opportunity for those that, whether they are players that sit as part of the pool and have been coming regularly, that they build on.

the work that everybody's been putting in, or whether you are a person coming for the first time, whether you are a prospect, albeit maybe not everybody's for 2027, but for 28 or for 2031, that I think this is an unbelievable opportunity for those players, especially considering that when we did this last year,

We went on from this camp last year and seven players directly made their debuts going forward in that year, have become regulars in the group.

So this is a chance that so many players have been working towards.

So I'm excited for them.

Yeah, I think I've said this so many times.

I've coached so many players in over 25 years, varying different clubs.

And what I've learned is when you coach some of the top, top players in the world is that you've got to give –

the right support to them, particularly in the right times.

And I think Trin has really, really needed both the club level and the national team level to really support her to get things right, both on and off the field, because the injury she was having in her back,

It just wasn't going to clear up quickly and it required such an effort from everybody to get it into that place.

So it's a new year and one that I know she's super excited about and I'm just happy she's paying free and she gets to start the pre-season in a really solid place.

Yeah, listen, you have to meet everybody where they're at.

Every individual's different.