Mike Grella

Guys, I play with Packers Norbo, Harry Kuel, the Duka.

They've had some unbelievable characters in their team.

But they're stagnant.

And the U.S.

is on the rise.

And...

You know, they want to steal the thunder of the U.S., and I just don't see it happening when I look at the Mets.

Listen, again, I don't want to sound negative, and I don't want to be disrespectful to any country.

Go ahead.

For like Cabo Verde, right, Cape Verde, and you look at Curacao, they're awesome storylines.

I mean, they're the best.

That's why we watch the World Cup.

But ultimately, they're participation awards.

It's the same thing for Australia, right?

It's like they had an unbelievable result the other day, but they're not going to go deep in the tournament because you can't.

Now, Spain and Argentina last World Cup, they lost their first games and then went on to win it.

So, like, there's also sort of a grace period in the group stage.

Now three of the teams out of the four, most third-place teams out of the group are getting through.

So we're not going to really see this tournament take place or take fold until...

Maybe the round of 16 is when we'll start to see the big guns and the big boys come out and start to play.