Mike Grella

But I think now they've taken on responsibility.

If you watch that Paraguay game, man, it was personal, dude.

They sent the message to the world that night.

Can they continue?

We'll see.

I'm optimistic, but obviously as the big boys come into the tournament, it'll be interesting.

Yeah, so when I went over there, I was one of the earlier guys going over to Europe.

And when an American came to Europe, they were like, what are you doing here?

Are you coming here to wash the kit or are you coming here to... The next best thing was, oh, you're a goalkeeper, right?

You guys play sports with your hands.

You guys must be goalkeepers.

And it was like, you know, from another world.

And anything you did good, it was like, oh, but he's American.

Now it's like Americans are well sought after.

Like they are unbelievable assets because they got big engines.

They can run a lot.

They're smart.

They're athletic.

And now the fact that eight or nine guys are playing Champions League football, dude, that changes everything.

Week in and week out, the level, the tempo of the game, the physicality of the game, the speed of the game, they're not only playing in those games, they're dominating those games.