Mike Ryan

Chill just went down my spine when you said Wando.

Yeah, there's a chance that Pochettino decides, no, we're just going to pack it in and be super defensive.

It's really hard to project.

But right now, best I can tell, these backs are getting involved in the attack way more than I'm used to seeing historically from the U.S.

national team.

And that's going to require a lot from these central defenders and tracking back.

And the team captain is 38 years old.

I don't know how much he plays.

I do have some thoughts on Tim Rehm actually being named captain.

But...

Typically, when that is the case, when you have these backs getting as involved in the attack, and Dest just scored, so he's certainly getting frisky near the box, you need a goalkeeper to kind of be that Tim Howard type of guy that can save you a game.

And historically, the U.S.

has always had a very solid goalkeeper.

This is the most unstable, uncertain goalkeeper situation that the U.S.

has had in my lifetime.

Why is that?

We could always put out good goalkeepers that you can depend on.

All right.

So historically, your captain plays all the time and is in the starting 11.

I'm not so sure that's what's actually going to happen here with the U.S.