Nate Bukaty

And so they've all become really good at, okay, you're going to have the ball, but we're going to be really hard to break down.

We're going to foul you like crazy.

We're going to make this a tough game.

Paraguay beat Argentina, the defending champs, during this World Cup qualifying campaign in Paraguay, 2-1.

They had 17 touches inside Argentina's penalty box the entire game.

They committed 17 fouls the whole game.

Like, they out-fouled or they kicked Argentina all over the place.

that's what I expect to happen in this game.

And then they will try to hit you on a counterattack, get you to bring your numbers forward.

You lose the ball, they take off.

And the two ways they'll look to try to score will be on a counterattack and on set pieces.

And the U.S.

has been a little susceptible to set pieces.

So that's the type of game I expect it to be.

The U.S.

will have chances to score.

They're going to have to try to break down an organized defense that's sitting deep and

and then they're going to have to keep their cool when the game gets physical.

They played a friendly against each other not too long ago, a few months ago, and there was a dust-up at the end of the game.

The Pottaway guys, you know, tried to get a little physical with Alex Freeman.