Nate Bukaty

The U.S.

players, I think a lot of them, showed Pochettino they were up for the fight the way they reacted to it.

So you got to react.

You got to be tough.

You got to stand up to it.

You also got to be smart, you know, and not get yourself a red card.

I think the U.S.

is going to win.

They're the better team, and they're on home soil.

And I think that a big...

It's not vital, but I do think it would be incredibly beneficial to get an early goal.

And that might sound like, duh, I mean, you know, oh, you want to get ahead early.

Oh, great.

But in soccer, a lot of times, actually, there's like kind of an ironic joke where people say, oh, they scored too early.

If you're the underdog, sometimes then you score early in a match,

You're like, oh, there's a lot of time for them to try to defend that lead.

And the other team's going to really be going for it now.

But when you're the favorite and the other team's sitting back and you score early, it changes the game.

You know, it changes the way they have to approach the game.

So I'd like to see the U.S.