Oliver Platt

But if they continue to play the way they played against Paraguay, like I said, I know there'll be people saying Paraguay was just very poor.

I thought the U.S.

were excellent and they could have a seriously good tournament if that's the level that we get consistently from them.

Yeah, it's odd.

Like I said before, I think that probably is a missed opportunity there.

I think you feel better about

If you'd been 1-0 up and then conceded an equalizer, that's probably a bit of a downer coming out of that game.

I think the team played with courage in the second half.

I thought there were some players that dragged them out of trouble, to be honest with you.

People will respond to that when they see that kind of fight for the team.

But it is always, I think, as a co-host, a bit of a missed opportunity.

you also just have to account for what Canada's dealing with health-wise.

Like, I just don't think they hit that first game with kind of the rhythm and momentum and match fitness in terms of some of their players who were, you know, never mind the ones who weren't, that the other two countries did.

Like, Mexico, for example, pulled players out of the Liga MX playoffs to have a training camp like six weeks before the tournament, right?

And I think they're in probably better shape as a result of that.

I do personally think for Canada it's about managing this group stage.

You've got to beat Qatar.

You've got your four points.

Try to grow into the competition from there and do something really memorable in that round of 32 game.

I personally don't think so, but they're keeping us guessing.