Sam Gregory

And so I think there's an excitement around the group, and I'm hoping that that will translate to fans in the stadium.

I'm hoping that'll translate to just excitement across the country for the team.

I also think motivation, this isn't something that takes place on the day or during the actual tournament, but it's the build-up before.

So, again, you look at our coaching staff.

They've been at Chelsea.

They've been at Tottenham.

They've been at PSG.

These are some of the biggest clubs in the world.

I think if this wasn't a home World Cup,

the job might have been less exciting than it is.

So I think there's a lot of advantages to hosting it that might not be immediately, you might not immediately see it on the field, but it's led up to what's happened in the past three or four years and the buildup to this tournament.

Yeah, I think it's a great point.

I think if you look at the most successful team that we've ever had in the modern era at the Men's World Cup was 2002, which if you think of it, it's that age, right?

So that team made the quarterfinals, and they were the kids that grew up in 1994 that were there when the U.S.

last hosted the Men's World Cup.

And if you think about the women's side...

The most successful team on the women's side won the World Cup back to back in 2015 and 2019.

And those were the kids who were watching the 99ers on TV, the women's team that won the World Cup here in the U.S.

So I think there's a huge effect of just, yeah, the excitement around it.

If a kid is deciding, do I want to play basketball or do I want to play soccer?