Sam McDowell

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6,148 appearances 21 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 22 Sep

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The Program · H3 Sam McDowell · 7 Jul 2026 podcast

And then they did make a sub, obviously, for Dest at halftime.

But in this tournament, what's the overriding theme of this tournament, including today, is the best players have played the best players in the world.

Like, the stars of the world have been the stars of this tournament.

And the U.S.

's star played like the worst player on the field.

And when you are in a coin flip game, a slight underdog game, and actually technically at points throughout the week, it's a slight favorite, your star has to show up.

And instead, their star killed any momentum they had in the final third.

And like I said...

Belgium spent the entire first half just attacking down his flank.

I think given what I said, you certainly wonder about leadership when your team doesn't respond to adversity well.

I think what really stands out is Belgium took a risk by not playing two-star players because they specifically thought it was going to be the best tactics to play.

put the U.S.

under pressure, especially on that right side.

I guess you could certainly say he's slow to react to things that aren't going well, but like I said, he did make a halftime sub.

I thought Pulisic's quote-unquote injury bailed him out of a tough decision because it is tough pulling your best player off the field, especially in a game you're losing when you've got almost no offensive cohesion in the game.

You look at the talent and say...

this is the guy who can generate that like it's tough to pull him out and so i thought he was bailed out by the injury more than anything because it's like well he can't play right now he's costing your team more than he's helping

Yeah, I mean, I still think it's going to be a net positive.

I mean, we just feel it in Kansas City here.

I mean, the energy that's been around the sport, I really haven't seen anything like it in Kansas City.

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