Tim Howard

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21 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 9 Jul

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The Athletic FC Podcast · FIFA, Trump and Balogun: The scandal that shook the World Cup · 9 Jul 2026 podcast

as you're preparing for a game, you want your best players and you want them, you know, if there's a way for them to be available, you feel amazing.

I would always want our best players available to give us the best possible chance because I was a competitor.

How that happened, you know, I probably looked the other way and

and be thankful that I had that player on the pitch.

But I think I've also said ultimately, given how the result went, I certainly would want our best team on the field because I then and everyone else can judge this team based on that.

And I think had Flo Baligan not played and we lost 4-1, I think there would be a lot of people that said, yeah, but if he played, it would be different.

So I think we got a true sense of the measure of where this team is at in these big moments.

Yeah, and internally, Phil Balgaman on the field gave them the best possible chance to win that game, and they didn't.

I don't know if I blame U.S.

soccer.

I think how much of a hand did they have in it?

I don't know.

I think we'll find all of that out.

But look, I...

I think having played this game long enough at the highest level, there are teams and national teams who have gained favor in other ways.

So sort of the way this works, whether we agree with it or not.

But again, they're open to that criticism.

They also had the right, if they didn't feel...

that things were done properly to not play Flo Baligan, to continue to make him unavailable for the game.

But I personally don't think that U.S.

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