Tim Howard

Hugo Ekotike, now you're like, wow, this guy's playing for Liverpool, a top team in the Premier League.

Our question mark is, is he going to get on the field?

Can he get on the field for France?

I mean, between Due, Dembele, Kylian Mbappe, how did they find a place?

Obviously, Scherke's there in the midfield, amongst others.

How did they find a place for him?

I don't know.

I don't know what the answer is.

There's also an element of,

It's okay to be the first guy off the bench sometimes.

And players hate that.

But if you're playing France, if you're Norway, and you're dealing with Douay and Mbele and Mbappe for 60 minutes, and one of them has to come off and now a fresh Eketike walks on.

We used to have a guy at San Diego Loyal, Tumi Moshaban, and at times we had to convince him he was better coming in off the bench.

We had a lot of the ball in the summer when it's hot.

Teams would wear out.

And you come in for 30 minutes and you feel like,

You're playing against guys who are exhausted, and it's a totally different dynamic.

And in that year, Toomey scored more goals off the bench than he did as a starter, right?

And so that could be Ekotike's role.

Now, how do you manage that?