Tim Howard

I want to say the caveat to all of these guys needing a break and not coming in. If there's something serious going on in your life, in your family, mentally, whatever, I get it. So I'm going to assume for sake of this conversation that's not going on, but I am admitting I could be wrong with that.

I want to say the caveat to all of these guys needing a break and not coming in. If there's something serious going on in your life, in your family, mentally, whatever, I get it. So I'm going to assume for sake of this conversation that's not going on, but I am admitting I could be wrong with that.

If they would actually come out and give reasons, it would help us, but none of them want to say anything publicly. I think it would help them publicly to say this is why. It would help people understand. So I'm going to preface it with that. That being said, With Christian, I think the hard part with him is he is, whether he likes it or not, the leader of this team. Okay.

If they would actually come out and give reasons, it would help us, but none of them want to say anything publicly. I think it would help them publicly to say this is why. It would help people understand. So I'm going to preface it with that. That being said, With Christian, I think the hard part with him is he is, whether he likes it or not, the leader of this team. Okay.

If they would actually come out and give reasons, it would help us, but none of them want to say anything publicly. I think it would help them publicly to say this is why. It would help people understand. So I'm going to preface it with that. That being said, With Christian, I think the hard part with him is he is, whether he likes it or not, the leader of this team. Okay.

He doesn't have to wear the armband. It's not easy being a leader, by the way. It's not. And everybody is watching everything he does. Okay. And so the example I'm going to use is Yunus Musa. I don't have info on this. I don't have any inside info on this.

He doesn't have to wear the armband. It's not easy being a leader, by the way. It's not. And everybody is watching everything he does. Okay. And so the example I'm going to use is Yunus Musa. I don't have info on this. I don't have any inside info on this.

He doesn't have to wear the armband. It's not easy being a leader, by the way. It's not. And everybody is watching everything he does. Okay. And so the example I'm going to use is Yunus Musa. I don't have info on this. I don't have any inside info on this.

I can imagine, and I could be wrong, that over the last few months, Christian and Eunice were sitting talking in the locker room multiple times and Christian saying, you know, I'm just thinking about maybe not going to the Gold Cup because I am tired. And Eunice, a 22-year-old impressionable young man, could also be saying, shoot, I'm tired too.

I can imagine, and I could be wrong, that over the last few months, Christian and Eunice were sitting talking in the locker room multiple times and Christian saying, you know, I'm just thinking about maybe not going to the Gold Cup because I am tired. And Eunice, a 22-year-old impressionable young man, could also be saying, shoot, I'm tired too.

I can imagine, and I could be wrong, that over the last few months, Christian and Eunice were sitting talking in the locker room multiple times and Christian saying, you know, I'm just thinking about maybe not going to the Gold Cup because I am tired. And Eunice, a 22-year-old impressionable young man, could also be saying, shoot, I'm tired too.

I want to spend the summer with my family and not have to go play for six more weeks. And that's the kind of influence a leader has. Other guys here get wind of Christian not going and they say, oh, maybe I don't want to. Maybe Jedi says, yeah, I don't want to go. So with Christian, I put him separate because he's played a ton of games. He's been a leader. He's been the man. And he's performed.

I want to spend the summer with my family and not have to go play for six more weeks. And that's the kind of influence a leader has. Other guys here get wind of Christian not going and they say, oh, maybe I don't want to. Maybe Jedi says, yeah, I don't want to go. So with Christian, I put him separate because he's played a ton of games. He's been a leader. He's been the man. And he's performed.

I want to spend the summer with my family and not have to go play for six more weeks. And that's the kind of influence a leader has. Other guys here get wind of Christian not going and they say, oh, maybe I don't want to. Maybe Jedi says, yeah, I don't want to go. So with Christian, I put him separate because he's played a ton of games. He's been a leader. He's been the man. And he's performed.

And he cares. It shows that he cares when he's with the team. So I'm going to put him over here. The problem I have with Christian in the last few weeks is he's still playing for Milan.

And he cares. It shows that he cares when he's with the team. So I'm going to put him over here. The problem I have with Christian in the last few weeks is he's still playing for Milan.

And he cares. It shows that he cares when he's with the team. So I'm going to put him over here. The problem I have with Christian in the last few weeks is he's still playing for Milan.

Okay? So if you're tired and you're burnout and whatever, if you guys are still playing for a Champions League spot, fine, I get it. They had, Tim, nothing to play for this weekend.

Okay? So if you're tired and you're burnout and whatever, if you guys are still playing for a Champions League spot, fine, I get it. They had, Tim, nothing to play for this weekend.

Okay? So if you're tired and you're burnout and whatever, if you guys are still playing for a Champions League spot, fine, I get it. They had, Tim, nothing to play for this weekend.