Futbol Americas: Chris Richards is the USMNT Player of the Year
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Hello, hello everyone and welcome to a fresh edition of Football Americas. I'm Alexis Yunus alongside Hercules Gomez and Shaka Hislop and none of us could agree on a dress code. We've got three different outfits, three different vibes here today. I kind of went for winter chic. Herc went for, you know, just going to go out.
For hook. He went for hook. This is my old teammate.
I love that one.
My old teammate.
And then Shaka, I forced him to take off his blazer because it was giving wedding guest. And Shaka, you know we're chill on Football America.
I don't understand why a jacket means wedding guest.
If you look closely, you'll see his blazer just falling off the back of his chair. But anyways, we got a show to do. Indeed, we've got an exclusive interview with Flo Balogun. Our Julian Lorenz is finally doing some work, tracked him down, and was able to talk to him. Plus, remember we spoke about Chucky Lozano, Herc, and how he and San Diego FC are kind of over? Well... It doesn't seem like he's going down without a fight. We'll talk about that later. Oh, boy.
Oh, there's a story there.
Oh, there's a story there. Oh, boy. Oh, I was talking about an ex. No, no, no, no, no, no. Too late.
Too late. All right, well, first and foremost, the news. U.S. soccer has named their male player of the year, and it is none other than Crystal Palace and U.S. defender Chris Richards. He beat out the likes of Malik Tillman and Matt Freeze for this honor, and they broke the news to him on the Pat McAfee Show.
Chris, what we have been tasked with To do and have the honor of doing. And I don't know if you know this was coming whenever you had your fro look immaculate today. I love it. That's how it always looks. Wow. But we appreciate you joining us. And we know you're in the middle of a potential practice schedule. It is our honor to tell you, you've been named the U.S. Men's National Team Player of the Year, brother. Congratulations. Come on. Okay Chris is a big deal new coach heading into a World Cup. You're the U.S. men's national team player. You're obviously middle back for the squad. What does this mean to you. Honestly like what does it because whenever we were asked if we want to do it we immediately like yeah we don't know much about it.
But for you obviously this is a huge honor saying hey you're our guy buddy. You're the guy. Hey. You're the guy, pal. And we're heading into a World Cup with a lot of great expectations. And I think they're going to be putting a lot of it on your shoulders. What does this mean to you? And did you know this was coming?
No, I didn't know it was coming. You know, it means the world to me. You know, I think people, you know, as a defender, people tend to say it's a lot of pressure. But I think pressure builds diamonds, you know. And that's something that with this team, with this, you know, country, we're Americans. We like to win. You know, we like to scrap. We like to fight. And that's exactly what we're going to do in the summer. And hopefully by the end of it, we're holding a big trophy.
All right, so we want to know, are you cool with it? Like I said, Chris Richards beating out some names like Malik Tillman, Matt Freeze as well. We know how much he has come into the forefront under Mauricio Pochettino. Chris Richards getting pretty much almost 50% of the voting. Herc, cool with it?
This would be a segment of Are You Cool With It if anybody else had won. This is the logical choice. I think it was Benjamín Kramaski and Chris Richards were nominated for this award back in early December, the first of December. And I went back and looked. My quote to you was congratulations to Chris Richards on winning the U.S. Men's National Player of the Year Award. It's just the most logical choice. We saw Pat McAfee and his crew right there talking about the World Cup and what it's going to mean for Chris Richards in the World Cup. This is CB1 right now. He's the first defender on the call sheet. This is one of the leaders of this team.
Why was Chris Richards named the USMNT Player of the Year?
He's had a hell of a year. He's had health issues in the past, which have prevented him from playing in World Cups.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:10–3:58
2
Why was Chris Richards named the USMNT Player of the Year?
3:58–10:54
3
What does Chris Richards' recognition mean for the US Men's National Team?
10:54–32:56
4
What recent news surrounds Weston McKennie and Antonee Robinson?
32:56–35:40
5
How does Anthony Robinson plan to regain his spot on the USMNT?
35:40–1:07:57
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