Futbol Americas: Inter Miami Loss Fallout + The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly + USMNT #9s Making News + Concern for Pulisic's Form
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Hello, hello, everyone. Happy Monday and welcome to a fresh edition of Football Americas. I'm Alexis Yunus alongside my fellow essential worker here, Alejandro Moreno, back despite yet another snowmageddon because we had to bring you this show, Ale. A couple of things we're going to talk about. We had to.
We have to. All right.
Couple of big things to talk about. Could Antoine Griezmann be heading to this side of the world? Also, Josh Sargent, it looks like he's finally on his way to MLS after things have soured at Norwich. And trust me, I know a thing or two about relationships souring, Ale.
Via text message as well.
Via text, via email. But there's also some even more good news for a lot of U.S. men's national team strikers. They've been banging in some goals at the weekend. We will be looking at that. But first, the big news. MLS is back. Inter Miami, the defending champions, were in action. And Lionel Messi was in action. action indeed. You remember that we spoke to our Lizzie Becerrano about two weeks ago because he had picked up an injury and we were wondering if he'd be able to play in this game, Ale, knowing he has to manage his time, but he suited up for his boys against Young Sun Min and LAFC. Of course, Inter Miami playing a lot of their early games away from home, 37th minute. De Paul turning the ball to Sonny.
He passes it to Martinez and LAFC go up 1-0.
And it's not just David Martinez. It's Vamos Venezuela!
David Martinez. All right. Well, into the 52nd minute now. Messi losing the ball, recovers. He tries to get a shot in, curling, but just wide. Just, you know, scraping off a little bit of the cobwebs there. Okay. Okay. He is Messi. 63rd minute. Percedame here with a chance.
but it's just why. Makes clean contact, but doesn't quite give it the direction that it's required. Speaking of direction, just a question.
Where is Danny St. Clair going? Oh, shame. Hunting for butterflies, Danny Buanga.
So very happy to see Dane Sinclair there and asking the very same question that I'm asking. Where are you? What are you doing? Shakas Tropic Deluxe Royale with cheese.
With cheese. The Shakas Tropic with cheese. All right, well, Buanga gets past the defender. He crosses it to Ordaz, who scores LAFC's third goal of the night.
Good work from Buanga down the left-hand side. Change of pace. Michael Santos is excited. Tapping from my kind of range. 3-0.
What happened in Inter Miami's loss to LAFC?
All right, so the season opener for the defending champions not going well. Now, there were a lot of people wondering how they were going to contain Inter Miami and Lionel Messi. Well, if you have a look at these stats, no shots on goal from the Argentine. Well, I would say they contained him very, very well. Let's hear from Mark Dos Santos about what the game plan was to contain the Argentine.
When we prepared the game, we prepared the game against the best Messi possible. I don't know if he took a pill. I don't know what happens. We just prepare for the best Messi. And when you prepare for the best Messi, around the box you have to have numbers around him. And when he has the ball and the ball is uncovered, you have to make sure that you follow the late runs because he finds so well the players in the pocket. Then when he starts running and playing one-twos, you have to follow, you have to continue with your runs. I think that part of our game today, A+. Part of possession, D. We can be much better and we want to be much better. But, you know, again, I come back. Our guys, we're a team, suffered together.
We're smart dealing with a lot of plays. And that's important moving forward.
All right, very happy Marcos Santos there for this one. All right, Ale, let's get into it. Now, it's only the first game of the season, but I still have so many questions going on. How much of a statement win was this for LAFC? How much can we read into it? Do we just say, okay, you know, Inter-Miami just dusting off some, you know, early season cobwebs probably. But to see a Lionel Messi go into a game with no shots on target is something we're not used to, despite his age.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:10–2:48
2
What happened in Inter Miami's loss to LAFC?
2:48–8:07
3
What were the highlights of MLS Week 1?
8:07–11:30
4
How are USMNT #9s performing in their respective leagues?
11:30–18:00
5
What are the concerns surrounding Christian Pulisic's form?
18:00–57:40
Speakers
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