Futbol Americas: Will Pochettino field his best USMNT XI vs. Belgium?
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What are the latest updates on USMNT players abroad?
Hello, hello, everyone. Happy Monday and welcome to the latest edition of Football Americas with me, Alexis Nunes, whose voice is hanging by a thread, but don't watch that. Don't watch that.
Are you all right?
It brings a little husky vibe, right?
Is that it?
Yeah, that's it.
Is that a call?
I left my voice in Nashville. I was eating too many country chews.
Something was cold.
Something was cold, and it was my yelling that I called singing. Hercules Gomez, Adam Moreno joining me. They're my support bubble this week as well because it is a big international break as a lot of teams are going to fine-tune their squads before the World Cup, and others have yet to qualify, including Jamaica. We have an exclusive interview with Jamaica captain Andre Blake ahead of their first World Cup playoff win.
What happened with Ricardo Pepi's transfer to Fulham?
qualifier against New Caledonia that still burns Ale that New Caledonia is in it. Why? We'll get to that later. I mean, you couldn't possibly mess it up against New Caledonia, could you? Ale, that's what I said against Curacao. Big up Curacao every time, though. But that's what I said about Curacao. Plus, PSV have said that Ricardo Pepe isn't going anywhere. The deal to Fulham is off, at least for now. But could there still be some time to make it happen? We'll discuss that later. Up first, let's check in on some U.S. Men's National Team players, shall we? And we are going to run it back. And things are looking up, guys.
How is Andre Blake preparing for Jamaica's World Cup playoff?
Things are looking up. Christian Pulisic finally recorded his first assist of the year in a 3-2 win for Milan over Torino.
Well, that was the first anything of the year. Christian Pulisic, who was having a ridiculous, I guess, start of the season. New Year comes in. This is his first assist, first point, first goal, whatever. He finally shows up.
Okay. By the way, that was a watermelon he sent over to Fabio. All right, well, speaking of finding form at the right time, Malik Tillman, he ended a 10-game scoring drought. His seventh goal of the season for Leverkusen in a 3-3 draw with Heidenheim, Ale. Optional defending at the back post. It's a good ball.
It's a good finish on Malik Tillman. But yeah, you mentioned that Bayer Leverkusen somehow could not see it through.
What are the expectations for the upcoming CONCACAF Champions Cup matches?
They end up dropping points against the last-placed team in Bundesliga, Heidenheim.
Isi got his goal. Ended a drought. All right, well, Johnny Cardoso, a lot of eyes will be on him in this international break. We'll tell you why later, but he managed to play 57 minutes in the Madrid derby. Quite a fiery derby, but unfortunately for him and Atleti, they lost it.
Yeah, not the result they wanted. Johnny Cardoso with maybe a mixed performance, but again, another start for Cholo Simeone, proving to be of worth for the Argentine.
Yes, indeed. All right. Well, this man, I mean, he has been a staple in our running back because he cannot stop scoring. Flo Balogun here with his ninth Ligue 1 goal of the season at the weekend for Monaco.
I'll go ahead and say it right now. Ahead of the World Cup, you heard it here first. I don't like the short run-up in penalty kicks.
What good news is there for the Mexican national team?
So penalty kick shootout in the World Cup. Don't like it if Balogun is taking it with a short run-up.
Just saying. Alright, well so far it's working really good for him because have a look at this. He's currently enjoying his longest goal scoring streak of his club career. Well, as we've established, this is a very important international break. And yet another show where we're going to try and get into the mind of Mauricio Pochettino because big, big games for the U.S. men's national team against Belgium and Portugal. These are teams that the U.S. are going to want to be competitive against and likely beat if they're going to want to go far in the World Cup. So I can't really get into the mind of Mauricio Pochettino. My brain just doesn't work that way.
You've tried.
I've tried. I've tried.
How did Herc experience Messi's performance in NYC?
I've interviewed him many times. Still can't. But Hercules Gomez here. Hercules.
He will try.
I think you can try. So I want you to tell me what you think Poch is going to do.
Okay, try to play the man.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are the latest updates on USMNT players abroad?
0:09–0:53
2
What happened with Ricardo Pepi's transfer to Fulham?
0:53–1:28
3
How is Andre Blake preparing for Jamaica's World Cup playoff?
1:28–2:13
4
What are the expectations for the upcoming CONCACAF Champions Cup matches?
2:13–3:03
5
What good news is there for the Mexican national team?
3:03–3:50
6
How did Herc experience Messi's performance in NYC?
3:50–4:17
7
What insights did Andre Blake share about Jamaica's team dynamics?
4:17–4:52
8
What challenges does Jamaica face in the World Cup playoffs?
4:52–1:12:27
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