USMNT's Tim Weah on World Cup Dreams, the American Idea... and Wu-Tang
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Welcome to Pablo Torre Finds Out. I am Pablo Torre, and today we're going to find out what this sound is.
People think that, you know, you can't play for the country of your birth and still wave the flag of your, you know, other, you know, your parents' countries and your background while doing so. I think that's completely wrong. Right after this ad.
So it's a rare opportunity, Tim Wei, to talk to a member of the U.S.
What insights does Tim Weah share about representing multiple cultures?
men's national team during the World Cup. But thank you for joining us, man. Can you tell us, for those who aren't watching, where are you right now? Where are we talking to you from?
I'm currently at home base in Laguna. We're at the team hotel. And we are in room 10. Can you explain what Rube is like these days? The vibes have been great, obviously. Getting over that first game and getting over the nerves. And yeah, I mean, it's been amazing. I think everyone's on a high and we're just ready. We're preparing for Australia next.
So yeah.
So the game that we're talking about that happened is the game against Paraguay. And can you take me inside? I mean, look, you're a veteran at 26, but the World Cup is the World Cup. And so what is the nerve situation like before a game like that?
This World Cup was a bit different than the last, obviously. And Qatar was my first. So, I mean, just the nervousness was crazy. When I was a kid living out my dreams. I'm still living out my dreams to this day.
How does Tim Weah describe the atmosphere in the U.S. men's national team ahead of the World Cup?
But I think we were, I myself, as an individual, was a little bit, you know, much more calmer this time around. Yeah. You know, I'm just super confident in this group. So, I mean, the nerves were, the nerves, I was pretty chill. Honestly, I was pretty chill.
The sensation for me as somebody who's, I've covered a World Cup before, I'm sort of like a casual soccer fan, but if I'm representative of Americans, it's in the following way, which is I turned on this game and just said to myself, holy shit, we got some dudes.
I cannot believe what my eyes have just seen. I actually had to check that this was a U.S. team I was watching. We said to dream big, and today was a dream start. It was a complete dominance. Take away the first two minutes, and it truly was all the United States. I do not think I had seen this good a performance from the U.S. men's national team at any level of the game.
The first half couldn't have been any better. I haven't seen a U.S. team play that well in a long time.
I've watched the U.S. soccer for 40 years. This was the best game they'd ever played on an international stage. One of the absolute top three performances of a U.S. team in the last 20, 25 years. The first half was as good as I've seen any national team play in any tournament, let alone the World Cup.
What was it like to watch how that game unfolded in terms of your teammates, this team, announcing itself to the world like that?
Yeah, it was amazing. I knew we were going to do something special. I fully believe in this group. I believe in our qualities. But that was buzzing. I mean, the support that we got from the fans was amazing. Like I said, when you want to start a World Cup strong, you want to start like that. You want to dominate. And I think we did exactly that. And we looked amazing while doing it. I think in a lot of our past games, we struggled with being aggressive and adding that killer touch when we needed to. And I think, you know, we found it. I think that's what friendlies are for. And now, like I said, it counts when you're in the World Cup. So it was wonderful seeing everything unfold.
So this is where I need to say that when we first asked if Tim Weah could spend a little bit of time with us during the World Cup itself, it was before the U.S. beat Paraguay 4-1 in Los Angeles.
What was the significance of the U.S. victory over Paraguay for Tim Weah?
And the biggest reason we had asked Tim for some time is because of a remarkable biographical detail about the 26-year-old forward. A detail without any real comparison in sports, to my knowledge. which is that Tim Weah was born here in New York City, but his father, in case you did not know this, is George Weah, who, until just two years ago, was the president of Liberia.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:33
2
What insights does Tim Weah share about representing multiple cultures?
0:33–1:37
3
How does Tim Weah describe the atmosphere in the U.S. men's national team ahead of the World Cup?
1:37–4:15
4
What was the significance of the U.S. victory over Paraguay for Tim Weah?
4:15–5:46
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How does Tim Weah feel about the nerves before a World Cup game?
5:46–16:55
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What unique perspective does Tim Weah have as the son of George Weah?
16:55–41:00
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