H4 Nate Bukaty, The Kicker
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Welcome back here on the program here on Sports Radio 810 WHB. Finishing strong here on a Friday. Talking some soccer with our soccer insider. You know him. You love him. Nate Bucati. You've heard him for years on New Day with SSJ. Of course, play-by-play man. Big deal for Apple TV. Correspondent for CBS Sports. You hear him on the Sirius XM.
What insights does Nate Bukaty share about Team USA in the World Cup?
And, of course, the author of Perfect Pitch. By the way, if you'd like to meet the great Nate Bucati and what a treat that is, I'm going to tell you. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. You can go down to the Made in KC store and see our next guest. Nate McKay joins us here in the program. Nate, how are you?
Yeah, we should probably tell him what day that is from 11 to 3. Saturday.
Saturday. Well, I thought I said tomorrow. If I didn't, I meant to. My bad. 11 to 3. Actually, every day.
Yeah. Every day. Anytime. Until we see where he is.
How are you, man? Thanks, man.
Good, good. How are you, Nate? Do you have the World Cup fever?
I think I came down with something last night. Yesterday was a whirlwind. Day one of the World Cup, I was down in the Power and Light District with the Mexico soccer fans having a great time. Went to a couple of different functions. It seems like it's all ramping up. So, yeah, I mean, I feel like... It still hasn't really fully gotten real until we maybe have a match in Kansas City. And also, I think having the U.S. men's national team play will kick it up a notch as well. But, yeah, I'm having the time of my life right now, man.
What did you think, first of all, of the first day's action? The South Korea and Czechia match was fantastic. Yes. You know, a lot of chances, a lot of oh my gods. South Korea just, you know, seemed like the better team. And then Czechia to strike first and get the first goal. South Korea immediately answers. Looks like Czechia goes back up 2-1. That goal is disallowed. Then South Korea immediately puts one in. I think the better team won, although they were fairly evenly matched based upon the odds makers. But just day one, Mexico gets a win pretty easy over South Africa and then South Korea winning over Czechia. Just your impressions of the first couple of matches.
Yeah. So a couple of things to start off with maybe the first game, you know, Mexico kicking off the world cup, you knew it was going to be an incredible atmosphere in Mexico city and you expected them to play really well. And I think they did exactly what you expected. Sometimes Mexico can, can fail to deliver on those expectations. And so I think if you're a Mexico fan, really, really encouraging first game, you know, they, they outshot South Africa, 16 to three, they had chances right out of the gate. It was like, they,
They outmanned them 11-10 and 11-9 a lot of the second half, so they ought to outshoot them.
Yeah, but that was happening before the red cards even came into play. I mean, they had a good goal-scoring chance within two minutes. They scored a goal within 10 minutes. And it was like they were intent on sending the message, we know we're the better team. And they are a far better team than South Africa. And they played like it. So I think that's a good thing. And I think that Kinyone scoring a goal is big because he's a player that was not born in – in Mexico, but has played in Mexico for a long time. So they added him to the roster and he has not, he's been a great player in the league in Mexico, but hasn't scored a ton of goals for the national team since he became a Mexican international, as they say.
they need him to be a dynamic player and he looked up for it in the game. And so him scoring a goal, I think was huge. Raul Jimenez scoring a goal was big. So I thought Mexico took care of business. That was the best way to put it. You mentioned that second game, man, that was yes.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:35
2
What insights does Nate Bukaty share about Team USA in the World Cup?
0:35–5:08
3
What has been the reaction to the first day's World Cup matches?
5:08–7:45
4
How does Nate assess the performance of Mexico in the World Cup?
7:45–24:51
5
What challenges does the U.S. men's national team face in their group?
24:51–34:12
6
What are the implications if the U.S. does not advance in the World Cup?
34:12–38:35
7
What does Nate predict about the U.S. vs. Paraguay match?
38:35–44:29