USA vs. Guinea: Crucial Match for American Men's Soccer

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00:00the American men on the pitch for U.S. men's soccer. Deliver

00:08today. Final game of group play action against Guinea. Now, the

00:13United States, a hefty favorite minus 220 in the match. Money

00:17line, Jacob, would you categorize this match against

00:20Guinea as a must win for the Americans to advance? I think

00:25so. I think this is a classic case where you have to kind of

00:28take care of business and yeah, they could draw and be okay, but

00:32you just don't want to leave it in the hands of France and New

00:35Zealand. Just in case, you know, if New Zealand is somehow able

00:38to upset France that all of a sudden things aren't looking

00:40too good there. So I think they got to focus on beating Guinea.

00:43They got to find a way to do it and Guinea hasn't been a slouch

00:47in this tournament. They've allowed to I think three goals

00:51throughout their two games. They've scored twice. So two one

00:54goal losses. So they're going to be able to keep this closer

00:57than people might realize. Their defense has been pretty

01:00solid. They outpossessed New Zealand last game. So I'm not

01:04not writing this in as an immediate USA win. They should

01:07be able to get the job done, but it might be a little trickier

01:10than people realize. Jacob, we take a look at the odds here

01:14at the FanDuel Sportsbook here to win the Men's Olympic Soccer

01:17Championship here and grab the gold. France is a plus 150

01:20price, Spain plus 220, Argentina six to one and Team USA at

01:24a 29 to one price. So if we take a look at not necessarily

01:27winning the gold, is there a realistic chance that Team USA

01:30can advance and possibly even medal in this Olympic round?

01:35I think they can advance. They probably should advance. I

01:38think the question with them is going to be can they do enough

01:42to metal? I they have some good young talent. I like John Luca

01:45Busio a lot and you know, Walker Zimmerman is a steady in

01:49presence for them. But anytime you get an under 23 team, even

01:52with those three overage players on their Oscar, it gets tricky

01:56to project out exactly what they can do. If they get hot at

01:59the right time and they all sort of gel and come together, they

02:03could go on a little bit of a run. But I think some of these

02:07other countries like France and Spain, they have these development

02:10programs that more readily get these players available to play

02:16and just have them in sharper form. So I think the United

02:20States team is still probably coming together a little bit

02:23from that perspective. So I think getting up to the top here

02:26might be difficult. But like I said, if they get hot, it's

02:31possible.