UMNT Soccer Team USA vs Morocco: Best Bets Tomorrow's Match

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00:00Welcome back to Newswire here on Sports Grid, boy, they're keeping Bill Bender busy.

00:07Bill Bender busy? That's some good alliteration here on Newswire.

00:11As Bill is ready to cover the sports going on in Paris right now.

00:15He's got his eye on soccer. We'll break it all down for you.

00:17What's going on, Bill? Welcome back to the show. Good to see you again.

00:20Hey, not much, Craig. How are you?

00:22I'm doing well. All right, so tomorrow we've got this big match.

00:26And boy, it seems like an even match tomorrow between Team USA and Morocco.

00:31In fact, Morocco, most people feel, will win this match.

00:34They're plus 120 on the money line against Team USA. They're plus 210.

00:39The match is tomorrow at 9 a.m. Confidence level for Team USA has been low throughout.

00:46This is probably, though, their best opportunity to win one if they can, Bill.

00:51Yeah, they have a chance to get a top four finish in the Olympics for the first time since 2000.

00:56And that would be significant, not just for the program, but for the movement of soccer.

01:01I've always thought that Team USA needed to make a run to either a gold medal game here in the Olympics

01:08or a semifinal run in the World Cup for that to really legitimize what they're doing.

01:13Morocco is going to be a tough matchup, though. They've played really good defense.

01:17They've only allowed three goals in the entire full play. Beat Argentina.

01:22That was a huge upset for them. And Team USA, they've scored a lot in those last two games.

01:29So here would be the bet I would take. I mean, I think Morocco will win the game.

01:34But I would not be surprised if Team USA, if you want a sneaky little bet in there, maybe plus 120 to get that first goal.

01:41Yeah, I think right now that's probably a better look than taking Team USA

01:46because I'm not so confident that they're going to come out of this thing.

01:48I kind of like a tie, by the way, a plus 240 coming from somebody that knows nothing, by the way.

01:53All right. So to win the gold, Team USA is nowhere near the favorite here.

01:57I mean, they would take a bronze any day of the week right now.

01:59France is the favorite, a plus 220. Spain plus 280. Argentina plus 450.

02:04Then you have Morocco. And then, Bill, here on the FanDuel Sportsbook,

02:07is a major drop off from Morocco to everybody else.

02:11So that's kind of where the value could lie potentially to win the gold.

02:15But I don't know. I just don't see it. It feels like one of those top three teams.

02:19Right. And it feels like to me France and Spain, the way that they're playing,

02:23that's some carryover from the Euro tournament, especially for Spain, the way that they look.

02:28I mean, France being the home team, that would be something for them.

02:32Like I said, Morocco did beat Argentina, but Argentina could pay those back.

02:36So I think as much as I would like to see Team USA in the United States

02:40make a run to the gold medal game, and it would be a great surprise,

02:45any of those teams plus 1,000 or more, you're banking on a lot of things to happen.

02:50Yeah, I would agree with you. And those are the odds there to win.

02:53Paraguay, if you want to take a big shot, 18 to 1 there.

02:56All right. So, you know, the other match that's going on right now is

03:01we have another one between France and Argentina,

03:05and that game could potentially mean something for the gold or the silver,

03:10as France is the favorite at minus 110.

03:13Argentina is plus 300.

03:16A tie is plus 250.

03:19Is there something on the board here that you like, Bill,

03:22or is it one of those exotics in terms of the props?

03:25Yeah, a little much of the prop, you know, a tie.

03:28It makes sense to me.

03:29That's one of those where they could go back and forth,

03:31and then it goes from there.

03:32But, you know, if you want to take a swing on Argentina, you can.

03:36They're definitely, you know, back against the wall,

03:39still a very talented team, can make that run.

03:42But when you're going up against the home team on their turf,

03:45it makes it a little bit tougher.

03:48All right. Now the other thing that we have going on,

03:50and I know you're following this closely as well,

03:52is Team USA's women's basketball team.

03:55So with the men taking a break,

03:56we have the women playing Belgium today at 3 o'clock Eastern.

04:00And very similar to the game against South Sudan yesterday,

04:03Team USA is playing against a team that they should beat pretty handedly.

04:07They're 23-and-a-half point favorites against Belgium,

04:10with a total of 164-and-a-half.

04:12I know several players on Team USA.

04:15Bill, I know nothing of Team Belgium.

04:17So tell me what kind of odds they have of keeping this game even close today.

04:21Well, I feel like I'm going to give you the same speech I did yesterday,

04:24which was not bad with the exception of Julien Bede not playing.

04:29So I missed that.

04:30But everything else wasn't bad yesterday in the analysis.

04:34Team USA beat Belgium 81-79 in qualifying.

04:37Now Asia Wilson didn't play in that game,

04:39much like Kevin Durant didn't play the first time they played South Sudan.

04:43That's going to be a huge difference maker,

04:45give them some edge on the rebounding.

04:48Team USA scored 100 points or more in each of their games,

04:51except against Belgium and Germany.

04:53So if you're looking at that over, it could be a little dicey,

04:55like it was yesterday, right down to the last shot.

04:59That said, I mean, Belgium doesn't have the talent that Team USA does.

05:03They do have Julie Vanloo, Mystics guard, kind of a role player,

05:07can get some assists, played well the first time.

05:09There's a prop I might hit.

05:10She may score more than 15 points in this game.

05:14But, I mean, with Asia Wilson out there,

05:16I think it's going to make it that much tougher for Belgium to control the glass.

05:21I mean, Brianna Stewart and Asia Wilson will be able to control the rebounding in this game.

05:26Yeah, Asia Wilson minus 166 to score 20 points.

05:30Real quick, Bill, to win the silver medal,

05:33you've got a lot of different options here in terms of the women.

05:36Let's run them through real quick.

05:37I know we don't have a lot of time.

05:38France would be minus 110.

05:40They're also one of the favorites to win the gold.

05:42So it seems like Fando's telling us, Bill, France is going to win gold or silver.

05:46Any other options here?

05:47Well, Spain, just like I did with the soccer, I'll stick there.

05:50I think they could have an upset in the medal round when we get to that.

05:54France is playing really well.

05:56Germany's another team that held Team USA to less than 100 points.

06:00So they're also a team to watch that I could see make a run there.

06:04But, yeah, I think you're betting on all of these teams.

06:07I mean, if you're betting, you're kind of looking at second place.

06:10This Team USA team, especially with Stewart and Wilson down low and controlling the game,

06:15they're going to be really tough to beat.

06:17All right.

06:18Great stuff, Bill.

06:19As always, we'll catch up with you very soon.

06:22I'm going to guarantee next week you and I are going to do some college football.

06:26All right?

06:27I'm putting it out there.

06:28We've got to hit it next week.

06:29Thanks again for coming on.

06:30Hey, no problem.

06:31I can't wait for week zero just like you.

06:33♪♪

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