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USA Soccer Advances to Gold Cup Semis with Epic Win
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6 days ago
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Uh, the coach, uh, Punxsutawney Phil of the USA soccer program, uh, has got the boys in
00:09
red, white, and blue in the semis, right?
00:12
Of the gold cup.
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Very exciting.
00:14
What's happening there.
00:15
What did you think of their penalty kick win over Costa Rica, Mike?
00:20
I will tell you, Scott, that I don't think I've ever seen a better shootout performance
00:25
by a goalkeeper than Matt Fries delivered in that game.
00:29
Uh, it, now look, I mean, he wasn't going against Lionel Messi and that group.
00:34
Uh, it was Costa Rica, which is, uh, not the best iteration of Costa Rica that we've ever seen,
00:40
but to, to get his hand on five of the six attempts and to stop three of them, uh, amazing.
00:48
He, he guessed correctly on five of the six attempts and at least got a fingertip to five
00:54
of them.
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You just don't see that, Scott, it doesn't happen.
00:56
And he said after the game that shootouts, penalty shootouts are his thing.
01:02
He's good at it.
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And, and he was really good at it on Sunday night.
01:06
Uh, not again, not the greatest opposition, but no matter who you're going against, if
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it was me and you going up there to kick penalty, uh, they still have to guess right, or we've
01:16
got a wide open goal.
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And he was able to do that consistently, uh, does a great job.
01:21
Yeah.
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I, I, I, I will, I fell into that myself.
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Guess it's not guess they're reading it.
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They're trying to anticipate based on body language and angle, which way the player is
01:32
going to go with their attempt.
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So it's not really a guess.
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It's a, it's a read.
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They don't always read correctly, but this time he did it almost every time.
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So they're playing Guatemala, uh, tomorrow, right tomorrow night at seven Eastern on, on
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FS one in the one semi.
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And then Mexico and Honduras is the nightcap, same channel right after the USA game.
01:56
Uh, they look pretty good.
01:58
All things being equal, uh, going into this game.
02:02
And I guess for the first time, some excitement about them for next year in the, uh, real world
02:08
cup.
02:09
No.
02:09
Um, yeah, I mean, I think that what this, this gold cup is doing, uh, and a loss to Guatemala
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would maybe undo some of it because Guatemala is not a powerhouse.
02:18
Uh, they, they got a fortunate draw in that sense.
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Mexico got a slightly less fortunate, but still fortunate to not have to play Panama, uh, which
02:27
had come in as one of the favorites in this tournament, both Canada and Panama lost semi
02:32
final, uh, quarterfinal games that led to these semis.
02:36
So I think if, if it's not Mexico us, it's going to be a little bit of a disappointment
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for the United States, but, uh, they have developed some elements of their 2026 world cup team
02:47
through the use of this tournament.
02:49
Uh, Max Arvston left back for Columbus crew.
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Uh, he, he, he was involved in all four goals on Sunday night to, he helped surrender.
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Uh, he committed a penalty that led to a, a, a goal for Costa Rica.
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Then he got beaten at the top of the box and that led to another.
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So he's got to do better defensively, but now the U S knows they go next year.
03:11
Uh, they maybe need some help in the back offensively and they can bring him in.
03:15
Uh, or if, uh, Jedi Robinson were to get injured, they know what they can get from Max, uh, Malik
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Tillman, their midfielder is, is the starter now on the, on the full national team.
03:25
When they get everybody in camp, uh, hopefully in September for the friendly, they'll play
03:30
in Columbus.
03:30
He belongs on the field.
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There's no doubt right now.
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Gio Reyna, terrific talent, uh, hasn't gotten on the field much for Dortmund.
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Then here's Malik Tillman just got transferred to Leverkusen in the same, in, in the Bundesliga,
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the same league, and he's gotten transferred for $40 million or so and playing brilliantly.
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So they've learned that.
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And now they know, uh, that they've got another keeper and freeze that they can use in certain
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situations.
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Maybe they get into a world cup, uh, and they're late in the game and they've got a sub left,
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uh, and they are, they're playing, let's say they're playing Matt Turner at keeper, but
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would you not want to put Matt freeze into the game for a shootout?
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If you needed it to move on to the next round?
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I sure would.
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So they've learned a lot about this team.
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