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00:00Presented by American Airlines from Commerce City, Colorado.
00:04It's the United States men's national team against Australia
00:08with just seven games remaining for the U.S.
00:11before the World Cup kicks off.
00:13Maurizio Pochettino looks for his side to build
00:15on what was a strong performance in Friday's 1-1 draw against Ecuador
00:20as they face a soccer ruse team here that has already qualified
00:23for next summer's big stage and has won seven games in a row.
00:27Australia get us underway here at Dick's Sporting Goods Park
00:31fresh off a 1-0 win north of the border against Canada in Montreal
00:36on Friday night.
00:37They are unbeaten in 12 matches
00:39and Kyle, they will provide a very different test to the one
00:43which the U.S. had and passed really against Ecuador and Austin
00:46on Friday night.
00:48They're going to play a team that will most likely sit back
00:51in a lower block, a mid-block, and they're presenting a higher press now.
00:55They'll start to give up a little more field,
00:57but right out of the gate, we saw what Sands wants to bring.
00:59It gets in a crunching tackle right away.
01:01And Tessman, Ed Morris, number strong last game,
01:05swapped out for a double pivot this game.
01:09There are six changes made by Maurizio Pochettino
01:13from the 1-1 draw against Ecuador.
01:15In comes McKenzie at the back, Freeman, Sands, Roldan, Pulisic, and Wright
01:26in place of Ream, Austin, Tessman, Morris, Balogun, and Tillman.
01:30Tenth straight start for Matt Freeze in goal tonight for the United States.
01:35The longest active run of any player.
01:37Here's McKenzie out wide to the right side for Freeman.
01:41Freeman, the Orlando man coming into the lineup.
01:43Robinson starts on the right of that back three.
01:45The first time that we've seen Miles Robinson, Chris Richards,
01:49and Mark McKenzie play alongside each other together
01:51in the starting lineup for the United States.
01:54This is the defensive posture.
01:56The U.S. is going to see a lot of this game.
01:57It's going to be very difficult to break them down.
02:00Got to be patient.
02:02This is an opportunity, too, where you've got three center backs
02:04to take chances and push them forward.
02:06Get your wing backs high forward.
02:07It'll be interesting to see how they break through.
02:10Sands in a challenge there with Aidan O'Neill.
02:13He plays at MLS with New York City FC,
02:16the 27-year-old midfielder, earning his win against Canada for Australia.
02:21But they had 40% possession.
02:23Paul Izzo that night, the keeper, made eight saves.
02:26And Australia scored with their only shot on target of the night.
02:32Freeman down the right side.
02:35Sands in there with a challenge and then rolled down.
02:38Wide for McKenzie and former Philadelphia man carrying it over halfway.
02:43And that looked like a handball.
02:46Jacob Italiano made his debut on Friday
02:49and gets the second start tonight.
02:53We'll see a Pochettino full of praise for the way that the crowd
02:56got behind the team
02:58against Ecuador in Austin
03:01on Friday night.
03:03It's his second time in this building.
03:08He was here with Spurs for the MLS All-Star game in 2015.
03:13Richards forward towards Roldan,
03:16who turns under pressure from D'Agostino.
03:17Look at Weston McKinney and Christian Pulisic.
03:23Freeman is chasing forward
03:25against Jordan Boss.
03:28And Boss, the left-sided defender from Feyenoord,
03:31will get it up towards halfway.
03:33Richards back forward.
03:34Drops for Sands.
03:35It's going to be really enjoyable
03:38to watch those two players.
03:39McKinney and Pulisic play so central
03:41and have that free roll.
03:42We've seen it with McKinney a lot,
03:43but Pulisic under Pochettino
03:45mostly as is with his club in wide positions.
03:49It's going to be lovely to watch those two interchange.
03:54Richards across the back for Robinson.
04:00First start for McKenzie on the left side of the defense
04:03since the June loss against Switzerland 4-0 in Nashville.
04:06And as soon as he's on the ball,
04:08Maurizio Pochettino is right up to the edge
04:10of the technical area,
04:11urging him forward as Roldan has it now on halfway.
04:15McKenzie down the left towards Ware.
04:19Tim Ware playing primarily on the left
04:21in five of Marseille's nine games this season.
04:23Pulisic try to skip that challenge.
04:27We've seen so many times under Maurizio Pochettino
04:30the fluidity to the formation.
04:35And that will be absolutely the same again tonight
04:38with the way that he has set this team up.
04:40Tony Popovich is the head coach of Australia.
04:44Took over after Graham Arnold departed
04:46following a tricky start to World Cup qualifying.
04:49Popovich hasn't lost since taking charge
04:52in September of 2024.
04:53He's played 11-1-8 and drawn three.
04:56Three-time A-league coach of the year.
05:04Richards at the back.
05:06And now here's James Sams.
05:07And Sam's comfortable as a center back.
05:09We've seen that in his time with the U.S.
05:11He just loves to join that back line.
05:13Really comfortable moving the ball out of the back.
05:15And also allows
05:17the fullbacks to start a lot higher forward
05:22having that protection.
05:26James Sams with his first caps
05:28into the Gold Cup semifinal
05:29against Panama in 2023.
05:31The flag is up for offside here.
05:33Plays in the central midfield role tonight.
05:35As has been the case
05:36in all six of his Bundesliga appearances
05:39this season.
05:41James Sams playing for Sampaoli.
05:43His team-mate Connor Metcalf
05:48is in the Australian midfield
05:50tonight as well.
05:54Out to the right side
05:55it comes here for Guerrier.
05:58Metcalf couldn't quite get
06:00on the end of it.
06:00Weyer
06:00has to go flick down the left
06:03but Guerrier can clear it away.
06:09This is Giacchetti
06:10who wore the captain's armband
06:11on Friday night
06:12in the absence of Matt Ryan.
06:14Ryan back in goal
06:16having not played
06:16in the last three for Australia.
06:19A little bit scrappy right now
06:21but Socceroos
06:22coming away with the ball.
06:30Italiano down the right side
06:31plays in the Austrian Bundesliga
06:33with Grazer.
06:35That's the last game
06:36that was so good
06:38and consistent
06:38and it was led by Balogun
06:40is a line of competition
06:41higher up
06:42with players already moving
06:43to those secondary
06:44and third options.
06:46Guerrier's been showing
06:47that same demonstration
06:48of an aggressive nature
06:50that kind of left the team
06:51for a while.
06:52They were languid,
06:53they were impressive
06:53consistently
06:54and when they did
06:54it wasn't together
06:56as a unit.
06:57It's already shown
06:57that like last game
06:59they've got that
06:59and those triggers
07:00and they're clicking
07:01with putting that pressure
07:02on up top.
07:03back with Matt Freese
07:11who drills that
07:12towards halfway
07:13all the way to Matt Ryan
07:16at the opposite end.
07:17Centurion Matt Ryan
07:19he reached the 100 cap mark
07:21for Australia
07:21back in June
07:23the final World Cup qualifier
07:25currently in La Liga
07:28with Levante
07:29played with Brighton
07:30in the Premier League
07:30and Sands gets a touch
07:32to it there
07:33and Ciccati
07:34Palmer Mann
07:35will look to clear it away
07:36down the right side
07:37up towards D'Agostino
07:38on halfway
07:39but Richards is there
07:40to defend
07:40in the battle
07:42between McKenzie
07:44and Metcalf
07:45and the referee
07:46gives this the way
07:46of Australia.
07:51Luke Walman, Kyle Martino
07:53in the booth
07:53and Melissa Ortiz
07:54pitch side.
07:56This week in camp
07:57head coach Mauricio Pochettino
07:58wrote on a board
07:59in the team's meeting room
08:00quote culture eats strategy
08:02for breakfast.
08:04He even later posted it
08:05on his Instagram.
08:06It was actually inspired
08:07by Chick-fil-A chairman
08:09Dan Cathy
08:10who he sat down with
08:11in April
08:11and he said
08:12no matter how brilliant
08:13your business strategy is
08:14if your team culture
08:15isn't aligned
08:16or if it's toxic
08:17your strategy will fail.
08:18Culture is the collective
08:19behaviors, attitudes,
08:20beliefs and values
08:21that drive a team
08:22and we all know
08:23that Mauricio Pochettino
08:24is all about that.
08:25I got to speak to him
08:25yesterday
08:26and he said
08:26with all the testing
08:27that they're doing
08:28the formations
08:28the changes
08:29he's really emphasized
08:30the culture
08:30and the belief
08:31in every one
08:32of these players.
08:34I think we've seen it.
08:36What that is
08:37is the lingering
08:39frustration
08:40we all had
08:41former players
08:41fans
08:42of not seeing
08:43the team
08:43that was consistently
08:44competitive
08:45that had a spirit
08:46that was tough
08:46to play against
08:47and I think
08:48that culture statement
08:50of his
08:50really that's how
08:51it was manifesting
08:53in front of us
08:54is the lack
08:54of just consistent
08:55competitive performance
08:57that we saw last week.
08:59Crossfield ball
08:59picks out Ware.
09:00Tim Ware
09:04with support
09:04from Christian Pulisic
09:05down the left side.
09:09Wright, McKennie
09:10and Freeman
09:10all in the box
09:11Sands will
09:12reset
09:12and come back
09:13towards Richards
09:14Crystal Palace
09:16with the ball
09:16back across
09:17towards Mark McKenzie.
09:18Richards
09:31a lovely ball
09:31through towards
09:32Haji Wright
09:32and Garia steps
09:34to it
09:34looking for D'Agostino.
09:35Richards winning
09:36in the air
09:36comes back
09:37for Pulisic
09:37couldn't quite
09:38feed that forward
09:39to Haji Wright
09:40and then Metcalf
09:41will turn in the
09:42midfield here
09:43for Australia.
09:43those little details
09:45that little moment
09:46how'd you write
09:47the right entry
09:48pass
09:49breaks between the lines
09:50Pulisic spins off
09:51he's right there
09:51he's got to be clean
09:52make sure that he's good
09:54and consistent
09:54with that
09:55hold up play
09:56and that one touch pass
09:57that's what Balogun
09:58did so wonderfully
09:59he was irresistible
10:00last game
10:01and never gave a ball
10:02away like that.
10:10There's no Malik Tillman
10:11in the squad tonight
10:12he's not available
10:13and a few other players
10:15maybe just being
10:17rested by Maurizio
10:18Pochettino
10:19in terms of
10:20making sure that
10:20there are no
10:21fitness concerns
10:23or injury issues
10:24an opportunity
10:25to maybe see
10:26a few other players
10:27in action here
10:28tonight
10:28Haji Wright
10:29getting that
10:29call straight
10:31down the middle
10:31Balogun
10:32is though
10:33amongst the
10:34substitutes
10:35Haji Wright
10:36saying yesterday
10:37when we chatted
10:38with him
10:38and asked
10:39what's one of
10:40the biggest
10:40differences now
10:41and you're in such
10:42good goal scoring
10:43form at club level
10:43he said
10:44I feel as if
10:45I'm finally fit
10:46and that breeds
10:48that consistency
10:48here they come
10:50forward down the
10:50right side
10:51it's Freeman
10:51pushing forward
10:52the right back
10:53the furthest player
10:54the furthest player
10:54forward down that
10:56right side
10:57there as it comes
10:57back in for
10:58Christian Pulisic
10:59Pulisic
10:59sliding it through
11:00towards Haji Wright
11:01who turns
11:02and lost some
11:04contact but not
11:05enough for a penalty
11:06Alex Freeman
11:13playing in a very
11:14advanced role
11:14he said that
11:15during the
11:15gold cup
11:16he thought
11:17that he
11:18stayed
11:18a little
11:18too far
11:19back
11:19in the
11:20opening
11:20games
11:20and as
11:20he got
11:21more confident
11:21and as
11:22he found
11:22his place
11:23more in
11:23the team
11:23and that
11:24tournament
11:25went on
11:25he started
11:26to get
11:27a little
11:27bit further
11:28forward
11:28and feel
11:29that freedom
11:29a little bit
11:30that was
11:32a wonderful
11:33ball
11:33from
11:33Weston McKinney
11:34that's
11:36something all
11:36game long
11:36I think
11:37we saw
11:37Weston
11:38in advanced
11:38positions
11:39because
11:39Tessman
11:40and Morris
11:40were doing
11:41such a great
11:41job playing
11:42between the
11:42lines
11:42and bringing
11:43the game
11:43forward
11:43not just
11:44the Ecuador
11:45was opened
11:45up
11:45but
11:45when Weston
11:47withdraws
11:47like that
11:48he's got
11:48excellent
11:48long ring
11:49passing
11:50ability
11:50that's
11:50the good
11:51part
11:51about
11:51Christian
11:52Pulisic
11:52playing
11:53as
11:53that
11:53other
11:53inverted
11:54winger
11:54false
11:54night
11:55whatever
11:55you want
11:55to call
11:55it
11:55in that
11:56advanced
11:56position
11:56and then
11:58Weston
11:58could
11:58join
11:58late
11:59as
11:59he
11:59done
11:59so
11:59well
11:59McKinney
12:02closing
12:03down
12:03here
12:04forward
12:07towards
12:07D'Agostino
12:08Richards
12:08gets a
12:09touch
12:09to it
12:09back
12:10it
12:11comes
12:11to
12:11Cameron
12:11Burgess
12:12who
12:12plays
12:12in
12:12the
12:12championship
12:13in
12:13England
12:13with
12:14Swansea
12:15City
12:15after
12:15a
12:16long
12:16successful
12:17spell
12:18with
12:18it
12:18switch
12:18town
12:19now
12:20it's
12:20played
12:20through
12:21down
12:21the
12:21right
12:21side
12:21Italiano
12:22chasing
12:22and the
12:23flag
12:23is
12:23up
12:23for
12:23offside
12:24Burgess
12:29playing at
12:29the back
12:29was one
12:30of the
12:30players
12:30who went
12:31right
12:31through
12:31from
12:32league
12:32one
12:32to
12:32the
12:32championship
12:33to
12:33the
12:33premier
12:33league
12:34with
12:34it
12:34switch
12:34town
12:34on
12:34that
12:35incredible
12:35ride
12:35left
12:37after
12:38they
12:38got
12:38relegated
12:39last
12:39season
12:39you can
12:42see
12:42just
12:43early
12:43on
12:43that
12:43run
12:44a little
12:45bit
12:45fortunate
12:46because
12:46way it's
12:47flat-footed
12:47he's not
12:48spinning
12:48quickly
12:48and
12:49there
12:49really
12:49isn't
12:49any
12:50center
12:50back
12:50cover
12:51there
12:51that
12:51timing
12:52of that
12:52pass
12:53and that
12:53run
12:53it's
12:54a little
12:54better
12:54McKenzie
12:56back
12:56towards
12:57Chris
12:57Richards
12:58now
12:59McKenzie
13:00again
13:00with the
13:00ball
13:01down
13:01the
13:01left
13:01touchline
13:02McKenzie
13:06now
13:07with
13:07Toulouse
13:08in
13:08France
13:08played
13:09every
13:09minute
13:09of
13:09the
13:09first
13:09seven
13:10league
13:10games
13:11he'll
13:13head
13:13back
13:13to
13:13take
13:13on
13:13Mets
13:14on
13:14Sunday
13:14and
13:15then
13:15the
13:15week
13:15after
13:15he's
13:16up
13:16against
13:16Balogun
13:17and
13:17Monaco
13:18Taliano
13:27just
13:27moved
13:27backwards
13:28right
13:28in front
13:29of
13:29Tony
13:30Popovich
13:30on the edge
13:32of the
13:32technical
13:33area
13:33played for
13:34Crystal Palace
13:34during his
13:35playing days
13:35Tony Popovich
13:36who will
13:37become
13:37the first
13:38Australian
13:38to play
13:39and manage
13:40at a
13:41World Cup
13:42at
13:4558
13:45caps
13:46the
13:46Australian
13:46boss
13:47between
13:4795
13:48and
13:482006
13:49one
13:49appearance
13:49at the
13:502006
13:51World Cup
13:51that left
13:52the game
13:52against
13:52Brazil
13:53with
13:53an
13:53injury
13:53I was
14:00reading
14:01one article
14:01in an
14:01Australian
14:02newspaper
14:02yesterday
14:03about
14:03the
14:04fact
14:04that
14:04the
14:05widely held
14:06belief
14:06right now
14:07is that
14:07this
14:07Australian
14:08men's
14:08national
14:08team
14:09is
14:09the
14:10most
14:10informed
14:10of
14:10any
14:11of
14:11the
14:11Australian
14:11national
14:12teams
14:12and
14:12when
14:12you
14:13consider
14:13how
14:13well
14:13they've
14:14done
14:14in
14:15rugby
14:15union
14:16rugby
14:16league
14:16in
14:16cricket
14:17the
14:17fact
14:17that
14:17Tony Popovich
14:19and his
14:19socceroos
14:20heading into
14:20a World Cup
14:21are widely
14:23held right now
14:24as the
14:24gold standard
14:25in terms of
14:26Australian sporting
14:27success
14:27is not a bad
14:29place to be
14:29in
14:30I'm not up
14:31on by rugby
14:31right now
14:32I really
14:32can't tell you
14:33I'm not going
14:34well for the
14:34cricket team
14:35at the moment
14:35but here
14:36Australia
14:37are on a
14:38good run
14:39and nil-nil
14:41into the
14:4215th minute
14:42as it's chased
14:43by McKennie
14:44and Freeman
14:45forward down
14:46that right side
14:46but this is
14:47Haji Wright
14:47gets it back
14:50from Roldan
14:50Richards across the
14:57back
14:57Hillhead back
14:58at the weekend
14:59to take on
15:00Bournemouth
15:01then Arsenal
15:02after that
15:03in the Premier League
15:03the next couple
15:04Maurizio Pochettino
15:05what's a foul
15:06given here
15:07Christian Pulisic
15:11down
15:12and Pochettino
15:13having a conversation
15:14with the fourth
15:15official
15:15and trying to get
15:16into the ear
15:16of the referee
15:17who is near the
15:18bench
15:18crunching tackle
15:20and there's nothing
15:20wrong with it
15:21and just the
15:22unlucky part
15:23is Christian's
15:24foot just gets
15:25trapped underneath
15:26and the follow
15:30through happens
15:31but
15:31foot right
15:32on the ground
15:33it was
15:34where the ball
15:35was placed
15:35that Christian
15:36dangled
15:36that foot
15:37it was
15:37dangerous
15:37all those
15:39played
15:39with the
15:39advantage
15:40and the
15:41defenders
15:41all along
15:42there
15:45it just
15:45absolutely
15:45crushes him
15:46he plays
15:48in Japan
15:48with
15:49AlbuRex
15:49Magata
15:50over 200
15:50appearances
15:51in a couple
15:52of spells
15:52with Melbourne
15:52victory
15:53Agostino
16:02and Boyle
16:03looking to
16:04close
16:04down at the
16:04back
16:05Robinson
16:05out to the
16:06right
16:06Agostino
16:12forward
16:13Boyle
16:13looking to
16:13chase
16:14but the
16:14header
16:14back
16:15towards
16:15Matt
16:15Freeze
16:16yeah
16:17I think
16:18for Leia
16:18too
16:18today
16:19being over
16:19on the
16:19side
16:20we've seen
16:21him
16:21pull onto
16:22his left
16:22foot
16:22get opportunities
16:23off on the
16:23far side
16:24it's not
16:24as if
16:24he can't
16:25do it
16:25but he's
16:25got to
16:25make sure
16:26that
16:26I think
16:26that's
16:26the first
16:27three or
16:27four touches
16:28have been
16:28onto his
16:28right foot
16:29internally
16:30he's got
16:30to make
16:30sure
16:30that
16:31that
16:31thread
16:31going
16:32onto
16:32his
16:32left
16:32foot
16:32wide
16:33is
16:33there
16:33if he
16:34has a bit
16:35of space
16:36to carry
16:36forward
16:37Taliano
16:37getting back
16:38to close
16:39down
16:39but this
16:39is
16:39Pulisic
16:40now
16:44McKenzie
16:45will be
16:46many times
16:47tonight
16:47where
16:48Australia
16:48will have
16:48everyone
16:49behind
16:49the
16:49ball
16:49and
16:49just
16:50look
16:51for
16:51the
16:51US
16:52to
16:52try
16:52and
16:52find
16:53a
16:53way
16:53to
16:53break
16:53them
16:53down
16:54it'll
16:54be
16:55interesting
16:55to
16:55see
16:55if
16:56they
16:56can
16:57do
16:57that
16:57this
16:57is
16:58Freeman
16:58in
16:58towards
16:59McKennie
16:59but
16:59broken
17:01down
17:01once
17:01again
17:01the game
17:11against
17:11Canada
17:12was
17:12Australia's
17:12fourth clean
17:13sheet in
17:13their last
17:14six matches
17:14Robinson
17:15chasing
17:16to get
17:16there
17:16does
17:17really
17:17well
17:18against
17:18Martin
17:19Boyle
17:19the 32
17:20year old
17:2010 goals
17:22for him
17:22in 37
17:23caps
17:24prize
17:24it
17:24tonight
17:24Boyle
17:25but he
17:25wasn't
17:25going to
17:25get there
17:26before
17:26Robinson
17:26he
17:27definitely
17:28had a
17:28head
17:28start
17:29that's
17:29for
17:29sure
17:29incredible
17:30closing
17:31speed
17:31for
17:31Robinson
17:31looking
17:37to get
17:38a touch
17:38to that
17:38one
17:38but
17:38picked
17:39up
17:39there
17:39by
17:39Boss
17:40the
17:40Feyenoord
17:40man
17:40all the
17:42way
17:42back
17:42for
17:42Burgess
17:43Boyle
17:50Burgess
17:53once
17:54again
17:54for
17:54an
17:54Australia
17:55side
17:55to
17:55qualify
17:55in
17:57June
17:57finishing
17:58second
17:59behind
17:59Japan
18:00in
18:00third
18:02round
18:02of
18:02World
18:02Cup
18:02qualifying
18:03six
18:03points
18:04clear
18:04of
18:04third
18:04place
18:05Saudi
18:05Arabia
18:05they
18:06won
18:06five
18:07lost
18:07one
18:07and
18:08tied
18:08four
18:09of
18:09their
18:09games
18:09in
18:09that
18:10third
18:10round
18:10it'll
18:10be
18:10their
18:11seventh
18:11World
18:11Cup
18:12and
18:12sixth
18:12in
18:12a row
18:13toni
18:17popovic
18:17making
18:18five
18:18changes
18:19tonight
18:19including
18:19in
18:20goal
18:20with
18:20Ryan
18:20for
18:20Izo
18:21Garriot
18:22Boss
18:22D'Agostino
18:23and Boyle
18:23coming in
18:24here
18:25Ancunda
18:25the teenager
18:26who scored
18:27the winner
18:27on Friday
18:28in Montreal
18:28is on the
18:29bench
18:30as
18:30he looks
18:31to freshen
18:32things up
18:32brought in
18:33towards the
18:34box
18:34and
18:34all the way
18:35through
18:35Australia
18:36able to
18:37take the lead
18:37through
18:38Boss
18:38first shot
18:41of the
18:41game
18:42and
18:44it's
18:44Jordan
18:45Boss
18:45the
18:45final
18:46man
18:46with
18:46the
18:46goal
18:47just
18:49his
18:49second
18:49of
18:50his
18:50international
18:51career
18:51it
18:57seemed
18:58he
18:58lost
18:59possession
18:59several
19:00times
19:00get a look
19:01here
19:01it's the
19:02first ball
19:03that gets
19:03played
19:03there's a
19:04spin on
19:04it
19:05but
19:05just
19:05wondering
19:07who's
19:07going to
19:08go
19:08and challenge
19:08that
19:08first ball
19:09here's
19:09a look
19:09at it
19:10look
19:10how late
19:11the u.s
19:11players are
19:12to react
19:12to that
19:12no one
19:13jumping
19:13on it
19:14obviously
19:14a lucky
19:15deflection
19:15that falls
19:16to him
19:16and a
19:16wonderful
19:16finish
19:17and
19:17here's
19:19a look
19:19here
19:19is
19:19right
19:20into
19:20that
19:21far
19:21post
19:21just
19:22way
19:23too
19:23timid
19:24perfect
19:25angle
19:26at it
19:26outside
19:27of
19:27freeze
19:27his
19:27hands
19:28beautiful
19:28finish
19:29but
19:29boss
19:30was
19:30the only
19:30one
19:30that
19:30read
19:31that
19:31first
19:31deflection
19:31and
19:32the
19:32spin
19:32of
19:32the
19:32bar
19:33almost
19:33like
19:33spectator
19:36syndrome
19:36of
19:36several
19:37u.s
19:37defenders
19:37just
19:38pausing
19:38waiting
19:38for
19:38someone
19:39to
19:39make
19:39the
19:39play
19:39there
19:39they
19:42certainly
19:43had
19:43the
19:43numbers
19:43in
19:45that
19:45situation
19:46but
19:49boss
19:49is
19:50the
19:50goal
19:50scorer
19:51came
19:54off
19:54the
19:54bench
19:54in
19:55the
19:55first
19:56game
19:56of
19:56this
19:56window
19:56against
19:57Canada
19:57it's
19:58his
19:58first
19:58international
19:59goal
19:59since
19:59March
20:00it's
20:00Pulisic
20:01into
20:01the
20:01box
20:01at
20:02the
20:02other
20:02end
20:02can
20:02the
20:03US
20:03get
20:03straight
20:04back
20:04on
20:04level
20:04terms
20:05Pulisic
20:06here
20:06towards
20:06the
20:06edge
20:07of
20:07the
20:07area
20:07couldn't
20:07quite
20:07find
20:08McKennie
20:08look at
20:09the way
20:09Australia
20:10got
20:10the
20:10numbers
20:11back
20:11as
20:11well
20:11there
20:11out
20:15it
20:15goes
20:15on
20:16that's
20:17a
20:17great
20:17idea
20:17from
20:18Pulisic
20:18he was
20:19just
20:19trying
20:19to
20:19play
20:19it
20:20soft
20:20enough
20:20for
20:20Weston
20:21McKinney
20:21to hit
20:21that
20:21first
20:22time
20:22could
20:23have
20:24maybe
20:24rolled a
20:26little
20:26harder
20:26known
20:27McKinney
20:27he's
20:27got
20:27the
20:27quality
20:28to hit
20:28that
20:28ball
20:29even
20:29if
20:29it
20:29put
20:30a
20:30pace
20:30back
20:31to
20:31him
20:31but
20:31great
20:32run
20:32I
20:33think
20:33occasionally
20:34that's
20:34going to be
20:35very important
20:35especially
20:36when
20:36Australia
20:37are in
20:37that
20:38mid
20:38block
20:38where
20:38they've
20:39got a
20:39high
20:39back
20:39line
20:40at a
20:40low
20:40first
20:42line
20:42of
20:42confrontation
20:43when it's
20:43so hard
20:43to play
20:44between
20:44them
20:44because
20:44they're
20:44compact
20:45you've
20:45got to
20:45try that
20:46ball over
20:46the top
20:46from time
20:47to time
20:47the US
20:52went behind
20:52in Austin
20:53on Friday
20:54and a
20:56Valencia's
20:57goal midway
20:58through the
20:58first half
20:59Balogun
20:59leveled
21:00with 20
21:00minutes
21:00to go
21:01and
21:03Mauricio
21:03Pochettino's
21:04side
21:04finding themselves
21:05trailing
21:06once again
21:06as the
21:07flick
21:07comes
21:07straight
21:08through
21:08towards
21:08Ryan
21:09might have
21:16been
21:16Freeman
21:16that got
21:16a head
21:17to that
21:17one
21:17as they'll
21:18play out
21:18of the
21:18back
21:18here
21:18with
21:19Burgess
21:19Matt
21:22Ryan
21:22with a
21:22long
21:23ball
21:23downfield
21:24McKenzie
21:25heads
21:26forward
21:26Italiano
21:31will
21:31chase
21:31but
21:32not
21:33McKenzie
21:33the
21:33favourite
21:34to get
21:34there
21:34and
21:34he'll
21:34just
21:35shepherd
21:35that
21:35one
21:36out
21:36for
21:36a
21:36goal
21:36kick
21:37and
21:40you
21:40wonder
21:40in
21:40moments
21:41like
21:41that
21:41when
21:42your
21:42ball
21:43bounces
21:43in a
21:44dangerous
21:44area
21:45and
21:45there's
21:45a slight
21:47hesitation
21:47from
21:47defenders
21:48I mean
21:48knowing
21:49he was a
21:49defender
21:50himself
21:50and some
21:51of the
21:51defenders
21:51he played
21:52with
21:52Ayala
21:52and some
21:53of the
21:53players over
21:54the years
21:54I mean
21:54the player
21:54he was
21:55and then
21:55in the
21:56modern era
21:56there's
21:58almost
21:58a
21:58rabid
21:59nature
21:59to
22:00the
22:00pride
22:00of
22:00that
22:01ball
22:01is
22:01anywhere
22:02near
22:02the
22:02box
22:02going
22:04through
22:04everyone
22:04and
22:05anything
22:05and almost
22:06meeting
22:06your own
22:07defender
22:08at the same
22:08time
22:09in a 50-50
22:09tackle
22:10bystander
22:12phenomenon
22:13of three
22:13U.S.
22:14players
22:14pausing
22:15that ball
22:15bounces
22:15before any
22:16of them
22:16jump
22:16on it
22:17I just
22:18wonder
22:18for
22:18Pochettino
22:19that's
22:19frustrating
22:20here's
22:22another
22:22look
22:22I mean
22:22just
22:23how long
22:24does it
22:24take to
22:25reach
22:25a sprint
22:26for a few
22:26players
22:27and the
22:27only one
22:28sprinting
22:28and following
22:29that ball
22:29the whole
22:30way
22:30and just
22:30speculating
22:31they might
22:31be able
22:31to get
22:32onto it
22:32because
22:33it's
22:33funny you
22:36mentioned
22:36that about
22:36Maurizio
22:37Pochettino
22:37because he
22:38he talked
22:39yesterday
22:39about the
22:39differences
22:40for defenders
22:41from when
22:41he was a
22:42player
22:42and
22:43defenders
22:43now
22:44and all
22:44the different
22:44things that
22:45they have
22:45to do
22:45that
22:46makes up
22:46a defender's
22:47job
22:47now
22:48rather than
22:49defending
22:50playing out
22:51of the
22:52back
22:52and
22:52everything
22:53else
22:53that
22:54comes
22:54with
22:55the
22:55modern
22:55day
22:55defender
22:56this is
22:56Pulisic
22:57racing
22:57forward
22:57up
22:58against
22:58Guerrier
22:59down
22:59the
22:59left
23:00Weyer
23:00making
23:00the run
23:01as well
23:01on the
23:01overlap
23:01but Pulisic
23:02looking to
23:03try and
23:03play this
23:04one
23:04into the
23:04middle
23:04couldn't
23:05find
23:05McKennie
23:06this is
23:07McKenzie
23:08some of the
23:11dark hearts
23:11as well
23:12that may have
23:13drifted out
23:13of the
23:13game
23:14or not
23:14be allowed
23:15these
23:15days
23:16that
23:16Prochettino
23:17and even
23:18Brian Dunseth
23:18was talking
23:19about
23:19that
23:19he used
23:20to get
23:21away
23:21with
23:21some
23:21of the
23:21things
23:22when he
23:22was
23:22in his
23:23career
23:23I'll never
23:24forget
23:25wonderful
23:26defender
23:28good friend
23:29of mine
23:29excellent
23:29pundit
23:30Premier League
23:31winner
23:32and three
23:32lines player
23:33Lee Dixon
23:34would always
23:34say
23:34in my
23:36mind
23:36was
23:36always
23:37what
23:37happens
23:37if
23:38as a
23:38defender
23:38that's
23:39the first
23:39thing
23:39I'm always
23:40thinking about
23:40getting forward
23:41I'm not
23:41thinking about
23:41Kermit
23:42ball
23:42and you
23:42could say
23:43different
23:43era
23:43but just
23:44a default
23:45of what
23:46would happen
23:46if someone
23:47turned up
23:47all of it
23:47spun back
23:48if it
23:48deflected
23:49that
23:50anticipation
23:51and that
23:52decisiveness
23:53was fundamental
23:54to maybe
23:55a little
23:55bit
23:55extra
23:56tackle
23:57course
23:59it
23:59can't
24:00find
24:00a
24:00way
24:00through
24:00and
24:04now
24:04Metcalf
24:05a teammate
24:06of
24:07James
24:08Sands
24:08in Germany
24:09with that
24:09ball
24:09across
24:10all the
24:10way
24:11back
24:11from
24:11Freeman
24:11towards
24:12Matt
24:12Fries
24:13Fries
24:14beaten
24:15by
24:1519th
24:16minute
24:16goal
24:16scored
24:16by
24:17Jordan
24:17Boss
24:1722
24:18year
24:19old
24:19who
24:19was
24:19the
24:20Eredo
24:20Vise
24:20player
24:22of the
24:22month
24:22for
24:22September
24:23first
24:24Australian
24:24to win
24:25that
24:25award
24:25Hachi
24:25Wright
24:26chasing
24:26forward
24:26couldn't
24:27get
24:27even
24:30O'Neill
24:30in the
24:31midfield
24:31Richard
24:31stretching
24:32he's able
24:32to get
24:33the block
24:33because
24:33that
24:33one
24:34would
24:34have
24:34run
24:34through
24:34towards
24:35Boyle
24:35there
24:36he
24:36looked
24:36on
24:36into
24:44the
24:4425th
24:45minute
24:45goal
24:52timed
24:52Italiano
24:56backwards
24:57and
24:58one
24:58to
24:59go
24:59to
24:59go
24:59all
24:59the
24:59way
25:00towards
25:00Matt
25:00Ryan
25:00the
25:01goalkeeper
25:02first
25:06start
25:06since
25:06the
25:07World Cup
25:08qualifying
25:08in June
25:10against
25:10Saudi
25:10Arabia
25:11the
25:12third most
25:12caps
25:13in
25:13team
25:13history
25:14Matt
25:14Ryan
25:15tonight
25:15it's
25:15number
25:15101
25:16behind a
25:18couple
25:18of
25:19decent
25:19names
25:19Mark
25:20Schwartz
25:20Tim
25:20Cahill
25:21109
25:22caps
25:22and 108
25:23here
25:28come
25:28Australia
25:28racing
25:29forward
25:29deep
25:30into
25:30the
25:30US
25:31half
25:31with
25:31Ballard's
25:32ball
25:32for
25:32D'Agostino
25:33D'Agostino
25:34couldn't find
25:34the return
25:35to
25:35Ballard
25:35Sands
25:36breaks
25:36it up
25:36Freeman
25:37up
25:37towards
25:37halfway
25:38and
25:39Pulisic
25:39with
25:39a
25:39lovely
25:40turn
25:40here
25:40against
25:40Garria
25:41he
25:41couldn't
25:42get
25:42the
25:42ball
25:42through
25:42to
25:42Haji
25:43Wright
25:43and
25:44the
25:44referee
25:44thought
25:45about
25:45playing
25:46on
25:46but
25:46he'll
25:46bring
25:46that
25:46one
25:47back
25:47for
25:47a
25:47free
25:47kick
25:47and
25:48a
25:48yellow
25:48card
25:49is
25:49coming
25:50here
25:50for
25:50Garria
25:50here's a look
26:03at it
26:04Pulisic
26:05does so
26:05well to
26:05cushion
26:05the ball
26:06on his
26:06knee
26:06and just
26:07spins
26:07and
26:08he's
26:08going
26:08to
26:08be
26:09away
26:09here
26:09just
26:10a
26:10little
26:11clip
26:11of
26:11the
26:11heel
26:12enough
26:14to
26:14throw
26:14him
26:14off
26:15balance
26:15it's
26:16more
26:16play
26:16in
26:16the
26:16end
26:16because
26:17that
26:17ball
26:17is
26:17through
26:18the
26:19US
26:19or even
26:20numbers
26:20sprinting
26:21at that
26:21back
26:21line
26:21Christian
26:24Pulisic
26:25will need
26:25some
26:25treatment
26:26here
26:26it's
26:28his 82nd
26:29cap
26:29tonight
26:29and that
26:30ties
26:30Brad
26:30Friedel
26:31Eddie
26:31Pope
26:31and
26:32Eddie
26:32Lewis
26:32for
26:3224th
26:33most
26:33with
26:33the
26:34team
26:34second
26:35time
26:35he's
26:35capped
26:35in the side
26:36under
26:36Maurizio
26:36Pochettino
26:37the other
26:37was the
26:38Canadian
26:39match
26:40the third
26:40place
26:40game
26:41in the
26:41Nations
26:42League
26:42in March
26:43into this
26:48one of the reasons
26:48they didn't start
26:49last game
26:50here's the play
26:54right here
26:54there's not a lot
26:55of contact
26:56I'm wondering
26:57if it's more
26:58that first tackle
26:59because
26:59it really
27:00looked like
27:02he got his foot
27:03trapped
27:03underneath
27:04in that
27:05first play
27:05and you
27:05wonder if
27:06he's just
27:06finding a little
27:06bit of discomfort
27:07it's that
27:08right leg
27:08that did
27:09get trapped
27:10underneath
27:10that they're
27:10testing
27:11right now
27:11he came on
27:14in the 72nd
27:14minute
27:15against Ecuador
27:15for Ware
27:17appearances in
27:19four games
27:20in a row
27:20now for
27:21Christian Pulisic
27:22after not
27:22playing the
27:22previous eight
27:23got an
27:24assist
27:24on the
27:25Balogun
27:26goal
27:26against
27:26Japan
27:27in the
27:27September
27:27window
27:28it's definitely
27:32of everyone
27:32someone you
27:33don't take a
27:33risk with
27:34especially the
27:35form is out
27:35at club
27:36level
27:36six goals
27:41and eight
27:42appearances
27:42across all
27:43competitions
27:43this year
27:44for Christian
27:44Pulisic
27:44with Milan
27:45three goals
27:47and two assists
27:48in his
27:48previous two
27:49games
27:49before
27:50a nil-nil
27:50draw against
27:51Juve
27:51heading into
27:52this
27:52international
27:53break
27:53and
27:54Maurizio
27:54Pochettino
27:55heading over
27:57for a word
27:57with Pulisic
27:58who is
27:58taking off
27:59the
27:59captain's
27:59armband
28:00and will
28:00be
28:00leaving
28:00the
28:00game
28:01hopefully
28:05that's
28:06safety
28:06first
28:06yeah
28:07it's
28:08the last
28:09thing
28:09after
28:09injuries
28:11early
28:11on
28:11his
28:11career
28:12Chelsea
28:12and
28:12things
28:12he was
28:13struggling
28:13with
28:13I mean
28:13that's
28:13one thing
28:14that hasn't
28:14been plaguing
28:15him
28:15he's
28:16just
28:16been
28:17fit
28:17consistent
28:18incredible
28:19performance
28:20I mean
28:20one of
28:20the
28:20players
28:21if not
28:22the
28:22player
28:22in
28:23Italy
28:23right
28:23now
28:23why
28:26you want
28:28it to
28:28happen
28:28but
28:28definitely
28:29good
28:29that
28:29Diego
28:29Luna
28:30gets
28:30more
28:31minutes
28:31than
28:31expected
28:32McKenney
28:33down the
28:33right
28:33side
28:33with a
28:34cross
28:34early
28:34towards
28:35Haji
28:35Wright
28:35but
28:35it's
28:36cleared
28:36away
28:36at
28:37the
28:37back
28:37by
28:37Australia
28:38off
28:39Chircati
28:40and
28:44I think
28:45he's
28:45gone
28:45out
28:45for
28:45a
28:45US
28:46throw
28:46on
28:46the
28:46far
28:46side
28:47we
28:48won't
28:48see
28:49who
28:49gets
28:49the
28:49armband
28:49Pulisic's
28:52right
28:52below
28:52me
28:53I mean
28:53I think
28:53he still
28:53has
28:54the
28:54armband
28:54with
28:54him
28:54he
28:55can
28:56see
28:56him
28:56so
28:57frustrated
28:57shaking
28:57his
28:58head
28:58slamming
28:59his
28:59hands
28:59on
29:00his
29:00knees
29:00he's
29:01such
29:01a
29:01competitor
29:02just
29:03frustrated
29:04that
29:04whether
29:05it's
29:05the
29:05tackle
29:06or
29:06not
29:06I'm
29:08sure
29:08he was
29:08excited
29:08to start
29:09this
29:09one
29:09after having
29:10a little
29:10knock
29:10for the
29:11first
29:11game
29:11that
29:11kept
29:12them
29:12from
29:12starting
29:12McKenney
29:17inside
29:17towards
29:18Roldan
29:19and
29:19Miles
29:20Robinson
29:21Luna
29:26still being
29:27ready
29:27to come
29:28on
29:28so
29:31for the
29:32time being
29:32the US
29:32a man
29:33down
29:33McKenzie
29:36wide
29:36to the
29:36left
29:36for
29:37where
29:37the
29:40US
29:41winning
29:42their
29:42last
29:42six
29:42in a
29:43row
29:43in the
29:44state
29:44of
29:44Colorado
29:45they
29:45haven't
29:45lost
29:45in
29:46Colorado
29:46since
29:471992
29:48a
29:481-0
29:48defeat
29:49against
29:50Scotland
29:50at
29:50Mile High
29:51Stadium
29:51in Denver
29:52and
29:54Haji
29:54right
29:54turns
29:54really
29:55well
29:55he's
29:55got
29:55wear
29:56in
29:56space
29:56down
29:56the
29:57left
29:57side
29:57Freeman
29:59is bursting
30:00forward
30:00to the
30:00edge of the
30:01box
30:01where
30:01goes
30:01for
30:02goal
30:02first
30:06shot
30:06of the
30:06game
30:06for
30:06the
30:07United
30:07States
30:07out
30:08on
30:08the
30:08top
30:09top
30:10of the
30:10s
30:19top
30:19in
30:20the
30:21bottom
30:21above
30:22the
30:22top
30:22of the
30:23top
30:24the
30:25top
30:25the
30:26top
30:26the
30:26top
30:27in
30:28the
30:28top
30:29top
30:29the
30:30top
30:31the
30:31top
30:32in
30:32the
30:33top
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