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00:00Great pressure here
00:03Not only the toe poke there, but that is such a lovely pass
00:09Obviously the deflection helps him out
00:12Just what Tillman here as he wins it back
00:15Looks up just cuts it right through the legs of the defender. It's really tight whether it was onside or
00:20not
00:20It's not the referees pulled it back here. Yeah, it looked like it was close. Yeah. I
00:25was just wondering if the
00:27Back on the near side was far enough back, and he wasn't
00:32good finish
00:37So it remains 2-1 here and Balogun denied that instant impact goal
00:50Would have been a ninth career goal for Balogun who is looking for more here through the middle but where
00:55is able to get there
00:59I
00:59And here's another look
01:04Yeah
01:06No doubt
01:11As I was saying before the goal was ruled offside
01:14He was really happy with the first half the first 25 minutes. He said unfortunate goal at the end of
01:19that first half
01:20But he said you know what's important in this second half is to maintain that dynamic just game means maintenance
01:26and management
01:27He said you know
01:28It's understandable a few days of training so far so still getting you know the minutes under the feet
01:32And that's exactly why all these changes getting experience under this belt for the for the players
01:37And he said in terms of Chris Brady
01:38He said it's really important for him to get minutes
01:41It's an important debut you never know what can happen in a world cup
01:46It's not often that the perceived third choice goalkeeper
01:50And we don't know that for sure
01:52Would get into a game in the world cup, but you certainly wouldn't want to be making a debut in
01:57that fashion, so
01:59You'd probably guess that after half and half today with turner and brady then maybe next week
02:03Matt freeze gets the start if he is the perceived number one you think so it's just whether he goes
02:0790
02:17I'm chasing across to the far side
02:19Here comes for trusty
02:28Fresh off his double win in scotland with celtic
02:33for so long it looked as if it might not happen but
02:36trusty and celtic winning the league and the cup in scotland
02:43I caught trusty in the elevator this morning and here's a chance as brady comes out and this one might
02:49go in
02:50it's knocked it on the line senegal get the goal
02:57miles robinson couldn't keep it out
03:08We'll see if there was a final touch from someone here closer to goal
03:12It looked like a foul up top but regardless just a series of mistakes here
03:19And brady just hesitated for a second
03:24Looks like mana is the one that puts it in in the end and just this little hesitation right there
03:29Otherwise, I think he gets to that ball
03:31He doesn't get his arms up high
03:33Yeah, hard to be super critical of the goalkeeper on that first play but just had to do better with
03:38that
03:39And then money just making sure that it was going to be an amazing
03:44Goal line clearance that money is not there to just power it in
03:50So a second goal in the game for senegal's all-time leading scorer sadio mana
03:57And it is tied at 2-2
04:01But pochettino just below me I saw him look all the way over at brady and just clap
04:06Just say forget it let it go yeah, he just said vamos let's go let's go
04:18Well the u.s. Go from thinking they're 3-1 up on that offside goal
04:22That was pulled back to now being tied at 2-2 and another
04:26Mistake there as nicholas jackson plays the ball into the middle
04:30Sadio Mane on a hat-trick here now for senegal
04:42Not the start chris brady would have hoped for eight minutes into his debut having come on at half-time
04:48for turner
04:48Well played over the top here patlegan looking to turn
05:05Brought down there by berhalter this is scally
05:12Rolled through for patlegan here and just straight off from tillman out of play for a goal kick
05:17A little disjointed from the u.s. But 10 changes is half time. I mean it's inevitable
05:30Obviously pretty sloppy mistakes and a couple of those in a row because a team like this you're going to
05:35get punished
05:53And it was nicholas jackson that made it
05:58Taking advantage there the u.s. At the back and sadio mani with the finish here is again sadio mani
06:12Right out to that right side
06:18And jack
06:19Paul in heinz diara chasing, but
06:22Christian long down battling for it on that far touch side out of play it goes here for senegal throw
06:29Definitely a shift in the crowd atmosphere you can feel it now
06:34Really important for the u.s. To try to get control this game back
06:43I'm gonna do saw into the midfield and picked up by
06:46There are sacco and jack
06:48Up down the right side for liam and enjoy a long halfway
06:55The pressure in the first half from the u.s. I mean disrupted cynical so much and you can see
06:59now
06:59there's not
07:01Not getting disrupted confidence now finding their game feeling a little on the front foot
07:06Now they're starting to play between the lines a little better
07:10Seventh international brace for sadio mani
07:1534 years old now, but he's won league titles in saudi arabia austria england germany
07:22On the league
07:26The league cup the fa cup the champions league in six years with liverpool
07:32the hour with the high ball down field wide to the left side brought down here by alhaji malik
07:37juf juf the left back powering forward as he plays that one in towards eleman and jai
07:43got out by weir
07:45takes a touch off the referee there but mckinney has it now the u.s. keeping possession until
07:50Mane steps in
07:54And what's happened in the u.s. the same thing that happened in senegal is is you're in this defensive
07:58block
07:58And it's so hard once the ball turns over because senegalese players the spatial
08:03Ability to counterpress and get the ball back is proven very difficult for the u.s. To break out of
08:08that back
08:09defensive block
08:12Another thing to think about right now is of course marisa pochettino said whether tim rehm is on the field
08:16or not
08:17He's he's captain he's leading but right now mckinney has the captain's armband and we all know us as players
08:22How important it is for that vice captain that second captain went on the pitch and now no pressure on
08:27wesson
08:28But he's the experienced one he's the veteran it's to dictate that mentality
08:33And to get them back in his hat
08:36So powering forward as he just leaves that one off towards
08:41Juve
08:43Mane
08:43Mane up against scally sanio mani cutting in back it goes for juve
08:52jackson
08:54across goal
08:57Where's the half time substitute pat gay
09:05And sadio mani's day is going to be over he will be leading the game
09:11nicholas jackson heading out as well
09:14As a sandy out and sharif and jai get set to come in
09:21Brady's high ball forward
09:27McKinney heads it across for where
09:33That's up by nicholas jackson here
09:38And mckinney sliding in there with a big challenge western mckinney one of the 10 changes made at half time
09:44the 27 year old from little elm texas his 65th appearance
09:48Started all four games in qatar it's his second world cup
09:55Nicholas jackson makes way and sadio mani as well
10:08Mane standing with his back to the board there. I think purposely to try and uh
10:12Not see that it's the end of his day
10:15I think he's passing the armband off
10:23I'll say as money goes off and
10:25Just pause real quick to hear the crowd show him some love
10:30I mean it's a little puzzling is i understand
10:34The minute management i get it and we talked about it in the pregame
10:38Everything's a little puzzling is for weston mckinney yeah you want to manage his minutes
10:42But don't you want to manage his minutes with with the or in and around the players that
10:46He's going to play with to start the game that all these wholesale changes and he plays the second half
10:51And no disrespect to these players but in lots of these positions it's a little bit of drop off of
10:56quality
10:56So you know it'll be good for weston to battle and show his leadership and his qualities but
11:02It's where he's got balagan inside it's played into us for
11:06Balagan balagan still battling and it's not taken for the goal
11:10On the hour mark
11:13No goal
11:20Tillman denied
11:23There is var here but the referee has blown the whistle weston mckinney furious balagan not happy as well
11:30But is there a foul here
11:38Oh yeah i mean it's it's it's a foul i mean it's
11:43I guess is that so egregiously a clear and obvious error this is where var has gotten to the point
11:49I really can't stand it i mean yeah you have to say balagan
11:54Does not have the angle on that ball and puts his foot out and stops the defender from being able
11:59to clear it
11:59If that's anywhere else on the field
12:03That's a foul
12:05Mauricio pochettino wasn't happy currently uh arm in arm with the head coach of
12:11senegal pap chow
12:16Listen i i obviously have a little bit of bias here but just being fair
12:21i think it's tough to argue a lot with that that looked like a foul
12:29So if on jay is fouled
12:37In place for samson sporing turkey a sherry fun die
12:43Coming on up top along with a sandy out
12:48He plays in italy with como he's just 20 years old
12:54So fresh legs in the attack here for senegal
13:03Chow's ball long downfield brought down by scally linking up there with burhalter white to the right it comes for
13:08where
13:09Where's ball towards mckenny where continuing the run down the right side options in the middle balagan is one of
13:15them
13:15It's balagan
13:21Balagan gets his goal
13:24And the united states are back in front
13:37What's his footwork for muslim mckinney one touch that second touch with his left foot i mean it's just
13:42Top shelf and that's a lovely ball from tim weah cuts it between the defender's legs watch this he knows
13:49He's got to come back against the green
13:51And balagan after the deflection just gets his footing right two little small steps
13:56And he's not going to miss from there
13:58Yeah, the ball sets up perfectly for him
14:02That's a lovely finish and they're basically challenging var to
14:05Yeah, what do you got now what do you got now try to reverse that one
14:10Well, the funny the funny thing is is that marissa pochicino as soon as the goal happened he smirked
14:14He looked at the head ref and goes hey three four one ah and meaning like third time's a charm
14:19and this is the goal
14:22Balagan's ninth international goal the new york-born striker who plays for monaco
14:31He'd scored three goals and three starts before not finding the net against belgium in march
14:37But this cap number 26 having come on at half time
14:43And the u.s. Starting to get more into a flow as well as senegal make their changes
14:49This is mckinney with the ball through
14:51And it's balagan once again it was rising might have been offside the flag never went up
15:00It's wide open isn't it?
15:06Perfect weight on this pass and he's onside yeah, you can see
15:10A couple players keeping them on you know that shove
15:12I think it was sar
15:14That's a veteran move right there
15:16That'd be just a tiny little shove and you'll get away with that more often than not if he extends
15:20those arms out
15:21He gets called but just a little hand check to throw
15:24Balagan off, but he's come on at half time. He looks in confident mood doesn't he scored nine goals in
15:29the final 12 league games
15:30With monaco had a run in february to mid-april where he scored in eight games in a row
15:36finished with 19 goals in 43 games in all competitions this season in france and 13 and 30 in liga
15:49He's a great form
15:52Of course we talked earlier about some of the players that weren't available a lot to mauricio pochettino and balagan
15:56is another one of them who didn't
15:58Arrive with pochettino till last september due to injury
16:06Really entertaining game here
16:09And go back to that point I was making before one of the
16:12The callback goals with weston mckinney
16:15I'm sitting here and maybe this is the reason i'm not a coach
16:17But i'm thinking i want to see weston with the starting 11 and the majority of the starting 11 was
16:21in the first half
16:22And maybe pochettino's thinking what a great little challenge to throw out to weston
16:27And in this moment you're the leader you have the armband
16:29How can you dictate the game how can you control things what can we see you do to lift not
16:34only your level but the players
16:35Around you and their weather this tillman that got the yellow
16:45The rest of six goals last time they were in this stadium the gold cup group stage in 2023 against
16:51trunidad and tobago
16:52july the second of that year under bj callahan
16:56This one played in couldn't get there it's headed behind by mamadusa the chelsea defender for a u.s corner
17:02on the far side
17:04lovely skill from max harston
17:06i think for the u.s one of the things that
17:09they've struggled with in the past they've been great at today is getting in good positions in wide
17:14areas in the final pass isn't there the final decision isn't high quality
17:18the majority of today even though that ball was over hit it forced
17:21the corner kick of course to play for the defender they've been excellent from the wide positions today
17:31malik tillman across to the far side to take it
17:40and recently turning 24 we're almost at the midway mark in this second half
17:52the back post
17:53so hooked in towards the back post drops to roldan lovely skill
17:57couldn't find the finish
18:00christian roldan
18:03looking for a first u.s goal on cap number 46
18:08well you'll see eventually a lovely skill from marston loves to step over loves a
18:13a 1v1 scenario good first touch i mean lovely does the hard part just
18:18as he's trying to find that far corner and you see what he's trying to do
18:21snap his foot and curl it just doesn't catch it on the part of his foot he wants
18:25he was on the world cup roster in 2022 but didn't play
18:28a player who hadn't been called up under marizio pochettino until last september and
18:33since marizio pochettino got the chance to see roldan in camp
18:36what he brings both on and off the field he's been someone that has been valued so highly
18:41and a great story to see christian roldan make it to a second world cup
18:47he's he's earned it no doubt i'll say you know just from my vantage point
18:53i was surprised with his inclusion no doubt he is an incredible person to have around training
18:58around the team you know experienced but testament and i would say testament he's the one the biggest
19:05surprise to to be left out now he was struggling with some injury issues don't know if he passed
19:09any of the physical exams and all of that eight morris another one when i think to myself there
19:16might be a scenario roldan doesn't get very many minutes in this world cup so it's great to have
19:21veteran around but if that's the case and you had two young players that could have a future
19:25especially with testament who i think has a very bright future it just feels like a missed
19:30opportunity for one of those younger players that i think proved they're ready for the league they're
19:34ready for a world cup but pochettino said to us the hardest part was i can only grab 26 i
19:41mean
19:41he values a lot of those bubble players he did not bring
19:51patrick ajumann back home in charlotte of course where his form for charlotte got him a move to the
19:58championship in derby county in england and he would have been on the squad if he'd been fit patrick
20:04ajumann you would think so i mean i'd be right if it was three between those two peppy i think
20:11clearly the second probably i mean had you right had a great season as well yeah yeah he could have
20:16taken all four of them i guess maybe a good part is he thought it wasn't an omission you know
20:20yeah
20:21you don't really know
20:25three more senegal changes coming
20:27you don't really know
20:33musa mikate is one of them
20:43bamba de yang and pat matassar also getting set to come in here
20:52hey kyle back in our day making a world cup roster was 23 people remember 23 players so imagine it's
21:00been
21:00since the world cup in 2022 that that that rule was changed to allow 26 players
21:13u.s soccer on tbs is presented by allstate you're in good hands
21:19well 20 minutes left to play here the u.s with a 3-2 advantage and they had the ball
21:26in the net five times
21:29the offside was correct
21:32the foul you think was probably also correct although marizio pochettino
21:36sure there are plenty would argue that with you with me plenty of us
21:40fans and coaches and players that disagree with me
21:44that looked like a foul the one big thing for marizio pochettino right now is that he wanted to
21:49make sure he got through this one today with everybody fit and healthy heading back
21:54to atlanta tonight they'll head back to the national training center immediately after this game
22:02and then head to chicago later in the week ahead of the game against germany
22:11diem once again
22:15all the way across the back now it comes and
22:18nikate the central defender who just came on
22:22to replace sark
22:30senegal making it to the round of 16 in the last world cup they lost 3-0 against
22:35england they were two down by half time three down before the hour
22:38they finished second in the group behind the netherlands with six points
22:43through a world cup qualifying campaign in africa that
22:47span two years starting in november of 2023
22:52nine african teams qualified through that process plus uh another one through the playoffs
23:01here's the high ball wide to the left side and picked up by
23:07and that's gone out for a corner as truth was challenging down the left side tim way was the
23:12player getting back in the seventh corner of the game the pap chow side
23:20of the coach of senegal played in the 2002 world cup five goals in 16 caps as a player
23:27that's in the last two years
23:34coming away by trusty at the back
23:34wow
23:34wow
23:35filming away by trusty at the back
23:43wow
23:51wow
23:52Left side, it comes here with D'Azza trying to find a way through.
23:58D'Azza once again.
24:06Here's D'Azza.
24:10Afton going across to defend on the far side as it comes back in here once more for D'Azza.
24:19Trusted clearing first off McKennie and the U.S. need to try and get this one away here as there's
24:23an opportunity on the edge of the box and the strike is rising there.
24:29Was the substitute Papke.
24:37Papke, he's got that space, he's got plenty of time to line it up.
24:42Catches it as hard as he possibly can, he's just nowhere near the goal though.
24:48Looks like Alex Zendejas is about to come in soon.
25:02Alex Zendejas is about to come in for Sebastian Berhalter.
25:05Well there you go, Berhalter the only one that didn't end his day at half time from the starting.
25:10He'll haven't got the chance to carry on until the 75th minute here as this one's played through.
25:14It's the chance again.
25:16And now it comes back for Afton.
25:18This is McKennie off the post.
25:20Surely now.
25:21Oh no, the save again from D'Azza.
25:25Is this...
25:25Is this...
25:27How did they not score there?
25:31McKennie Tillman, this is excellent.
25:34And for Tillman, what a lovely pass.
25:37And to know that Balogun's there, I mean how this does go, I don't know.
25:41Berhalter from distance.
25:43He's scored some lovely goals for both club and country from long range.
25:46Sebastian Berhalter, but on this occasion, didn't keep it down.
25:49Just an exquisite combination.
25:54I think we just got a little glimpse of why Pochettino rates Tillman so high.
25:58He's got lovely ideas in and around the attacking third.
26:03He's calm, he's composed.
26:04And just take a look at it now.
26:08Look at all the players around.
26:10And McKennie, a perfect win on that pass.
26:13And the no look to Balogun.
26:14You expect Balogun to finish that for sure.
26:16And then Wester McKennie.
26:18Oh!
26:20I don't know how, but it looked like also at the end an incredible save.
26:25I feel like that near post.
26:29Great day for Berhalter.
26:31Another really, really strong performance for the U.S.
26:34He continues to build on his portfolio play for this team.
26:42Brady's high ball downfield.
26:47A free kick given here for the foul by McKennie.
27:00Well, that's all 11 changes.
27:02Well, that's all 11 changes, so...
27:04A couple of players we won't get the chance to see today,
27:06including Brendan Aronson,
27:08who left camp just a couple of days ago to get married,
27:11and then came back to join up with the side yesterday.
27:17And then Dejas.
27:27And Dejas straight into the game here.
27:29He gets the free kick.
27:32There is Brendan Aronson.
27:33What about that for a little bit of stress just before the World Cup?
27:37Going in, uh...
27:38I'm sure he's right in there planning the wedding and everything.
27:42Oh, you're asking the divorce guy.
27:43I have no idea.
27:45Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
27:48Oh, well, Brendan Aronson getting the chance to get into this World Cup squad.
27:54The Leeds man from Medford, New Jersey.
27:57There's McKennie down the right.
28:00The one thing you would say from most of the performance today, Kyle,
28:04is that these U.S. players seem to be enjoying themselves.
28:07Look at Pochettino.
28:07He's right down the touchline again.
28:12I mean, he has challenged this team to bring a level of competitive spirit
28:16that just wasn't there early on.
28:18It's been there for a long time now.
28:20And today, giveaways, sloppy decisions,
28:24the competitive spirit has been there all game long.
28:26And you can see just fist-pumps after Weston McKinney
28:29tracks back and puts that tackle in.
28:32Pochettino like Mikel Arteta and ignoring the technical area.
28:38The white line's just there for guidance.
28:41Not to keep the coaches inside.
28:43Don't give me started.
28:47Trusty is down.
28:49Having a conversation there with a referee that he knows pretty well.
28:53In fact, this ref, Nick Walsh, ref Reed Celtics,
28:56this win against Rangers, gave a yellow card to Trusty
28:59just a few weeks ago.
29:02What an incredible end for the season, though,
29:03for Celtic and for Rangers and that battle at the top in Scotland
29:06going right down to the final minutes of the final day.
29:08I mean, to think, too, it wasn't so long ago
29:11that that incredible rivalry was split by divisions.
29:15And, yeah, I mean, just one of the most historic, the old firm,
29:18and everything between those two clubs over the years.
29:21And some U.S. players have definitely enjoyed it.
29:22I was with Moa Dew the other day.
29:24Yeah.
29:25That's Marcus Beasley.
29:27Who else?
29:28We have Poconegra.
29:29There's some U.S. players that have been a part of that.
29:32What a special thing to be a part of.
29:36Claudio.
29:39Austin Trusty will be heading towards his first World Cup
29:42after finishing his second year at Celtic
29:44and going through those closing stages of the season
29:47where they couldn't afford to drop points
29:50in that pressure cooker of an environment in Scotland.
29:53Great preparation for Trusty ahead of a World Cup.
29:55Here comes Senegal away down the left side,
29:58and it's Juve with a cross into the box.
30:00The end couldn't bring it under control.
30:02Got the shot that was blocked,
30:04and the space away on the right side here.
30:09And that one goes over the bar from Trep and Diata.
30:12The offside.
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