00:00Well, I am effing tired because I stayed up to watch.
00:04I didn't watch the second half of the game.
00:06I watched the first half.
00:09And I don't know anything about soccer.
00:11I mean, we got lucky with that free kick thing,
00:13but from what I saw, we got our ass kicked.
00:17We got dominated.
00:18I don't think you had to know anything about soccer
00:19to know we got smoked yesterday.
00:21I read this morning that Pulisic turned the ball over 11 times.
00:27Every time he touched it, he pretty much turned it over.
00:29Every time he touched it.
00:30Or he just gave it up.
00:31He just gave it up.
00:32I mean, I couldn't believe what I was watching with him.
00:34No, that guy.
00:35Let me tell you something.
00:36That was embarrassing.
00:38Pulisic in particular.
00:39And then did they take him off?
00:41Did he get hurt?
00:42He kind of got hurt.
00:43They had to pull him anyway.
00:44He was so bad.
00:44He got kicked in the ankle and then could barely run up and down the field.
00:49I don't know.
00:49You guys probably have a similar thing.
00:52When I go to sleep at night, the last thing that I see
00:56or works in my subconscious, it plays in my brain.
01:00I don't sleep well.
01:01I think about it a lot.
01:03All I thought about while I slept last night was Pulisic
01:06and how he ruined his legacy,
01:08how he never lived up to the hype,
01:10about how he peaked as a 17-year-old in a friendly.
01:13Right.
01:15I'm telling you.
01:16I actually feel bad for him, but I'm also pissed at him.
01:20I shouldn't be pissed at him because he was trying his best.
01:22You're angry.
01:23I was just so frustrated.
01:24He was the guy who was supposed to lead us.
01:26I mean, some of those guys out there were doing their thing
01:28the best that they could,
01:29but Pulisic was kind of the guy that we've been talking about
01:31for a decade now, and I'm like, where's the beef?
01:35He just didn't show up.
01:36I mean, I didn't get it.
01:38He didn't show up all tournament.
01:39That's true.
01:40He didn't show up leading up to it.
01:41We talked about it.
01:42He didn't have a goal in his last 15 games in his club.
01:46I don't know anything about his abilities and his reputation.
01:49Was he a scorer, or was he like a passer?
01:53I think coming up he was.
01:54He was a scorer?
01:55Don't ask me.
01:56Scorer?
01:57Do you facilitate the whole?
01:59It ran through him.
02:00They did a great piece of him.
02:01I don't know if you guys saw.
02:02Listen, I'm really pulling back the curtain here more than I want to.
02:06I haven't been feeling super patriotic lately, okay, personally.
02:10I haven't been feeling super patriotic.
02:12I'm very disappointed in our history and about, I just, I don't believe anything.
02:18Don't get political on a Tuesday.
02:19I'm not getting political.
02:21It's way beyond politics.
02:22Oh, okay.
02:23Not feeling, I feel, I mean, the people that gave their lives to this country, I mean, you
02:27couldn't have more respect for them than all of us do.
02:30But not feeling super patriotic.
02:32I got the TV on yesterday for this game, and people are chanting USA from like 4 p.m.
02:38on, right, on Fox.
02:39Fox, I'm getting hyped.
02:41They were chanting.
02:428 o'clock?
02:43They were chanting USA during the.
02:44Red, white, and blue, brother.
02:46During the first game.
02:47Yeah, it was all day yesterday.
02:49Yeah.
02:49At Fox on all day yesterday, all the World Cup talk, feeling like about as good as I
02:55can feel right now, patriotic-wise, and go USA.
03:00And what a letdown that was.
03:03Oh, my God.
03:04That was a big fart.
03:05By the way, big fart.
03:07Bart, I think we all saw it in about four minutes.
03:11Oh, yeah.
03:11And it's looked at, I tweeted it maybe in eight minutes.
03:13I mean, obviously, right after the first goal, you're like, well, this is going to get ugly.
03:18I think it was 48 seconds when I knew we were in big trouble when they almost scored.
03:22Yeah.
03:22Oh, I know.
03:23Yeah, yeah.
03:23He has to make the diving save, and you're like, oh, Jesus.
03:26Yeah, the defense was poop.
03:27By the way, I also remember this.
03:29And you know what?
03:31I'm second-guessing myself yesterday, at the very end of our show, we went around and
03:34we picked who was going to win.
03:36I have no idea.
03:37I said, USA.
03:38You didn't want to be a downer.
03:39Right?
03:39And I also had those guys, after the first win or two, saying, hey, can the U.S. win
03:43the World Cup?
03:44And those freaking, you know, Zlatan and all those guys, oh, yeah.
03:47Oh, yeah.
03:48They can win the World Cup.
03:49Right.
03:49And so I had that plan in the back of my head.
03:52It was insane to pick them, to potentially beat a top-ten team like Belgium.
03:58It was insane in high terms.
03:59We weren't even in the same stratosphere as some of those teams, talent-wise.
04:04No.
04:04France, Spain.
04:05No, no, no.
04:05It never will be.
04:06Not even Portugal.
04:08It never will be.
04:08Never will be.
04:10But I remember watching the guys trying to prep for the World Cup a few days before,
04:17and they said, it all played out yesterday, and it was all hidden because we played poopy
04:22teams.
04:23They said, the back line and the keeper is where we have question marks.
04:29Yep.
04:29The keeper, some Ivy League kid, and I love the Ivy.
04:32I got two kids going to the Ivy League.
04:34What's that?
04:35The Freeze kid?
04:36Matt Freeze?
04:37Whatever his name is.
04:38Yeah.
04:38Okay.
04:39He, untested, MLS guy, just, but he makes the first save.
04:43You go, okay, maybe we're going to be okay.
04:44He made a mockery of playing goal yesterday, and then the back row was embarrassing.
04:51Embarrassing.
04:51The first goal, that cross, all of our defenders just stood there.
04:57They didn't know what to do.
04:58I mean, no one went after the ball.
04:59They were bigger, stronger, faster.
05:01I mean, the one guy was tall.
05:02I mean, I can't remember the dude's name from Belgium, but he dominated us.
05:06But all the guys were just standing there.
05:07The ball hit the ground in the 18-yard box.
05:10It's just bouncing in the air, and they're just staring at it like they're playing 10-year-old
05:14bunch ball.
05:15Yeah.
05:15It was, we were completely outclassed.
05:18I feel bad.
05:19I mean, the guys are trying their best.
05:20Yeah, they're just not good enough.
05:21Actually, I don't think they were trying their best.
05:23I think they were down early, and they didn't believe in themselves.
05:28I don't even care about the talent level.
05:30You know who was way more talented?
05:32Argentina was way more talented than Cape Verde.
05:34France, way more talented than Paraguay.
05:36Those teams had heart.
05:37They played their asses off.
05:39USA played Belgium, a nation of 11 million people.
05:43And they got smoked from the very beginning.
05:45They had no heart yesterday.
05:47It was a different team out there.
05:49I couldn't believe what I was watching.
05:51I don't know where that's coming from, though.
05:53I would take Cape Verde against us, but this way.
05:57Oh, yeah.
05:57Yeah, the way...
05:58I just don't know where it's coming.
06:00They don't quit.
06:02I mean, I thought some of those guys were...
06:04Tillman, is that the guy's name on the...
06:06Tillman, yeah, it was great.
06:06He was balling.
06:08There were some guys that were doing some things, but it just...
06:10Overall, the quality of our touches were nowhere near...
06:14It was embarrassing.
06:16I just didn't understand where that was coming from, because they had played so well.
06:20Now, again, it kind of depends on the opponent.
06:22Obviously, Belgium was better, but...
06:25I mean, they were playing hard and playing well for those other four games.
06:28Well, not the turkey game, but we had our backups in.
06:32But in the first game, I mean, they played...
06:34They were given it 110%.
06:36Think of the effort that they played with when they were down to 10 against Bosnia, and
06:42then the effort that you saw last night.
06:44I mean, just a complete 180.
06:46I think they were confused.
06:48They were overwhelmed.
06:50They just didn't show up.
06:51They got punched in the gut, and then they just sat there down on the canvas.
06:56It literally took Pulisic's first two touches before I gave up on him.
07:03I mean, he's...
07:03Touches, and I gave up on him.
07:05He turned the ball over every time he touched it.
07:07I went, oh my God.
07:09Did you see him after the game?
07:11He looked like such a little guy, too.
07:12You know what?
07:13We're seeing the guy from...
07:14Was it the Netherlands or whatever?
07:15The guy that's...
07:16You know, the big beast that everyone's talking about.
07:18From Norway?
07:18Yeah, from Norway.
07:19His head and everything.
07:20Yeah.
07:20Yeah, yeah.
07:20All these monsters.
07:22He's like 6'5".
07:22Harry Kane and all these guys.
07:24Well, that guy last night for Belgium, he was taller than everybody we had.
07:28I feel like all those guys, except for the guy they subbed in late, was massive.
07:32They just dominated us.
07:34I'm bummed, because I was looking forward to Friday, man.
07:37I was looking forward to Friday, 3 o'clock.
07:40Possibly going out, watching it somewhere, playing Spain.
07:44No, that would have been...
07:46Dude, we could have lost that one 10-0.
07:47I'm sure, but at least no one expected them to win that.
07:50I mean...
07:51No.
07:52But you know what?
07:53Be grateful we didn't play Spain.
07:54When we had Sebastian on yesterday, he said, yeah, it's a 50-50 shot.
08:00I know, I know.
08:01And so I kind of was feeling that.
08:03Belgium should have been our friggin' 8-1 favorite last night.
08:06They took a massive duty on our whole country.
08:11I watched the first half, and then I got up at 2, went to the potty, checked my phone.
08:19Told myself, don't check the phone.
08:20Just watch the second half and not know what to expect.
08:22But we were down 2-1.
08:24And I saw the score.
08:26I said, I'm going back to bed.
08:28I'm not watching that.
08:29No, I...
08:30No reason.
08:31I stayed up the whole misery.
08:34It just...
08:35And then all I did was kind of feel sorry for Pulisic all night.
08:40You saw how he was despondent.
08:42Because he just literally took his leg...
08:44This is his prime...
08:45He's 27 years old.
08:47This was supposed to be his world top.
08:48Biggest match of his career.
08:49It's over.
08:50Yeah.
08:51It's over, Johnny.
08:52Legacy destroyed.
08:54That's how big these games are.
08:56Hey, they...
08:57I think it was on ESPN.
08:59They rated the players, each player's performance.
09:02They gave...
09:03I mean, most of them were 2s and 3s and 4s.
09:05They gave Pulisic a 2?
09:07I'd give him a 0.
09:08Yeah.
09:09I don't...
09:09He didn't do anything good.
09:10Eric, do you want to hear him after the game real quick?
09:12Oh, I'm going to feel bad for him.
09:15Pain had to be subbed off.
09:16What were you dealing with fighting through?
09:19Yeah, I mean, I just twisted my ankle and just sprained my ankle.
09:23I mean, it's just frustrating to end like that, of course.
09:26But, you know, now I have time to rest.
09:29So, hopefully it'll be okay.
09:30Are you kidding?
09:32That's all I said.
09:34That's amazing.
09:35He knows he was bad.
09:37Is he blaming it on the ankle?
09:39It sounds like it.
09:40My wife was killing him, too, saying he was being selfish.
09:42Should have taken himself off.
09:44Right.
09:45She's probably right.
09:46Right.
09:46Because he's limping around there for a couple minutes before.
09:50All right.
09:51So, when we come back, we'll hear some more audio.
09:53I want to hear all the audio.
09:55From Carly Lloyd.
09:55I want to hear from people calling in.
09:58They're watching.
09:58I know they're probably despondent and don't want to talk about it.
10:02It's rare that the whole country's locked in on soccer the way that we have been.
10:06And it's just such a gut punch because a lot of us just want to say, why do we even
10:11get
10:11our hopes up?
10:12Yeah.
10:13All right.
10:13We also have a couple guests this morning.
10:15We've got Chris Patrick, Caps GM.
10:16We'll talk to him at 7.
10:17And we'll talk some hoops, some summer league, with Drew Gooden, who's actually, I believe
10:23he's in Vegas, correct?
10:25Is he in Vegas?
10:26Yes.
10:27Pretty sure.
10:28So, we'll talk to Chris Patrick and Drew Gooden.
10:29Drew Gooden will be at 940.
10:31We'll talk about what to expect from AJ on Thursday night.
10:35It's the Bish and Bic show this morning.
10:37Stay with us.
10:37Stay with us.
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