Welcome to the Scuff Podcast where we talk about US soccer. Everything depends on this Wales match on

on this Wales match on Monday.

That's 2 PM Eastern time, 1 PM Central time.

If we can beat them, not only are we set up well to advance from the

group, were set up for a Black Friday showdown with England that could capture the

attention of the nation. So how do we beat the Welsh, Greg?

Hang on a sec, before we do all that, like, that England game is not like a already marked down as a loss.

So, well, yes, yes we the well the match against Wales is very

important everything does not depend on it if we lose that game even if we lose this game to

Wales all that that all it's going to happen is that the even if we lose this game to Wales.

All that's going to happen is that the US and Wales will get through.

So yeah, it's huge for Wales.

But we've got some cushion here because we're much better than England

and we're much better than Iran. Yeah, I'm thinking of like the culture, you know, everything, the popularity of soccer does depend to some

extent on the the whales result because it'll it a buildup for that game against England.

That's true. I'll give you that I'll give you that that's fair. Okay so everything

you're right strictly speaking everything does not depend on the whales match. I agree. I was just being, you know, taking some poetic license.

Well, and I'm taking some poetic license calling it poetic license too.

I've got to admit I was doing the same because you know the math the math models the

ELO just going purely off ELO if we lose to Wales our odds of advancing do

drop precipitously. Yeah.

I have a tendency to kind of give some heroic glow to our opponents.

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