Welcome to the scuff podcast when we talk about U.S. soccer.

Welcome to the scuffed podcast. This is Sanjay, and I'm joined by U.S. men's national team and Lyon midfielder, Tanner,

Tessman. Tanner, thanks so much for coming on the pod.

Yeah, no, thanks for having me.

What is the longest field goal you've ever made?

I've heard Dabba talk a little bit about your kicking, but what's your record?

I want to say like 65

that sounds right to be honest i don't really know but i would say like 65 is like

when i tried with the yardage this was back in like high school you done it recently you

tested it out no definitely haven't done it recently um maybe if i get back to Clemson in the summer, something I'll try.

Yeah. But I think it was a summer camp that I was at, and I was with the kickers, and yeah. And your weak foot, you hit over 50, no problem? Is that right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Really, no, I mean, I get like the American football, people don't understand that, but really as a soccer player,

it's like no different really.

I mean, maybe a little less power, but to be honest, I probably could have done 60 in the time,

maybe not now, but maybe it was a windy day.

I don't know.

And any aspirations when the soccer career is done to try out for the NFL potentially never said never keep the door open tony mule obviously an example and harry canes also talked about it so

would be cool right it would be really cool it would be really cool um so let's get into football a bit

here um what would you say has been the biggest factor and what seems like the So let's get into football a bit here.

What would you say has been the biggest factor and what seems like the exponential growth in your game last couple years?

I mean, first off, do you agree with that?

The last couple of years have been a massive step for you?

Yeah, I think that's, you know, part of the question is like it looks like a big growth. And it is when you look on paper. I was playing Siri B two years ago. And now I'm in Europa League and a top team in France. So it is a big jump. But, you know, when I came to Europe, I was playing Syria, which is a very high level. And, you know, when we got relegated, I started to play more and more. and I think that moment kind of built me up gave me a lot of confidence and to know that you know I'm walking into

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