Hello, hello and welcome everybody to The Total Soccer Show.

My name is Taylor Rockwell, and it's roster prediction time.

We've got a U.S. men's national team roster release happening sometime in the near future,

ahead of this summer's friendlies and Nations League games.

We aren't expecting it to be fully experimental, but there should be some new or new

-ish faces on that list. But why wait for that official roster when we can take 45 minutes or so

and speculate wildly? I say 45 minutes, it could be an hour and a half. You never know how

angry Joe and Graham are going to be. I've mentioned them already. Let's get into that roster

predicting by mentioning the two gentlemen that will be with me today. Up first, he's a young and up-and-comer who's got a lot of minutes this season provides a high level of tactical awareness to every match. It's Joe Lowry. Hi, Joe Lowry. Hi, Taylor Rockwell. It's honestly a miracle I've made it this far into the season without like both of my hamstrings and whatever other body parts I've given away. I'm pretty proud of myself for hanging in there. I think you should be. Yeah, I mean, the zero hamstring, but lasting a full season is, is I guess a thing some people try to do, but they don't end up pulling it off. So credit to you, Joe, I'm really doing my best out here, Taylor. I'm like limping along.

I think I'm playing sweeper best out here, Taylor. I'm like limping along.

I don't know.

I guess I'm, I think I'm playing sweeper at this point because that's the area where maybe I'll have enough time to get there if I start back far enough in the back line. It's not been pretty, but we're still chugging along. I feel like you're laying the groundwork for Tim Ream to be in your roster. with us as well is a crafty veteran who has seen it all and brings experience and guile to any squad. It's Graham Ruffman. Hi, Graham. Hi, Taylor. I mean, I am only 30, but I guess in football terms, that means my transfer value has just plummeted in the last 12 months. As soon as you read that 3-0, the only way is down from that point.

So I guess that works.

Yeah, it's really fun how the prime age has suddenly shrunk like 25 so that a 30-year-old is now ancient and on their way out. It's like, no, you can still run and stuff. I think they're high-level athletes. They should be fine. So I'd assume, Graham, that you are physically fit and ready to go for this one.

As fit as I can be, as fit as you can be after two years of a pandemic where you have barely left your house and certainly not left your own country in the last day. Yeah, we will. Yeah, and we are, we should mention that. Graham, we're not going to hear from you for a bit. I have it on good authority. That's because you're heading to the US. Can you confirm that you're actually finally declaring for the United States and that you're reporting for camp rather than a magical Disney experience? This is how I'm going to announce it. I'm actually going to be in this roster. I'm going to be in the camp. This is all an elaborate ploy by US soccer.

I think we should really run with this idea and suddenly, because Graham is going on vacation.

We're not going to happen for the next few shows. So I like the idea of us just creating this idea that Graham is indeed embedded with the US roster now. He's in there. He's making his claim for... Graham, what position would you target? Would you try to be number nine, given that that's the biggest question mark? Yeah, why not? Why not try and be the superhero, the guy to solve all the problems? I can just envisage at this camp kind of walking into Panera bread outside the camp, and John Brooks is sitting there with his binoculars.

John, what are you doing here?

Graham got in over me.

Do that in a German accent instead.

I don't love that I've sort of like unintentionally led us to

we're calling it an injury prone centerback

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