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Sid & Friends In The Morning

Andrew Giuliani | Executive Director of the Task Force for the World Cup Celebrates a Big Win

Sid & Friends In The Morning

Podcast WABCRadio

Comedy, News, Sports

4.2833 Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2026

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Andrew Giuliani, Executive Director of the White House Task Force for the FIFA World Cup 2026, joins Sid to talk about the rousing success the 2026 World Cup was here in North America, following yesterday's final match between Argentina and Spain at MetLife Stadium that saw Spain hoist its second World Cup trophy.

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0:00.0

Brian Kilmead, him and Giuliani, the faces of this amazing World Cup soccer tournament.

0:06.1

Look, Brian, very simply, Spain was the best. Mbapé, nothing messy, nothing shut out,

0:13.0

both of those two high-powered offensive teams in France and Argentina.

0:18.1

So clearly, they were the best team.

0:20.0

What were your thoughts, though, on yesterday's

0:22.1

final game? They still, Argentina, with everything you said is correct, and still Argentina

0:26.5

had a shot at the end, two of them. And they still had a shot to tie it up, down a man. So I think

0:33.6

that it was an exciting game. If you just said, well, zero, zero, it's boring. You didn't watch. It really wasn't. I mean, you saw physical play. You saw great opportunities and chances created. You didn't see anything from Messi. He tried to move to the outside when there was nothing in the middle, and then they couldn't get him the ball outside because their midfield was dominated by Spain's midfield. Midfield are the guys that set you up.

0:57.3

So you need that ball placed in a spot that's going to allow you to build in the offensive third.

1:04.1

So he wasn't getting the ball.

1:05.5

So he moved out wide, got additional space, and they just shut him down because I think that everyone talks about the

1:12.8

back line of Spain but their midfield is actually better and when you control the ball at

1:17.4

midfield your back line doesn't even have to be as good so together they did listen to this

1:22.1

Sid you got to know dominance they won the under 23s their favorite to win the Olympics

1:27.0

that's what the under 23 team is that's the only difference in the Olympics in World Cup you got to the under 23s. Their favorite to win the Olympics. That's what the under 23 team is. That's the only difference in the Olympics in World Cup. You've got to be under 23 with, I think, three exemptions for overage players. So they won that. They won the European Championship. They won the World Cup. And now the women are the reigning World Cup champions. So if success leaves clues, let's find out what they're doing.

1:46.5

We now got this great facility in Atlanta, cutting edge as good as any in the world.

1:51.3

Now, Arthur Blank wrote a check.

1:53.1

Ken Griffin wrote a check.

1:54.4

U.S. soccer raised a ton of money.

1:56.5

Now there's going to be kids of all ages, training, residencies.

2:00.3

It's going to be as good as anywhere.

2:02.5

So Spain settled in in 2010.

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