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🗓️ 9 September 2021
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Relief for US fans, joy for Canada fans! Both teams are leaving the first World Cup Qualifying window with 5 points; are both teams in good shape to make the World Cup?
For the USMNT, we discuss which players have earned starting spots going forward and the tough decisions Gregg Berhalter has to make with Sergino Dest and John Brooks.
For Canada, it might be too early to celebrate, but it's definitely not too early to praise a great first qualifying window. We explain why this looks like a group capable of making the World Cup and why we'll learn very quickly in October how good this team is.
1:35 - The MLS pipeline showed up for the US and Canada in the wins
4:09 - Celebrating Ricardo Pepi’s huge night
7:19 - Gregg Berhalter got it right with the subs
9:40 - The US played without fear in the second half
11:59 - Was this a good window for the USMNT?
19:03 - Brenden Aaronson is breaking out, is he a locked-in starter?
22:12 - Sebastian Lletget and Cristian Roldan had great games
27:48 - Mark McKenzie had a bounce-back game
33:09 - Should Sergino Dest be benched to start the next round of qualifiers?
37:08 - Has Matt Turner claimed the No.1 GK job for the national team?
40:56 - Canada blows out El Salvador in impressive win
43:45 - This Canada group looks like a World Cup team
50:45 - Evaluating Canada’s chances to qualify
53:41 - We’re going to learn a lot about Canada when they play Mexico on Oct. 7
1:00:43 - Is Canada satisfied coming out of this window? What do they need to improve on in October?
1:03:43 - How confident are you in the USMNT and Gregg Berhalter going forward?
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0:00.0 | Action time is exactly how I find out. |
0:04.0 | What's going on in the MLS? |
0:06.0 | Get lost. |
0:07.0 | Get lost. |
0:08.0 | Maybe this podcast has influenced me a bit as well. |
0:11.0 | Everybody up here. |
0:13.0 | Every single day goes into the office, into the laboratory. |
0:18.0 | They're trying to cook up some great stuff for you guys. |
0:21.0 | That's why he's here! |
0:23.0 | Welcome everybody to Extra Time Club and country driven by Continental |
0:27.0 | from the 18C-5G studios in the greatest city in the world. |
0:31.0 | David Goss, Matt Doyle, and Kaelin Carr with you. |
0:34.0 | From a glorious night of World Cup qualifying. |
0:37.0 | You get three points. |
0:39.0 | You get three points. |
0:40.0 | Canada gets three points. |
0:42.0 | USA gets three points. |
0:44.0 | Everyone's a winner for this World Cup qualifying round. |
0:48.0 | And the one thing we learned, guys. |
0:50.0 | The one thing we know is no one knows anything. |
0:54.0 | And that is where we stand. |
0:56.0 | And I feel great about the world we live in. |
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