Hello and welcome to the total soccer show.

My name is Daryl Grove and I'm joined by a man who always picks the correct starting 11. His name is Taylor Rockwell. Hello. Hello, for which team is the question? For the U.S. men's next month, too. Yeah. You're not picking the Canada starting 11, right? That's not what you're all about.

I don't know.

You don't know them all about. I could be all about that, Daryl. Oh, I wish I hadn't started with that joke. I have no other Canadian accents. That's right. You hozer? There we go. There's two. All I have is the jokes from the South Park movie. All right, buddy. I'm not your buddy, pal.

All right.

We are here to talk.

Planned.

The U.S.'s second Conquer Calf Nations League game. Yes. It's away to Canada. It's that big away trip that Greg Bairthor was so worried about. Just the culture is going to be so different. How are Michael Bradley and company going to be welcomed into the stadium they play in most of the time?

Yeah.

I will say this, though, after the impressive handling of Cuba, I'm looking forward to this game because I think it's going to be something of a test for the U.S.

Men's National Team.

Yes, I think so.

Canada's not Mexico.

Canada's not Argentina. But Canada is much improved. Out of context, Total Soccer Show. Canada's not Mexico. I know what you mean. I know. An opponent where we were thinking, oh, they might be better than us. I think of it more is this is an opponent that has some threats, has some weapons, and we still should expect to beat them. And to me, that's a really good challenge. I agree. I think anytime you beat a team that is significantly inferior, there's always an element of, but like, but that next team could be more exciting because the other team was so poor. So I think there is a small percentage of that in some of my thoughts on Canada.

It's like, but I know they're going to be better than Cuba, so that already makes them more deadly. But I also think given... They look way better just because of the comparison. Yes. But then I also think they look way better because they are way better, especially from Canadian teams we've played in the past. And I think the United States... Those didn't have buying Munich players on them in the past.

They certainly did not.

And then I think the United States, they didn't have bi-unuch players on them in the past. They certainly did not. And then I think the United States being like relatively weak, combined with some of the injuries they're dealing with, I think this is a much more competitive game than we've seen in the past. I don't think that's necessarily a condemnation of US soccer or the US men's national team. I think it's a sign that Canadian soccer is getting better.

It's not a thing I love, but it is the case.

And we're still in a sort of rebuilding phase, right? We're in a bare-halter building phase. Also, I want Canada to be good. A BBFur, if you will. A BBFer, yeah. I want Canada to be good. I love the rivalry with Mexico because it gives us games to look forward to in Concord Calf.

If Canada suddenly became a dangerous team,

it would give us a nice rivalry to the North, right? Like, don't get me wrong, I want the US to win this game. But I would like a version of this where the US wins this game and we see signs that, oh, this Canada team could be like a rival for the next decade or so. I still think you will never,

I'm not sure this is what you're saying,

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