Welcome to the Total Soccer Show and our preview at the 2025 Club World Cup,

a brand new tournament format for a brave new world, as no one's calling it.

On this episode, which we're splitting into two parts, we're taking a look at all 32 teams,

but we're going to have a little bit of fun with it.

Quiz format incoming. Yes, my name's Ryan Bailey. Joining me today, your friend and mine. Taylor Rockwell, hello, Taylor. Hello, Ryan. As with all new concepts for the show, I'm very excited and also slightly terrified to make this happen. It's just a quiz. What's the worst thing that happened? You get all the answers wrong? Less so that, more so. I know the way I tend to prepare for these things is to have way too much information, and so I'm slightly worried that my quiz questions are going to be roughly 30 minutes long each. I'm going to try to tone it down slightly from that, but I would rather maybe be able to slow it down a bit than have to cram in 45 facts in 10 seconds.

We'll see how it goes. Okay. Great. Joe Lowry, a reminder that you're on the clock for this episode. How are you? Yeah, I'm doing great. I am also hoping that Taylor's questions don't last 30 minutes, although if they do, they'll be informative and I'll be taking notes. Thank you, Joe. Very good. We're all going to learn stuff.

Grain Rutherton, how are you?

And very well, Ryan Biel notes. Thank you, Joe. Very good. We're all going to learn stuff.

Graham Rutherland, how are you? I'm very well. Ryan Bailey. Are you in Miami? Are you the only person going to the game on Saturday night? Yeah, I mean, I am in the party in the city where the heat is on or night on the beach to the break of dawn. Thank you very much, Graham. I am indeed in Miami getting ready for the tournament. I think it's just me and ice who we're going at this point.

Pit bull and ice. I think it's just me and ice who are going at this point?

Bill and Ice, I think.

Yeah. Ryan, may I ask you an important question?

Always.

Is your favorite rapper Will Smith? Be honest.

I mean, who's us?

I think. I mean, the Spice Girls do rap in wannabe a little bit. Does that count? That does. And that is a better answer. I'll give it to you. It's still Will Smith. Okay, very good. Patreon.com slash total soccer show is where you'll find our bonus content, by the way. We'll be talking about the Clubwell Cup and much more on there. We've got bonus episodes,

bonus video and access to our Discord server, patreon.com slash total soccer show. And as a reminder,

we are on the YouTube. If you'd like to see our visages and my hotel in Miami right now,

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Patreon.com slash total soccer show one more time. All right, we have a big quiz to get to.

Before we get there, club world cup facts, 32 teams from all six FIFA confederations are competing, 12 from Europe, six from South America,

four from Asia, four from Africa, four from North Central America and the Caribbean, one from Oceania, and one team, of course, from the host nation. The prize pool, one billion dollars, as he puts his little finger towards the edge of his mouth.

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