Futbol Americas: Brenden Aaronson Breaks Through

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4.2 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2026

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Cristina Alexander, Herc Gomez, and Kasey Keller discuss Brenden Aaronson, his scintillating run of form, and whether he will break into the USMNT starting XI. Then they discuss Raúl Jiménez and how much he matters for the Mexican National Team in the upcoming World Cup. They react to the Spanish Super Cup semifinal between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid and the news that Celtic has fired Wilfried Nancy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Happy Thursday to you all.
0:10.0	I wanted to say Monday.
0:12.0	It's because it's our first show of 2026.
0:14.0	Casey Keller, Hercules Gomez, Christina, Alexander with you.
0:18.0	We are officially in 2026.
0:20.0	A World Cup year cannot sound better.
0:23.1	The question will be a little bit later is USM&T dripping with their leaked kit. You're
0:29.6	dripping today with this. That's right. A little number. A little Malik Tillman kit is Byron
0:33.5	Leverkusen. It's a decaf, Byron Levercun these days.
0:38.5	It's not the same Leubertucon.
0:38.9	Yeah.
0:52.3	They made a lot of sales. A lot of sales, the same Leberkusen of old, but still, their kits are very nice. Can we still say, Happy New Year? What's the cutoff? I'm looking for Larry David. It was a sixth, it's the sixth or the seventh. January 7th? January 7th? Today's 8th. Today is 8th.
0:52.9	The producer says,
0:53.7	Terry 7th.
0:54.4	You're a week out, yep, yet a week.
0:55.9	You had a week out.
0:55.0	Yep, you had a week.
0:56.0	You had a week to wish everybody.
0:58.0	Happy New Year. But it is the first episode back, so it should be a little. It's exactly what I was going to say. It's fine. We can do it whatever we want on the show on Football America's, right? but a little bit more to break down here on football Americas.
1:10.5	Like I mentioned, the kit and, of course, a little Simone Evanescio Jr.
1:15.6	Exchange doesn't hurt anybody.
1:17.7	At least us.
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