Futbol Americas: CONCACAF Champions Cup Recap + Herc's USMNT Striker Picks + Is FIFA Scamming the Fans? + Marcel Ruiz Health Doubts + Drippin or Trippin

ESPN FC

ESPN

Sports, Soccer

4.3 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2026

⏱️ 58 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Cristina Alexander, Herc Gomez, and Shaka Hislop start this edition of Futbol Americas with a recap of the CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinal matches. Leg 1 is in the books. Which MLS team has the best shot to advance? Patrick Agyemang is OUT for the 2026 World Cup with an Achilles injury. Who does Herc think will be on the USMNT's striker depth chart this summer? Fans have accused FIFA of 'misleading' them when it comes to tickets. Can FIFA stoop any lower? Marcel Ruíz suffered an ACL injury in March but is reportedly postponing surgery in hope of making the World Cup. Will he make it? Finally, the show closes out with a Drippin' or Trippin' segment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Nothing like hearing an LAFC goal in Korean.
0:13.0	And I never knew that I wanted to know how Cruz Azul was spelled in Korean.
0:18.0	Well, I agree with the commentator. He's absolutely right. You got to cut that angle right there. Yeah, absolutely. This is a new skill that our Hercules Gomez. What are you laughing? Nothing. Happy Thursday. It's business casual back in business here. Shaka his laugh, Lucili Gomez. What are you? What do you mean? Business casual, you two. I'm going to a sporting event here.
0:39.3	It's business casual business.
0:41.3	Doesn't make sense.
0:43.3	I like to make this my thing.
0:45.3	Okay, don't take it away.
0:46.3	Nice, Deena Mokiev jersey though?
0:48.3	Yes.
0:49.3	Yeah.
0:50.3	It could be a little bigger, but I like it.
0:53.3	That's her.
0:55.2	Notes.
0:57.1	Notes for the next one.
1:03.4	Coming up, Herk will break down a little bit what he's expecting with the U.S. Men's national team, striker depth chart with the unfortunate Patrick Ajimung News.
1:08.9	Also, it seemed unfortunate, but is Marcel Ruiz gearing up for a comeback in just a short
1:16.0	amount of time?
1:16.8	We will get into that.
1:18.2	But first, let's take it back to the Conca Cap quarterfinals.
1:22.4	Leg one, L-AFC hosting Cruz Azul.
1:26.2	We're going to take it into the ninth minute. Gabriel Fernandez's header saved Herc. Yeah, Hugo Lodi Lurice doing very well to get down low. It's a good ball. You know that Fernandez is very good in the air. He gets down low and he keeps a zero zero. Yeah, it's a great save. Let's take it into 30th minute. Matthew Schwanier with the cross.
1:45.5	Huming Son scores check.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from ESPN, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of ESPN and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.