Futbol Americas: Will Pochettino field his best USMNT XI vs. Belgium?

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🗓️ 24 March 2026

⏱️ 73 minutes

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In this edition of Futbol Americas, Alexis Nunes, Herc Gomez, and Alejandro Moreno quickly recap what some USMNT stars are doing abroad before getting into the XI they want to see for the upcoming friendlies. Next, Pepi's transfer to Fulham from PSV is off after the two clubs failed to agree on a key issue late in the process. Andre Blake joins the show ahead of Jamaica's huge game against New Caledonia. Then, the crew previews the upcoming quarterfinal matches in the CONCACAF Champions Cup. There is some good news for the Mexican national team, with some players returning from injury and others putting in big performances. Finally, Herc recaps his trip to NYC to watch Messi play. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, hello, everyone, happy Monday and welcome to the latest edition of Football
0:13.7	America's with me, Alexis Nunes, whose voice is hanging by a thread, but don't watch that.
0:18.5	Don't watch that.
0:19.3	Are you all right?
0:19.9	It brings a little husky vibe, right?
0:21.9	Is that it? Yeah, that's it. Is that a cold? I left my voice in Nashville. I was looking too many, I was too many country tunes. Something was cold. Something was cold, and it was my yelling that I called singing. Hercules Gomez, Adam Morena, joining me. They're my support bubble this week as well because it is a big international break
0:40.1	because a lot of teams are going to fine tune their squads before the World Cup and others
0:44.6	have yet to qualify, including Jamaica.
0:47.8	We have an exclusive interview with Jamaica Captain Andre Blake ahead of their first
0:52.1	World Cup playoff qualifier against New Caledonia that still burns Ale that New Caledonia is in it.
0:58.6	Why? We'll get to that later. I mean you couldn't possibly mess it up against New Caledonia. Could you?
1:04.0	That's what I said against Curacao. Big up Curacao every time though. That's what I said against about Curacao. Plus, PSV have said that Ricardo Pepe isn't going anywhere. The deal to Fulham is off, at least for now. But could there still be some time to make it happen? We'll discuss that later. Up first, I'll check on some US men's national team players, shall we in? We are going to run it back. And things are looking up, guys. Things are looking up. Christian Polisic finally recorded his first assist of the year and a three-two win for Milan over Torino. Oh, that was the first anything of the year. Christian Polisick, who was having a ridiculous, I guess, start of the season. New York comes in. This is his first assist, first point, first goal, whatever.
1:45.0	He finally shows up.
1:46.0	Check. By the way, that was a watermelon he sent over to
1:51.0	that squeeze.
1:52.0	All right.
1:53.0	All right. Well, speaking of finding for him at the right time, Malik Tilman, he ended a 10-game scoring drought.
1:59.0	His seventh goal of the season for Lavercoucun in a 3-3 draw with Hydenham Alley.
2:03.6	Optional defending at the back pose is a good ball.
2:06.6	It's a good finish on Malik Tillman.
2:09.6	But yeah, you mentioned that Baye-Levaccusen somehow could not see it through.
2:13.6	They end up dropping points against the last place team in Bundesliga,
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