GOLD CUP Semifinals: What USMNT can expect from Guatemala and which players are stepping up for Pochettino

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🗓️ 2 July 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Rog and Herc Gomez are back to preview the USMNT vs. Guatemala Gold Cup Semifinal match! First, they recap the biggest moments from USA's win over Costa Rica and wonder if that win signals a turning point for Pochettino and his players. Then, Herc tells us that Guatemala will be a "big test" for the USMNT before giving us his predictions for the match.

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0:44.1	We're doing this. Our US men's national team G-Leaguers, on keeping on the Gold Cup. It's all about surviving
0:56.2	events. It's also about prison rules, dark arts, and occasional fleeting moments of football.
1:02.6	And the United States lived it all in that quarterfinal, epic four three. Penalty shoes
1:07.2	helped win over a weakened, but still quite feisty Costa Rica, a two-two draw in which Max Austin had a hand in, well, pretty much every single goal.
1:17.5	And I'm not going to lie, it felt so bloody good to see us plummet towards the semi-final in St. Louis, Wednesday night against 106 of the world, Guatemala. Could there be an eighth USA-Mexico
1:30.9	gold cup final of all time? Or could we have Guatemala Honduras Field of Dreams? Who knows?
1:36.3	Well, only one man. For me, SPN and the Mighty Vamos on the Men in Blazers Media Network.
1:41.2	It's incredible to welcome back my friend friend, a gent, whose analysis is
1:45.2	always the one I find most fascinating to listen to and learn so bloody much from, oh, it's Mr.
1:50.6	Hercules, Goumes. Raj, my man, Amigo, how's das? How you doing? I'm doing gorgeous, thank you.
1:56.4	Just incredible to see you. Is this dripping or tripping what I'm wearing her? We were talking about this
2:01.3	before we went on air. That is absolutely dripping. You said you managed to buy like a bunch on
2:05.0	eBay. Do you know how much those would be worth now? Like it's a whole culture. The chat's got to let
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