Is the USMNT better without Pulisic? | Listener Questions
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🗓️ 11 April 2026
⏱️ 50 minutes
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The TSS Gang is here to answer your questions! We're asking if the National Team is more cohesive without Christian Pulisic, whether MLS will embrace more same-city teams, if goalkeepers should be able to handle the ball in both boxes, and much more!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Total Soccer Show. |
| 0:21.9 | It's our latest batch of listener questions, everybody. |
| 0:24.8 | On this episode, we're asking how the USM&T would fare without Christian Pulisic. |
| 0:29.4 | We're asking which manager should be replaced by one of his players? |
| 0:33.0 | We're pondering whether goalkeepers should be able to handle the ball in both areas. |
| 0:37.2 | Yeah, and much, |
| 0:38.1 | much more. Here we go. My name's Ryan Bailey. Joining me today in a power trio. Taylor Rockholds here. |
| 0:43.2 | Hello, Taylor. How are you? I am doing really well, Ryan. I'm excited for all of these questions. |
| 0:48.8 | That goalkeeper one, man, I spent way too much time on that one trying to get my head around it. |
| 0:53.3 | I'm excited to talk it out. As am I. A lot of chaos that would cause. I think we should do it because I'm team chaos personally. Joe Lowry, how about you? Team chaos? Team chaos. I spent the least time of all the questions on that question that you're talking about and had a very quick reaction. So I am fascinated here what you guys are going to have to say. |
| 1:12.0 | Excellent stuff. |
| 1:13.0 | Yeah. |
| 1:13.6 | Oh, mine was mostly like, how is the answer to this not immediately no? |
| 1:18.8 | That's what I was working on. |
| 1:20.0 | I just stopped it, no. |
| 1:21.8 | That was, spoiler. |
| 1:22.7 | That's what I figured you were going to say. |
| 1:26.8 | Excellent stuff. |
| 1:28.7 | We have a bonus feed. |
| 1:31.2 | It's called patreon.com slash total soccer show. |
| 1:33.3 | I don't think I've ever mentioned it on this main feed before. |
| 1:35.4 | But if you go to that URL, patreon.com slash total soccer show, there's bonus episodes, |
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