MLS and USMNT chat! Hugo Lloris’ LAFC salary, MLS teams shopping in Ligue 2, 2026 World Cup lineup & much more

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🗓️ 16 January 2024

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Taylor, Joe, and Gass are here to answer your MLS and USMNT questions! You can find the full list that we tackled down below:

1) Do MLS roster rules still apply to players who are in the league on loan?

2) How are LAFC paying Hugo Lloris such a low salary?

3) Of the players who started for USMNT at the 2022 World Cup, who do we think will be replaced in the starting lineup in the 2026 World Cup and by whom?

4) Which Americans aren’t in the current January camp, but should be?

5) Is Ligue 2 becoming a good place to recruit MLS talent? What other leagues could be hotspots for savvy MLS teams?

6) How would we feel about Gio Reyna pulling a Landon Donovan and playing in MLS during the prime of his career?

7) Which MLS teams that missed the playoffs last year are we most optimistic about this year?

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0:40.3	Hello, everybody, and welcome to a USMENTANN MLS-centric episode of The Total Soccer Show.
0:59.3	My name is Taylor Rockwell, and on today's episode, we're tackling your listener questions about MLS roster rules, expensive goalkeepers, overlooked Americans, Giorina as the next Lynn and Donovan, and much, much more.
1:09.9	To do so, I'm joined by the man who is demanding Mallory Swanson levels of money for any media appearance. It's Joe Lowry. Hello, Joe. You know, it feels, I was going to try to go on that. And yes, and you, I'm comparing me to Mallory Swanson and anything I do when it just feels wrong. I don't deserve it. Mallory Swanson, however, does deserve her new contract with the Chicago Red Stars. I believe it's the first four plus one in NWSL history. I'm all for whatever's happening with Mallory Swanson right now. I'm also all for whatever's going on with Cade Cowell right now. Have either of you, and I'm sort of foreshouting with our other guest, have either of you seen Kate Cowell's
1:44.6	recent fit in his recent hairstyle? Because it is the only thing possible that could make him look
1:49.7	more like a high school surfing villain from a surfing movie than he already did. Please go look
1:54.7	it up. He's blonde now. Fun fact. It's wild. Is there a puka necklace? It's a clear one, yeah, sure.
2:02.5	It's right around his neck.
2:04.7	Joe, what would you advise me to search for if I'm looking for Kade Kow?
2:08.5	Honestly, even just doing Kade Kowel might do it on the internet.
2:11.4	I'm currently on Twitter, and there's a really, a whole set of really crazy Ked Kowel pictures.
2:17.2	There was a shot of him, a little video of him at, I assume Chivas's stadium, because he has now officially signed for Chivas over the weekend.
2:25.0	And his fit, I can't even articulate it properly, but his fit was absolutely incredible bordering on comical.
2:32.1	And now there are shots of him in the Cheva's jersey with the new hairstyle.
2:36.5	Everything is coming up Kate Cowell right now because this stuff is awesome.
2:39.7	A little bit like stonewashed 90s jeans going on and then he's got the Cheva's fit and
2:45.2	the blonde hair.
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