Preview and possible lineups for Wales-USMNT, plus Landon Donovan discusses the youth of the team and the pressure they'll be facing
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🗓️ 18 November 2022
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Taylor is joined by Graham and Joe to discuss the start of the World Cup and their mild FOMO about not being there in person. Then it's on to a preview of USA-Wales, some specific predictions for Qatar-Ecuador, and then we close it out with Ryan and Graham chatting with Landon Donovan about the USMNT, the youth of the squad, and the weight of expectation that will be on their shoulders as the tournament kicks off!
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| 0:28.5 | Thank you. Hello, hello everybody and welcome to the Total Soccer Show. |
| 0:56.4 | My name is Taylor Rockwell. |
| 0:57.7 | The World Cup is just days away. |
| 1:00.5 | We've done all of our World Cup previewing. |
| 1:02.6 | We've analyzed the USM&T for literal years. |
| 1:05.5 | It is almost here. |
| 1:06.9 | We're almost on our way to New York. |
| 1:08.4 | Graham Ruthven, how goes packing? |
| 1:10.2 | Are you bringing a suitcase of iron brew? What are the other essentials you're bringing along with you? At least one suitcase of iron brew. And another one for my jerseys, of course. Yeah, I'm going to need some help getting onto the plane. At a coat. Graham's bringing jerseys, iron brew, and one coat. |
| 1:46.4 | No pants. It's going to be awkward. Yeah, Donald Ducking for the whole tournament. Joe Lowry, what are your staples for a 5 a.m. kickoff? Does your zeal for advanced statistics and international soccer keep you plenty awake? No. No, it does not. Essentials, man, I'm trying to remember back to, it was that USA Japan game that kicked off at like 5 a.m. |
| 1:47.8 | My time, I believe. |
| 1:50.0 | And that was definitely worth getting up for. |
| 1:58.6 | What got me through that was just like holding my eyelids awake, like holding them open such that I tried to stay awake and engage what was going on. |
| 2:18.5 | Also, the DVR is very important because, yeah, the odds of me making it up for all of these 5 a.m. Eastern time kick-offs for the World Cup are low, and they get a little lower as the group stage goes on. Yeah, I'm a little bit concerned about that as well. I'm not, I wouldn't say I'm not a morning person, but I'm definitely better late at night rather than early in the morning. |
| 2:23.3 | I feel like Ryan might be one of these like seize the day wake up early moments. |
| 2:25.3 | Like he'll be away for his jog at 6 a.m. |
| 2:27.0 | Let's get up and watch. |
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