The Captain presented by Verizon: Tyler Adams on Media Scrutiny at Home and Abroad, and USMNT’s surprise “glue guy”
Men In Blazers
Men In Blazers | Wondery
4.6 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 6 September 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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In this episode of The Captain presented by Verizon, Rog sits down with Bournemouth and USMNT midfielder Tyler Adams to talk about the USMNT’s upcoming matches against Japan and South Korea, how he handles media criticism and what it means to have familiar faces like Christian Pulisic, Josh Sargent and Sergiño Dest back in the squad.
He also delves into Bournemouth’s strong start to the Premier League season, reveals what it was like to be at Anfield on Matchday 1, and explains the complexities of the Cherries’ aggressive pressing style.
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| 1:21.7 | In England, like, players get ridiculed for doing certain things. That's just week in, week |
| 1:26.7 | out in the Premier League, and people are starting to take note to soccer here more, and they want us to be successful. Noise is noise at the end of the day. Tyler, there's so little noise here that the little squeaks we have actually stand out. I mean, it's crazy. That's a good, honestly, that's a good point. |
| 1:44.3 | It doesn't even get, it doesn't even get brushed under the rug anymore |
| 1:46.9 | because it's just like, that's what's relevant. |
| 1:52.7 | My guest today is a jet that I'm ever more convinced in a parallel universe, |
| 2:01.5 | would have had an alternate career as a quite iconic SEC cornerback in our nascent Premier League season. |
| 2:08.4 | A few have hitting harder than he, a gent who plays with bark, bite and intelligence, |
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