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Well, the World Cup, People World Cup, 26 begins Thursday, Fox and FS1, USA and Paraguay, Friday, 9 Eastern on Fox.

And John Strong is the play-by-play voice for our network. He and Stu Holden do a remarkable job.

And he was a, he went to Lake Oswego High School, and I'll pay tribute to a great high school. And John was a young student, and by the time he was 25, he was the voice of the Portland Timbers. So he's like a Bob Costas trajectory when he was a young kid. And he is joining us. They're at the team's at Irvine right now and just wrapped up practice. I'm always wanted to talk to John Strong,

so I'm so excited to have you on. It's interesting. We were just talking about the Knicks,

and at the end of the regular season, everybody said the Knicks had bad chemistry, and Mike Brown was going to get fired, and then you watch them in the playoffs, and it's all nonsense.

You know, I looked at this team. They had a scoring drought, and Polisik was struggling, even over internationally. People were talking about chemistry. And then I watched them against Senegal. And I watched them against Germany. And I'm like, oh, what a joyful group. They look great. So where are, let's talk, let's talk just what we've seen Senegal and what we've seen against Germany. It's a very talented group.

We knew that. We have concerns with goalkeeping. Where are they now emotionally? Now, health-wise,

they're in a pretty good spot, John, but where are they emotionally on this journey to Friday?

So, Colin, we were just a few minutes ago finishing up our meeting with Maricio

Pocetino in the stadium where they're practicing down here in Orange County.

And that was most of what he wanted to talk with us about, was the emotional and mental

side of this team right now.

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