Two Days Until 2026 World Cup Kickoff

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4.3 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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The FC Crew breakdown the mood that teams must be feeling as the start of the World Cup nears closer and closer, with former World Cup winner and coach Jürgen Klinsmann offering his perspective and insight. Then, analysis of Kylian Mbappe and France as they hope to achieve nothing short of winning the World Cup. Also, the latest from Spain as Real Madrid send an offer to Atletico Madrid for Julian Alvarez that was quickly rejected by Atleti. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome in to the latest edition of ESPN FC.
0:07.0	I'm Dan Thomas joined by Craig Burley.
0:09.0	Later on in the show, we'll be admitting that we were wrong.
0:11.0	We thought it was a lise that Real Madrid were after, but it's another superstar.
0:16.0	We'll be discussing that later on, but we are now just two days away from the start of the World Cup, three days
0:21.1	away from the US kicking off their campaign against Paraguay.
0:25.6	And let's hear from some players ahead of kickoff.
0:28.6	The focus has started after our Germany game.
0:32.6	You know, you obviously want to have good performances against Senegal, Germany, before leading into Paraguay.
0:41.3	And look, it's something that we don't, we prepare for Paraguay when it's the next match.
0:47.3	We were able to kind of be together, isolated for a while, put in the work, and now it's really just about, you know, playing with that
0:55.7	intensity but also with the smile on our faces. I think a lot of us play our best when
1:00.8	we're really enjoying our soccer.
1:03.0	How is a hell life with the team of hell?
1:05.0	Yeah, it's, yeah. It's, yeah, it's, we're a little bit spoiled, say the least. It's, uh, it's great.
1:12.6	We have an awesome setup, obviously, right on the beach. Spend a lot of quality time with the team, and it's just, it's set up really well for, for the squad to be close together in players' lounges and, you know, just enjoying time together. So it's great. the beach, too?
1:26.5	Yeah, we've all, obviously, we're literally right on the beach, so, you know, we get a dip for a little recovery and a little sun, and then we head back up. A man who knows all about preparing a US team for the World Cup, Juergen Klinsman joins us. I thought you're going to say he knows all about beaches. Well, Juergen does as well, Orange County. It's not bad, is it,
1:44.8	when it comes to life on the coast. Juergen, three days to go, what was your main focus with the
1:51.5	team? How much you focused, how much were you focusing at the time on Ghana? Were you showing tapes?
1:56.6	How did you approach this?
2:01.1	Well, in two ways.
2:02.2	One way is how you kind of deal with the players.
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