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ESPN FC

U.S. Names World Cup Roster

ESPN FC

ESPN

Sports, Soccer

4.32.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2026

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

The FC crew react to Mauricio Pochettino naming the USMNT roster for the upcoming World Cup and question why the manager couldn't call the players who didn't make the squad. Plus, Sid Lowe joins the show to break down the unprecedented elections at Real Madrid and look ahead to tomorrow's UEFA Conference League final between Crystal Palace & Rayo Vallecano. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:27.9

Welcome in to this edition of ESPNFC.

0:30.7

I'm Dan Thomas, joined by Ali Moreno, Stevie Nicol, and the one, the only, Casey Keller,

0:35.6

joins us because big news today as the US squad was announced

0:39.8

for the World Cup, which kicks off very, very soon. This was, of course, leaked on Saturday.

0:45.1

So none of this is news. The best thing about today is Jeff Carlisle, our ESPN FC reports,

0:52.4

are getting shouted at by Mauritia Pochitino.

0:54.7

Here it is.

0:57.1

I was wondering if you could elaborate on the situation involving Tanner Testman.

1:00.7

Obviously, he had some good performances for the team in the fall.

1:03.5

He was included in the March window, and yet he didn't quite make the roster.

1:07.7

So I was wondering if he could discuss the process that went into his status.

1:13.8

No, I think we cannot talk about the players that are not in the roster because I think it's

1:17.6

very disrespectful to the player that made the roster because we are going to talk about the

1:21.9

player that are not in the roster, which player not to be on the roster. And that for me is very respectful.

1:29.3

I was a player.

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