USMNT batter Uruguay, Sebastian Berhalter is a set piece king, and the Gio Reyna renaissance with Vamos' Herc Gomez 11/19/25

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Fantasy Sports, Sports, Football, Soccer, Mib

4.6 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Rog and Vamos' Herc Gomez breakdown the fever dream of a victory that was USMNT 5-1 Uruguay, including an incredible performance from Alex Freeman, what Sebastian Berhalter's set pieces unlock for this team, the continued resurgence of Gio Reyna, and how this USMNT squad has suddenly gelled under Mauricio Pochettino. Plus, Rog and Herc react to this international window as whole and what it all means as we head into the 2026 World Cup.

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0:53.6	I can't tell you how long it's been that I've not seen a U.S. men's national team that is intense, that fights, that claws, that doesn't give up a single play. That's what I saw yesterday. You can say what you want about Uruguay. You can say what you want about the Darwin Nunez of the world not being there. But what I saw last night, what I've been seen this window, I've not seen in quite some time.
1:21.0	Soccer's coming home.
1:22.8	And yes, after fending off in Brough Housing, Paraguay, the US last night night faced down Uruguay. In the final game of
1:29.4	2025, a truly experimental team, experiment me up, delivered a redemptive obliteration. This happened.
1:38.4	USA5, Uruguay won. First time the US has scored five goals against a Coma Bowl nation or a top 30 team ever.
1:46.9	Ever.
1:47.4	The vibes.
1:48.2	They're at 11.
1:49.3	As at a ballroger wrote in our MIB discord, don't play up to Coma Bowl.
1:54.4	Bring them down to Conquer Calf.
1:56.6	But with so many of our biggest players missing, what does it all mean?
2:00.5	To answer that question, examine the magic, the joy, God, we needed this, and the underlying
2:05.7	lessons of the window.
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