Hey there. Welcome to Football with Grant Wall. Thanks so much for joining me. Today's interview

guest is Chris Richards of the U.S. Men's National Team. We've had some great guests lately,

including Chris Jones, Sarah Spain and Jason Christ. I also encourage you to check out my podcast

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binge all of them to your heart's content. Now, here's my interview with Chris Richards.

The U.S. Men's National Team meets Jamaica on Thursday at 1 p.m. Eastern on ESPN 2, Unimass

and 2-day NA. Our guest now is Chris Richards, the 20-year-old defender, on loan from Bayern

Munich to Huff and Heim. Chris, it's great to see you again. Thanks so much for coming on the show.

Yeah, thanks for having me. This is your second time being called into the Senior National Team,

and when I watched this young U.S. team on video this week training and interacting together,

it seems like you guys really enjoy being around each other.

Is that accurate and how would you describe the Mooden camp?

Yeah, I definitely would say that's accurate. A lot of us are around the same age,

and the veterans, they bring a good, I guess they bring good authority to us younger guys,

and they kind of keep us grounded, but also they have this young energy to them as well.

So it's been really good around camp, getting to see some guys that I grew up playing with,

who finally made their way to the senior team, and who are doing well at their clubs,

and so it's really fun. It's been really good here.

The team got another big boost recently, when Yunus Musa of Valencia committed to playing

for the U.S. over England, Sergenio Dest made his choice for the U.S. a little while back.

What's your sense so far of Musa as a player and as a person?

Yeah, Yunus, on the field, you can tell he's really powerful, strong, fast, he's good,

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