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Hello, Hello everybody and welcome to the Total Soccer Show. My name is Taylor Rockwell, here with me to

break down the USA's nil-nil-nil draw with Uruguay's 19 substitutions is a man who knows that we

could power the eastern seaboard with Eunice Moose's engine. It's Joe Lowry. Hi, Joe. Taylor, that was

beautiful. You had me with the subs joke. That was funny. And the fact that we saw seven in this game from both teams is wild. And then you have the Eastern Seaboard, Unis Musa hybrid joke, which I think is also quite good. Musa was everywhere today. Yes, he was. I think we're to talk a ton about him later on. So I'll just say,

hello, Taylor, how are you? I am well, I think. And going to talk a ton about him later on. So I'll just say, hello, Taylor. How are you?

I am well, I think. And that is my way of talking about this game or introducing us talking about this game because it was certainly a game of soccer. We watched it. We watched it back in chunks. And I remain confused. I think here is my takeaway, Joe. You tell me if you agree or disagree.

I think it was essentially an off afternoon for almost every U.S. player, some more than others,

but they held the number 13 team in the world, albeit a very heavily rotated number 13 team in the world to a goldless draw.

Not great, not terrible.

That's sort of my overall starting impression.

Joe, agree or disagree. I think I agree. I don't know that I'd go quite so far as to say it was an

off night for almost everyone. I thought there were a lot of really strong individual performances,

and we can talk about that later. But I think because of how good this Uruguay team is,

and because of some of the both individual and more macro team-wide issues that I think plagued the U.S. in this game at times, it wasn't the best U.S. performance ever, but at the same time, I think we're all coming down a little bit from that Wednesday game against Morocco, which was just fun, right? It was made more fun by the fact the U.S. won 3-0,

but that probably wasn't the most fairer scoreline, right? In that game, the fun part about

it was it was open. It was open. Morocco were extending forward, but they weren't really very good with their pressure. There was space for the U.S. to play out. There was space for the U.S. to go and be a little bit more direct.

And when the U.S. pressed, they weren't entirely perfect with that on Wednesday either.

And so Morocco had chances to switch and attack, and it was just a... go and be a little bit more direct. And when the U.S. pressed, they weren't entirely perfect with that on Wednesday either.

And so Morocco had chances to switch and attack, and it was just a fun back and forth kind of game. This game had this, but it didn't have quite as much of the end product. The pressing was a little better, I think from Uruguay, certainly than Morocco's press the other day. So it just wasn't quite as enthralling as that Wednesday game, but I still think there's plenty to take away from in this one.

That's probably fair. Morocco's press the other day. So it just wasn't quite as enthralling as that Wednesday game,

but I still think there's plenty to take away from in this one. That's probably fair. And I think it was also a Uruguay team that were smart, that they, it's why you schedule them for friendly ahead of the World Cup, because we saw, or I saw at least, a lot of kicks off the ball. Pulisic gets three in the first half alone. And there was a cynicism

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