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Music Welcome to the Total Soccer Show and our review of the first Conquer Calf Nations League failure in USM&T history.

Sorry, Taylor.

Thursday's 1-0 defeat at the hands of Panama at Sofey's Stadium.

We'll be asking what went wrong, what, if anything went right and how we move forward as we head towards 2026.

My name's Ryan Bailey joining me today. Hi, Taylor Rockwell.

Boo, soccer. Boo. That's my feeling today. That was my feeling last night. It continues to be my

feeling this morning. My daughter woke me up asking how the game went. Did your team win? And I said,

no, they did not. And she said, oh, can you make me breakfast? And so on went the day. So I'm excited to be here chatting with you all with a toddler reminder that soccer is not that important, but it is also simultaneously very important. And depression inducing, fun times. I'm getting an idea of the sentiment we're going to face going forward in this show. Very good, very good. Joe Lowry, How are you? Yeah, I am, I am well. I did not have that same toddler experience. No.

Which I think is both to my benefit and to my detriment in different ways, because I can see that being a helpful back, back to reality moment for Taylor. And the same as it would have been for me. My takeaway, because Taylor and I did the Quick Take Hot Take show last night, my takeaway is that I wasn't depressed enough on yesterday's episode. So I'm going to be bringing in that energy in droves today. There we go. And also bringing some energy. He didn't have to stay up too late because he didn't get extra time last night. Graham, Ruffman. Hello, Graham. Hello, Ryan Bailey. Yes, I guess I was relieved in a sense. at that. I did go to my bed immediately after full time, so I wasn't on the hot take, quick take episode, but I did

a... Bailey, yes, I guess I was relieved in a sense at that. I did go to my bed immediately after

full time, so I wasn't on the hot take, quit take episode, but I did awake in the middle

of the night to go to the bathroom to messages from Taylor. I sometimes forget about the

time zone difference, and so my immediate reaction was, wow, Taylor is really mainlining

this rewatch through the night.

That was correct.

Intricate tactical thoughts at half three in the morning.

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