Hello,

Hello, everybody, and welcome to the Total Soccer Show.

My name is Taylor Rockwell.

Ryan Bailey is not doing the introduction, which means I get to yell it.

It's a snowy day here in Richmond after it was 66 degrees yesterday.

I'm not sharing that information to tell you about the weather because no one cares

about the weather, much like traffic and fantasy football stories. But I'm saying it's a strange

day here which sort of mirrors the strangeness of the weekend in the footballing world.

Joining me to talk about the weekend that was our two gentlemen up first, a man who just

spent time in Minnesota and is now back in Arizona. It's Joe Lowry. Joe, how strange of a switch was that to make? It's really strange. Guys, it is really, really, really cold in Minnesota. And as Taylor said, I don't share that because anyone actually cares. But it is sort of relevant. And Taylor, we had a few people tweet this at us with U.S. Men's National Team Games coming up in that part of the country, one in Minnesota specifically, I believe on January 27th. It's going to be freezing. Like literally, it's going to be so, so, so cold. When you and I had that conversation before, Taylor, when those locations were announced, we said this could be an advantage. And it could be.

But I am more skeptical than ever that putting games in St. Paul, Minnesota, was ever a good idea.

I think my bones are still thawing out, Taylor Rockwell.

Joe, I saw a tweet of a headline to steal a line from Knives Out about the Winter Classic and how they had to warm up the rink because it was too cold for the ice, which is a terrifying headline to read when we then think about the soccer that might be played there. But Joe, you were Minnesota Joe briefly. You're back to being Arizona Joe. Are you aware that that's a nickname that you've now acquired? I wasn't until right now, but we'll add it to the list, Taylor. All right. All right. I'm glad it's on the list. Joining us, a man who is trying to book a higher car in the U.S. for two weeks in 2022, it's Graham Ruthven Graham. Hello, I have questions. Hello, Taylor Rotwell. Okay, what are those questions? Is a higher car a rental car? Or are you getting like chauffered around America? It's so much fancier. No, it's a rental car. I think that might just be a difference between American and British. I'm only calling, I'm only calling rental cars higher cars from now on. That's so much better. Yeah, I think that's the way to go. But it then begs the question, Graham, where are you heading? Are you in Mendoza Joe finally getting together to eat some meat pies?

Well, yeah, just not on this trip. So we're hopefully going to Florida on a family holiday

that has been cancelled twice already in the last two years, so I'm not putting any

great stock in this one actually happening. But I suppose I better actually try and line some

things up and find a car. But thankfully, Twitter had some helpful suggestions, which isn't always

the case. But I think I might actually have found something. So thank you, TSS Twitter.

There you go.

Well, I was really hopeful that it was going to be a Florida chauffeur just driving you around for a couple weeks, and we would get some good stories about that. Alas, you just have to rent your own car and drive around. Yeah, it's just Ryan and his Mustang. That's what's going to drive me right. Such a family-friendly car, Ryan Bailey. In between his visits to various American themed restaurants.

Is driving... Such a family-friendly car, Ryan Bailey owns. In between his visits to various American themed restaurants.

Is driving, wait, what side of the road do you all drive on over there, Graham?

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