Which fringe USMNT players deserve to be in the World Cup squad? | USMNT Weekly
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🗓️ 11 February 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
We take a longer look at the Americans who had the best performances this past weekend, discuss which peripheral USMNT players deserve to be in Pochettino's World Cup plans, and dive into possible different uses for Antonee Robinson.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to USMENTANT WARRASKW. |
| 0:07.0 | Welcome to USMNT Weekly on the Total Soccer Show. |
| 0:23.8 | It's our weekly foray into all things men's national team. |
| 0:27.6 | On this show, we're looking at recent standout American performances. |
| 0:31.6 | We're making outsider picks for the World Cup roster and much, much, much more. |
| 0:36.3 | My name's Ryan Bailey. |
| 0:38.2 | Joining me today, hello, Taylor Rockwell more. My name's Ryan Bailey. Joining me today. |
| 0:43.7 | Hello, Taylor Rockwell. How are you? I am doing well, Ryan Bailey, though not as well as you, who has a magic money-producing dog, is what I just learned before we started recording? |
| 0:49.6 | There was a $20 bill on my desk before we started recording, and I looked down as we started to press record, and it was in my dog's mouth. Now, sometimes you pick your battles with your dog as to what you let them chew. I wasn't going to let her Emmy Martinez cash grab like that. Yeah. That's like 1,000th of a World Cup ticket right there. Yeah. How much is 20 bucks in dog money? |
| 1:11.9 | It's 140 bucks. |
| 1:12.9 | You times it by 70. |
| 1:13.8 | Yeah, that's the conversion. |
| 1:15.0 | It's the same as dog years. Yeah. Dude, that goes a long way. Even today, that goes a long way. It does indeed. Joe Lowry, hello, how are you? Hey, I'm great. I also wish I had a money-producing dog, but you know, can't want them all. |
| 1:27.5 | Indeed, you can't. |
| 1:28.3 | Grain Rutherland, hello. |
| 1:29.2 | Not only do I have a money-producing dog, but you know, can't want them all. Indeed, you can't. Graham Rathven, hello. Not only do I have a money-producing dog, I have a t-shirt with a dog on it, which I'm wearing on the feed right now, which you put me onto and I ordered straight away. Adidas and FIFA, unfortunately, are doing sort of a World Cup series of shirts, and I've got the USA-94 one one on and it is glorious. Thank you for the |
| 1:44.4 | recommendation. Yeah, that you've got a money producing dog and a money consuming dog there |
| 1:49.1 | in the shirt that you bought for a pretty penny. Striker, I believe, is the name of the USA |
| 1:54.2 | 94 mascot and I bought the France 981 because that is my childhood right there and that's |
| 1:59.6 | Fitex is the mascot from France. So mine is yet to come and wear mine in a future episode Is it called Futics because of Asterix and Oblisks and that kind of thing? French cartoons Well, let's just say yes. That sounds good. Yeah, sounds right. Sounds right. Very good. Well, we've gone full circle on dogs. We're going to go full circle on USMNT on this episode as well. Before we get there, patreon.com slash total soccer show is the best way to support us and keep us in FIFA branded T-shirts. You'll get bonus episodes, bonus video content, and access to our Discord server where all the cool kids are hanging out, patreon.com, a slash total soccer show. Thank you very much. |
| 2:36.0 | Indeed. How many days, Graham? 120. Yeah. He really does have it every time. I knew he'd have it, |
| 2:41.6 | chambered. Very good. 120, that's not a lot, that's going to fly by it. That's what I'm saying. |
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