Hello and welcome to the total soccer show.. My name is Darrell Grove.

I can prove it. I've got ID. And I'm joined by a man who suffered through the US's 2-1 win over Spain. Today, his name is Taylor Rockwell. Hello. Hello, Era Penel. I watched the Spanish, actually. So I did get Pan Al-Panel-Pan-A-N-A-N-A. I watched the second half in Spanish. Good Carl, Daryl.

I was going to I persuade you.

You did.

Let's not get into the reasons why we did that. I watched an Sáño, actually, so I did get Pan Al-Ban-A-N-A-Fan-A-N-A-N-A-Fa-N-A-W.

Oh, did I persuade you?

You did.

Let's not get into the reasons why we did that, because we'll be insulting some very well-known people if we do mention that. Do you agree that this game was kind of, like, it was a hard thing to watch it? Yes, I do. I mean, and not because, like, they were both terrible teams or anything like that. No, no, no.

I'm talking more as a US fan for me. It was a hard thing to watch it. Yes, I do. I mean, and not because, like, they were both terrible teams or anything like that.

No, no, no.

I'm talking more as a US fan.

For me, it was hard to watch.

I just assumed it was the same for you. I think it was hard to watch because, obviously, it was a tight game for a very long time. Nerves, right, but nerves. But then also, I think the United States really struggled to get into kind of consistent rhythms and patterns of play.

And so, especially in the first half, it was a lot more long ball that I think the United States really struggled to get into kind of consistent rhythms and patterns of play.

And so, especially in the first half, it was a lot more long ball than I think we expected. That is a pattern of play. It's just not a very pretty pattern of play. There it is. That's a better way to put it. And it's even an okay pattern of play if it's working, but when it's like what you're looking for regardless of whether or not it's working, it becomes a little bit uglier. And then on top of that, a lot of the fouling, a lot of the off the ball fouling that we couldn't quite see on the screen. That definitely didn't help it help ease my nerves or my concerns about the way the game was going to finish up. But in the end, it finished up okay. Okay, so shall we talk about, before we get into the goals, so there's three goals to talk about two wonderful penalties for Megan Rapino I know from reading because we didn't watch this together but I read your tweets

big talk about, before we get into the goals, two wonderful penalties from Megan Rapino.

I know from reading, because we didn't watch this together, but I read your tweets. Big fan of the penalties, Tyler Rockwell. We'll get into that and how they were won. How the pens were scored and how we got them. But let's talk about the tactical shape of the game. Okay. Because this is not what I expected at all. I think in our preview, I was kind of like, all right, Spain of this possession team,

but the US can essentially outpossess them and we'll just be with the team with the ball, we'll build through midfield and we'll get him behind them. And if we lose it, we'll counterpress him, we'll win it back. And instead, as you mentioned, a lot of long balls, right? It was a lot of the US going very direct from the back and hitting essentially the front three, right?

Is it fair to say the front three was spread wide?

Yes.

No wide left. right it was a lot of the US going very direct from the back and hitting essentially the front three

right is it fed to say the front three was spread wide right yes he's wide right Morgan kind of

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