WEBVTT - World Cup Reaction: USA "OUTCLASSED" by Belgium, Pulisic & Freese Disappoint

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<v Speaker 1>a nice run. It was a nice run, but I

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<v Speaker 1>mean I think ultimately, if you look at the teams

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<v Speaker 1>in the World Cup, you know there is a kind

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<v Speaker 1>of a class of eight, and you know, Spain, we

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<v Speaker 1>all know who it is. Argentina. Belgium now counts, although

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<v Speaker 1>they've gotten a little older. But remember in twenty eighteen

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<v Speaker 1>they were one of the three four best teams in

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<v Speaker 1>the world. And I mean, I think it was pretty obvious.

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<v Speaker 1>I think the first seven or eight minutes you could

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<v Speaker 1>say it was nerves. But after that we weren't winning

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<v Speaker 1>enough one on one battles, we weren't maintaining enough possession,

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<v Speaker 1>we got very few good shots on goal. We looked

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<v Speaker 1>like we were outclassed. We looked like we did against Paraguay.

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<v Speaker 1>Just flip the sides and so. And I also think

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<v Speaker 1>it's a little bit like the NFL playoffs, is that

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<v Speaker 1>the better teams you face, the better coaches you face,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know you can get through the AFC or

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<v Speaker 1>the nf C South, you know, then you match up

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<v Speaker 1>against you know, the Buffalo's and the Philadelphia's and the mcveigh's,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, just the better coaches and the better teams,

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<v Speaker 1>and your flaws become gigantic holes. And I mean Matt

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<v Speaker 1>Freeze looked like an MLS goalie tonight. I mean when

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<v Speaker 1>he had Tim Howard. We've had Tony Meola, Casey Keller,

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<v Speaker 1>Tim Howard who was a huge physical presence, a great athlete,

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<v Speaker 1>hyper aggressive, big strong presence in goal. Matt Freeze looks

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<v Speaker 1>like an MLS goalie. You know, an embarrassing mistake playing

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<v Speaker 1>with his feet. I mean, that's that's that's like that

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<v Speaker 1>stuff you see in a Tuesday night in the MLS.

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<v Speaker 1>That's just not good enough. And again it's not exposed

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<v Speaker 1>against Paraguay that didn't have much of a dynamic offense,

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<v Speaker 1>or or Australia, but it does get exposed against Belgium.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know, I thought, again one of the things

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<v Speaker 1>I've said throughout this tournament is soccer fans love to

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<v Speaker 1>kind of project that you don't understand soccer. You could

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<v Speaker 1>see it very quickly, first five or six minutes. We

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<v Speaker 1>just could not maintain any fluidity or any flow. We

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't win the one on one battles until the very end.

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<v Speaker 1>We couldn't get quality shots. And when Belgium was in

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<v Speaker 1>their offensive end, it was just easier. There was much

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<v Speaker 1>greater ease to get quality shots. Tim Reims, a thirty

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<v Speaker 1>eight year old defender. Although there are things I like

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<v Speaker 1>about Tim Reim, he got physically dominated on that second goal.

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<v Speaker 1>So the back end was our weakness. And again you

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<v Speaker 1>face better countries and better players and it's completely absolutely exposed.

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<v Speaker 1>Also listen, Christian Polistic. If you look at the best teams,

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<v Speaker 1>Harry Kanes had a great tournament, so is Messy, so

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<v Speaker 1>is Imbape, so is Earling Holland. For Norway, Christian Pulisic

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<v Speaker 1>did not. He's a slight player. He's always been fragile.

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<v Speaker 1>He gets banged up again and I didn't think he

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<v Speaker 1>played with any confidence today. You know, he wasn't winning

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<v Speaker 1>his one on ones and he kind of you know,

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<v Speaker 1>gave the ball up early and his one on one opportunities,

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<v Speaker 1>he just gave it up. That that feels a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit like kind of bailing your lacking confidence. Then later

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<v Speaker 1>he gets injured on a legal play. Was not a foul.

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<v Speaker 1>So I mean again, I don't think it's overly complex.

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<v Speaker 1>I think we faced a team that beat us handily.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it was five to two in a friendly

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<v Speaker 1>with great scoring opportunities, and you know, we kind of

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<v Speaker 1>felt like we weren't playing some of our best players.

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<v Speaker 1>But you know, in this instance, we played our best

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<v Speaker 1>players and we were just outclassed, you know, and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>you can blame Pochettino. What I really like about this

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<v Speaker 1>is that you can't blame the coach. We love Pochettino

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<v Speaker 1>before Belgium. We can't look at him with dismay. Now

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<v Speaker 1>is that soccer is always going to be about who's

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<v Speaker 1>got the worst, who has the most passing, dribbling skill,

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<v Speaker 1>who can create better opportunities more shots on goal? I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>how many quality shots did we get on goal tonight? Two?

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<v Speaker 1>The even the Malie Tillman goal on the free kick

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<v Speaker 1>was a ricochet. So I think I would rather lose

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<v Speaker 1>this way than be frustrated. I mean, Baligan really only

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<v Speaker 1>got one opportunity on goal. A couple of the notes

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<v Speaker 1>I wrote down, you know, twenty two minute mark, no

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<v Speaker 1>shots on goal, Belgium two to one, physical domination, Pulisic shaky.

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<v Speaker 1>First USA cornerkick was at the end of the first half.

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<v Speaker 1>I just think when you see a team that has

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<v Speaker 1>a higher level of skill, more experience in bigger games.

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<v Speaker 1>Inside one point, stue Holden was asked about how do

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<v Speaker 1>you get better in big games and his answer was appropriate,

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<v Speaker 1>you play in them, and Belgium just felt like they

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<v Speaker 1>had been in more games like this. You know, it

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<v Speaker 1>was funny in the first seven or eight minutes, I

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<v Speaker 1>saw that they were calling it nervy and I'm like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll give you that for about five minutes, and then

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<v Speaker 1>it was really really clear we could not There must

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<v Speaker 1>have been six, seven, eight, nine straight moments where it

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<v Speaker 1>would come down to a one on one battle in

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<v Speaker 1>Belgium always came out with a ball and we met

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<v Speaker 1>our match. But we know now if we flipped goalies,

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<v Speaker 1>would we have a greater opportunity. Yeah, but we weren't

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<v Speaker 1>going to beat Belgium. I thought Matt Freeze felt like

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit out of his depth. This was a

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<v Speaker 1>little too big for him, and it happens. But we

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<v Speaker 1>kind of know where we stand, you know, the Argentinas.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, we're closer to Brazil than we've ever been,

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<v Speaker 1>We're closer to Portugal than we've ever been. But there

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<v Speaker 1>does feel like a gap, a skill gap between England.

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<v Speaker 1>Five of the top thirty three players in this tournament.

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<v Speaker 1>Where I was reading an article before the tournament by

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<v Speaker 1>Fox five of the top thirty three were from England.

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<v Speaker 1>And I mean you watched Jude Bellingham and you watch

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<v Speaker 1>Harry Kane against Mexico. They were easily the two best

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<v Speaker 1>players in the pitch. And you watch that in NBA games,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, you see that when you watch great football teams.

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<v Speaker 1>You could just see the best players jump through the television.

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<v Speaker 1>So it didn't matter if we were playing a four

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<v Speaker 1>to two three one, or or we had gel Rena

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<v Speaker 1>substituted in at half, it just didn't matter. We just

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<v Speaker 1>got outclassed. And that's where we stand as of today,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, and something to remember. We have the best football, basketball,

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<v Speaker 1>baseball and hockey league in the world. And you can

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<v Speaker 1>look at the Olympics and say, well, look at what

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<v Speaker 1>we did. Our men's and women's won gold at the

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<v Speaker 1>Olympics in hockey. But hockey is dwarfed in revenue by soccer.

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<v Speaker 1>Soccer's got forty five billion dollars annually in revenue in soccer.

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<v Speaker 1>That's like six to seven billion annually in hockey. Because

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<v Speaker 1>of the international elite events, sponsorships, the international television rights.

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<v Speaker 1>If you want to dominate international soccer, it is much

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<v Speaker 1>harder than dominating international hockey. It's just it means more

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<v Speaker 1>to far more countries. It's just hockey is just not

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<v Speaker 1>as broad. It often feels like a cold weather experience,

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<v Speaker 1>a cold weather country experience. Whereas everybody can play soccer.

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<v Speaker 1>Norway's good at it, Cape Verde is good at it,

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<v Speaker 1>Argentina and France are amazing at it. And so you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we generally are kind of the hub of revenue globally

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<v Speaker 1>for sports. Soccer is different. We spend about four hundred

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<v Speaker 1>million dollars between our men's and women's team annually, four

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<v Speaker 1>hundred million, and that's that's on par with many of

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<v Speaker 1>the top teams, but not greater then. And we also

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<v Speaker 1>don't have the cultural fixation, fascination, intensity or passion that

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<v Speaker 1>other nations do. I don't look at this World Cup

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<v Speaker 1>is a failure. I think we earned ourselves another World

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<v Speaker 1>Cup sometime very soon. Our infrastructure is so capable of

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<v Speaker 1>hosting it. But I think it's just it's the one sport,

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<v Speaker 1>the one Rubik's cube we're trying to decipher, and it

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<v Speaker 1>really comes down to revenue. It's massive, very difficult to

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<v Speaker 1>buy your way to championships. And again, we have some

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<v Speaker 1>really nice players, but saying in a globe with two

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and fifteen countries that were not in the top eight,

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<v Speaker 1>there's no great shame in it. But I thought we

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<v Speaker 1>were outclassed, and I will say Sebastian Berhalter adds great energy.

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<v Speaker 1>We had great fight until the end, but we met

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<v Speaker 1>our match. And that's okay. I mean, it's not okay.

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<v Speaker 1>It's infuriating. It's in Seattle. But I don't think you

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<v Speaker 1>walk away from this and say so we gave it

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<v Speaker 1>a good run, we gave it a good fight. You

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<v Speaker 1>just keep chipping away. Remember England has won one World Cup,

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<v Speaker 1>Spain has won one World Cup. This shit is hard,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, And I'm sure I'll just get blasted my

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<v Speaker 1>text tonight when I wake up tomorrow. We'll we will

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<v Speaker 1>never compete. This is worthless. We got out class tonight.

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<v Speaker 1>Belgium added on that final goal. So if you count

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<v Speaker 1>the friendly against tonight five to two and four to one,

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<v Speaker 1>our back end was completely overwhelmed. A clean sweep in

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<v Speaker 1>the two times we face Belgium gives you a sense

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<v Speaker 1>of where we currently are on the soccer global map. Remember,

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<v Speaker 1>our average age is under twenty seven, so a majority

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<v Speaker 1>of this team is with more European and international experience.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not on our soil, but generally group stages aren't

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<v Speaker 1>our greatest challenge. It's the knockout stage. But this is

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<v Speaker 1>a very young team going forward. Twenty six point nine

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<v Speaker 1>years old is the average age, still one of the

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<v Speaker 1>youngest teams at this World Cup. The volume