July 15, 2026 • 9 mins
Ryan, Dana, and Nathalie Rodriguez discuss Spain’s World Cup semifinal win over France and preview Argentina versus England. They also discuss Folarin Balogun explaining how the Trump suspension controversy affected the U.S. team during the tournament.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The Ryan Gorman Show podcast presented by Vera and Farah
Accident Attorneys from Tampa.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Good morning, Natalie, Good morning.
Speaker 3 (00:09):
Well.
Speaker 4 (00:09):
Spain has secured its spot for the twenty twenty six
World Cup Final after a pretty stunning two to zero
upset over France in Dallas. Excuse me, let me clear
my throat here, I'm getting all choked down.
Speaker 5 (00:21):
Yeah you are, it's an upset, Sarah. I gotta tell
you I got that one wrong.
Speaker 4 (00:26):
So did I, and I was stunned, not by Spain's performance,
but the lack of performance by France.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Spain did, of course deliver on defense.
Speaker 4 (00:36):
They use a first half penalty and a second half
strike from Pedro Boro, neutralizing the heavily favored French attack.
Everyone was expecting the French to win on Best Steal Day,
but you know they didn't. So now all eyes turned
to Atlanta tonight for the massive blockbuster semi between at
Hintina and England. And this is going to be an
(00:58):
historic moment inter Miami superstar Lean n Messi. He's facing
England for the very first time in his legendary international career.
He has, by the way, completely recovered from that scary
moment during the quarterfinal win over Switzerland where he got
that rocky bloody eye. Both teams are facing some high
stakes drama, though FIFA is under intense scrutiny and an
(01:21):
active investigation over its controversial safety protocols and the tactical
abuse of new twenty two minute timeout rules on the pitch,
though Argentina is pretty much sweating the fitness of star
defender Christian Prometo, who's battling extreme physical exhaustion. I don't
know how they all aren't. England is entering tonight's World
Cup semi as a slight favorite over at Hintina, with
(01:44):
odds makers expecting a pretty tight, low scoring affair. The
tournament's climax will have a major local impact. The loser
of tonight's match is going to fly here to Miami
for Saturday's third place playoff to face France.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
That's like the participation prize.
Speaker 5 (02:03):
I guess we might end up getting that Argentina France match.
I thought it was going to be in the World
Cup final, but it might end up being here in Miami.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Uh I France.
Speaker 6 (02:14):
Yesterday, well, I think we were listening to Jeff at Nella,
the soccer player that we had talked to He thought
France was going to take all of it.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
So I was like, all right, I'll go with that.
Speaker 6 (02:25):
He knows what he's talking about.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
We happened to France.
Speaker 4 (02:30):
He didn't get the wake up call that there was
a game. I just they were asleep the whole time. Yeah,
it wasn't really that entertaining of a game. I think
Jeff at Nell is actually going to be back on
with us tomorrow morning to recap today's game and just
talk about the World Cup final and whatever the matchup's
going to be here in Miami.
Speaker 5 (02:48):
But hopefully you didn't. You didn't bet, you know, your
life savings on my pick. Probably not a good idea.
You know, when you look at the World Cup rankings
right before the turn have been started, you had Argentina, Spain, France,
and England. It's the top four and Argentina won. Spain
was ahead of France, but the way France had been
(03:09):
playing it looked like they had some real momentum. But Spain,
they've only given up one gold in the World Company.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
They've been playing really really well.
Speaker 5 (03:19):
They're unbeaten streak now thirty seven matches, so uh, you know,
they're forced to be reckoned with. And there were some
stars in the seven, was it? Uh, well, I thought
it is. Yeah, it's a it's a pretty long streak.
You've got Penelope Cruise, Timothy Shalo, May, David Beckham, Zach
Brown in attendance. So the stars showing up there in Dallas.
(03:40):
Oh we had Mick Jagger, so there. Yeah, yeah, you
really can't beat that exactly right. And I'm sure even
for that participation trophy match here, I bet.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
You they're gonna be a lot. Oh yeah there for
that one morning, Natalie.
Speaker 4 (03:53):
Good morning. Well, talk about high stakes drama. Spain just
blew up the World Cup bracket with a ruthless two
nothing upset over France in Dallas, punching their tickets straight
to the final. Now, all the dirt is on this
afternoon's massive Argentina England grudge match in Atlanta. There's a
(04:14):
lot of juicy plots here. It's the first time ever
that Intermamei, Superstar Leone and Messi will face England in
an official match. Rumors are flying about whether he's fit
to hold up after that bloody gash to his eyes.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
Top it out. He's fine, He's fine, It's nothing but
the flesh run. It's a flesh wound.
Speaker 4 (04:33):
Meanwhile, fans are furious at FIFA President Gianni and Fantino
over a four billion dollar commercial loophole that turns hydration
breaks into glorified coaching time out. There's also an online
petition with over eight million signatures to eliminate Argentina, demanding
(04:54):
Argentina be kicked out of the World Club because fans
are accusing FIFA and Match of officials of blatant ref
favoritism toward Messi and the defending champions. Is it going
to go anywhere? Likely not, but it is catching some
headlines anyway.
Speaker 5 (05:11):
And of course, just going back to yesterday Real Quick,
Spain defeating France, which I predicted here on the show
yesterday morning, clearly stating that Spain was going to win
that match. So hopefully people listen, you know, So what
I had just said, France is gonna win. I'm gonna
pick France, France is gonna win. I'm gonna pick France.
(05:34):
And I got that one wrong and.
Speaker 6 (05:36):
I went along with that too, But in the back
of my mind, I was kind of thinking, there's no
way it's going to end up being France in Argentina
and I figured there might be an upset and I
should have said that, but instead I just went with
what everybody else was predicted.
Speaker 4 (05:48):
He'll die if you go with a conspiracy theories. France
had no chance of winning. They probably were paid to
drop the ball and give Spain the opportunity to win
because they don't. You know, they're not going to beat Argentina.
And that's what some conspiracy theorists are going to say.
I didn't say that.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
They did sure playing really well. I think they.
Speaker 4 (06:06):
Didn't have a better game than France going into the
semi finals. There was no way, and yesterday's game was
just so like what happened to France. Did they even
get the memo to show up to the semifinals because
it didn't seem like they were there?
Speaker 2 (06:19):
No, no it didn't. But no, you could also say
that Spain.
Speaker 4 (06:22):
You know, they just played, all know, they didn't they played. No,
they didn't play an extraordinary game. It wasn't like this
high sparks, you know match. They just played a game
and they beat France, and they beat them as they
would any ordinary team. And that's what's so extraordinary and
unusual about what went down yesterday on the pitch because
(06:43):
it was not like the normal France. There was just
something totally off from the minute they started the game
to the minute they lost.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
It was just not right.
Speaker 4 (06:52):
So if you do follow the conspiracy and the lies
and the and the gossip that you know everything is
being paid, and you know the favorite season for Urgent Tina,
then it does add up to that. But again those
are rumors, right, not not actual facts.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
I mean, what the hell do I know France is
gonna win?
Speaker 4 (07:08):
I'm gonna confront, I will say. Switching gears to this afternoon.
The VIP suites are going to be packed with major
star power. Get this, Travis Kelcey and Taylor Swift, the
newly weds Victoria and David Beckham, Prince William who is
expected to be in attendance. So whoever loses here, the
(07:29):
losing squad will fly to South Florida for Saturday's match
to play France for bronze.
Speaker 5 (07:36):
Yeah, that's the you're calling it the participation Trophy match? Yeah,
who cares? Why don't even bother with that? That seems
so ridiculous.
Speaker 2 (07:46):
What a way to make money.
Speaker 5 (07:47):
It's a way to make money exactly, and there will
be plenty of people in the standsport.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
It's here in South Florida.
Speaker 6 (07:52):
US men's soccer star Fuller and Balligan admitted President Trump
intervening in his red card suspension made things difficult for
the team, so he was given a red card in
the round of thirty two match in the World Cup.
He was then suspended from playing in the round of
sixteen game against Belgium.
Speaker 2 (08:09):
Many people thought it was a bad call.
Speaker 6 (08:11):
President Trump called the president of FIFA and they reversed
the decision, which allowed him to play in the game,
which they then lost. Balligan talked to CBS Mornings and
he was asked how he felt about all of this,
and here's what he said.
Speaker 3 (08:25):
My initial reaction was, you know, I was happy to
be back in the team. But when I kind of
started to reflect, I knew it was going to cause
a lot of controversy and I could almost see within
my teammates a bit of nerves because it was something
that's so unique. But the closer we got to the game,
(08:48):
I tried to just focus as best as I could,
but it was difficult. You know, a lot of outside
noise and that's hard to avoid.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
Yeah, not surprising at all.
Speaker 6 (08:57):
I think that's what we all thought, that it was
going to impact that team, and it was also going
to fire up Belgium because they felt that that call
and you know, Trump getting involved was unfair, so they
were even more you know, inclined to play well.
Speaker 5 (09:09):
I said that before the match, and then I said
it literally right when the match ended on News Nation.
When I did that TV hit, I said, look, I
bet this had an impact. I mean, these players are human,
and there was a lot of controversy and a lot
of noise surrounding Team USA after all of that, so
there's no question now. I mean, you know, you would
hope they'd be able to overcome something like that, but.
Speaker 2 (09:31):
It's just not always the case, right exactly. International story
was in live.
Speaker 1 (09:36):
To a Ryan Gorman Show on iHeartRadio every weekday morning
on WIOD in Miami, w FLA and Tampa, presented by
Farah and Farah Accident Attorneys, Tampa,
The Ryan Gorman Show podcast presented by Vera and Farah
Accident Attorneys from Tampa.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Good morning, Natalie, Good morning.
Speaker 3 (00:09):
Well.
Speaker 4 (00:09):
Spain has secured its spot for the twenty twenty six
World Cup Final after a pretty stunning two to zero
upset over France in Dallas. Excuse me, let me clear
my throat here, I'm getting all choked down.
Speaker 5 (00:21):
Yeah you are, it's an upset, Sarah. I gotta tell
you I got that one wrong.
Speaker 4 (00:26):
So did I, and I was stunned, not by Spain's performance,
but the lack of performance by France.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Spain did, of course deliver on defense.
Speaker 4 (00:36):
They use a first half penalty and a second half
strike from Pedro Boro, neutralizing the heavily favored French attack.
Everyone was expecting the French to win on Best Steal Day,
but you know they didn't. So now all eyes turned
to Atlanta tonight for the massive blockbuster semi between at
Hintina and England. And this is going to be an
(00:58):
historic moment inter Miami superstar Lean n Messi. He's facing
England for the very first time in his legendary international career.
He has, by the way, completely recovered from that scary
moment during the quarterfinal win over Switzerland where he got
that rocky bloody eye. Both teams are facing some high
stakes drama, though FIFA is under intense scrutiny and an
(01:21):
active investigation over its controversial safety protocols and the tactical
abuse of new twenty two minute timeout rules on the pitch,
though Argentina is pretty much sweating the fitness of star
defender Christian Prometo, who's battling extreme physical exhaustion. I don't
know how they all aren't. England is entering tonight's World
Cup semi as a slight favorite over at Hintina, with
(01:44):
odds makers expecting a pretty tight, low scoring affair. The
tournament's climax will have a major local impact. The loser
of tonight's match is going to fly here to Miami
for Saturday's third place playoff to face France.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
That's like the participation prize.
Speaker 5 (02:03):
I guess we might end up getting that Argentina France match.
I thought it was going to be in the World
Cup final, but it might end up being here in Miami.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Uh I France.
Speaker 6 (02:14):
Yesterday, well, I think we were listening to Jeff at Nella,
the soccer player that we had talked to He thought
France was going to take all of it.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
So I was like, all right, I'll go with that.
Speaker 6 (02:25):
He knows what he's talking about.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
We happened to France.
Speaker 4 (02:30):
He didn't get the wake up call that there was
a game. I just they were asleep the whole time. Yeah,
it wasn't really that entertaining of a game. I think
Jeff at Nell is actually going to be back on
with us tomorrow morning to recap today's game and just
talk about the World Cup final and whatever the matchup's
going to be here in Miami.
Speaker 5 (02:48):
But hopefully you didn't. You didn't bet, you know, your
life savings on my pick. Probably not a good idea.
You know, when you look at the World Cup rankings
right before the turn have been started, you had Argentina, Spain, France,
and England. It's the top four and Argentina won. Spain
was ahead of France, but the way France had been
(03:09):
playing it looked like they had some real momentum. But Spain,
they've only given up one gold in the World Company.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
They've been playing really really well.
Speaker 5 (03:19):
They're unbeaten streak now thirty seven matches, so uh, you know,
they're forced to be reckoned with. And there were some
stars in the seven, was it? Uh, well, I thought
it is. Yeah, it's a it's a pretty long streak.
You've got Penelope Cruise, Timothy Shalo, May, David Beckham, Zach
Brown in attendance. So the stars showing up there in Dallas.
(03:40):
Oh we had Mick Jagger, so there. Yeah, yeah, you
really can't beat that exactly right. And I'm sure even
for that participation trophy match here, I bet.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
You they're gonna be a lot. Oh yeah there for
that one morning, Natalie.
Speaker 4 (03:53):
Good morning. Well, talk about high stakes drama. Spain just
blew up the World Cup bracket with a ruthless two
nothing upset over France in Dallas, punching their tickets straight
to the final. Now, all the dirt is on this
afternoon's massive Argentina England grudge match in Atlanta. There's a
(04:14):
lot of juicy plots here. It's the first time ever
that Intermamei, Superstar Leone and Messi will face England in
an official match. Rumors are flying about whether he's fit
to hold up after that bloody gash to his eyes.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
Top it out. He's fine, He's fine, It's nothing but
the flesh run. It's a flesh wound.
Speaker 4 (04:33):
Meanwhile, fans are furious at FIFA President Gianni and Fantino
over a four billion dollar commercial loophole that turns hydration
breaks into glorified coaching time out. There's also an online
petition with over eight million signatures to eliminate Argentina, demanding
(04:54):
Argentina be kicked out of the World Club because fans
are accusing FIFA and Match of officials of blatant ref
favoritism toward Messi and the defending champions. Is it going
to go anywhere? Likely not, but it is catching some
headlines anyway.
Speaker 5 (05:11):
And of course, just going back to yesterday Real Quick,
Spain defeating France, which I predicted here on the show
yesterday morning, clearly stating that Spain was going to win
that match. So hopefully people listen, you know, So what
I had just said, France is gonna win. I'm gonna
pick France, France is gonna win. I'm gonna pick France.
(05:34):
And I got that one wrong and.
Speaker 6 (05:36):
I went along with that too, But in the back
of my mind, I was kind of thinking, there's no
way it's going to end up being France in Argentina
and I figured there might be an upset and I
should have said that, but instead I just went with
what everybody else was predicted.
Speaker 4 (05:48):
He'll die if you go with a conspiracy theories. France
had no chance of winning. They probably were paid to
drop the ball and give Spain the opportunity to win
because they don't. You know, they're not going to beat Argentina.
And that's what some conspiracy theorists are going to say.
I didn't say that.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
They did sure playing really well. I think they.
Speaker 4 (06:06):
Didn't have a better game than France going into the
semi finals. There was no way, and yesterday's game was
just so like what happened to France. Did they even
get the memo to show up to the semifinals because
it didn't seem like they were there?
Speaker 2 (06:19):
No, no it didn't. But no, you could also say
that Spain.
Speaker 4 (06:22):
You know, they just played, all know, they didn't they played. No,
they didn't play an extraordinary game. It wasn't like this
high sparks, you know match. They just played a game
and they beat France, and they beat them as they
would any ordinary team. And that's what's so extraordinary and
unusual about what went down yesterday on the pitch because
(06:43):
it was not like the normal France. There was just
something totally off from the minute they started the game
to the minute they lost.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
It was just not right.
Speaker 4 (06:52):
So if you do follow the conspiracy and the lies
and the and the gossip that you know everything is
being paid, and you know the favorite season for Urgent Tina,
then it does add up to that. But again those
are rumors, right, not not actual facts.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
I mean, what the hell do I know France is
gonna win?
Speaker 4 (07:08):
I'm gonna confront, I will say. Switching gears to this afternoon.
The VIP suites are going to be packed with major
star power. Get this, Travis Kelcey and Taylor Swift, the
newly weds Victoria and David Beckham, Prince William who is
expected to be in attendance. So whoever loses here, the
(07:29):
losing squad will fly to South Florida for Saturday's match
to play France for bronze.
Speaker 5 (07:36):
Yeah, that's the you're calling it the participation Trophy match? Yeah,
who cares? Why don't even bother with that? That seems
so ridiculous.
Speaker 2 (07:46):
What a way to make money.
Speaker 5 (07:47):
It's a way to make money exactly, and there will
be plenty of people in the standsport.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
It's here in South Florida.
Speaker 6 (07:52):
US men's soccer star Fuller and Balligan admitted President Trump
intervening in his red card suspension made things difficult for
the team, so he was given a red card in
the round of thirty two match in the World Cup.
He was then suspended from playing in the round of
sixteen game against Belgium.
Speaker 2 (08:09):
Many people thought it was a bad call.
Speaker 6 (08:11):
President Trump called the president of FIFA and they reversed
the decision, which allowed him to play in the game,
which they then lost. Balligan talked to CBS Mornings and
he was asked how he felt about all of this,
and here's what he said.
Speaker 3 (08:25):
My initial reaction was, you know, I was happy to
be back in the team. But when I kind of
started to reflect, I knew it was going to cause
a lot of controversy and I could almost see within
my teammates a bit of nerves because it was something
that's so unique. But the closer we got to the game,
(08:48):
I tried to just focus as best as I could,
but it was difficult. You know, a lot of outside
noise and that's hard to avoid.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
Yeah, not surprising at all.
Speaker 6 (08:57):
I think that's what we all thought, that it was
going to impact that team, and it was also going
to fire up Belgium because they felt that that call
and you know, Trump getting involved was unfair, so they
were even more you know, inclined to play well.
Speaker 5 (09:09):
I said that before the match, and then I said
it literally right when the match ended on News Nation.
When I did that TV hit, I said, look, I
bet this had an impact. I mean, these players are human,
and there was a lot of controversy and a lot
of noise surrounding Team USA after all of that, so
there's no question now. I mean, you know, you would
hope they'd be able to overcome something like that, but.
Speaker 2 (09:31):
It's just not always the case, right exactly. International story
was in live.
Speaker 1 (09:36):
To a Ryan Gorman Show on iHeartRadio every weekday morning
on WIOD in Miami, w FLA and Tampa, presented by
Farah and Farah Accident Attorneys, Tampa,
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