Christian Polanco and Matt Doyle give their live reaction to the USMNT’s historically dominant 5–1 win over Uruguay. Does Mauricio Pochettino have the team coming together at the right time, or is this just luck? Should the USMNT rely on Gio Reyna more going forward?
Then, Christian and Matt share their biggest takeaways from the match, as well as their grade for the USMNT during this window. They also explain why Alex Freeman and Sebastian Berhalter impressed them the most against Uruguay.
Finally, they look at the window as a whole and reveal who they think has locked up a roster spot for the USMNT at the World Cup.
(0:00) – Match recap
(6:00) – Breaking down USMNT’s historic win
(12:00) – The Gio Reyna dilemma
(22:30) – USMNT vs. Uruguay: Players of the Game
(32:30) – USMNT stock up / stock down
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