The US Olympic squad beat Guinea 3-0 in Girona, Spain last week (goals from Harriel, Busio and Gomez), then drew Olympic hosts France 2-2 in Montbéliard on Monday (goals from Yow and Cowell).
With just four months to go before the summer games, Brain Sciaretta re-joins the pod for a chat about the results, the evolving roster, and expectations in France:
the emergence of Griffin Yow (his goal against France)
striker options, overage striker options
thoughts on roster construction, importance of versatility in an 18 player roster
Some Olympic roster specifics
The Venezia boys
Hanging with the hosts, the team has fight
The team’s identity: ‘raw but tenacious’
Get out of the group? Challenge for a medal? … “this team should win games”
Questions from twitter
Follow Brian on twitter here. And for a sample of his work, here’s a profile he did of Griffin Yow this past January.
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