Talking US Men's Olympic team with Brian Sciaretta

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.