Stephen A. Smith & Taylor Twellman ANIMATED in USMNT debate 🍿 | First Take
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- čas přidán 29. 11. 2022
- On First Take, Stephen A. Smith and Taylor Twellman talk about the USMNT’s win over IR Iran to advance to the knockout rounds against the Netherlands. #ESPN #FirstTake #USMNT #WorldCup
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Thank you Taylor Twellman for representing our country 🇺🇸 and the sport ⚽️ we love with passion 💪🏻 and proper understanding! 👍🏻
Bro been waiting on this moment all his life to debate & SAS not even trynna debate him 😂😂😂😂
How could he debate him when he knows Nothing about soccer. Shame on ESPN for not having someone knowledgeable on the sport… but of course ESPN doesn’t have knowledgeable viewers…ESPN is a clown show, it’s become a laughing stock organization
Because they got forced to do this segment. The First take crew knows Americans don't care about soccer.
Stephen A, we don’t gauge soccer success the same as basketball and football. You can advance with draws. You don’t have to score 10 goals 🙄😂
Lol this was why he admitted he can't debate football ( not soccer) with Taylor 👀🤷🏾♂️
Which is why soccer people should not even bother debating main stream sports pundits…..it’s pointless!
@@machelpeters2170 It’s soccer
@@stopcampin4097 let’s all come to the agreement and call it Socball 😈👍
@@NLGabriel75 For now, until we beat England in 4 years.
This felt like an argument against the whole sport and not just whether the USMNT has achieved success. It’s frankly sad. When will the US finally drop the whining about football being too slow, not enough goals, draws shouldn’t be allowed, it’s a wuss game, etc. Guys, it’s by far the most beloved and competitive game globally. Your team just earned a place among the last 16 nations in the world without really being seriously threatened by anyone else in the group. They played mature football (sorry, that’s the English name of this game) and have earned success. All the best going forward USMNT!
nfl owns these networks and will try to control the retorik
soccer is the only sport in America that is a genuine threat to the NFL i n the distant future
Thanks
The percentage of ignorant Americans that think like this is slowly declining as football is getting more and more popular in the states. We have the best woman’s team in the world (although I don’t think that’ll last forever), and our men’s team is one win away from the quarterfinals (I know we have a tough matchup).
As a nation, you can’t achieve this if Americans dislike football as a whole. Younger generations will grow up playing the game and watching USMNT/USWNT, and older people (like Stephen A.) will be out of the door.
Cheers brotha 🍻
Football (NFL) is so big for a good reason though. It's still my sport of choice, but people can enjoy many sports. And besides, many are fed up with the NFL, so it's a good chance to get some people interested in Soccer. Either way, I'll root for any sport where the players give it their all and are passionate.
Sounds like Stephen A expecting USA to be winning 27-14 or something 😭 Iran and Wales are tough teams and as an Englishman, the US were way better that game. This is an unbelievable success for the US and will be even more dangerous next tournament. Think Stephen A and Mad dog need to realise scoring goals is the hardest thing to do in football (soccer)
Soccer*
yeah, people who don't know ball think it's embarrassing to not beat wales, but they are a good team. only 3 ranks below the usa.
GO USA!!!!
Ppl don’t really understand how hard it is to score goals. What I would have to explain to Stephen A is that soccer ain’t the same as American football and basketball in that just because u don’t score a lot doesn’t mean ur offense is not good.
@@Mark_Ellzy We understand it, we just don't find it exciting to watch the sport.
That match was INTENSE. I think I stood for 80% of the match lol
It was unnecessarily intense due to GGG deciding to bunker the majority of the 2nd half to a team they were in control of.
That’s football, the greatest sport on earth
I dont think I sat down after the goal. Nice win but need to score more while we're playing well
They're right tbh
@@llamayt3832 thAT'S THE USA mentality!!!
Did i just hear the USMNT team being called as a Franchise?😂😂😂😂😂
Their ignorance was full display. They should stick to sports they have a clue about. Stephen A once referred to FIFA as the F-I-F-A in an old interview with Alexi Lalas. 😂
To not qualifying for the last WC to making it to the round of 16 in the next one, that’s definitely a success for the US
If Italy flames out in the Round of 16 at the next World Cup, were they "successful"?
@@garygorny ye
@@garygorny It depends. If they wind up in a group of death, survive it, and fall to a fellow heavyweight, that's tolerable.
@@notoriouseagle1074 They're not going to be in a group of death as a seeded team in a tournament with 16 groups of three. If they get unlucky, they might get a group of Czech Republic and Uruguay, with two making it to the round of 32.
Usa are decades behind Europe. Football is engraved in the hearts of us Europeans long before the birth of USA and its something you lot can't comprehend or ever understand simply because you aren't European. Netherlands isn't even top 5 in Europe compared to England Spain Portugal Italy France Germany in their knockout mentality
Every reaction and measurement of success in the World Cup for the US should be made with the consideration that WE WEREN’T EVEN IN THE WORLD CUP 4 YEARS AGO!
Also, loved watching Taylor shred Stephen and Chris for their bad takes on this.
Netherlands weren't either and their success is measured on whether or not they qualify for the last 8. This achievement is neither a success or a failiure, its the bare minimum and the expectation. Statistically we were better than 2 teams even by FIFA estimates. If this was 2014 where we had Germany and Portugal in the group, then yes this would 100% be a success. We should not overreact to this an let this team or the coach off the hook. We need to beat the Dutch for this world cup to be called a success. I don't care if we have youth. France was one of the youngest teams in 2018 and they won the whole thing. Youth doesn't matter because ultimately athleticism and fearlessness balance out with the experience one gets from an older team.
Nah bruh, that was embarrassing....Nobody sees that as a positive....
GO USA!!!
@@dawidmalan8727 we do not have the history the Dutch have to compare our success to theirs
@@dawidmalan8727 firstly the Dutch have WAY better quality than is not to mention the rich history they hand in the past not too long ago they had a golden generation they a prime spot for talent in soccer since it is their number one sport
It's absolutely is a success, they made it passed the group phase. They didn't get smoke by England and they're one of the 16 teams left. 100% success. The US does not dominate soccer like they do in basketball for example, different standards for different sports.
GO USA!!!!
As an American, we don't celebrate mediocre performances in sports.
Imagine if soccer/football were the top sport in the US from the beginning (late 1800s) and the US had a proper soccer/football culture like almost every other country in the world does. The US would have won multiple World Cups by now
@@msuspartans5139 but again england bottled that one
But I'm really surprised how ignorant americans are about ⚽
Ain't no more draws now have to win
Man Taylor handled that so well. Didn't allow the words to be put in his mouth and gave a very good perspective on how to be cautiosly optimistic about the performance.
USMNT, futbol, soccer, football on first take? I can't believe it
They cover football everyday dude they don’t cover soccer
@@stopcampin4097 playing with your hand ain’t football, pal. Hope this helps
@@karanvinod2593 soccer vato cry bout it hope that helps
I’ve watched the USMNT since 1994. Here’s why we should be excited:
Typically we have 0 ball control. We might have 1/2 decent forwards and an ok goalie. We used to have to do a big goal kick up the field and hope the ball miraculously ends up in an attackers hands, only for it to go right to the other team every time. Other than that, whoever we played always had superior touch and out controlled us. We would have to get real lucky to score.
This is the FIRST time I’ve ever seen the US play with control and touch. Ever. We move the ball well, dribble effectively, and have a lot of skilled players on major European clubs. We’ve made progress and it shows. I have to pinch myself seeing the US work the ball up the field like an effective world class team.
This WC is the first time I’ve seen the US look like a real effective contending squad.
2026 might be different
@@sulwhale3171 This crew will have four more years under their belts and will be playing at home. It will definitely be different.
First time you've seen the US play control ball? Really? I doubt you've been watching closely, but welcome to the party anyway.
@@Azabaxe80 Name another world cup where we consistently controlled and moved the ball from goalie --> defender --> midfielder --> attack. Usually its Tim Howard booting it.
@@aztronomy7457 I'm not going to belabor this point. I'm just going to repeat my welcome to the party. Keep supporting the US.
Stephen A if you are reading this, please start following soccer more!!! It is the global game that the world loves so much. I bet you would enjoy it if you gave it more of a chance 🙏
He said he is a busy man and does not have the time!
Actually he got his start as sports writer as Football ⚽ writer for a college team.
He's an idiot who knows nothing about anything, I doubt he really follows any sport
Happy to see World Cup content on First Take!
Why, they know Nothing about soccer…
@@joseywales148 so why are u here ?🤔
@@HR-ms6ed
I’m a Chris Russo fan- he’s the only person that is a well rounded sports commentator
We as Americans love offense so much and we struggle so hard to understand that the definition of great gamesmanship isn’t necessarily defined by the big numbers on the scoreboard at the end of the game
The whole problem is that they only look at stats. But USA could’ve scored more goals in all 3 matches. Just bad finishing and bad luck.
So true ,u are wise .Its the process within and result achieved.Whether its a victory by one goal,OR 6 the end result is comparative .A tie 0-0 ,5-5 .points shared .Unlike American sports These factors makes football unique .And then like playoffs .Its knockout time
Win your are in ,loose u go back home
Offense play is good. The US needs to finish their chances better.
Soccer goals you can compare like sinking an enemy battleship. After hard work finally a reward to sinking that enemy battleship.
@@brandonmijdam7721 lmao, the handegg cerial bowl, where the half time show is more hyped than the game itself. And the game itself is played 1 minute per every 5 minutes of advertisements lmao. And during that 1 minute a bunch of meatheads collide with each other and gain a couple of *meters* of ground every possession. Talk about the US local cerial bowl being bigger than the WORLD CUP of the biggest sport in the world.
Mad Dog called them a “franchise” 😂😂😂
It's absolutely a success. Back to where we belong. Netherlands is not impossible to beat so we can even go further and exceed our wildest dreams, but even if we lose, a good world cup and they've made us proud.
It's a good foundation for us to build off of given we are the 2nd youngest team in the tournament. Honestly, the only thing truly missing that takes us from a tough out to a dark horse (there is a lot that needs to occur for us to be a favorite) is a competent striker. If we had a prime Jozy Altidore on this team, we're in that same tier as the Netherlands. Our starting 11 all plays in Europe, our midfield has shown they can control large portions of a game (we honestly looked to have the best midfield in our group when we don't have to make subs... depth is still an issue, but the starting midfield is a cohesive force), and our defense is pretty solid (really only 1 giant error this WC so far and a few minor ones that even the best back lines make from time to time).
I'm really hoping there's a 16-18 year old striker out there that is watching this world cup and realizes he can be the missing piece to this US soccer puzzle that completes us from top to bottom by the time the next WC rolls around. Like if we're being honest here, when it comes to size and athleticism, we produce a ton of Haalands in the US. Like there's a dozen every year just in college between basketball and american football, let alone counting our professional leagues. If one of those kids can develop even half the technical talent Haaland has (so I guess I'm describing a slightly bigger Altidore lol) we would be in a great position to crack the top 10 in the world.
@@Jkev24 bro, Josy Altidore definitely wouldn't put your team on the level of the Netherlands. They have Gakpo, Van Dijk, Ake, Depay etc etc
Any one of those guys I've mentioned would automatically be the US's best player.
It's a great achievement, but don't go overboard.
@@pacman7687 our midfield is cohesive enough to go toe to toe with any team right now and our back line is playing really well. It's a "The team is better than the sum of their individual parts" situation. The only true weakness is striker.
The Netherlands are for sure more talented, but honestly they aren't playing to the level you'd expect from said talent
@@Jkev24 agreed that you look like a better side than expected and that the dutch have been underwhelming...but mate, Frenkie De Jong v Tyler Adams isn't even a contest.
It wouldn't go toe to toe with any team, the spanish would pass around you for fun, so would the french and but for Southgate being more defensive than a padlock, England would have too.
You've been great, but chill.
@@pacman7687 well I guess we'll just have to wait and see for this Saturday to see who's right.
The US has struggled with scoring - but a dominant midfield and good defense will allow the US to hang with better teams. An upset of Holland would be a big success!
Honestly speaking I would not be surprised if the beat Netherlands. They haven't impressed me like Spain and Brazil have.
Iam Dutch myself and I can easily say that this Dutch team is very beatable compared to the teams we had years ago. We are a little bit better overal but the difference is much smaller then people think
Perfect example of why the non-soccer sports media shrug their shoulders or give faint praise to the US success to date. Their lack of understanding of the game around the world. Funny, because some of our best athletes in American football and basketball know more about the world's game then our sports media. We could win the WC and they'd still find something uncomplimentary to say. But thanks to Taylor for fighting the good fight.
Ayo espn. This Taylor Twellman guy is a clear star.
It appears like he covers soccer on sport Center, I’m sure he follows all sports; if he can debate, have this man on first take.
Good lord! He was a football (eh... Soccer) player for crying out loud !!!!
Yep he schooled them.
As an England fan we have spent the last 60 years putting all out time, money, effort, hopes and dreams into getting back to a second world cup final.
As our number one national sport it's very important.
But we still haven't reached a second final since 1966, because world cups are the hardest thing to win in all sports.
It's held only once every four years and just qualifying for one is incredibly hard.
For a country like America, where it's best young athletes are sucked up into NBA and NFL, to be one of the world's best 16 teams is an enormous success.
Obviously.
Taylor Twellman is the epitome of what is great about global commentary on the world game of football, and I'm so happy he schooled these two pundits on the sport. SAS and Mad Dog are 100% casuals who don't know a lick about the sport and are predicated on the fact that only scoring determines the success of your team, and they don't understand that you have to DEFEND in order to win.
Definitely a different way to measure success in world cup play compared to the sports Stephen A. usually talks about
Foh 😂
They always talk about teams making the playoffs. In the NBA and NHL, slightly less than half the teams make the playoffs. Here, the US made the playoffs, where exactly half the teams advanced.
@@SWalkerTTU fr he should’ve framed it like that
Thank you Taylor for helping educating our people on fútbol!!!! ⚽️
Yes 😂he did .
Pick a language lol
for me as a brazilian i'm really impress by usmnt..they are playing good and they may be no the favs against netherlands but they have chance and even if they lose usmnt's younger talents will improve a lot for the next tournanment....hope ppl realise how hard is to get out of the groups...just look germany, belgium etc.
FINALLY WE GETTING COVERAGE 🙌🏼 🙏🏼
Yeah that too with these two f***heads for Taylor Twellman to deal with.
Get em taylor! Casuals are clueless lmaoo
stephen a talking football, that's jokes
He’s talking soccer, not football.
@@fadethechannel everyone in the world calls it football lol, get with the program
@@edryancalderon8062 no lmao he can say soccer if he wants,don't get ur feelings hurt
@@edryancalderon8062 soccer
@@edryancalderon8062 soccer
Absolutely a success at this point. On October 10, 2017, the US lost to TRINIDAD & TOBAGO in front of a paltry crowd of 1,500 people ... that eliminated them from qualification for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. The only starter from that team who has started for the current team is Christian Pulisic. The only other starter from that team to even make this year's World Cup Team is Deandre Yedlin, who did earn some minutes as a substitute. This is a completely new team and their new players are impressive.
Also, who cares how many goals they've scored, you don't advance based on goals. You advance based on points earned in the match. That would be like saying a basketball team's advancement to the playoffs was not a success because they had such few three-point baskets and instead won their games through tough defense and interior buckets.
Did you know which country scored the most goals in CONCACAF Qualifying for the 2018 World Cup? It was THE UNITED STATES with 17 goals. And they didn't qualify for the World Cup because that defense sucked total @$$. This defense held England to ZERO goals. The same England that scored 9 goals in its other two games. Congratulations to the USMNT for this amazing success - and best of luck to these incredibly talented young players who are making me proud and believe that sooner rather than later we'll be considered seriously by football fans from other countries. Guys like Dest, Weah, McKinnie, Sargent, Aaronson all stepped up after Pulisic had to be replaced due to HAVING HIS NUT SACKED SHREDDED.
Yes, great points. I wouldn’t have expected our D to be so solid, but it’s hard to argue GBs game plan has worked. You can’t lose if you don’t concede, which is especially true in the knockout rounds.
We always knew this team is lacking a dominant striker so we’re playing a strategy based around our personnel, and it’s worked so far.
Spain's 2010 path to winning the World Cup:
Spain 1-0 Portugal
Spain 1-0 Paraguay
Spain 1-0 Germany
Spain 1-0 Netherlands
Its not about how many goals u score
just watch EURO 2016 Portugal Journey
The US is ranked 16th in the world and are into the round of 16. This is where they should be every WC. It's a great start to build on
I think it’s been pretty good for the US, got out of the group and in a winner take all setting anything can happen
I'm Argentinian and i can tell you USMNT it's a good team very young i can see a bright future the same for Canada. advance to B16 it's harder even for teams like Croatia, Germany or my country!! you can definitely win against Netherlands best wishes cheers!
You better be extra careful with Aussie. I still remember that Saudi loss lol
The whole problem is that this guys only look at stats, but the USA could’ve easily scored more goals in the group stages
I can literally rattle off 5 reasons why this is significant:
1) we have virtually no World Cup experience and have one of the youngest teams in the entire World Cup and didn’t lose a game. This is just the beginning. I think we get even better the next World Cup.
2) it’s the same reason as one but we qualified to the round of 16
3) This keeps on growing a whole new generation of soccer fans in the US and this will continue to fuel its momentum as being one of the bigger sports in the US
4) directly ties to 3… soccer is not the major sport of the US, it may be in other countries but it is either 4 or 5 in the us (behind American football, basketball, baseball, and the nhl) and we still perform this well on the highest stage.
5) We are the only team from our conference to make the round of 16 and we are the youngest.
I’m not from the USA but I’ve been watching soccer/football and World Cups since the 80’s. This team have shown a marked improvement in ball control, possession and movement compared to previous USA teams from what I’ve seen. I wouldn’t count this as a successful campaign just yet but I’m seeing progress and improvement already. The lack of goal scoring talent is an obvious deficiency in the team but if the rest of the team can stay solid they can still progress.
However, Nederlands have shown good form so far and it’s do or die now so they won’t have the comfort of playing for a draw like England did.
What Netherlands side have you been watching? The Netherlands side has scraped through their group whilst being in awful form.
@@Minifliek bs
@@captaintosen23 They have been solid at the back cause they probably have one of the best defences in the World cup, but they have barely created any chances in their first 3 matches.
They have been playing slow and sloppy on the ball.
They should have lost against Ecuador since they played a lot better than the Netherlands in their match.
Won against Senegal cause Mendy looked very poor in that match.
Even the first half vs the USA they didn't play well but where very clinical in their finishing.
So sure its a good team but their form has been pretty bad this World Cup.
USA got outplayed tactically not physically or technically, they where very naïve and gave away ridiculous amounts of space for the Netherlands to exploit and they did.
The defending is still embarrassingly bad.
They talked about goals scored but did they forget we also only conceded 1 goal and it was a penalty
They didn't actually. But the screaming was so distracting, that your brain chose to ignore everything after the first 30 seconds
Struggling to score goals is a Striker problem which is team USA's weakness, but at the same time they've only allowed 1 goal and it was on a penalty kick
Scoring goals is usually not a striker problem; it's usually a chance creation problem. I can think of McKennie skying a good chance against England, but how many times did a U.S. player go through on goal with only the goalkeeper to beat?
@@znhait You hit the nail on the head. It's usually chance creation that determines if goals are scored or not
The success so far is not the advancing, it’s the point they tied at top 10 in the world team which put them in the position to advance to the next round. They played outstanding defense in that game.
For success or progression of this sport as a nation, we should look into how many times we make it into the quarterfinals since these guys talked about making it to the quarterfinals as the best result of the USMNT. Of the 7 completed world cups with the 32 team format (1998-2018) there are only 4 teams that has made it to the quarterfinals over 50% of the time. Brazil (6/7), Germany (5/7), Argentina (4/7) and France (4/7). Only 3 out of these 4 teams have won the world cup during that time period but they all give themselves a good chance most of the time. Right now, USA and 12 other teams have made it to the quarter finals once with either a miracle run or with some very good players during that time period(some might term it the golden age or whatever) or both. But the top teams, there are no golden age or good runs. they win with different teams and different players consistently. When US gets to that level, then we can call ourselves successful in being a top soccer nation. Now the success is getting out of the group stage and i will be watching the round of 16 hoping for success there.
I started to follow soccer last year because a buddy of mine bet me I couldn't watch a whole game. So i watched the european champions league semifinals, and I gotta tell you, the matches in tbe knock-out stages are wild. They go down the wire.
This just goes to show that Stephen A. & Mad Dog had NO clue what they were talking about, let alone how to address the sport itself. They don’t understand how difficult & unpredictable it is to make it out of the group stage. That’s the beauty of the World Cup!
“I don’t get to watch too much soccer… I’m a busy man.” How are you not WATCHING the World Cup right now?!
Is this the best USMNT roster? No. But this is, by far, the most competitive roster.
The Wales game got away from us; Zimmerman made a silly, unnecessary tackle in the box. We went toe-to-toe w/ England; created much more quality scoring opportunities, but, unfortunately, didn’t find the back of the net. Lastly (but not least), we took care of business against Iran; we clearly WANTED it.
I just don’t speak for myself but for all 🇺🇸 fans, going into this WC, I wasn’t exactly confident after a scoreless draw against Saudi Arabia & a crushing loss to Japan (2-0).
I’d say most Americans were worried (including myself) we weren’t going to make it out of the group, but here we are playing on Saturday against the 🇳🇱.
I literally followed the USMNT on Instagram for them making through to the R16, and also Mexico not making out the group as well. People don’t get how young this US team was this World Cup, there was no Dempsey, Bradley, Howard, Altidore, Jones. All they had were young players like Mckennie, Pulisic, Weah, Reyna, Robinson, Musah. The US did a great job with little experience of a team like this, and it’s gonna hopefully be a great time in 2026 with these players.
How does nobody talk about the tie against England?? That was incredible!
Reaching the round of 16 is great first step and should have been expected…if they beat Netherlands, this WC can be called a “success”. I think. Only because this team is so young and up and coming. 4 years from now they need to at least make the semifinals or beyond to call it a successful WC.
Exactly, you can say that the group stage was success because we advanced, but you cannot yet call the entire World Cup performance a success.
We can talk about the attack struggling and all, the defense is doing good, pretty good, they haven’t conceded a goal, but there is definitely a case for their midfield in being one of the best in the tournament so far, with their performances they’ve been able to control each game and have given the attack any bit of bite to begin with. They made the wales and Iran midfield, especially Wales look BAD, and we’re able to keep England’s strong attack at bay. They’ve been performing great
But it’s not like there not creating chances
As an Englishman, watching these guys talk about "Soccer" is painful
Stephen A is clueless, the US team making it out the group stage is a success 100%. Compared to the other teams that have got to the knockout stage, the US team is pretty weak, so to make it out is definitely a good achievement.
Stick to screaming about Lebron, Stephen A.
There's the game on the field and then there is the overall game of the group. That's the dimension this sport has that's not there in other sports or tournaments.
Imagine if international basketball was similarly played and allowed for ties at the end of regulation. It would be just as intriguing.
Its not easy to score a goal in Football. This ain't basketball or American football. Its not about the goals. Its about getting points in the group and advancing and they did. This is a success for the U.S.
It’s definitely a success. If you look at where this mens team was 4 years ago, we missed the World Cup and it looked like they were in shambles. We drawed with wales, went toe to toe with England, and beat Iran and make it to the knockout stage. Remember this is like the 2nd youngest team at the World Cup and a team who are not experienced on a world stage like this. This is pretty much what you could’ve asked for, for this team.
To be fair the 2018 team that won was also very very young
Of the many sports that Stephen A. Smith knows very little about, soccer is perhaps the one he knows the least
Great take, Taylor did an awesome job making his point
dont worry guys. He is just confusing American throwball Score with Football goals.
Espn needs to start covering more of the world series
lmfaooo jesus, they were bad at that? ESPN should just stick to the main two and that' it. These bozos don't even know about college sports. It's cowboys, james, durant, etc
Absolutely a success it’s like we forgot that the USA didn’t make it to the 2018 World Cup, since then they’ve came a long way. They played extremely well vs England, and vs Iran they fought till very end and earned that win. To make it past the group stage after not making the 2018 World Cup , yes it’s an absolute success.
Taylor Twellman spitting facts for once my god
they could have scored 9 goals and still lost all 3 games and that would have been a failure. 2 Tied Games and 1 Win is enough to get out of the group stage. Every team in the world cup is simply trying to get out of the group stage and it doesn't matter if its by scoring 10 goals or 1 goal. There is a saying in soccer, if you win 1-0 or 3-0 its the same thing.
I am impress by Team USA, major upgrade since the Coby Jones, Alexis Lalas, Brad Friedel and Landon Donovan days 👏🏽👏🏽🍺
There are only 16 teams in the whole world in this knockout phase. This is a big deal. There are teams with rich soccer history’s that aren’t here.
For a sports talk show not to cover the sport is a disgrace. Shout out to the US national soccer team. You guys have defied odds. And you guys are sooooooo young!!!! The future looks great!!!
When he called it a franchise 🤣
I apologize to Taylor for wasting his time on these two
He CHOSE to do this, nobody forced him to, stupid!
Lmao at least they talking about something different BUT most of y’all gonna complain anyway. They brought on someone that KNOWS the Sport. Smfh. This is WORLD CUP season. It happens every 4 years. Get use to it. This is important in sports.
In addition, Netherlands are spooky and not for games…
Advancing to the next stage is success.
They need to keep talking about the World Cup
we exactly met expectations
Taylor just schooled them at their own game 😂
Whoever that guy in the middle was, needs to get more TV time! What a spaz 😂
This Steven A GOOD GOD 😂😂😂😂😂😂 JUST HILARIOUS 😂 😃 😄
usmnt is a succes, you guys are improving at soccer/football as a country, better results over the last decade and showing u guys are for real.
Stephen A and his cohost have no idea about football. The team did great. Having a draw with England with this young team who never been in WC before is a hug success. It’s funny how the cohost mentioned how many minutes they played without scoring goals 😂😂😂
The last World Cup we played in… Italy, Spain, England and Portugal all failed to get out of their group. This should have been Taylor’s argument. Every tournament, multiple big teams are eliminated in the group stage. It’s huge to qualify for the next round, especially for a young team like ours. In 4 of the last 5 world cups, the defending champion failed to make it this far. This sport is not the same as basketball.
Taylor destroying Stephen A and Russo is the best thing I’ve seen today.
Great job US Mutant Ninja Turtles! Oh, wait 😬
😂😂 i always think TMNT when I see USMNT
Lmao
Love me some Taylor Twellman
I like this dude 😆
If you wanna see a team that was too attacking to the point that it hurt them, look no further than canada. Now they are last place in their group because they were too gung ho against dangerous teams. Even if we didnt score that many goals, the defense and control showed discipline well above the average age of the squad (24 yr 11 m) If pefok was playing, we might have a couple more goals rn, no lie.
😂They just need a debate on everything. Someone told SAS to argue so he did. It’s a success. A mild success but they’ve accomplished the primary objective.
YES THANK YOU TAYLOR! It’s the process to get out of the group stages! Now we reset and start a new tournament. Love Stephen A and mad dog, but gents understand the men’s team haven’t been in the World Cup since 2014!
What a nightmare for Taylor to have to talk to these guys about Soccer.
They don’t know about the world outside the US.
This was good lol put Taylor Twellman on First Take more
Stephan A does NOT like anyone who will upstage him on HIS show. Look what happened to Max Kellerman
I rather listen to Stephen A soccer than Stephen A MMA lmao 🤣
Stephen A we need mls and more soccer talked about!!
Steve can’t help you with that, he admits he is not qualified!
That isn't Stephen A.'s area of expertise, so it isn't gonna happen on "First Take". Be grateful that he's discussing World Cup soccer at all......
There group wasnt easy ! Every game is competitive ! Every team in US group was TOP 20 in the world ! Outta 4 on 2 move on its a win so far !
Positive step, yes....."success", 🤷🏿♂️
Good teams fall in the group stage all the time. Denmark is the 10th ranked team on the FIFA rankings, and they're out at the bottom of their group. Also when you look at our group, it was not an easy one to get out of. USA, Wales, and Iran are #16, #19, and #20 with England being ahead at #5 on the FIFA rankings. Aside from England, this group was very evenly matched. Grinding out results against opponents of this caliber and getting out of the group is an accomplishment for this team, and a success worth celebrating. It's also huge for this young team to get this experience, and come out of it a little more battle-tested. Hoping now that we can rubber-stamp it with an upset against the Dutch.
mexico didnt make it out of the group and they do it every 4 years..
It should be against the law to let SAS talk about anything soccer or ufc related
It is extremely hard to score in soccer. As long as USA gets out to their group and moves into the next stages.
always funny seeing Stephan A debating football lmao
This was painful to watch lol😂
This is not a sports show but rather some US reality tv.
Get 'em, Taylor!!!
I like Stephen A take on this because we should be putting pressure on our soccer team. We can’t be satisfied until we are on top!
Nah. Stephen A thinks the scores should be 76-13 to USA
They know so little about football. It’s actually hilarious
I like this guy
7 minutes of my life I’ll never get back
If the orlando magics went 6 seed in this years finals, would it be a success? Trying to bring some context to this argument
Your team gets more respect outside the US because we understand football
The US could be dominant if more was invested into the MLS and big name stars were brought here in their prime not when they are gonna retire. Unfortunately there is a market cap for all teams so this could never happen
its very rare for teams to be dominant in football. If there is a dominant team there's usually only one like Germany or Spain a few years back. The margins in soccer are so small. That's what ESPN doesn't get. Ties are GOOD. The tie against england was amazing since they've been favorites to go all the way this year. We dominated them all game, just couldn't get the goal.