FIFA U-20 World Cup

I think they were mostly influenced by players who were developed in this Yugoslav way of football.

For example, in Crvena Zvezda, when they won 1991 Champions League, you had many players who won five years before, in 1987, FIFA Under-20 World Cup, like Savicevic, like Prosinecki, like I think Pančev was also part of that Yugoslav team, that is a connection with Crvena Zvezda.

As I say, I see it mostly connected with Hajduk split through Ivić, if we speak about

club level.

Telling a story of losing 5-4 on penalties to Egypt after a 2-0 draw in the quarterfinals of the 2025-2020 Africa Cup of Nations.

And the defeat ended Ghana's hopes of qualifying for the 2025 FIFA Under-20 World Cup.

And Ghana has missed every Under-20 FIFA World Cup since its last appearances in the year 2015.

Let's look at the Under-17 Women's World Cup record as well.

When we decided to do this, which is basically just stroking your ego with Ramon Diaz, who's popped up quite a number of times in these things that we've done when the opportunity presents itself.

And it's right that, you know, we talk about the story of a team who had a manager who was top scorer in a World Youth Championship, playing with Diego Maradona, a Serie A champion with Inter Milan, the J League's first ever Golden Boot winner.

And as we go on to discover a Coppa Libertadores winner, that ends up at Oxford United, which is going to be fun.

But I have to say, as much as I do love talking about argentinian football um i i think i've referenced this before but i feel like i've gone back to the 1980s and i've bought myself a big one bar and my first bite is way more than i can chew so i feel i'll do my best graham but there could be a little bit of winging it going on um on this one but let's find out

I've been saying for a while, far before this U22 list came out, that I've never seen a less hyped U.S. men's national team prospect than Nolan Norris, and I don't really understand why.

He's been... part of the US national team set up since like you 13 and on and captained a lot of different age groups played in the U 20 World Cup recently and scored like two goals from left back in that position, which is obviously very impressive, but super high soccer IQ, really good left foot in a position of need for the U.S.

I mean, how many good left-sided centerbacks slash left-sided defenders in general does the U.S. have? Very, very few.

And I've never really understood why, especially once he broke through to the MLS level, that the larger national media and U.S. soccer watchers haven't really been mentioning him at all, because it's not like he is a guy who had a really late breakout, went to college, and then kind of broke through an MLS and had never been part of the youth setup, he has been.

I mean, if you remember him getting burned by, what's my boy's name? Kenji Paez.

Kenji Paez from Ecuador in the U-20 World Cup, et cetera.

He liked a little bit of foot speed for sure.

But as a as a lanky 18 year old or whatever, playing up a cycle, it it didn't it didn't have to be something that stayed with him, I guess.

Uh, your favorite jersey swap.

W- who have you swapped with in your career? I know that you were captain of the U20s back in 2023 in the U20 World Cup.

Maybe there was a jersey there that you swapped with or played up against a player.

Like, who, who- Do you have a good jersey swap story? Give it, give it to us.

Let me know if you think Chigiri's going to score the goal.

Who's gonna score the next goal for Blue Lock? Who's gonna help tie up the game between Japan versus England in the U20 World Cup? Could be anybody's game.

Uh, and with-- on that note [smacks lips]