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Jon Arnold

Jon Arnold

Jun 10, 2026

15:04
But for Canada's players, do you think it now means a bit more to play for Canada than it used to?
15:12
I think that Canada soccer is in such an interesting moment and part of it is the politics.
15:16
We saw in ice hockey moments right when that sort of controversy was broiling and Trump was making those comments and you could see the extra spice, the extra flavor from Canada.
15:28
I think this Canada team, being led by an American, puts it in an interesting place.
15:34
Jesse Marsh spoke out as an American against those types of comments.
15:38
He said that Canada is a proud country, that it shouldn't have this type of rhetoric around it.
15:43
As American, back that.
16:37
How important are those players for the team?
69:19
Why is it and who will be responsible for?
69:21
No, and I'd be thrilled.
69:22
I think like there's a lot of 2018 Panama vibes to this team for me, where maybe it's not like as, as quote unquote, bright a future because, you know, Panama is like establishing academies, domestic soccer.
69:33
We can get into that in another episode, but, um, It's like Leandro Bacuna, right? He's 34.
69:41
He's playing in the Turkish second division.
69:43
This dude has been coming to represent Curacao for a decade now.
69:47
And he's going to play.
72:12
And it's the rolling ball situation, right? The more success that they have as a nation, the more players they can recruit, the more players they recruit, the more success they have as a nation, the more success they have as a nation, the more players they can recruit.
32:36
It's Jimenez and then a lot of question marks.
32:40
Yeah, I think that there's also some, like, options that Mexico didn't realize they would have.
32:45
When you look at Ortigoza Gonzalez and how good he's been at Chivas, I've kind of thought that he had golden handcuffs on him because his buyout is like, I don't remember exactly what it is.
32:53
It's like between 12 million and 15 million.
32:55
I think somebody will probably pay that this summer.
32:57
Like, he's been that good for Chivas.
32:58
He's been that deadly in front of goal.

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38:52
Yeah
16:55
Yeah.
16:55
But let's say they make it all the way to the quarterfinals.
16:58
And I'm a Mexico fan in Guadalajara.
17:00
And I say, I'm going to that game.
17:02
If you have an existing travel visa, you're fine.
17:05
A tourist visa, you can get in.
17:07
But if you don't, not only is it not going to get processed in a week, it's It's probably not going to get processed in months.
19:36
How long does he have to fix it?

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