know, it was just so it almost was

like slow motion when it all happened because it You just didn't expect that ball to go in, but it had such dip.

And when he scored, I mean, it was surreal.

It really was.

It deflated their crowd for sure.

At that moment, the players on their team, they tried, but it was one of – we all have played in these games where you're getting chance after chance after chance.

But just something on that day, you can't put it in.

know,

what team has impressed you the most? Maybe not, not, I mean, I know if you look at it right now, France looks like an absolute machine, but any of the teams out there, uh, impressed you, uh, well beyond what you thought they were going to be.

Capo Verde was, was, it was an incredible story.

Um, the way that they, the way that they played each of their games, um, they played the same way each of their games.

And that's, that's a, That's not an easy thing to do.

And what I mean by that is like the intensity, the confidence, the I want to we're not going to be afraid of you and we're going to try to play our game.

That was very impressive for them.

I think they were very good.

You mentioned the U.S. What's different in the way, besides just the culture of soccer being the number one sport, what else does France do differently than the United States does?

Because that team was so good with so many – historically great players and what you accomplished, does it make you mad that it deserved to be on a bigger stage with better facilities and all that? Or does it make you proud of where it's come since then?

It's probably the second.

I don't think you think about it when you're a player like that.

You're playing and you're part of it.

You're in it.

Not at all.

But being on the other side, being a coach, seeing where it's come from...

Were you ever thinking that you could make, not just you individually, but you could be a part of making Kansas City that relevant globally as a soccer town?

What were your expectations before the World Cup started, and now after watching them win their first two matches, how have those expectations changed?

So I, I, I was on record for this, um, from the very get-go when I've been asked about the US team, um, prior to all, you know, the World Cup happening and starting.

Um, I had stated that there, there are two things for me.

The first was is that we have to, as a country, understand that the only thing that matters is the World Cup.

And all these games prior to the World Cup, they're just getting ready to play in the World Cup.

You could lose every game and go in and win every game and then win the World Cup and everyone, everybody would forget about what transpired prior to.

So for me, it was, the number one was you had to get behind the team.

Mm.