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.
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