Brian Kort

not good at Twitter... I only tweet about sports, Baylor, or dogs

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I love that Curaçao’s national anthem is a saxophone. It was drastically different than Germanys lol

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New York City might actually burn down tonight from the celebrations, congrats to them!

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This game was massive for casual fans. It was exciting, we dominated, scored goals, won...this alone may have increased the viewership for the next USA games by a million or more. I already am seeing so much more buzz

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That was the best I have ever seen the USA play. I'm so happy, unreal performance

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@USMNT @FIFAWorldCup @HomeDepot Finally for the 1st time the strongest lineup. Smart subs I pray

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3 red cards, that's wild. Take note teams with this referee, I believe the broadcast said he is strict but dang. Imagine if the next games are this strict, it definitely make for a crazy World Cup

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Happy World Cup day

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Just randomly thought back to when when I found out I tore my ACL and needed surgery before my last semester of college and being awake for 60 hours straight because I couldn't sleep because my mind was racing about everything. Rough, but since then ran 2 marathons.. God is good

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@USMNT @HomeDepot Miles… it is what it is but this is basically our best 11 likely for the WC. I guess Poch views Miles as the backup to a Richards not McKenzie.

Real curious what subs will look like, please give this group at least 50-60 mins

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Nevermind

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What I want to see in these #usmnt friendlies
- consistent starters. Experiment time over. Get them reps in 3421
- Richards will be rested so trusty play
- with Ream captain have McKenzie, ream, Trusty play. If you sub I only want to see Freeman or Scally. Miles isn’t it

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If there is going to be any experimenting, it be between Weah/Tillman or Freeman as 3rd CB. Keep everything else. No reason to have Ber or Roldan or another striker.

Keep experiments for 2nd half subs

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WC starters: Freese, Richards, McKenzie, Ream, Jedi, Dest, Adams, Wes, Pulisic, Weah, Balogun
- in 2nd half try backup CDM plan
Of ahead I’d vote mckennie drops back with Berhalter (over Roldan)
- if behind move Weah to wingback, Tillman/Reyna for Adam (for friendly)

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@11Yanks When he does hopefully it’s with 3 CB with Jedi on his side. He is old and slow but still a decent passer

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@11Yanks That's why Adams should be the captain. If he and Wes stay healthy and ball out, they'll be the catalyst for a run. Feeding attack, taking pressure off Pulisic, allow Dest/Tillman/Reyna/Weah to create, provide security for CBs. This roster is built around transitional players

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Well the leaks were real. Whatever it is what it is. 22 out of 26 is a pretty good roster. I just wish that Johnny and Tessman weren't injured

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My copium takes for the actual roster:
- Morris over Roldan
- Banks somehow over Miles
- Tessman is cleared
- I don't want to drop Scally, but realistically if he is dropped for Tessman or Morris I'd be ok since Scally prob wont play but we are screwed if Adams goes down

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If this is indeed the roster (it probably will be):
- I have to assume Tessman injury is worse
- Midfield is bad. Why no other CDM besides Adams. Why not Morris?
- I hope the Banks rumor about him taking awhile to answer the call up is not true
- I am fine with Zendejas over Luna

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Here is the full USMNT World Cup roster as reported by The Guardian ⚽🇺🇸

Any surprises in the squad? 👀

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@ReinBerglund Shoot, then who do you recommend switching too if you already Lawson and Perez

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@11Yanks How do you define a deep run. Is it Round of 16, Quarter Finals or beyond?

I think if we make it to Quarter Finals that would be a big deal. I'd love more obvisouly

I think it also depends who we lose to. If ARG, ESP, maybe BEL there's probably more grace vs Bosnia, Egypt