Did U.S. Soccer's Hope Die Last Night? | Local Hour

Dan Le Batard· Host0:00

Saz, I sent, uh, Chris Cody with one assignment last night to his father's house to record wherever it is that debauchery headed. And what I got this morning in terms of video and pictures, uh, was somewhere on the spectrum between sad and haunting. [laughs] Uh, he looked broken. Just the, the physical, uh, the performance that you would want from a performer was nowhere to be found as he just sat slumped in his chair, uh, in a w- in a dark room. In a dark room that looked like it had paneling instead of walls. [laughs] Uh, and it, it's because, uh, he, he hasn't refurbished some of the things in his home since the last time I was there in 1989. And so- [laughs] ... the, the, the room, the room was not well, it was not well-lit. So we will get some of those photographs, but I expected to see someone who was hopped up on half a dozen beers getting started before the game, and instead it was just from the very beginning, there was no patriotism in that room. It looked a bit like solitary confinement.

Chris Cote· Panelist1:07

Like, you, you, you, you're, you take it that serious, the US national team?

Greg Cote· Panelist1:11

Yes. Yeah, that's my home team. That's a... Levitar always says I'm a homer. I am a homer when it comes to the US teams, whether it's in, in the Olympic hockey final, whether it's last night's game. Yes, I cheer unabashedly, and admittedly, I cheer for the US team.

Chris Cote· Panelist1:26

It is honestly embarrassing how all his journalistic