MESSI, MBAPPÉ AND HAALAND STAR IN WILD WORLD CUP | Unfiltered Soccer LIVE
6/17/202648 min
Messi-Madness has arrived at the 2026 World Cup! On Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard, we're looking back at a historic performance from Argentina’s #10 in the team's opening match vs Algeria plus Erling Haaland makes his World Cup debut and Kylian Mbappé's brace against Senegal. We’ll also look ahead at what should be a feisty clash between the USMNT and Australia. And we’ll answer your questions in the AT&T Fan Connection!
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First 90 secondsLandon Donovan· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Unfiltered Soccer with Landon and Tim, presented by Volkswagen. Volkswagen has long been a supporter of soccer in America, and has proudly been a partner of US Soccer for over five years.
Tim Howard· Host0:11
Welcome into [sighs] another episode of Unfiltered Soccer. He's Landon Donovan, I'm Tim Howard. We are presented by Volkswagen. It's so good to see you. I love- You too, man ... [clears throat] I love we're together. Great energy. Um, how you been? You- you're- you're- you're all- I'm kind of everywhere, man ... you're all over the place. I mean, [clears throat] I'm all over the place, but you're all over the place.
Landon Donovan· Host0:31
All over the place. Um- When I, when I last saw you and we had a live show in LA, which was amazing, we'll get to, you- When was that, by the way?
Tim Howard· Host0:38
I don't know, uh, eight weeks ago.
Landon Donovan· Host0:39
A year ago.
Tim Howard· Host0:39
You then, you then traveled to Houston- Yep ... to call the demolition, the German demolition.
Landon Donovan· Host0:45
Yep.
Tim Howard· Host0:45
Um, and then, and then what happened?
Landon Donovan· Host0:48
And then New York. Now I've been here- Yep ... um, doing lots of appearances and stuff, and then did France, Senegal yesterday.
Tim Howard· Host0:58
Incredible.
Landon Donovan· Host0:59
Awesome. Yeah.
Tim Howard· Host0:59
So, so walk, walk us through your travel, uh, travel situation from Houston to New York. It wasn't straightforward.
Landon Donovan· Host1:05
[laughs] I don't like getting into this again.
Tim Howard· Host1:07
It was like, it- It was a disaster ... it was a long travel day.
Landon Donovan· Host1:09
We went, like, three-hour delay in the airport to start. They diverted us to DC, landed, got off the plane, got back on the plane, then had to get off the plane- [sighs] ... because the pilot timed out, whatever. This is at 3:00 AM in the morning.
Tim Howard· Host1:24
Oof.
Landon Donovan· Host1:25
Then we decided we had to get to New York, 'cause we're calling the game.
Tim Howard· Host1:28
Yeah.
Landon Donovan· Host1:28
Took a five-hour Uber from