Top 5 Unsung USMNT Heroes | Unfiltered Soccer
4/24/202611 min
United States Men's National Team legends Landon Donovan and Tim Howard break down the unsung heroes of the current US roster who could make a splash this summer, including Tim Weah, Haji Wright and Diego Luna. New episodes of Unfiltered Soccer with Landon and Tim drop every Tuesday. Subscribe to the show on YouTube and follow on all your favorite podcast platforms. For bonus content, follow on all social media platforms @UnfilteredSoccer. Send your mailbag questions to feedback@unfilteredsoccer.com (https://www.unfilteredsoccer.com). This bonus content is brought to you by Coca-Cola and Carnival Cruise Line. Hot Takes, Cold Coke, Open Seas – your Carnival cruise is waiting! Visit Carnival.com/unfiltered and stay tuned for more information on how you could win a Carnival cruise! This episode of Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard was edited and mastered by Jeremy Steinkamp, with engineering support from Eric Newell. Our producers are Jordan Rizzieri and Andrew Gundling. Our social media lead is Dan Armelli and our social editors are Kyle Curley and Finley Skelton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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First 90 secondsTim Howard· Host0:00
[upbeat music] This bonus content is brought to you by Coca-Cola and Carnival Cruise Line. Okay, LD, a couple weeks ago we gave you our top five most important US Men's National Team players- Yep ... at this summer's World Cup. So today, we're gonna dig into our top five USMNT unsung heroes. So- Oh, I like this. Yeah. So guys might not get the headlines, th- their names aren't in- in lights, but they're gonna, they're gonna serve a vital purpose as the tournament goes on. So, yeah.
Landon Donovan· Host0:31
In every World Cup, there, like somebody shows up, you're like, "Oh, I didn't know that," you know?
Tim Howard· Host0:35
Always.
Landon Donovan· Host0:36
I remember John Brooks scoring the header.
Tim Howard· Host0:37
Always. Yeah.
Landon Donovan· Host0:38
John O'Brien scoring in '02.
Tim Howard· Host0:40
Yep.
Landon Donovan· Host0:40
Clint burst onto the scene in 2006, right? Like all that stuff. So, uh, let's start number five, a guy that, he's been an attacking player most of his national team career, but now he's moved to the right back position, and I think Pochettino sees him as a right wing back. I don't think he can play a right back. Um, he got a little bit exposed by Doku in the Belgium game, Tim Weah.
Tim Howard· Host1:05
Most people do. Yeah.
Landon Donovan· Host1:05
[laughs] Uh, most people do. Yeah.
Tim Howard· Host1:06
Right.
Landon Donovan· Host1:07
So I think as a wing back though, um, it gives now a lot of options because you have Sergiño Dest, you have Alex Freeman, and you have Timothy Weah. So I think he's a guy that has enough about him where he could score a goal or two actually, and burst on and people go, "Wow."
Tim Howard· Host1:22
Yeah. We, uh, we... Unsung because he's playing sort of an unnatural position, but one, but one that a lot of players