Pat McAfee Is Trying To Save The United States Mens National Team & USA Soccer
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Tickets were $150 for a Wednesday night exhibition match, that’s why no one showed up
Also in the midwest, im sure if it was in california or texas it would be boomin
For a friendly... Yeah I wouldn't go either... Highlights are for free.
@@fd2444 That's not the issue. They used to sellout Soldier Field all the time. Just has to be a competitive match, like a world cup qualifier. With friendlies, you never know who is actually going to play until hours before the game when the lineup is announced.
I live in Cincinnati and didn’t even know about it and neither did anyone else 😂
You can see a baseball game for less than $10 for half the teams. Why would i pay 15 times that for some foreign sport i hope the usa doesn't qualify for every world cup so i dont have to hear about it on sports shows.
Gotta get Pulisic on the show
IM BEGGING
Try getting a decent player on first
@@garyholmes5670 Pulisic couldn’t score on either of us bro
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My whole family and I were there. Great game. I can tell you why there were so few people there though…
A) They’re charging full qualifier prices for an exhibition. All while we’re in a terrible spot because of inflation. The average family doesn’t have that much extra $.
B) TQL is not as nice as the new crew stadium. Anyone who was there for their last qualifier can attest that the stadium and its employees were terribly underprepared for those crowds.
C) Advertising for this game was terrible. I spoke to so many fans who had no clue there was even a game.
All of these are true. I didn't know there was a game on until I saw the front page of ESPN 30 minutes before the match.
@@imightbebiased9311 I live in Cincy and had no idea there was a match.
I had no clue there was a game tbh. For an exhibition game the ticket prices need to be affordable. I used to spend 30-35 for the lower bowl with the Outlaws.
I found out late and was upset I didn’t go but then heard about the prices and realized I wouldn’t have gone anyway
Also because Cincinnati is an economic and cultural hole in the ground
As a Dortmund fan who has gotten more and more into the NFL in the past years this unexpected shout-out made my day😄
Hoping to see reyna develop great at dortmund and become a leader for the US
I'm pretty sure Z is a huge BVB supporter if i recall. it's come up a few times. I'm a fan myself!!
@@MERCuryRaiD3R nice to see fellow Dortmund fans
Heja BVB
I'm just happy about the Portland Timbers shoutout lol
I remember going to DC United games for 25 bucks with great seats. No commercials great live atmosphere. I loved it. We need more exciting soccer players and fans will come.
I mean can you remember the last time DC united were worth a crap? Is probably why the tickets were $25... the DC united men's team has always been garbage and the last time the women were any good Mia hamm was still playing for them
FC Cincinnati ticket is $40 to $30 depending on the game.
US soccer were charging $100 for a ticket. For a friendly match that they barely promoted.
Timo Weah, Brenden Aaronson, Mckennie, Luca De La Torre, Gio Reyna, etc. there are plenty of exciting players…
Have you been to the new Audi field?
Same....will never forget watching one of my faves Marco Etcheverry with DC back in the day.
Seattle Sounders just a few months sold out their Concacaf Champions League Final match with over 68,000 fans in attendance, on a WEDNESDAY night. That’s more than most European teams can even hold in a stadium. The problem is not a lack of American soccer fans. As many others have stated the problem is ticket prices, advertising, and potentially location, but I actually think Cincinnati has a really good group of soccer fans so idk. When the US is playing competitive matches on home soil I’m sure it will be marketed and attended much better, but in a non competitive game they really need to drop the ticket prices and get more people to show up. I’m confident that given a better opportunity US fans will always show up and show out.
Agreed, its not about lack of interest in America. People watch golf, lol. Its 100 percent about advertisement and marketing. PGA does great marketing, NBA does outstanding marketing, NFL is the same. MLS...? Can’t say the same. NHL? Not quite on the level as the first 3, imo. MLB is on the decline, but still doing fine. Soccer is a great sport and when I was in school, it was just as popular as basketball and american football. And I grew up in Maryland.
@@belld.s5276 as a Marylander I can confirm soccer is pretty popular the Indoor Blast team has always had good support, and I would love to see a rise in MLS support and USMNT pride.
Tickets are between $140 and $165 for the entire section behind the teams… same reason KC won’t sell out either… for a friendly.
People aren’t going to sell out stadiums for friendlies that have overpriced tickets and have B team potential. Especially when there are competitive games at other times of the year that are reasonably priced
That was Morocco’s A-team, and they’re 23rd in the world, surely no A team
Lets no forget people arnt happy with USMNT giving up like weak so called mem about this "equal pay" nonsense with Women soccer team. Smh wokeness is trash
@@curly90bby I’m pretty sure nobody gives af about that
@@curly90bby and yet they still watch football with their wokeness 🤔
Seems more like barely anyone gives a fk about soccer
Mexico does in the us
The passion and love for the game is just pouring out of you boys. Pumped for your World Cup coverage.
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They are clueless about Soccer!
@@banditlegal7452 who cares? They are passionate and funny af
@@maudelhoyo4019 still funny to watch them about sport they don't know, I am a USA fan by the way
@@maudelhoyo4019 and they're showing some respect towards it. Soccer needs that kind of awareness here in the States
Thanks for talking about soccer, I never see the major sports anchors talking about it on ESPN unfortunately (excluding ESPN FC of course)
Pulisic isn’t even in the top 5 in Chelsea 🤣🤣🤣
He’s not even top 11, he usually comes off the bench.
Yeah but he’s pretty much the only US player whose world class in terms of talent. He’s on a different level from the rest of US soccer. But no he’s not best in the world.
@@matthewsevers5862 still not world class
Bro, it’s Mcafee, he’s just having fun! Don’t take it personally. That being said- yes TF he is!
@@DanoFSmith-yc9tg Thats because of the system really and snobs in England.
Props to Pulisic for calling out the fans…. Buuuuuutttttt you can’t charge 150 bones a ticket!!!!!
He never called out the fans he called out the fact that there was no fans. It's a challenge to USA soccer
I pay like 20 euro for a competition game in Germany. 150 for a friendly is ridiculous.
Pulisic is no top 5 , not even top 50 , he is good player to be fair.
You could definitely argue top 50. A guy in the regular rotation of attackers at Chelsea should be top 50 especially when he’s in form he’s definitely top 50
@@timahern1017 no chance he's top 50, if you think Pulisic is top 50 you're clueless. Also, it's not called a rotation looool
@@pacman7687 it is called rotation. Tbf tho top 50 is a little ambitious now that I think abt it
@@timahern1017 he’s not even top 100, maybe not even top 150 or 200
@@timahern1017 he isn’t even top 50 in the prem. Injuries and tuchel are holding him back. Needs a move
It’s hard to pay top dollar for a glorified practice match on a work night.
The average price for the game was between $45-$75 (the $100+ was for vip and box seating) ... a ticket to a spring training game for the MLB (A glorified practice where the starters never play and you normally have minor league players called up just too see where they are at) normally casts between $40-80 and is played at a stadium that looks like a highschool baseball field isn't even played at the actual stadium
@@richardgrace5043 have you seen baseball spring training crowds? Lol. I’m a big soccer fan and have seen the US play many times. We routinely get 50k fans at Atlanta United games but I’d be hard pressed to go watch the US play Morocco on a Wednesday night.
@@richardgrace5043 hey I'm from Cincinnati. Tickets were $100 ( other than like an hour or so before the game)
FC Cincinnati tickets are normally between $40 and $30 depending on the game. (9Th best attendance in the league MLS)
On top of that it's a friendly on a Wednesday.
For someone who follows Euro and English football it was hilarious hearing the Top 5 Pulisic talk. Pulisic barely cracks Top 50. Look at the prem alone, loaded with talent. I get the home love but “he’s not that guy, pal”
Hey top 50 not bad. There's 200 starters in the EPL alone to say he's top 50 world is impressive
@@wuxiagamescentral lol yous say he’s the lebron james of soccer😂😂
@@wuxiagamescentral also he ain’t even a regular starter for chelsea
@@JamesWilson-xh9zt no one e is a regular starter for Chelsea under Tuchel that's a bad point.
@@wuxiagamescentral Havertz and Mount get picked way more often than pulisic though even when he isn't injured
Gump saying “concafa” and that pulisic gets “all the love” from Chelsea supporters is hilarious
he can be a great player on his day, but like gump said hes injured alot. fact is our front 3 just arnt scoring as much as we need. granted thats not his fault, i think he takes some of the blame (most goes to lukaku and rightfully so). keep in mind ppl are weary of americans in general when it comes to soccer, because of how over-hyper feddy adu was. I think thats changing, though statements like "lebron james of soccer" arnt helping .
@@crunkosaur nobody outside of sports illustrated subscribers in the 90s know who Adu is or was. Even worse statement from Gump was pulisic being top 5 to 10. He's not Even top 20 in the prem
@@teapotRob he was obviously joking when he said that
It's so difficult to pay a top dollar for a friendly. I'm on the east coast. So it's a bit difficult to travel that far for something that's not a tuneup game
My grandma took me to a cup game in 94......I'm pretty sure she got two tickets for 150. That's some inflation right there.
Mexico seems to have no problem selling out us stadiums in exhibition games
@@drogerflav6350 Def but its also different when your home country is coming to your country. You want to see your team. They come here ever so often for a game 2x a year? USMNT plays what 12 games within the US?
Coming from a cincy native, it’s a football town especially with how good the bengals and bearcats are now
Meanwhile the Mexican soccer team is playing their games in the US as well but in Football stadiums, they had 57K at AT&T Saturday
So that's why they've been hopping the border so much recently...
That’s cause there’s a million illegal Mexicans living in Texas
I work for MLS team Sporting KC in the food and beverage department and I can tell you KC for some reason really loves soccer where we sell out of most of our food and drinks for a regular attendance game so the good people of KC are always ready to have a good time
Still hundreds of tickets available in Kansas City for today… priced between $140-165. Yikes.
@@itscalleddesign9940 I never said we sold out of tickets just food and drink and its supposed to rain during the game discouraging attendance
It was an insignificant friendly on a Wednesday with rain in the forecast, and tickets were $100+
I live in Cincinnati, people wanted to go, but tickets were near $100. It was way to expensive for a friendly game on a Wednesday after the 4th game in Ohio in the past year. An FC Cincinnati ticket is about $40 or$ 30 depending on the game
US soccer over prices tickets, to keep away the away fans. (Whether racist or not that's a topic for another day) as a consequence of that, they tend to lose out on fully seating the fans.
As a huge USMNT fan, I am with Pulisic on this. I don't have a problem with what he is saying. It's the truth. Our men's team often plays in the country with more fans for the opposing team in the stands. We aren't a passionate fan base when it comes to soccer. It's true and the truth can hurt.
It doesn’t hurt that’s just the facts i wouldn’t mind if the US didn’t play soccer at all although I know there’s plenty of passionate fans in the states who would hate that take
Just a heads up they were charging $165 for seats that didn’t sell… Same as tomorrow in Kansas City where they won’t sell out because I’m not paying that much for an exhibition game. It was only 100 bucks to go see him in Vegas with Chelsea in July so.. sorry Christian.
Good to see Gomp back on the show. Get my boy back to the U S of A 🤘🏼
He's really just at a hotel down the street and they're covering for him lol
We need a live stream of the boys watching each world cup game.
Thank Pat for repping the USMNT
Love soccer and will definitely be supporting our guys in the WC along w Germany
I’m glad you actually cover a little bit of futbol/soccer, u da best PAT
Initially I thought Gump was a British rugby player called Joe Marler, who would be a brilliant guest by the way.
I liked Christian Pulisic calling out the crowd. We’re playing with our A team against other World Cup teams that will be in Qatar. These are big time showcases. We played on the front foot, attacking, lots of goals, lots of star power. If we roll over Uruguay (big IF), we really should start believing that we can contend.
Can you imagine a a top 4/top 8finish in the World Cup, followed by hosting 4 years later with all our young stars… gonna be sick!
Im genuinely not sure if they are being serious about pulisic or not but he isn't anywhere near the top 50 players in the world.
America is so small minded, they surely realise the the WC is by far and away the biggest and most viewed and loved event in the world, sporting or otherwise. I know you all live in your little bubble but just open your eyes and take it all in.
you seem you would be fun at parties
thanks for talking about the team and can you guys continue to speak more about them it only helps the sport more and we have a great squad mckennie, gio reyna, pulisic, dest, tim weah, aaronson. we should be only getting better, malik tillman a german u21 midfielder just switched over to our national team aswell.
Pat.. your the man.
Soccer is the game of the world...
And fact let's support them.
If the USMNT played in soccer cities like Portland and Seattle every game would be sold out. They play in these places that only care about American football and baseball. Go ply where the fans are
Cincinnati is a soccer city.
Woahhhh! Uncalled for Tone! Cincy is a great city. Just held the qualifier for US v Mexico, that was an amazing turnout. This just wasn’t the same, being a friendly. I’m sure KC and Austin will show up to make a point, as they should! But at least Cincy hosts games rather than Pittsburgh!
I’m glad gump gets to join in when ever he wants :)
GUMPY! Hang in there bro, hope you are back dahn here with the boys again soon.
There’s also the element of lot of Moroccan fans… pretty normal for fans of the away team to travel far and wide for possibly seeing their team play for the first time live
I love gumpy man, the only one who knows anything about ball on this show even though Pat played
If he knew anything, then he would be talking about the Canadian team (who are far superior) and he wouldn't of gotten all the boys to bet against Madrid in the final
For tomorrow’s (Jun 7) Germany v England game tickets are available for $60-$70. USMNT prices are way out of line.
you're doing the lords work helping footy get mainstream love!
i love gumpbino being on the cam
Pulithic 😂 hilarious!
You can get season tickets for a BOX in the Etihad for cheaper then season tickets for some NA teams. European soccer games cost nothing compared to NFL,NBA or top NHL teams.
1:58 Pat, he's been in England for 3 years lol. He was born and raised in the US and moved to Germany at 16 for 5 years, then to London.
Pulsic grew up here played for a club called rush then went to Germany and then england
Good for him speaking his mind vs the cliche. Gotta be somebody to blame cause there is no reason they can't get 26k anywhere in this country
Got to admit . I do appreciate them doing their best with soccer lol
Easy with the top 5 talk for Pulisic. He’s really good but not that good yet. Has potential but injuries have let him down
As a Chelsea fan I feel Pulisic should start more but it is his injuries that has let him down.
We are not putting the date like that now
He is talking my Team Dortmund. 81.000 full house. You forgot Gio is also a American Dortmund guy.
Gump is letterkenny personified.
I'm a soccer/footie fan. Have been since the '94 World Cup. It never bothers me that you cover the beautiful game. Your initial take on the Super League was...how to be nice....naïve? Hurtful? But, you talked with someone who knew more than you and you changed your opinion (to the correct one). That is what I want out of someone that covers the game I love: a willingness to evolve.
Also, I got into your show by watching that beautiful baseball documentary you did all those years ago. I think there is room for y'all to try out other sports in a similar fashion. I very much look forward to the Pat McAfee and Crew does Curling docudrama.
Get Clint Dempsey on. The guy is wonderfully "off his rocker."
Its like a lot of people are saying
1 - There is no guarantee who is going to play. It could be the main team. It could be a mix of players trying to figure out the last few spots for starts XI. It could be mostly reserves. True for both teams.
2 - Morocco is not a team with superstars. They are a solid team, but there is no draw from them outside of a fan being somehow linked to Morocco.
3 - Its the middle of the week. That immediately makes it harder to not only be able to sacrifice your entire evening, but even to get to the game on time.
4 - Its expensive. Especially when you mix that it is a friendly with point 1, those are very steep prices, especially as you can stay at home and watch with your family instead of going to the stadium and dropping $500+
If the tickets were exactly the same as you would pay for a MLS game in the same spot, he has all the rights to complain, but to an extent I think its being out of touch with money. Him comparing it to club games would be like saying its a club friendly where season tickets arent valid and all the prices have doubled. No one showing up for that.
As a Borussia Dortmund supporter Pulisic will allways have a special place in my heart. But before the US wins the World Cup this summer, the Jaguars win the Superbowl next season!
On the topic of fan support... Pulisic played in front of 80k fanatic fans in Dortmund, now plays in front of 40k fanatic fans in London (big step down) and when it comes to the national team, he also sees what is going on if he plays friendly matches in Europe, South America or even Africa and Asia. I mean... There are a lot of teams in the 3rd german league who average at least 20k on average...
I’m from England and I’ll be honest U have some ballers this year
US Soccer will never grow this game charging families of 4, $360-600 just to get in a game. Make the game a reasonable value and people will show up.
In which universe is Pulisic top 5? I’m a Dortmund fan I love the guy since he’s 17 I guess but he’s the soccer equivalent of a number 2 wr. Might be a Cole Beasley kinda guy where he’s a quality starter but at Chelsea only playing if they have 3 guys on the field.
Mexico damn near sells out Cowboys stadium when they play but honestly the US soccer has been doing it to themselves for years. All of the great American athletes just lean more towards Football (American), Basketball and others. Its seeing some progress but still years behind the best of the best.
Pat just read the teams schedule with no mention of the opponents 😂
Who we playing?….. IT DOESNT MATTER WHO WE PLAYING!! 😂
Pulisic has a way to go to even break into the top 25 Premier League players, I do think the US can make a decent run to the knockouts though
Shoutout to soccer
Shoutahttt
I’m going to the USA game on Friday!
Need Pulisic on the show, or get Weston Mckennie
Christian is kind of a boring interview. He's professional, business first, with a dry sense of humor. McKennie has more panache.
I cannot wait for you to cover the world cup in the fall man., It is going to be a blast
Come to Atlanta to play
Pulisic does start on chelsea most of the time when he is healthy.
Not since tuchel took over
Play in other cities. Give other cities like Atlanta, Miami, Houston, and Dallas a chance.
Not saying Cincy doesnt have a good crowd but giving games in other venues that dont have the chance to see them.
I know if the game was played in Superdome it would be sold out
We need more chants and songs and atmosphere to cheer for our team. It's sad seeing us only chanting USA and I believe we will win, this is why no one trearts us like an actually threat outside of CONCACAF
They need to lower price for friendlies
you know these capitalist mfs ain’t doin that ☠️
@@mfspic Capitalism has nothing to do with it. It's the only system that gives the average person a chance anyways. Corruption is corruption though.
Play the game in Seattle and you’ll have 70,000+ show up.
I live in Cincinnati and i did not even know it was happening. Bad promotion
Get @Tactical Manager Tv or @11 Yanks to talk about the USMNT
Cincinnatian here: we just built a new stadium for FC Cincy (TQL stadium) and I know a guy who worked security for it, he said it was 50 50 American and Morocco lol
The tickets were $150 for a Wednesday night exhibition game. It’s cool to spend that much money when your country you support is probably only gonna play in the city 1 time. Not for an American who could’ve attended the WCQ game for the same price
2:25🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Come to Seattle obviously….
I mean, yeah nobody is going to go. Tickets are too expensive and soccer is a C tier sport in the US.
USMNT plays like all of its games in Ohio. Inflation, the price, exhibition game. I paid $150 to go to US vs Columbia in 2015 (current photo)
hell yea lessgoo!
Respect for Pulisic. He needs to ask for the support if they feel it is lacking. Sadly there is no passion for US soccer. The team should be strong this year, but it won't be. They just have not played together well enough yet.
"sorry for wanting your country to win the lombardi" lmaoooo
maybe if they didnt charge hundreds for a ticket and play almost every game in ohio then more people would want to go watch the games.
We’re taking over in kittar
What is the lisp for?
Columbus is one of the true usa home fields...but berhalter loves Cincinnati. Third time they've loaded there In 2 years. Cincinnati and Austin keep getting heat so I'm guessing the usa fed is trying to pick up new markets
Soccer is coming home boys 😤
We miss you Gumpp
The fans are right to not show up. I wouldn’t support Gregg Berhalter either, we have the most talent in concacaf yet finished 3rd while Canada won first with their best player missing half their games. All bc Canada head coach is far superior to ours. We get an actual coach the fans will support them. Also 90$ tickets for a friendly match doesn’t help
100%
Yall ain't real Fans then.
Berhalter isn't even 1% of the problem. He is a fantastic coach, and we will see that when Canada doesn't make it out of the group stage and USA does.
Need to tap into Leeds united more with Jesse Marsch and Bredon Aaronson
Just wait until the next WC we will be the host way more fan in the games.
Pulisic being top 5-10??? Bruh i died laughing
Pulisic could have played for Croatia, but stuck with the USA. To be fair, he would probably be riding the bench for Cro...so this top 10 talk is hilarious.
He would definitely not be riding the bench...
It would probably be similar to his Chelsea situation. Constantly fighting for the starting spot but not a lock. The biggest problem he would have is I don't think Croatia uses wingers like him much.
Croatia is not Brazil, probably not even as good as Mexico, M NL.. Croatia 😆 😂 😂
Who was in the last world cup final lad??? I’d take them over the US any day of the week
He would not be a bench player on Croatia. Kovacic starts on Croatia and can’t get minutes either on Real
@@TheTEN24 Yah, because Kovacic at 21 totally deserved to play ahead of Kroos, Modric, or Casemiro. Kovacic is head and shoulders above Pulisic, and they play on the same team.
How many people show up for preseason NFL games vs. Regular season? Also, the USMNT haven’t really shown us a lot. Yay, we qualified for the WC. That should be a bare minimum!
It was an exhibition game on a Wednesday with competition level prices (Blame US Soccer). You really think a preseason NFL game will have every seat filled with a butt?
Why didn't Tone Diggs (and all of younse) come to the match? It was only an 1.5 drive from Indy and was $200 for good seats. They interviewed some Moroccan fans that were dual citizens from the US that drove in from out of town for the match (some from Pittsburgh).
I just want to give you all a full crash course on the current state of events in the soccer world rn
Daaamn yo Gump really had to go back….smh keep ya head up Gumps💯
Us chargers fans are used to it