#319: Saudi Arabia v USA recap

The last friendly before the World Cup is another stinker, pretty
much. We talk about some hopeful reasons that these games aren't
predictive of how we'll perform in Qatar, but also give
full-throated voice to the doomsday sentiments, and then work our
way through the action of this game, mostly the first half.

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#1 Czechoslovakia v USA, 1990,
https://www.patreon.com/posts/historic-recap-v-67067301
#2 USA v Colombia, 1994,
https://www.patreon.com/posts/historic-recap-2-69083229
#3 USA v Iran, 1998,
https://www.patreon.com/posts/historic-recap-3-70575704
#4: Mexico v USA, 2002,
https://www.patreon.com/posts/historic-recap-4-72235898


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