Tim Ream: USMNT is progressing, despite recent 'blips'
Alexis Guerreros and Christian Polanco of The Cooligans is joined by the USMNT and Charlotte FC defender to discuss the national team's continued growth under Mauricio Pochettino. Check out the full conversation on the “The Cooligans” podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube , or wherever you listen.
Tim joined Yahoo Sports on behalf of Hill's Pet Nutrition .
Video Transcript
Are you starting to see, like, the, the bonding and the coming together a bit more?
And sort of with a, you know, a new manager, and it takes time, and you didn't have as much time as you would love to have with a new national team coach.
D- are you starting to see that sort of all of it sort of coming together from your position on the field, which you pretty much see everything but the goalkeeper?
Yeah, for sure.
And I, and I think, there, there was a lot of conversations, especially after the Gold Cup last year, how, how much different it felt compared to, again, last, the window last March, in that, in that Nations League.
And you feel the You know, we, we talk about, a lot about connections.
We talk a, a lot about, you know, being together and, and forming those, you know, those connections off the field because then they translate onto the field.
And, sometimes they, you know, it, it looks a little bit disconnected.
but I, I think, you know, overall from, from the time that, that, you know, Mauricio and his, his, his staff have come in, it's, it's been pretty, pretty productive.
you know, we, we feel, we feel connected.
We feel together.
There's, there's a, a, you know, a great, this great feeling, you know, between all the guys.
and, and we know there are blips.
Like you, you, you can't You know, it's not always gonna be just this, this upward trajectory, no matter what happens.
You know, we, we had a, a unbelievable fall last, last year in, in those, those camps, right?
September, October, November.
Yeah.
And everybody thought, "Oh, here we are."
And then you have another blip.
and, and you get knocked down a, a peg or two.
And, and But yeah, you o- overall, you, you can see, you can see those, everything growing and, and moving in the right direction.
like, like you said, being able to, to step back.
And I'm, I'm an ob- an observer.
I, I love sitting back and, and looking at guys and, and watching how they're interacting with each other and watching how they're, you know, they're communicating with each other on and off the field.
And, and you can definitely see, especially from that last, last season or last, sorry, last summer in, in the Gold Cup, how, how that is, has taken hold, and has gotten stronger and stronger and, and continues to, to be that way.
