About this episode

Mark discusses FIFA's qualification process and interviews Brad Friedel about Pochettino's influence on the USA team ahead of the World Cup.

After Scotland ’s humbling at the hands of Brazil , Mark has his say on FIFA’s “crap way to qualify for the knockout stages of a World Cup ”... Former USMNT , Spurs & Aston Villa Goalkeeper Brad Friedel joins Gabby & Mark to talk about the sporting miracle which is inspiring Mauricio Pochettino and his USA team’s belief that they can go all the way at their home world cup. And with qualifiers set to end today, we meet Wimbledon wildcard Marcus Willis to talk about the gruelling realities of qualifying for the big slams if you’re a player outside the top 50 . 📩 Got a question for The Sports Agents? https://forms.gle/9SBbW1SYWqXLKnRT7 🖥️ Watch our full episodes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SportsAgentsPod 📱Follow us on socials: TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@thesportsagents Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thesportsagents/ X - https://x.com/sportsagentspod 📥 Email: thesportsagents@global.com 💭 Take our listener survey: https://forms.gle/YMUvajQktqBuimgh6 Executive Producer: Adonis Pratsides Producer: David Finch Video Producer: Samuel Trudgill Social Media Editor: Jasmine Wissart Tom Hughes is Editor for The News Agents podcast network Vicky Etchells is…

People in this episode

Host: Mark

Guest: Brad Friedel

Topics covered

• World Cup
• USMNT
• qualifying
• sports
• Pochettino
• Wimbledon
• Brad Friedel

Keywords

• Pochettino
• USA
• World Cup
• Brad Friedel
• qualifiers
• Wimbledon
• Marcus Willis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: USMNT, Spurs, Aston Villa, FIFA

Places: USA

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