Call It What You Want: A CBS Sports Golazo Network Podcast · CBS Sports, USMNT, U.S. Soccer, MLS, World Cup, UCL, Americans Abroad

Balogun's UCL goal show, Poch's striker questions, MLS 2026 Predictions (Soccer 2/19)

·1 hr 3 min·4 clips

Folarin Balogun scored at 55 seconds, the earliest Champions League goal by an American.

1. Call It What You Want: A CBS Sports Golazo Network Podcast centers this episode on Americans Abroad results, Champions League knockout reactions, and USMNT striker decisions. 2. Jimmy Conrad hosts with Charlie Davies and Tony Miola, and their roles matter because Davies and Miola argue the striker and tactical questions while Conrad steers the agenda. 3. The episode asks what the USMNT should do in specific game states, especially when Paraguay leaves the World Cup opener scoreless after 65 minutes. 4. Weston McKennie starts up top for Juventus in Istanbul against Galatasaray and finishes with an assist, but Juventus lose 5-2 and face a difficult second leg. 5. Folarin Balogun scores two goals for Monaco in a 3-2 loss to PSG, and the hosts note that Monaco led 2-0 before PSG turned the match. 6. Ousmane Dembélé leaves injured, Désiré Doué comes on, and Doué scores twice to swing the PSG result. 7. Malik Tillman comes off the bench in Bayer Leverkusen’s 2-0 win over Olympiacos, while Alex Freeman appears as a substitute in Villarreal’s 1-0 win over Levante. 8. Christian Pulisic comes off the bench in AC Milan’s 1-1 draw with Como, and the hosts say Milan are now seven points behind Inter. 9. Tony Miola argues that Pulisic’s minutes are tied to injury recovery rather than rest, and he says Pulisic needs to get game fit after a lingering issue. 10. Charlie Davies says Pulisic would start for Milan if fully fit, and he frames the current stretch as a successful season if Milan finish second under Max Allegri. 11. The discussion widens to Serie A’s European results, including Juventus losing 5-2, Atalanta looking flat against Dortmund, and Italy being on the edge of a third straight World Cup miss. 12. Tony Miola points to Bodo/Glimt’s 2-1 and 3-1 positions as a reminder that comeback margins change quickly in Europe. 13. Charlie Davies cites Bodo/Glimt’s previous trip to Lazio in Italy as evidence that the Norwegian side can handle difficult away legs and still compete. 14. Jimmy Conrad asks whether Juventus missing the Champions League could affect Weston McKennie’s future, and Charlie Davies says the decision depends on McKennie’s ambition and connection to the club. 15. Davies mentions rumored interest from Atlético Madrid and Inter Milan, while also noting that McKennie has grown into a higher and more attacking role. 16. The striker segment returns to Balogun, Ricardo Pepi, Haji Wright, and Patrick Agyemang, with the hosts sorting them by current USMNT pecking order. 17. Tony Miola says the simplest late-game adjustment is adding one forward underneath another rather than changing the whole formation. 18. Charlie Davies says the current setup is less rigid than the previous staff’s approach, and he credits Mauricio Pochettino with giving players freedom inside clear parameters. 19. Fans of USMNT tactics, Serie A, and American players in Europe will get the most from this episode. 20. Listeners wanting celebrity interviews or non-soccer topics should probably skip this one.

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