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

Sebastian Berhalter & Tim Ream live from MLS Media Day | USMNT leaked World Cup kits (Soccer 1/8)

·1 hr 21 min·5 clips

The show opens loose. Jimmy Conrad and Marcelo Balboa kick things off with Colorado snow, retro gear, and the easy back-and-forth that sets the mood before Charlie Davis joins from MLS Media Day in Florida. The soccer talk comes in quickly. The panel digs into the leaked 2026 U.S. men's national team kit, the "Waldo" look, and the way World Cup uniform chatter starts leaking out before the official reveal. Brendan Aaronson's brace against Newcastle gets its own run. The hosts treat that as a strong enough story to keep circling back to, while still moving between kit rumors, national-team talk, and the rest of the day. The room keeps moving. Banter about jackets, snow, and old sweatshirts sits right beside national-team talk, which keeps the episode feeling like a live group conversation instead of a polished segment. Charlie Davis is on site for the media-day stretch. That gives the show a more immediate feel, with the kind of in-room context that comes from being around players and staff rather than only reading about it later. Sebastian Berhalter gets a long run. He talks through Vancouver's season, the locker room's shift from searching to clicking, and the way Jesper brought in a more pragmatic foundation built on principles and standards. The conversation turns practical. Expectations now sit on top of that foundation, and the episode spends time on how a team handles being expected to win, how it blocks out outside noise, and how it keeps its head down when the travel and the geography are already working against it. Tim Ream adds another layer. The back-and-forth circles around good problems and multiple holding options, with the kind of small adjustments that can help solve bigger shape questions. Chuck Chasing Chuck also gets a turn in the second block. That keeps the episode bouncing between guests instead of flattening into one long monologue. The back half stays busy. By the end, the show has moved from kit rumors to Aaronson's form to MLS standards and leaves a clear snapshot of where USMNT and league talk sit right now.

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Loose banter, MLS Media Day guests, and sharper USMNT notes keep the episode moving.

Call It What You Want starts with loose, familiar banter, then settles into what it actually wants to talk about: the leaked 2026 U.S. jersey, Brendan Aaronson's brace, and the MLS Media Day chatter in Florida.

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You want 2026 U.S. jersey chatter, MLS Media Day guests, and a loose soccer hang that still gets to the point.

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