Episode Details

Brenden Aaronson will be missed against Mexico but with Gio Reyna starting and finishing games again, it isn't all doom and gloom as the U.S. prepares for Thursday's Azteca showdown. Heath Pearce and Charlie Davies look ahead to the game and argue lineups before welcoming in World Cup veteran Paco Palencia to give the El Tri perspective.

01:31 -- If not Aaronson, then who?

07:23 -- The importance of Gio, Pepi's struggles

14:43 -- Ferreira on fire, Steffen over Horvath?

29:23 -- Charlie's projected USMNT XI

38:05 -- Paco Palencia talks El Tri!

48:14 -- Heath's projected USMNT XI

55:53 -- Elsewhere in the Ocho: Panama vs. Honduras, Costa Rica vs. Canada, Jamaica vs. El Salvador

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