VAMOS with Herc Gomez, Presented by Bud Light 05/18/23

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That's how the US Men's National Games Twitter account introduced a new star, Colorment Balagan, the exciting new US Men's National Games prospect who's absolutely tearing up in League Un, big decision, important decision, each decision for me to talk about him on this episode. And this is Vamos presented by Bud Light, easy to drink, easy to enjoy and I'm your host Hercules Gomez. In this episode, you 20 World Cup Special. That's right, a show dedicated to our young nats, the baby nats. With my good friend, Felipe Silva, better known as Tactical Manager, we're going to break it down. Everything you need to know about this US youth national team. So what are you waiting for? Vamos. Alright, next Friday, May 20th starts the FIFA under 20 World Cup in Argentina until June 11th. Indonesia, we're originally named as host. FIFA's decision to change host was a result of Indonesia refusing to host Israel's national team. The US will have their first two matches next Saturday, May 20th vs Ecuador and May 23rd vs Fiji. Both US games are going to be played at 2pm Eastern, that's 11am Pacific time in San Juan, Cestadio, Bicentenario and you can catch them on Fox Sports and Telemundo. As promised, my man, the Tactical Manager, Felipe Silva joining the show. Felipe, thanks for being on man. Thanks, Hurt. I'm looking forward to this. They're qualified for this tournament by running through everybody in conca-caf in the conca-caf tournament. They won the final 6-0 vs the Dominican Republic. And so they qualify for this World Cup, the U20 World Cup and the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024. Not the best players for the US youth national team are available in this World Cup. Lots of summer tournaments, a forced FIFA and this tournament to be a bit earlier, if you will. Let's get to the players who aren't here, Felipe. Chicago fires, they got a pair of 19 year old talents. Chris Brady, the goalkeeper, heavily regarded the season. Lefty Brian Gutierrez, who at one point had Shaquiri, Jared on Shaquiri, the Fire DP on the bench, 19 year old Paxton Erikson of Aintraek Frankfurt. He's not going either. Caden Clark, who you know very well, he went from Red Bulls in New York to the Red Bulls in Leipzig. It's a massive jump. He's not had the time and he's coming back from injury, obviously. And lastly, I'll leave you with this and then we'll get into the actual breakdown. Ricardo Pepi, who we don't see him as a U20 player, Felipe, but he still has the age to come in and play and be a participant in this World Cup. Or Mike Ivaras, the U20 manager, he pretty much said, Ricardo, since the beginning of this cycle has graduated to the men's national team. My number one responsibility is individual player development. So when a player graduates out of this program and into the older team, we take huge pride in that. So very quickly, out of the players I just mentioned, or maybe somebody who's not on that list, who's the biggest loss for you as far as a player not being called up to this US youth national team? I think for this specific one, it has to be Paxton Erikson right now. That's where along with Quinn Sullivan there, even though I have some question marks in regards to Quinn, I'd say Paxton Erikson has been, I think he's been our primary goal scorer in the U20s. And the main question with this roster when you look at it is where the goal is going to come from. The way I look at it, it's mainly probably going to come from Kate Cowell, which is also not a prolific goal scorer by any means. But at this level, with how physical he is compared to other U20 players, it's what it's going to be. So I think Paxton Erikson, because he'll bring you goals as he showed at the U20 level, he'll also bring some creativity. And he can play as a nine for the team. He has played as a center forward throughout the Mike Ivaras era. Yeah, Paxton Erikson, he won the Golden Ball, the conqueror F tournament where they ended up obviously qualifying and winning it. Kate Cowell obviously getting a lot of minutes with San Jose earthquakes up top. But I'm interested that you just mentioned Quinn Sullivan. Quinn Sullivan's an attacking midfielder for the Philadelphia Union, a very young kid. He gives me Giovanni Reynard vibes. He's involved. He's got a little bit of flair, a little bit of snarl, right foot, left foot. He's getting on to the end of things from a material position. I get those vibes from, obviously he's very young. You've seen this movie plenty of times where somebody at the U20 level or younger, they have success and it doesn't translate at the senior level. But I get those Geo Reyna vibes from him. All right. This is what I want to get to. Okay. Where do you stand? Do you prioritize young players and their development or would you rather see a nation win trophies at the youth level? Well, personally, I don't think that them missing four regular season MLS games is going to affect their development by any means. MLS is a league that sells players nowadays, right? That's what MLS is right now. Right. For MLS, who knows, maybe you eventually become a league that can hold on to some of the prospect. But right now, MLS sells their top prospects. There's no debate on that. You bring them to the U20 World Cup. You're going to increase the value of your player. It's a different experience for a player. He gets a bit of an experience of what an international tournament is. He's going to be facing some top players in the world too. The two teams I've followed the most are the U.S. and Brazil. Brazil's not bringing Enric, for example, which would be maybe the superstar of the team, but they're still bringing a player like Andrei Santo. Of the world right now. They're bringing Andrei Santo's from Chelsea. That place for Voscon alone is going to go to Chelsea. Big time prospect. They're going to play in Argentina, which will be depending if the stadium is packed. It is a hostile environment. It is a different experience for the players. You get these experience and there's scouts looking. You can up the value of your player. You're trying to sell players and you're trying to get people to be interested in the league. I don't think that helps the club. I think development is an excuse and they should release them. That's what I think for it. All right. Now to these players that Mike Yvaras, he did add to the list. Players like Kevin Paredes of Willsburg, X of DC United, exciting left-footed player. You're big on Kevin Paredes, right? Yeah, I think he's a talented one. I like players. I like players that are actually good on the ball and it's rare in the U.S. We're getting better at that and he's one of them that's actually skilled on the ball. How do you have you seen his development with Willsburg? Because he's actually gotten in towards the end of the games and he's, I don't want to say put in garbage minute stats. But he's definitely patted those stats towards the end of the games, whether it's goals or assists. He seems to be an exciting player when there's space available to him. They've been giving him minutes and that's valuable, right? Valuable experience, he's getting the Bundesliga and when he plays, he has looked like he belongs. But it obviously depends on how much he's going to improve. I would just say that his season, despite the very limited minutes, it's been encouraging, right? Being productive in the Bundesliga ain't easy. Kevin Paredes and Ruckus Buschus, they were added to this roster. Ruckus Buschus obviously a very talented player who plays the Incro Asia for Split. They were added to the roster, but they only going to be able for the knockout rounds. Tell me what you see in Puke's test. First of all, he plays in the Croatian League, which is obviously not a very highly rated league, but it's a very tough league to play, right? It's a league that developed pretty much all the players we've seen Croatia and we've seen what they've done in the past two World Cups, right? Knockin' out Brazil in the last one, final on 2018. So it's a tough league to play. Now he can't play as a six and eight, but apparently for Hijduk Split, he's been also playing on the wing. Right. Ruckus Buschus. That's something to be said because I do rate him. I'm interested on seeing how he'll perform in this specific World Cup, which is a tougher environment and a tougher competition compared to CONCACAF. Mike Iveras has kind of taken a risk here of calling two players in that will only be available for the knockout rounds. Is that risk worth it? I think so, because I've been thinking about that a lot because you think about it as like, what if we don't get out of our group, then these guys just never play. When you look into our group and how you can qualify, right? The top two qualify directly in the top four third place teams advance. So all it would take would be for us to get a lot of goals on Fiji and we're probably going to qualify with one win. And then if you get a draw with Slovakia and Ecuador, you're through. You're through, at least as the third play. So you're going to get these players. Pare this, the guy's playing the Bundesliga. So when he goes to a U20 tournament, the impact he can have can be tremendous. So I think it is worth it. I asked you for some players to watch. And this is a player who's been on my radar for quite some time. You said 18 year old center back Joshua Winder. He plays for Louisville City in the U.S.L. He actually just got sold to Portuguese powerhouse Benfica. You'll be there soon. What is it about Joshua Winder that you like? So here's the thing. He's showed promise on many aspects of his game with Lu City. But again, it's U.S.L. So I do have question marks in regards to his current ability, right? He's good on the ball. He's a very athletic player. I believe he even scored a few goals for Lu City. He's a very complete center back. And I think that's one of the reasons why Benfica brought him in. The reason I gave you his name is because we've only really seen him with U.S.L. I haven't seen him with the youth national team yet. So we're going to see him facing some top quality prospects. Some of them that are playing for senior teams. And that's why I pointed out Winder. Because right now, Winder, when we look at him, it's like the potential, right? Potential. And it's almost Chris Richards for the senior team that we talk about his potential, but he hasn't stayed healthy, so we don't know. So I'm watching him in this specific tournament to see how he does against these top prospects. Joshua Winder also should mention has received a call out from the full team, from the full U.S. men's national team. He was sold to Benfica, not just any team around the world. I mean, Benfica and Napoli were like the dark horses of the Champions League this year. It's a very good Portuguese team who do very good in their scouting. They just sold Enzo Fernandez to Chelsea. They do very, very well on how they scout players. So I'm with you, Joshua Winder. And Joshua Winder is a game changer. It changes everything for players now. Like if you're a young player and you see the avenue Joshua Winder is taken, and you say, wait a second, I can go to U.S. cell in a shorter contract on my terms and then make the jump to Europe instead of signing a three, four year deal elsewhere, maybe like Major League Soccer. Yeah, that sounds enticing for me. Listen, another one I asked you about and you came back with another lefty. You said 18 year old Atlanta United, Caleb Wiley. Caleb Wiley has been scoring goals for Fawn for Atlanta United, even though Atlanta United has been struggling under a Gonzalo Panetta this season. Caleb Wiley, just for his age, he's a very well rounded left back. He's good on the ball, good going forward, provides a lie, can play on the wing, scores goals, get assist, defending. He uses a lot of his athleticism and position to overcome a lot of the issues that he sometimes has in terms of defending. But at his age, it's fine. He's been very good for Atlanta. And then there's a second issue here, not a, well, technically an issue. A-Rob is our left back at the senior team. Who's our backup? We don't have one, right? We haven't found the backup to A-Rob and we haven't found anyone that can- It's Joe Scali. Joe Scali, which is technically not- Or Sergio Gino-Dest. Yeah, not natural left backs, right? I'm not a big fan of playing righty, especially when they play with Pulisic on the same side. They both cut inside. So Caleb Wiley is a prospect to watch out for. We've been hyping Jonathan Gomez for a while and I still think Jonathan Gomez is an exciting prospect. But I think Caleb Wiley might have, like he flew under the radar. And he's had plenty of opportunities at senior level. I made a video out back of Checklist of what we have to resolve by the World Cup in 2026. One of them was we need to find a backup that if A-Rob can't go, it's not a major dropoff. Yeah. Right? A lefty backup. And Caleb Wiley, to me, is the front runner of that potential backup within the next three years. Yeah. So Anthony Robinson obviously left back and Tyler Adams at that sixth position are probably the two positions that you least have. All right. Don't go anywhere. When we come back, Tack and I are going to talk Argentina, who went from not qualifying to the U-20 World Cup to not only hosting it, but being one of the outright favorites to lift the trophy and win it all. And should Mexico have tried to host? We'll explain. Don't go anywhere. Not every billionaire has the stamina. The dedication, the fire, to become the most unpopular owner in sports. But not everyone's James Dolan, the dreaded owner of the New York mix. Introducing Reign of Error, a new podcast series that gives you court side seats for the bench clearing free for all of controversies and scandals that JD has brought on. Are you embarrassed by this? I'm sorry. We're all embarrassed. Yes. 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After FIFA put their decision to strip Indonesia of hosting duties, the Argentina Football Association put in a bid on very short notice to host this tournament and following an onsite inspection by FIFA and their delegation on the first week of April, they have been selected as new host. In addition to this, this is what FIFA President Gianni Infantino said. I would like to thank the AFA, the Argentine Football Federation, and in particular, the President, Claudio Tapia, as well as the government authorities. Since 1977, this tournament has featured some of the greatest players of the past decades, including Diego Armando Maradona, Leonel Messi, Palpógba, Erling Holland, and many others. Having this year's edition taking place in the country that lives, breathes football, will be a tremendous inspiration for the stars of tomorrow. All right. I think we're all in agreement. There's some great players that played youth tournaments. Nothing new there. What is new is obviously Javier Machirano, a legend with the Argentine Football team, with Barcelona. He's the head coach of the U20 team. They failed to qualify in South American qualifiers with this Argentina team. Now they get to host, so he gets a second crack at it. He got me thinking, Mexico should have bid 1 million percent. Mexico should have tried to make a bid to host this U20 World Cup in Mexico. If not, it's pretty much they're on the verge or they will have a lost generation. Now let me explain what I mean by lost generation, Felipe. You know very well Mexico at the senior level has had an abysmal 18 months. Abysmal. It's not been good. But at the youth level, at least historically, they've been world powers, right? Two U17 World Cup titles, two medals in the last three Olympic games, a gold and a bronze medal, a bunch of semis at the U20 levels. They produce quality youth teams. It's not debatable. They do. Let me explain why they produce these quality youth teams, right? Other players play in League of Mecces. There's almost no players that play abroad. Like almost you'll never have players play abroad. And they do Mique Rosiclos. Now Mique Rosiclos are like mini camps for weeks or months at a time at this place called El Centro de Altor and Dimiento in Mexico City. So it's like a high performance center where all the national teams come together at and it's like dorm like or some cafeterias. I've been there with a bunch of fields around. It's a pretty cool setup. But after failing to qualify for the U20 World Cup and once we've moved, they got eliminated from that U20 World Cup that we're talking about today and the next Olympic Games in 2024 in Paris. And here's the thing with Mexican players. I told you the majority play in Mexico. That's because they rely heavily on these youth tournaments for development. They rely heavily on League of Mecces for their development. League of Mecces is a league full of foreign players, foreign talents, which is great. You know, if it increases the level because those four talents are good, but oftentimes it stifles like the actual development of these domestic talents. And now they have a rule where you can feel or sign, I guess, as many foreign talents as you want in Mexico as long as only nine foreign talents, foreign players are on the field at once. So you can have a roster of, you know, 10, 12 if you want, as long as only nine of them are there, that limits the opportunities for domestic talent. Right? They're counterparts, the US national team or the US player. American players can hold dual passports, right? And many of those are Euro passports. So they don't count as foreign players. They'd make the jump to Europe. They can play an MLS team that has an association with a team in Europe, like City Group, Man City, City Group. They also have New York City, Red Bull group, Leipzig and Salzburg and their team that they have in Brazil, et cetera. They also have the New York Red Bulls. There are teams, big teams that have actual academies here in the States. Barcelona has an academy in Arizona. I believe Kait and Clark came out of there, Julian Arrojo of, you know, XLA Galaxy now, Barcelona, athletic. He came out of there as well. Or you could even go from USL and make the jump to Europe. We just spoke about Joshua Winder. So the avenues are so much greater, so many more. But the Mexican players only depend on League of Mecces. So when you have these fewer opportunities to actually make the jump, you can see why it becomes difficult. So they should have made a bid here. They should have gone all in because you could see what happened in the concave championship was just one bad game. You could say it was deeply rooted and systematic and it was bound to happen. But now you're going to have a generation of players that misses the only chance they actually have to perform and showcase themselves in a league that doesn't graduate these players moving on. Does that make sense? Yeah, everything you said is an issue, but we can talk about another problem with Mexico that many countries don't have the same issue. Concacaf in general, there are massive dual national battles. Right. You don't see that as much in South America. The countries kind of have their players. But in here, because the US, Canada, in Mexico, it's so connected. There are so many Mexicans in the US, Americans in Mexico, Americans in Canada, Canadians in the US, you get so many dual nationals that not being in this tournament, believe it or not, it hurts them. Right. Jonathan Gomez, for example, he is a dual national. Right now, he's been called by the United States because he can't get called in by Mexico. Otherwise, you would have to choose one for the tournament. Once he plays for the US in this tournament, he can only go to Mexico if he signs a one-time switch, which means in this dual national battle, it's still up in the air. But right now, there's an advantage for the United States, clearly. And that happens with many others. So that hurts Mexico as well, dual national recruitment. What are they going to offer, youth players? Hey, want to come here into a friendly camp? And then the United States come, hey, want to play in the U-20 World Cup? They're like, well, I want to play the World Cup here. Olympics, all of that. So I think it's more that because truly winning youth tournaments, it really doesn't matter too much. The success, it doesn't always translate. We see that a lot with Mexico. Many African nations. Nigeria, Senegal. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Exactly. But everything you said, because they're so reliant on one lead to develop and one youth system to develop, that will hurt them. And it will hurt with any recruitment that they want to do for dual nationals. The United States will get an advantage over it. So I think it's terrible. They probably should have put a bit. They should have put a bit. And they could host it. It's very easy for them to have the infrastructure. They have the stadiums. They would be just fine to host a tournament like this. They can host it. It makes sense. They did the 2012 U-17 World Cup, but World Cup, they won. So they've done it before on short notice. Who knows? There are a few countries in the world that would be able to pull it off on short notice and there wouldn't be a hiccup. I'm not so sure if Argentina is one of them, but they got the bid. That's a reality there. I'm interested because you've got extensive background with Brazilian football. How does Brazil sport so much? Because I played professionally for 17 years and the three nationalities that I would always come across on the field were Argentines, Uruguayans, and Brazilians. They seem to be the countries that export the most that I've seen in Latin America. Brazil specifically, how do they export so much? I did a ranking of the nations in the Americas, so Konkaka Finkoembe. With the most players in the top 11 leagues in Europe. And I picked the top 11 because those are the leagues that have players that actually play for the national teams. So when I do the ranking, Mexico is in 10th place with 12. And then after that, Canada has 13. Chile has 14. Jamaica has 16. We're pretty much all of them are in England, almost all of them. Ecuador right now has 16. Uruguay has 43. Colombia in 4th has 45. The United States right now has 46 in the top 11 leagues. The United States, obviously you kind of mentioned it. The dual national passport helps the Americans quite a bit. Argentina has 93. And do you know how many Brazil has? 257. Oh, why is that? Brazil, there's just a culture within agents to sell the players for big bucks. Also keep in mind that European clubs are willing to pay an inflated prices for Brazilians for one reason or talent, but marketability, right? When you bring a Brazilian, there's always that hype around them. Zid, the new Ronaldo, the new Ronaldo, Dino, Neymar, Pélé. So a little bit of marketability. And I think the fact that it's a proven market, right? Most of the time you're going to get a quality player. There's a lot of busts and that's something people don't realize. There's a lot of busts, but I think it's more because of the proven market. And I do want to add one context here. Out of these 257 Brazilians, 110 of them play in Portugal. And Brazilian Portugal have a strong connection. There's a lot of Portuguese and Brazilian passports. So there's 110 Brazilians in the Portuguese league, which is right now it's around the 30 to 40% of the foreigners in that league are Brazilian dual nationals that are Portuguese. And you might know, you know this Brazil has a loss dual nationals to Portugal that turned out to be world class. Oh yeah. This Brazilian U20 team, they seem to be the heavy favorites playing in Argentina. This Brazilian team may be the heavy favorites to face off, depending on how the cross goes with Argentina in a final or at least be in the top four. Tell me about this Brazilian team. So the Brazilian team is missing some key players at the U20 level, which is perfectly normal. And it cannot be in there. That's a big name. One of the hottest prospects right now in soccer, like going to Real Madrid. Let's talk about more who's there. Machuis Lianardo, the center forward for Santos, an academy known for producing talent, had like 13 or 14 goals last season in the Brazilian city. It's a very tough league to score goals. The top goal score is usually don't have much more than like 20 goals. So you're scoring a lot of goals for a very crappy Santo side, very weak. Andre Santos is probably the biggest name. He just signed for Chelsea from Vázco, had work permit issues because he never played for the senior team. He is one of those prospects that not quite similar, different style of play, but plays roughly the same position as a Casa Miro like sometimes box to box ball winning, but he's projected to be possibly a replacement to Casa Miro when he can't play anymore in four to five years. That's a big name. This is a very strong Brazilian side with lots of players with a lot of experience in the senior level. Machinos is a winger that plays for Norwich, got some minutes at the championship this season. Most of the players are playing in some very tough leagues, Brazilian league, championship, physical league. So when you bring them into this environment, Brazil's going to, I'm not saying they're going to win it, but they're going in with the intention like we're bringing it in because we want to win this. Yeah, Argentina in the other hand is a tricky one, right? You kind of already talked about how they didn't qualify to the actual World Cup. They had to go through becoming the host after Indonesia lost it, but they do have some good players, right? They have prospects that play for like Inter Milan's Academy or B team Juventus, a Maximo Perone from Manchester City. A lot of players in Boca, Rivet, sport team Lisbon. So it's a strong team and don't underestimate Argentina at home. This country right now is still on a high from winning the World Cup. I believe the fans will pack the stadiums when their U20s are playing. I think it will happen. The United States, if we finish a second in our group, we're projected to play Argentina in the quarterfinals if we finish second, which will be a crazy good experience for these players. Lose or win, great experience for any young player to play away against Argentina. Tack, man. I really appreciate you being on. Let the good people know where they can find you. You guys can find me on YouTube, tactical management TV. You can find me on Twitter, manager tactical. It's one of my favorite personalities. Appreciate your time, Tack. You know I value you and thanks for coming on. Thank you very much, Rick. All right, time for shooting it straight presented by Camarena Tequila, the most awarded tequila. This week's shot is full of good news for the US men's national team from a very special striker in Francis League Un. I knew the US is obviously a big country, but I didn't realize just how many people was involved in soccer, especially every time I just went on social media. I was just seeing loads of comments people saying I should choose to represent the US. And I mean, it's nice to really to feel that, to feel that appreciation. That was following in Balagan talking about his commitment to the US men's national team. The much awaited, much anticipated announcement of what many hope will be the answer at the nine position for years to come. Listen, by the time this comes out, you're going to hear a lot about flow's decision. You're going to hear a lot about flow where he fits in tactically. Yada, yada, etc, etc. But I want to speak on something. The last part of his message where he spoke about the love he received online from fans. Social media can be a toxic place. I know this. You know this. It can be very dark at times, not good for your mental health. But I firmly believe this campaign to show Balagan the love that he's welcomed. That sealed the deal. Acceptance is something we all look for. It's the most basic of human emotion at the human level. Footballers are no different. He's 21 and coming to terms with not only who he is as a footballer, but who he is as a person. So don't take this lightly. It was you, the fan. You played a role in bringing in flow. Sure it helps that he has friends on the team. Sure it helps that he saw a program where he fit. He felt that stylistically it was for him on the field. But in today's climate, on social media, to feel this positivity, this love, that's pretty cool. So this one's to you, amigos. Keep showing the love. Welcome to Drop the Bag, your ultimate sports betting guide. Alright, game number one. The baby nats, USA, US youth national team versus Ecuador. I found a great, great bet. This is a double chance. You heard it right. The US youth national team to win or tie, as long as they don't lose, and both teams to score, it pays you plus 170. Listen, Ecuador, they managed to get in last place, fourth out of four in South American qualifying. They've lost the last four out of six games they played the last four, but Ecuador struggled in qualifying for this World Cup, but they did get a victory over Paraguay at the end. But the US must pay attention to one of the most talented players, 16 year old Gendry Paez, who currently of independent del Valle, and he's already secured a commitment to Chelsea when he's 18. So 2025, this player goes to Chelsea. Keep an eye on that one. Again, double chance. They only need to not lose and both teams to score. And you'll get a nice little play out of plus 170. Alright, game number two. Nigeria versus the Dominican Republic. This is both teams to score at plus 160. The Dominican Republic Cinderella story making their debut in any U20 World Cup after finishing runner up in the conquer calf championship, a game they lost to the US youth national team. And they're one of the toughest groups of this tournament, Brazil, Italy, Nigeria, the Dominican Republic, it's the group of death. But first they'll have to face two time U20 runner up Nigeria. Nigeria was third in qualifying. This is just both teams to score. This is a great story. Hats off to Dominican Republic. Let's cheer for them. Let's hope they can pull it off. That's at plus 160 both teams to score. Game three, Guatemala versus New Zealand. I've got a Guatemala win and the over in this game at plus one and a half. So Guatemala wins and there's more than one goal scored in this game and you're going to get a payout of plus 265. Listen, Guatemala, we're making their second appearance in a U20 men's World Cup first since 2011. And they'll start their journey by playing against New Zealand, a team that qualified as the Oceana champion. Guatemala has only lost once in the last six games they've played. And they actually played against New Zealand back in February. This very same New Zealand team and beat them three to one. So I'm taking Guatemala win and an over at 1.5 goals at plus 265. All right. Last one. This was a tough one. Okay. I'm taking Gambia versus Honduras, a draw here and the under at 1.5 and this pays a whopping plus 750. This is a home run swing. So act accordingly. Plus 750 is an amazing, amazing payout. But you need to draw and you need under 1.5 goals. So you need a zero, zero draw here. Honduras are competing in a U20 men's tournament for the fourth straight time, ninth overall. And they could have a chance to surprise here and go into a knockout round, something they've never done in their history in this competition to very scrappy teams, very stingy defensively. Honduras have never advanced. So they're going to try to play a smart, get into that third place game at least. So take a swing. It's plus 750. I like those odds. Bette responsibly, but if you want to parlay those four games, oh man, that is plus 21,680. A $10 bets going to make you $2,167.95 bet responsibly. Producer Juan loves him some parlay. So you do what you need to do, but those are the four bets. So whether you're a season better or just starting out, bamos, we got you covered. And with that, we come to an end of this episode of Vamos presented by Bud Light. Easy to drink, easy to enjoy. You can follow me on my social media. This is my social media handle. It's at Hercules G, H-E-R-C-U-L-E-Z-G on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, all that good stuff. And don't forget to subscribe if you're not done so yet. And don't forget, we'll be back every Thursday. So until next time, vamos. Hey, Prime members, you can listen to Men in Blazers ad 3 on Amazon Music, download the Amazon Music app today. Or you can listen ad 3 with Wondery Plus in Apple Podcasts. Before you go, tell us about yourself by completing a short survey at Wondery.com slash survey.