Outside of Lionel Messi, Erling Haaland, and Kylian Mbappe, USMNT star Folarin Balogun might be the biggest name in the world right now.
His performance against Paraguay sent wavelengths across America last Friday. Two days ahead of their second World Cup matchup against Australia, USMNT star Tyler Adams sat down and revealed how Balogun solved the biggest flaw from the 2022 roster, which saw the USA lose to the Netherlands in the Round of 16.
”When Gregg Berhalter first took over the national team in 2018, Flo was starting to get integrated into the national team. Now he is a lot more mature, a lot more seasoned, a lot more understanding of the version of exactly what he needs to be every single game.
He’s a niche of a player in the world, and he’s dynamic. He can hold the ball up. He’s not massively big or tall, but he’s strong. He has the ability to run in behind defenders. When you look at our team and how dynamic we are, he fits in perfectly. The season that he’s had in Monaco obviously speaks volumes to what he’s capable of doing. That confidence has clearly translated into the national team. When you get him the ball around the box, he is so efficient. In our first match, he had two or three chances and he had two goals. That’s exactly what we need in the biggest moments.
I felt like in 2022, that’s what we were missing a little bit at times. We were creating a volume of chances, but we weren’t necessarily putting the ball in the back of the net. That comes with us maybe being a little bit more inexperienced, whereas now I think we’re just more ready for the moment.”
Balogun went off against Paraguay, scoring two goals as the team dominated in a 4-1 win. The game set all kinds of viewership records. They smashed the all-time USMNT record for viewing. Friday can’t come soon enough, the match will start at 3:00 ET.
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