On Friday's episode of Futbol Americas, Herculez Gomez and Sebastian Salazar react to the USMNT's 2-0 defeat against Japan in Düsseldorf. Whose stock went down? Then Mauricio Pedroza joins the show to preview El Tri's possible starting XI for their World Cup opener against Poland. Who will be the starting No. 9? Also, we discuss Christian Pulisic ripping Thomas Tuchel in his upcoming book for changing his mind and benching him in last year's UCL semifinal.

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