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It's official, Folarin Balogun has declared for the United States men's national team! Jimmy Conrad and Heath Pearce react to the news and discuss what the inclusion of one-time England international means for the Stars and Stripes. Plus, friend of the show James Benge joins to talk about the Arsenal loanee's club future. (01:45) -- Balogun is not Pepi (10:21) -- Effect on other Strikers (19:30) -- Depth at ST in England (26:52) -- Patrick Vieira work at USMNT? In Soccer We Trust is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow the In Soccer We Trust team on Twitter: @ISWTPod, @JimmyConrad, @heathpearce, @CharlieDavies9, @PartidoPooper Watch In Soccer We Trust on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh4tni-ICN9z0eMIPcf2r2g Subscribe to the In Soccer We Trust podcast: https://link.chtbl.com/InSoccerWeTrust For more soccer coverage from CBS Sports, visit https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/ To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ Watch UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Europa Conference League, Serie A, Coppa Italia, CONCACAF, NWSL, Scottish Premiership, the Brasileiro, Argentine Primera División by subscribing Paramount Plus: https://www.paramountplus.com/home/ Get 20% off In Soccer We Trust merch, using the code SOCCER20: https://https://store.cbssports.com/collections/in-soccer-we-trust Sign up to the new Golazo newsletter, your ultimate guide to the Beautiful Game as our experts take you beyond the pitch and around the globe with news that matters. https://www.cbssports.com/newsletters/golazo-starting-xi/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The transfer widow has officially closed as Alexi Lalas and David Mosse have you covered with all the transfer deadline moves! Lalas and Move break down Jorginho's move to Arsenal and Enzo Fernández's move to Chelsea as Lalas and Mosse debate whether Chelsea's transfer business is harmful for soccer. Lalas and Mosse then react to the U.S. Soccer's plan in relation toward the Yates report. Afterwards, Lalas and Mook look ahead to the action in Europe, as they discuss Folarin Balogun's impressive play in Ligue 1 & whether he'd represent USMNT over England, Weston McKennie's potential debut for Leeds United, and Barcelona's key victory over Real Betis. To wrap up the show, Lalas and Mosse debate who the best coach for Brazil's World Cup hopes which featured the likes of Carlo Ancelotti, Zinedine Zidane, & Luis Enrique and also touch on Lalas attending a wedding this weekend! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hope Solo's in the news again and she's not saying things that are cool. She is in fact being quite uncool. We'll talk all about it. Plus a USMNT january camp with some very new faces and we discuss the Jonathan Gonzalez debacle that made him choose to play for Mexico over the USA. Segment 1: Hope Solo & Jermaine Jones will be the future of podcasting. Sponsored by SeatGeek! Go to seatgeek.com or the SeatGeek app and use the promo code "COOLIGANS" for $20 off your first order! @notalexis @chrispolanco @soccercooligans Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices