Nightcap Hour 1: USA is LOCKED in at the WORLD CUP + Zlatan Ibrahimovic says USA has Chance to WIN World Cup + Spurs Remain COMMITTED to De’Aaron Fox

**Shannon Sharpe** (0:00)
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You saw the USA advance. Thanks to a two nothing victory over Australia, the plus five. And they look really good today. Freeman with the gold and Cameron Burgess with his own gold. Hey, we're taking it. You want to put three on your own gold? We'll take that too.

**Chad Johnson** (1:43)
Absolutely.

**Shannon Sharpe** (1:43)
We turn it. We turn it. We turn it. No goals down long as long as they help us advance. Thank you guys for joining us for another episode of Nightcap. I know who I am. I'm your favorite uncle. My partner and co-host, who was in attendance at today's game. That's the Liberty City legend. That's the bingo ring of fame honoree. A former pro bowler and an all-pro. That is Chad Ochocinco Johnson. And the third member of the big three on the road doing dad duties today. He's a seven time NBA all-star from the Atlanta Hawks. He's a University of Arkansas alum, a Little Rock Arkansas native. Y'all know him, the clutch bucket getter. That is Iso Joe Johnson. Please make sure you hit that subscribe button. Please make sure you hit the like button and go subscribe to the Nightcap Podcast Feed wherever you get your podcast from. Thank you guys for your support and your continued support. We greatly, greatly appreciate it because thanks to you, your eyes, ears and word of mouth, Nightcap has been able to grow exponentially. And thanks to you, we shall continue to grow. So again, thank you for your support. Those looking to purchase a bottle of shade by La Portier, head over to laportiercognac.com to purchase you a bottle if it's currently unavailable in a city or state near you. Remember, it is a premium VSOP Cognac, the best tasting smoothest VSOP Cognac on the market. It drinks like an XO and we have it in two sizes. The 750 is the OG, the 375 is the junior. But it's the same great quality, the same great taste, the same smoothness. Please, please drink responsibly and stay safe.
The game we mentioned, it was only a matter of time. Freeman scored a goal versus Australia on Juneteenth. How fitting! Can't get much better than that. Alex Freeman, son of Packers All Pro wide receiver, Antonio Freeman, with a huge head of goal to help the USA go up 2-0, the last time the US men won back-to-back matches in the World Cup was during the inaugural tournament in 1930
96 years since the US have won back-to-back. Normally, Ocho, we win one, we lose one, we win one, we draw or we lose lose, but we finally won games back-to-back. Ocho, you were in attendance. What did you like about what you saw from the USA?

**Chad Johnson** (3:57)
I mean, what I like, what I saw from the USA, obviously the consistency in a build-up on what we did last week against Paraguay. Obviously, last week, very impressive. It shocked a lot of people, including myself, who've been watching the United States National Team since 1994, when I got a better understanding in actually what I was watching. And they, why are you laughing, Joe? Oh, hey, hey, hey, hey, young boy, you shut out. Hey, but to see us play like this. I believe that we will win.