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It's After Hours with Amy Lawrence still have a dreaded blue screen next to me on my left. As a reminder of what happened on Thursday and Friday, we were supposed to have former pro soccer goalie Jesse Bradley join us from Seattle on Thursday night, but we couldn't because we're having all kinds of issues with the phones and the computers and how we were able to bring sound into the control room. So we had to ask him to wait until tonight.

But thankfully, he's willing to do that. And it's it's go time for the US men's national team for US soccer. There has got to be a coach in place soon because we are hosting the World Cup in two years.

And right now, we don't even have a coach. Am I the only one that is freaking out about this? So anyway, find me online at a law radio. I just retweeted the picture of the blue screen because it's it's happening again.

And also on our Facebook page after hours with Amy Lawrence phone number 855-212-4227. And yes, we're pleased to welcome back Jesse Bradley, who is not only a former pro soccer goalie himself, he's been with us as an analyst for the last World Cup. And now we head into the Olympics, also Seattle Sounders chaplain, and a pastor in Seattle himself. And Jesse, I can't sugarcoat my panic.

I'm a little bit nervous about things. Why is it that after bringing back Greg Berhalter, he doesn't last the Americans losing Copa America, and now a change is required again. We just had a terrible showing at the tournament Copa America, we did not make it past the group stage. And to put that in context, since 1975, this is the only host or home nation not to advance, we basically we won our first match, but then we lost to Panama.

One of our players got a red card and to lose the Panama was pretty devastating. Then we also lost to Uruguay. And in 19 previous tournaments at home, we lost the United States. We lost to Mexico at home. We've never lost at this point.

But here's the bigger picture, Amy, Greg Berhalter is no longer the coach. It was a decent run in some regards, we had a lot of success against Mexico, which is the primary rival for the US. But when we played against top 15 teams in the world, we were oh five and five, and not including the Mexican games. And then we also against top 25 teams, we were two, six and seven. And the timing is terrible, because there's less than two years until the World Cup, which is going to be here in the US 12 cities, Seattle's one of them.

And two years might sound like a long time. But it's not when you're trying to build momentum as a national team, because we have no more major tournaments, it'll be a lot of friendlies, we automatically qualify for the World Cup, because we're a host nation. So we don't play all those competitive games. And a national team isn't practicing together all the time, the players are playing for their clubs, they're scattered. So to try to build that continuity to buy into the new coach, the new system. And this is a rare opportunity to host the World Cup, the World Cup, the largest sporting event in the world, 5 billion people watching for us soccer could be a major step forward.

But right now, we've been plateauing, and then declining, going the wrong direction. Now we don't have a coach. I think back to the year 2002, we made it to the quarterfinals, the final eight teams in the World Cup, one of our best ever showings. And actually, one of my high school teammates played on that, in that team, and we lost to Germany in the quarterfinals.

So that was like a high point, we were thinking US soccer is going to take off. And since then, we've been sputtering different coaches, there has just not been the level of development. And the talk right now is who should be the next coach. Some people think it should be someone in the MLS, we have Turundalo, Nancy, a couple of coaches are doing well, LAFC, Columbia, Columbus, but keep your eye on Vieira.

And he was an incredible player in France, he's coached in the US, England and France. He's someone I think they might go with, I'm not convinced they're going to stick domestically. I think they're going to look outside the box, which why not take a risk? Why not go for someone in my opinion, that has a lot of experience in Europe has played at the highest levels. I think we need kind of a breath of fresh air.

So that's my lean on the selection. But we tried for Klopp, who just finished as a Liverpool coach, and he would have been unbelievable. That would have been phenomenal for US soccer, but not everyone wants to take this position, realizing it's a tight spot with the World Cup coming. And we really need the next two years to be strong for our men's soccer, which I think would thrust us forward for the next decade. So this is a crucial time in the history of men's soccer in the US.

Patrick Vieira, it reportedly in talks with the US men's national team to become its next head coach. Jesse, I can tell you what I think looks wrong about US soccer. But since you played and were a professional goalie, what is wrong? What is holding Team USA back?

Everyone has their own theories. And for a long time, it was we weren't developing the high quality young talent. But you look at our younger players now, and they're strong. Then we had a lot of times the excuse or the reasoning, we would rationalize it by saying our players were not playing overseas in the top clubs. But now you look, and we are representing in the very best leagues in the world, and the players are doing well. So what is it?

What is it? What's the missing piece? And I really think for me, coaching now, Berhalter was not as bad as a lot of people say, brought some unity, I think he got some results. I think he worked hard he, but I'll say this, I believe from youth soccer, if you have kids that play, your most important decision is who's the coach, because that coach will set the culture, that coach will provide the insights that coach knows how to motivate that coach knows how to select. That coach can really bring out the best in in everyone that's on the team. And I think it's true at every level, including the national team. So in my opinion, the better selection we make here, it's gonna be directly linked to our success. And that to me is is the missing piece.

But what do you think? Well, I think as much as we have incredible conditioning and athleticism and speed, and we have the ability to control and possess the ball, it seems like we always get bogged down too safe, too conservative, too much in the middle of the field. I want them to play with wild abandon, I want them to play like their hair is on fire. And it doesn't seem like we get to that point, even though we do have a young group that is incredibly athletic, it never seems like we are the ones who are the the aggressor, we're the ones who are forcing the issue just seems like we get so clogged and so bogged down in the middle of the field.

That's an interesting perspective. And what I would say to that is we had our early success, what I mentioned 20 years ago, how did we do that? Well, we just focused on defense, we didn't even think we could compete against the top teams. And so we weren't aggressive, we didn't take all those risks. And you can do reasonably well, if you're able to stop the opposition, and you have a really tight, secure defense. But then what happened, we started to gain more skill, we got professional soccer in the US MLS started to improve. And as we gain more skill, we started to move forward more. And I would say it's a little betwixt in between, we know we're not the level of Spain and Germany. And so we played just like you described against the Netherlands, and then we lost because we got exposed on the counter attacks. And so we're not yet dominant enough to attack that beautiful sport, you know, the beautiful attacking game, we're not quite that fluid, yet are not what we used to be.

And we were not going to go in the defensive shell. So I think we're kind of in between the right coach, I think could get us to play the way you described. But we're going to need some big steps forward to get there. And I also the one I didn't mention is in America, the top athletes are trying to choose between six different sports, a lot of the best ones don't play soccer in every other country, soccer is a clear number one, there's no close second. And so they really do get the best athletes, and they're committed to soccer from an early age. Whereas a lot of times our athletes are playing multiple sports for a long time.

So I think that's another factor. But US overall is trending in the right direction, the better coaching, better youth soccer, younger players are getting better, we're playing in higher leagues, there's a lot of things that are trending up. But there's a couple areas we still need to turn that corner. Is it too late for the United States with this upcoming World Cup is two years enough? It can happen.

I think the talent's still there. And with the right coaching, we can get there. The US, in my opinion, really needs to advance past the group stage.

That's like the minimum bar, you've got to move on, you can't host the World Cup, and then lose right away. And I think we can do that. I don't have any reason to think we couldn't. But the clock's ticking.

A great coach accelerates progress. And I don't think it's gonna be as much about the two years that we're going to be able to do that. I think it's gonna be as much about the two years that we're going to do that. I think it's gonna be as much about the two years that we're going to be able to do that. And look what happened in Canada! Canada just made it far beyond anyone's expectations.

I think that's case in point. You get the right coach, they can help the players and achieve high levels of success. we're really excited to welcome back Jesse Bradley from Seattle and he is a pastor he's an author he's a chaplain actually for the sounders and we'll talk about that coming up former pro soccer goalie himself it's after hours with Amy Lawrence I gotta ask since you played overseas have you ever seen a situation like what we got in Miami for the COPA final where the crowd was swarming over the top of gates and barriers they actually had to take the players off the field put them back in the locker rooms they had to delay more than an hour because the crowd just took over and it turned into a near stampede it was a terrible scene it was scary and if you talk about things that are not good related to soccer on the field my first flaw with the sport would be all the flopping and they're rolling around and that's been documented for a long time but what you're talking about here is much more serious and it's off the field and I think in many nations the level of passion for soccer there's nothing that comes close like I mean I'm someone of faith and I kind of think you know faith should be an area where people are passionate well soccer exceeds that in a lot of nations and we all know when you're passionate about something there's great potential I mean the country can be united there can be singing dancing celebrations like there's a lot of great things with passion but the flip side of that strength is that sometimes it gets violent it gets out of control and we underestimate some of the dangers we could see in the COPA America tournament there was fighting between Uruguay and the Colombian fans and as you watch that even some of the players went up into the stands and were fighting with some of the spectators and that was a disaster well in my opinion you can't have the two opposing fans from different nations next to each other and if you go overseas and go to a soccer match when you enter the stadium you have to let them know which team are you supporting and then you go in that gate even at the Sounders games here the opposing team their fans will often be especially it's a rival up high in the corner of the stadium all together far away and overseas it's so intense that you can't even wear the wrong colors it's almost like neighborhoods and gangs and it's that volatile it's that competitive people take it too seriously and it can spill over it's laden with dangers threats and you really have to have top-notch security now that also ties into entering the stadium we have the World Cup here in two years it's going to be much more intense than that so there needs to be a thorough review of what happened I mean people were literally climbing in the stadium through the ventilation system there was the crushing that you saw in the crowds people climbing over fences pushing gates down and trashing some of the equipment the escalators I mean this is the stadium where the Miami Dolphins play delays in the game for an hour and a half many people thought the game should have been cancelled it was flat out out of control and they need to have a definite review of that and then just be aware of the dynamics related to soccer it's going to be more hyped up and more volatile than other sports and again soccer has more singing and dancing and you have a lot of phenomenal things that happen with that passion but on the flip side you've got to be alert that things can quickly spill out of control and what we saw there was a disaster and it could have been much worse people were treated but fortunately no one was killed that kind of stampede is is just terrible and there's nothing the police can do at some point because how do you catch everyone yeah our security we need to move that up and organize things differently. When the Colombian manager or coach indicated that his players were dealing with the anxiety in the locker room it actually gave me a completely different perspective when he said when he said they've got friends out there they've got family members they're worried about them and so then I was thinking about our conversation and thinking about that anxiety and the pressure and wondering how much of the role of Chaplin can impact and can help to assuage some of those emotions so what is your role with the Seattle Sounders as Chaplin? Well Chaplin plays a unique role because for professional athletes people are always asking for more more attention more comments more tickets to the games and it's hard for professional athletes sometimes to know who can I trust who's in my corner in a chaplain it's a role where you're there to support the players and what they need and clubs know that there's more than just on the field performance and how you care for players off the field is sometimes linked to on the field performance and when you think about players today all the pressure that they have they are constantly facing adversity and where's a safe place where they can just share how they're feeling they can you know pray you see this after games with the NFL and a place where they can process the bigger picture of life and that's what a chaplain does coming alongside the players and for so many players faith is the rock of their life think about security for a minute players don't know if they get injured it could be the end of their career they don't know if they're going to get traded they don't know how much starting time or playing time they're going to have in a game they don't know what the coach is thinking there's just so many things fans criticize them social media they make a bad play it's endless like where are you going to find your security and faith is the bedrock for so many of the players and some of them are more outspoken some you wouldn't know that for me personally i think back when i was at darkmouth college and i came in to college and i didn't believe in god nothing to do with faith and i put a lot of pressure on myself as a soccer goalkeeper i didn't want to make any mistakes that could mean a loss and i was carrying so much stress and then when i realized like i'm secure who i am is not what i do i'm loved by god you know i started relationship with jesus and now i can pray before the games and that took the pressure off i put soccer in perspective now i can enjoy it because it's a sport it's fun again and also i realized my whole identity is not linked to how well i play on the field and there's so many things when you start you know to pray it's like pray for the health pray for family relationships pray for peace of mind pray that they could use their talents and the number of requests that come in you can tell athletes have to present like they have it all together they have to present strong you can't let your opponent see your weakness you know you're again you're fighting for playing time and where can athlete go and just kind of take their guard down and be real be human and then that's a safe place and so chaplains come alongside and really help athletes establish identity mental health and then overcome some of those obstacles because for athletes so much of the game comes down to mindset and it comes down to perseverance and it comes down to attitude and tenacity and all of those things they tie into uh yes practice is important yes skills are important yes tactical is important but we know there's so many intangibles in sports and that's character sports reveals character and character is linked to the deepest part of your core and the more you develop that it's just going to bear fruit on the field so i'm thankful that again so many teams have chaplains and there's a care for the players because for professional athletes it's only going to last so long and then who's thinking about helping them so that when their career ends you know what they gain in terms of the care that's going to serve them well for all their years and so that's kind of a glimpse with chaplaincy before the games we have a chapel and players show up we have different topics take prayer requests and then whatever the players want to talk about and we'll have the group and then individuals will come over and say hey i got a question or what do you think i should do here and then you know the texting and the friendships and it's just it's a really it's just a great way to connect with players and support them relationships matter both inside the locker room outside the locker room of course family as you point out jesse there's always perspective when you play a sport or you have to perform in some other arena but you know that you're grounded by family friends relationships faith too in many cases all right i need you to hang on we're running a little bit late but i have to ask you about the olympics because they are on the horizon jesse bradley from seattle couple more minutes after our break it's after hours with amy lawrence you are listening to the after hours podcast this is after hours with amy lawrence just a couple more minutes with jesse bradley former pro soccer goalie on the international stage now chaplain for the seattle sounders good to hear what you do in that role in your first year and also someone who's seen on the network news speaker author 28 days of hope is one of his initiatives and one of his callings and jesse uh you're so diverse which is why we love having you on the show all right so just a couple more minutes but i can't not ask about the olympics because we know how big the world cup is on the international stage and for other nations how big are the olympic games around the world and amy people are listening who don't know much about soccer there's so much happening this summer it's a great time to check out the sport i know there's not as much scoring as other sports but you're going to pick up some of the nuances and the olympics are coming up check out soccer so for our team for the us for the men uh they are all under 23 players there are three that can be older we've chosen defensemen so miles robinson walker zimmerman that tells you something we are not a favorite and we are packing the defense we are bringing in the veterans to try to strengthen the defense but we have not qualified for the olympics for the men since 2008 the last two um champs for the men it was brazil but they're not back this year they didn't qualify so the favorites are going to be france you know argentina spain the same for the national teams for the men the olympics and that tells you something you develop the young players and what's going to happen your national team's going to be amazing and we're seeing young players develop you know think of spain right now we just had the european championships and there was a 16 year old lamin yamal from spain in the semi-final so this is the youngest player to ever score in the euro championships he's the youngest in so many categories he just turned 17 so we can't say he's 16 anymore the youngest to score for spain to score in in the spanish league and then also score in the champions league and the goal he scored it was a phenomenal goal it was a banger that's what my kids say it was a banger and it was against france in the semifinals but that tells you something and you know even with chaplaincy you know i'll be talking to someone who's a teenager and imagine that spotlight 16 years old like i barely passed my driving test when i was 16 i was happy just to get a 70 and get my license my parents didn't think i was ready i mean i can't imagine having the entire world with a spotlight on every movie now with social media and you know everything lamin yamal lamin yamal and he's only 16 so what's happening uh again that development of the younger players and that's how your national team improves and when you have a strong olympic team that bodes well for how the national team is going to play out so yeah watch the olympic games and uh look at the future talent that we have in our country and i'd love to see us knock off some teams oh yeah well i'm hoping that we can get some of that fervor and fever and excitement back because it really does feel like it hit the skids with the loss in copa and just the wah wah wah here we go again so maybe if the red white and blue represents in paris then there'll be some excitement again that's right and we're going up against france right away we're going up against australia so there'll be some battles and again i play goalkeeper i know this we stole a lot of games when i was a goalkeeper just because our defense we could shut out the other team and if you get a goalkeeper who's on top of their game that can carry you a long way and with the additions we have on defense you know ties in that first round that's okay just steal one win so you can get through the initial rounds and then anything can happen but we are definitely the underdog in the olympics jesse bradley always good to hear your voice and to hear your insight you can find him on twix at jesse j bradley and not only is he a former pro soccer goalie himself who's got the world perspective but we love to hear him talk about soccer today he's a pastor he's an author he's a speaker he's working through 28 days of hope so you want to check it all out on his either his website or on twix jesse it's good to catch up with you again thank you so much you too amy and a shout out to seattle sounders i won a lot of games in a row or climbing the standings so of course i got to give that shout out but yeah 28 days of hope thanks for mentioning that justchoosehope.org and anyone that needs some encouragement this summer that's a great place to go amy thanks for all you do of course including soccer but you cover all the sports so well always with passion you're on top of your game and you're worth staying up for and listening to the show and i'd love to hear you during the daytime as well but i'm grateful that we can catch you know through podcasts you're on over 300 stations around the world and that's because people are tuned in they value what you're saying and you're able to speak into life and i always say sports just teaches us about life and i appreciate how you bring it your heart your insights so keep up the good work now see truth be told that's why we have jesse bradley on the show repeatedly no no no it's because he's got such great insight about soccer and also gives us an insider's perspective on what it means to play the beautiful game around the world and yes good for the united states having sent what we'll be sending a men's team to the olympics it's not the same national team that is preparing for the world cup completely different team but at least there's hope speaking of hope except i feel like i've been duped before so i don't know that i dare to hope again for team usa still no coach so we're keeping our eyes on that i look almost every day google it does the us men's national team have a coach yet eight five five two one two four two two seven that's our phone number a law radio or our facebook page always good to connect with you good is it well is it a good monday if you're waking up already on your monday i'm not sure it is but good morning if it is your monday ouch here's our latest sports update we all belong outside we're 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night in london it's after hours with amy lawrence the call there on fox sports and lebron james really showed that even at his advanced age across the pond uh he was able to not only score that driving layup with a handful of seconds to go if you saw the game south sudan took the lead on a three by a former nba player actually jt thor his name and that put the sudanese up 100 to 99 it's a lot of points like an all-star game 100 well the first half of an all-star game 199 with 20 seconds to go in london and now if you want to play the cut again you hear some of the fanfare and the horns and everything else behind it this is so not an nba game when there's noisemakers it sounds more like a soccer game there is lebron james four will pick him up so south sudan has a timeout to use and they will use it doesn't it sound like there's an air horn in the background somewhere the vuvuzela yeah that's right it could be the vuvuzela uh and so it was crazy atmosphere there and it seemed like people were cheering for the upset maybe they're still cranky about the revolutionary war and all that jazz and so so the so the americans escape courtesy of lebron and he did show great leadership in the rally in which they came from behind by double digits at halftime the americans were trailing by 14 but really toward the end of the third and on into the fourth they were able to take control part of the reason they were stuck in that hole as big as the three-point shooting was as charles barkley would say hora awful i think they missed 14 out of 15 threes my goodness uh what are you all james harden they missed 14 out of 15 threes in a stretch and because they kept shooting them uh really were kind of stuck in the mud offensively so yeah i guess it it speaks to what they can do versus what they were doing uh when you realize that they had just 44 points at halftime and were able to finish with over 100 right so there's there's that i guess if we're looking for the silver lining and steve kerr he's the head coach of the team trying to find the right groups to put out there both the first wave and the second wave taking full responsibility i did not do a great job preparing our team um you know i think i we did not focus enough on uh what they're capable of and um that's on me and and that um i think that really allowed south sudan to gain confidence early the the ending was um was good for us just to feel that you know um to feel the the what what it's going to be like in paris and leal um so good experience for us good reminder that when we play against teams it's the biggest game of their lives yeah that point i think is critical to realize that when team usa steps on the court really in any sport but specifically in one where there are pro athletes and where for basketball soccer where you're talking about the best that our nation has to offer and i'm thinking women's soccer mostly but basketball for sure softball baseball a little bit different because you don't have the same pro presence when it comes to pro athletes and knowing that the nba has the best basketball players on the planet but that you know the majority of those are americans not all of them obviously we're seeing more and more of an international influence more and more of an influx of international talent i mean think about the french squad and the guys that are on the french squad that will be repping uh the home country there the home nation and having the support of the fans behind them that's a big deal so we're seeing more and more of the talent kind of spread out but still the the the best collection i should say of talent in basketball represents the united states of america and so every other nation gives their absolute best shot to team usa and then it's worth noting as well they're in a better position than the women are but in the women for the women they're just getting together now to start running up to the olympics we'll have to travel soon but for the american men yeah they've been able to play for several weeks together remember they were in las vegas during summer league actually i think that was probably just so lebron could watch his son play when he was not practicing with team usa you know he's got some clout and all uh so they were in vegas for a week and a half maybe and and they were battling against the the select group right that included cooper flag the 17 year old who's headed to duke uh then they went to abu dabi and played a couple of games there including uh against the serbians and that was nikola jokic that was in between when he was trying to recruit russell westbrook to the nuggets man they're always doing business on the side and now they're in london and soon will be in france they're getting the benefit of several weeks of playing together but a lot of these nations they've been playing together for a couple of months in some cases even if they have nba players the entire group's been together since the nba season ended and not all of those guys played until deep into june right the majority of nba players were done long before uh the nba finals were over and so there's a disparity there as well when it comes to preparation a lot of national teams for other countries they even practice year round they'll play year round in tournaments whereas team usa it's a roster that's pulled from so many different nba teams and so many superstars that it's impossible to get them together a year before the olympics even if they do have a training camp of sorts nba players aren't going to participate in a u.s training camp after their own nba seasons are you kidding that'd be like asking them to show up and run wind sprints on a saturday morning no they're going to assume that they can get together and figure it out with a few weeks as a run-up and because they're no longer in season it's a little easier for them as opposed to what it is for the women who are in season right now it's after hours with amy lawrence online a law radio also on our facebook page speaking of the women coming up next hour we'll talk about that wnba all-star game against the olympians angel reese kaitlyn clark on the team together for the first time which is pretty cool and actually i felt like angel reese had a different tone than what we've heard from her about kaitlyn clark no kaitlyn's all always been really complimentary of angel and they've been playing against each other for a long time but to hear angel talk about kaitlyn clark in a different way i guess when she's the one throwing you the ball and you recognize that her passing skills are a huge benefit to your own game well then maybe you change your tune a little bit so yeah the wnba all-star game was over the weekend yeah major league baseball all-star game was last week and then their hall of fame inductions on saturday so we'll get to that as well coming off the open championship zander schauffele who is headed to the olympics he's the defending gold medalist from several years ago now is the owner of two major wins which is awesome but it did leave justin rose frustrated and emotional in his wake so we'll talk about that as well and how about nfl training camps they're underway almost all of them and within a couple of days yeah every single one of the the franchises will have both rookies and their veterans in camp and i think i feel like there's something comforting about having a john harbaugh or any harbaugh in front of a microphone talking about football but this might be a talking point he was standing in front of the mic he was doing what he does holding court and there's stuff about lamar jackson that we can get to but he was commenting on the ravens hiring eddie jackson i remember him running to the ball for alabama you know we were looking at the draft and having all these good years in chicago playing against him not to have him here see i happened to be at the hotel last night doing bed check when he came in what you know on his flight and uh i was like oh you're taller than i remember yeah it's like i just saw him three days ago so uh he's ready to go a big smile on his face very exciting wait what forget the eddie jackson part that's cool and all and for those of you who don't remember eddie jackson or if you're outside of chicago uh he's yeah he's a former chicago running back and they've signed him and so he spent his years no no wrong eddie jackson what am i thinking that was eddie jackson yeah the safety i don't know why is it running back sorry uh so they signed eddie jackson uh and they're they're bringing him in and that's great and all but did you hear his part about bed checks bed checks yeah so bed checks yeah so they put like i know this is for college too they put tape on the doors so they if the tape is missing or gone the coaches will know that the players have left and broken their training camp regimen or something like that bed checks yeah these are professional athletes and they have tape on their doors you you saw what happened in the bubble in the nba you gotta have okay this is not covid and it's no you don't have to have checks okay you're you're you and i are completely different generations but i can't imagine being a professional athlete first of all uh and they don't stay in dorms anymore but being a professional athlete and having a a curfew b which i would probably abide by just because it's the start of training camp and i wouldn't want to get my rear end kicked in the heat when i'm having to work out i don't know how much they do running blah blah blah whatever but your coach comes around and does bed checks this is not college this is not high school camp in the summertime overnight sleep camp this is bed checks for professional athletes more important than sleep sleepover camp well i don't know versus summer camp but how okay i guess but why though if your pro athletes are going to go out and do whatever it is they do then they're going to show up the next day and throw up when you do wind sprints and you're going to know but i don't know it who cares as long as they're doing what they need to do bed checks it's july it'd be one thing to do and this even so is kind of crazy one thing to do a bed check before the super bowl so the night of the super bowl yeah yeah we got a curfew i want everybody in their rooms by such and such a time tomorrow's the biggest day of your lives that's one thing july the start of training camp and you're doing bed checks okay it's after hours it's after hours with amy lawrence today's episode is sponsored by nerd wallet smart money podcast get your head in the financial game with smart investing and budgeting tips straight from the nerds nerd wallets experts will set future you up for success with dependable fact-based insights no financial misinformation allowed learn how to save on your summer vacation find your next credit card or loan for a big purchase and invest in your 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