U.S. Soccer Podcast: World Cup Hydration Breaks Explained
How will FIFA’s new hydration break policy play out? Host Meghan Klingenberg is joined by U.S. Under-19 Men’s National Team head coach Gonzalo Segares to unpack how the new breaks impact coaches, presenting the opportunity to switch tactics and change the momentum of games.
By: U.S. Soccer Podcast
Last year, FIFA announced that every World Cup game will pause for three minutes in each half for a hydration break. The policy was tested in the last international window, and many observers said that the breaks have fundamentally changed soccer. How? That’s the question we answer on this week’s episode of the U.S. Soccer Podcast presented by Henkel when U.S. Under-19 Men’s National Team head coach Gonzalo Segares joins host Meghan Klingenberg to discuss.
0:00 – Cold open
2:44 – Gonzalo Segares joins the show
4:08 – Gonzalo explains how the breaks will be used for tactics
6:57 – How Gonzalo has seen other coaches use the breaks to their advantage 13:23 – Will the breaks create a game of four quarters?
19:47 – Discussion of how the breaks might impact the flow of games
25:52 – Ask the Pros presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts
Host: Meghan Klingenberg
Guest: Gonzalo Segares, U.S. Under-19 Men’s National Team head coach
The U.S. Soccer Podcast presented by Henkel is a production from U.S. Soccer hosted by David Gass, former USWNT star Meghan Klingenberg and USMNT great Alejandro Bedoya. The podcast brings you in-depth interviews with U.S. Soccer stars of the past, present and future. Episodes drop weekly on Wednesdays.