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#551: USMNT v Jamaica recap, St. Louis edition Nov 19, 2024

Greg and Belz talk through a very fun-to-watch match in St. Louis.

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#550: Alex Zendejas joins the pod Nov 18, 2024

The Club America and USMNT winger met up with Sanjay Sujanthakumar in St. Louis to talk about that scuffle with Edson, the Poch experience, who's better at golf between him and Wes, his choice to play for the U.S., life in Mexico City vs Guadalajara, and much more.

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#549: USMNT v Jamaica recap, Kingston edition Nov 16, 2024

We get an away win in Concacaf! Greg and Belz talk through the performance.

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#548: The roster for the games against Jamaica Nov 12, 2024

Greg and Belz talk through the roster Pochettino called up for the Nations League matches against Jamaica. Greg calls for a "mean" performance from us down in Kingston on Thursday. Plus Lily Yohannes committed to play for the US Women's National Team!

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#547: Takeaways from USWNT v Iceland & Argentina Nov 01, 2024

Greg and Belz do a more general and less timeliney discussion of the last two games. Timeline items on the goals, then ~10 (mostly positive) takeaways from the window.

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#546: San Siro goalfest, Béticos love Johnny, Pepi brace Oct 28, 2024

Tim Weah scores and Wes gets two assists in an epic edition of the Derby D'Italia. Pepi gets a brace, Tillman scores and continues to deputize at the 6, while Vince believes Cardoso's performance was the most moving by an American in club play in at least two years.

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#545: USWNT v Iceland recap Oct 25, 2024

Thompson and Shaw show out, Smith does too. We only grow stronger each day. Greg and Belz recap the action from Austin on Thursday.

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#544: CL Review -- Pulisic olimpico, Malik as a 6, Weah rampant Oct 24, 2024

Watke, Tara, Salerno and Belz blaze through some of the midweek action.

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#543: WoSo — 3 WNT games upcoming, full roster discussion Oct 23, 2024

Who will partner with Girma in the back? Who’s gonna be the Dunn replacement? Will Sanchez make a mark in this window? Who’s gonna shine in the midfield? Lots to mull over ahead of a two-pack of friendlies with Iceland and then Argentina in Louisville on Wednesday.

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#542: Mexico v USMNT recap Oct 17, 2024

Gotta show for the ball with energy and intelligence if you want to beat a good or even committed pressing team. We didn't do it. Soccer 101 eludes several of our national team players when they get a chance to impress the new coach in a game against our biggest rival. Greg and Belz ruefully recap a barren evening in Guadalajara.

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#541: USMNT v Panama recap Oct 14, 2024

The Pochettino era begins in Austin, Texas, with our new coach leading a largely second-choice squad into battle with Panama. Greg and Belz recap it and try to suss out the differences in the way the team played.

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#540: WoSo — Cat’s back, Lindsey bullies, Lily banger + a general run-down Oct 04, 2024

Tara and Belz talk in some detail about the European contingent's action as Champions League draws near, Emma Hayes' recent comments on "futures," an NWSL run-down and general lookahead to the next two international windows.

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#539: Pulisic, Pepi, Balo, Pax score + roster speculation Sep 30, 2024

Greg joins Watke and Belz for the Monday Review. Rundown of the key action from the weekend, plus each panelist offers a surprise inclusion and a surprise exclusion in Poch's first roster, likely out later this week.

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#538: Evan Ratliff on USMNT fandom, AI voice clones, Brek Shea Sep 25, 2024

Journalist Evan Ratliff joins Belz to talk about his fascinating new podcast, Shell Game, which has some poignant USMNT-related moments in it. He also expresses his affinity for 2011 Brek Shea, talks about going incognito to a WC qualifier in Salt Lake City when he was doing the famous WIRED vanishing act, and explains how he thinks the USMNT is in need of a couple Clint Mathis or Jermaine Jones-style characters.

Here's the Grant Wahl story he referenced: https://grantwahl.substack.com/p/on-the-doorstep-to-doha?r=1ggkr&utm_campaign=post&utm_source=On%20the%20Doorstep%20to%20Doha&utm_medium=ios

And here's the link to Shell Game, which I do recommend: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shell-game/id1753117762

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#537: WoSo — U20s fall in semis, Champions League underway, NWSL check-in Sep 19, 2024

Tara and Belz talk through the USA's performance at the U20 Women's World Cup, and discuss briefly who's playing well in NWSL ahead of the three friendlies at the end of next month.

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#536: Pochettino's first press conference, a reaction Sep 13, 2024

Belz, Watke and Tara go through several key clips from the press conference with Mauricio Pochettino, his first public appearance as coach of the USMNT. And they react to them. It's a great time to be alive.

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#535: Poch IN, and USMNT v New Zealand Sep 11, 2024

Greg and Belz on the Mauricio Pochettino hiring, and then a recap of the mostly dreary affair in Cincinnati on Tuesday night.

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#534: USMNT v Canada recap Sep 09, 2024

It's a joint Greg, Belz, Vince and Watke review of the demoralizing loss to Canada.

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#533: Caleb Wiley joins the pod Sep 06, 2024

Vince and Sanjay interview USA left back/left wingback/winger Caleb Wiley in Kansas City ahead of the USA-Canada match. He talks about growing up in Atlanta, his dad's pizza, playing in the Olympics, the move to Chelsea and loan to play for young, hungry Strasbourg, and much more. Clearly a conversation enjoyed by everyone involved.

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#532: Morgan retires, XIs for the Canada match, U6 pool noodles Sep 06, 2024

Greg and Belz quickly discuss Alex Morgan's retirement announcement, talk about the Gio injury, the increasing imminence of Poch and Mikey Varas's comments, and then dive in on U6 soccer coaching, which is Belz's obsession for the fall.

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#531: WoSo — Our talent at the U20 World Cup, plus the new NWSL CBA Aug 30, 2024

Vince, Tara and Belz talk through the most exciting U.S. players kicking off against Spain at the U20 World Cup this weekend, plus the landmark collective bargaining agreement negotiated by the players with the NWSL.

Goal.com piece on Claire Hutton: https://www.goal.com/en-us/lists/claire-hutton-uswnt-prospect-kc-current-vlatko-andonovski-emma-hayes/bltd7f661fc7d4307dc

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#530: September USMNT roster preview Aug 28, 2024

A good old fashioned roster projection chat with Greg and Belz.

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#529: A quick youth soccer coaching chat with Will Parchman Aug 20, 2024

Will made the mistake of tweeting about taking on the job of coaching his son's U8 rec soccer team, so Belz pounced, and they talked briefly about the experience of watching 15-year-old Christian Pulisic play back in the day, what makes a prospect succeed, and ways we can improve coaching in rec soccer, which is foundational to the future of the game in America.

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#528: Watke breaks down Pochettino's philosophy (of life) Aug 19, 2024

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#527: WoSo — Gold Medal Celebration Pod Aug 14, 2024

Tara and Vince take it away and revel in the USWNT's return to the top.

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#526: Full USMNT transfer window rundown Aug 13, 2024

Tara, Watke and Belz talk through who's moved, who needs to move, who should stay and why, as we're about halfway through the transfer window.

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#525: Olympics Gold Medal Match — USWNT v Brazil recap Aug 12, 2024

Full recap of the final in Paris from Greg and Belz.

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#524: Champo & Eredivisie kick off, Tyler's coach search comments Aug 12, 2024

Vince, Watke and Belz talk through the latest on the coaching search, why it seems so difficult for USSF to find a good MNT coach, why it's been possible for global men's basketball to close the gap with American basketball faster than American men's soccer has been able to close the gap with global men's soccer, Tyler Adams' comments about what's needed from a new coach, the Championship and Eredivisie kick off and Belz gets to talk about Ledezma, plus much more.

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#523: Olympics — USWNT v Germany recap Aug 07, 2024

Another huge win from an exhausted but determined Emma Hayes-led U.S. Women's National Team at the Olympics. Greg and Belz recap it in detail. Girma god-like, Soph delivers, Naeher comes up massive in the clutch. Next up is the gold medal match versus Brazil.

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#522: Jordan Morris joins the pod Aug 07, 2024

Seattle Sounders and former USMNT forward Jordan Morris sat down late last week for a wide-ranging and easy-going conversation with Sanjay Sujanthakumar. They covered playing for coaches such as Jurgen Klinsmann, Brian Schmetzer and Gregg Berhalter, fatherhood of course, his favorite goal of his career, and why he hasn't historically used his left foot as much as people would like. Bonus cameo from Brad Evans on that subject.

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#521: Olympics — USWNT v Japan recap Aug 05, 2024

Full, detailed review of the 1-0 win over Japan from Greg and Belz. It was a real challenge of low-block unlocking that we struggled with but ultimately overcame. TRIDENT OF DEATH.

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#520: Olympics — Under-23 USMNT v Morocco recap Aug 03, 2024

Watke and Belz recap the humbling loss to Morocco in the Olympic quarterfinals.

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#519: Olympics — USWNT v Australia recap Aug 01, 2024

Belz, Vince and Tara recap the 2-1 win over Australia. Not as cathartic as the win over Germany, but still lots to celebrate, plenty to nitpick. The WNT and Emma Hayes have given us a nine-point window! So we had to dust off an old number for the intro to this episode.

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#518: Olympics — USWNT v Germany recap Jul 29, 2024

A very good performance against a very good team, and the first big win of the Emma Hayes era. Greg and Belz recap it in some detail.

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#517: Olympics — Under-23 USMNT v New Zealand recap Jul 28, 2024

Belz and Watke recap the 4-1 win over New Zealand. Next up is the pivotal game against Guinea.

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#516: Olympics — USWNT v Zambia recap Jul 26, 2024

A romp for 30-odd minutes against an overmatched opponent, a red card for Zambia, Soph subbed off with some kind of knock. It's on to Germany on Sunday.

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#515: Olympics — Under-23 USMNT v France recap Jul 25, 2024

Belz and Vince recap the 3-0 loss to France, which was a little more encouraging than the scoreline would lead you to believe.

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#514: The men's U20 roster with Marcus Chairez Jul 18, 2024

Marcus Chairez joins Belz to ID the players on this Concacaf tourney roster who have the best chance of one day helping the national team, and the long list of age-eligible players who are NOT on this roster. U20 World Cup qualification is the prize, and the games kick off for us Friday vs Jamaica.

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#513: USWNT v Costa Rica recap Jul 18, 2024

A night of total dominance and thoughtful attacking intent held back by our shortage of quality ideas in the final 12 yards. Full timeline from Belz and Greg.

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#512: Monday Review — The Copa final, the coach search & a Berhalter farewell Jul 15, 2024

Vince and Belz were astounded by the Copa final and the difficult things it says about the USMNT. Watke runs us through all the coaching search rumors (Benitez sounds plausible). And then we eulogize the Berhalter era by talking about our favorite moments from his tenure.

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#511: USWNT v Mexico recap Jul 15, 2024

Second to last tune-up before the Olympics. A bit of muted revenge for the defeat earlier this year. Greg and Belz do the full recap.

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#510: What the USMNT needs from a new coach Jul 12, 2024

Greg and Belz wrestle with the rumor mill ramping up on Steve Cherundolo, what Herve Renard might bring, what needs to be fixed, etc.

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#509: WoSo — 5 things to think about ahead of the Olympics (plus a few more) Jul 10, 2024

How can we stop Barbra Banda? A brief primer on recent results for our group stage opponents. What's the striker depth chart in the post-Morgan era? Where will our set piece goals come from? Can Rose and Cat play at the same time? All that and much more discussed by Vince, Tara and Belz.

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#508: Copa — USMNT v Uruguay recap Jul 04, 2024

Full recap of the loss to Uruguay -- a decent performance in a vacuum, but again we see the naivete of the USMNT in contrast to the focus and pragmatism of the Uruguayans. Plus discussion of potential replacements for Berhalter.

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#507: The USWNT’s Olympic roster Jun 30, 2024

Greg, Tara and Belz talk through the roster that Emma Hayes announced last week, plus key omissions. Friendlies coming up on July 13 and 16, and then it's off to the Olympics and a huge test of the USWNT and its new manager.

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#506: Copa — USMNT v Panama recap Jun 28, 2024

A full recap of the 2-1 loss to Panama in Atlanta from Greg and Belz. Pretty frustrating! Lots to break down.

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#505: Panama tomorrow, striker controversy, what's wrong with Wes Jun 26, 2024

Watke, Vince and Belz talk about how good Gio is, the striker controversy such as it is, what's wrong with Wes, Will Leitch's piece arguing Trump's election hurt national team fandom, and much more. Matchday minus 1. Big day tomorrow!
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#504: Copa — USMNT v Bolivia recap Jun 25, 2024

Full recap of the somewhat encouraging win over Bolivia. We took care of business. They weren't very good. Our centerbacks are making too many mistakes. Strikers miss chances. Next up is basically a must-win against Panama.
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#503: WoSo — Hayes the joy-bringer? Croix stunner, Tobin un-retires, etc. Jun 19, 2024

Vince, Tara and Belz talk through Emma Hayes' aura as portrayed in the latest Behind the Crest video. Also Olympic roster talk, NWSL rundown, love segment, Croix's stunner, Lily's prospects, Tobin's revelation that she ain't hanging up the boots yet. Much more.
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#502: Concacaf & the Copa with Jon Arnold Jun 18, 2024

Jon Arnold checks in for the second time this month, this time to discuss a little about Concacaf's history in the Copa America, the USA's Jekyll & Hyde showing in the tune-up friendlies, a rundown of how things look for the other Concacaf participants with the tournament starting in two days, and how Haiti's unrest is affecting its football federation.
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#501: USMNT v Brazil recap Jun 13, 2024

A bounceback performance in Orlando against Vini and Co. We played hard! We got a draw. Greg and Belz do a full recap.
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#500: USMNT v Colombia recap Jun 10, 2024

Greg and Belz work through the shellacking in Landover. Full timeline and analysis of a fairly normal performance for 60 minutes that turned into complete slapstick for the final 30 minutes.
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#499: Folarin Balogun joins the pod Jun 08, 2024

Folarin Balogun, the striker for the USMNT and AS Monaco, joined Watke and Sanjay Sujanthakumar for a conversation yesterday. Outstanding stuff.
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#498: USWNT vs South Korea (St. Paul edition) Jun 05, 2024

Greg and Belz on the heavily rotated side that faced South Korea a second time, our struggles this time to play through the middle and the lack of viable alternative approaches, the flip-switching moment when the first-choice attacking group came on, and then, of course, Lily Yohannes's glorious debut, at 16 years of age.
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#497: Bolivia, Panama & Uruguay backgrounders with Jon Arnold Jun 04, 2024

Jon Arnold, one of the nation's leading Concacaf scholars, joins the pod to talk about the USA's group at the Copa America: Bolivia, Panama and Uruguay. As is our custom we strayed from the agenda and discussed the Columbus Crew's loss to Pachuca in Champions Cup, why Mexico isn't a global power in soccer. But the core of the episode is backgrounders on the USMNT's group opponents in this upcoming tournament. No huge surprises but you will surely be able to impress at cocktail parties with a little more depth on Bolivia's mediocrity and Panama's relative strength under Christensen.
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#496: USWNT v South Korea recap (Commerce City edition) Jun 03, 2024

Greg and Belz recap the 4-0 win over a non-threatening but reasonably well-organized South Korea side. Mal Swanson is fully back, the ladies are playing soccer at pace with the ball on the deck, and while it wasn't anywhere close to perfect, the Emma Hayes process seems like something we can trust.
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#495: Patron questions on Copa -- 3 at the back, rotations, Giowatch, etc. May 30, 2024

Greg and Belz try to respond to a whole raft of questions from subscribers across the country. What about 3 at the back? How will Tim do versus Vini if he plays right back? Which player will improve his stock in the transfer market this summer? What is the problem with Gio at his clubs? Who do we match up against the best? Should we expect to make the semis? And much more.
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#494: Hayes era begins, report from training, Lyon falls to Barcelona May 29, 2024

Tara, Vince and Belz relay some intelligence from training in Boulder, Colo., Horan and Lyon fall to Barcelona in the Champions League final, lots of NWSL action to summarize and some key USWNT players coming back to health.
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#493: Copa prep, Venezia's promotion push, Weah for right back May 27, 2024

As usual, the last Monday Review of the month goes on the public feed. Vince, Watke and Belz discuss Copa America preparations across the nation, Venezia's promotion run, the right back situation including Tim Weah's performance at RWB over the weekend, and much more.
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#492: Double roster pod -- Copa for MNT, June friendlies for WNT May 22, 2024

Greg and Belz discuss the major questions facing Berhalter as the UMSNT prepares for a wonderful slate of games in June and early July, and then talk about the major questions facing Emma Hayes ahead of two early June friendlies and the Olympics later this summer.
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#491: The Brickyard Battalion on the future of pro soccer in Indianapolis May 16, 2024

David Ziemba and Kyle Jeanor, the president and secretary of the Indy Eleven supporters group the Brickyard Battalion, join Belz to catch us up on the latest from Indianapolis, where the USL team's stadium plans are on hold after the mayor and Major League Soccer started discussing bringing in a new franchise with new ownership and a different stadium plan. Very much an evolving situation, but Ziemba and Jeanor help sort it all out. Progress has been made.
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#490: An American soccer fan backpacking in Europe May 16, 2024

A quick chat with Otis Lyons, a young guy from the Bay Area who has been traveling in Europe and North Africa, watching USMNT players at their home clubs, for the past two months. He visited Gaga Slonina's home club for a home game, saw Balogun at Monaco, Juve-Milan in Turin, Johnny at Osasuna in Pamplona and many more games in various places. Meanwhile he ran a marathon in Tunisia and ran into a snag in Belgium. We met him on the Scuffed Italy trip and thought it'd be fun to catch up a couple weeks later.
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#489: WoSo — Centerback injuries, Hutton shines, and much more May 15, 2024

Vince, Tara and Belz recap the NWSL action from the weekend, Tara gives her list of centerbacks who she'd like to see called up for June, Cat getting a lot of assists in England in a short period of time, Claire Hutton balling out for the Current in Kansas City, and much more.
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#488: WoSo — Chelsea & PSG fall, no '27 WC, full NWSL rundown May 02, 2024

Tara and Vince captain the ship in Belz's absence. Full rundown of the action that matters for the U.S. Women's National Team.
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#487: Report from Juve-Milan in Torino, plus weekend rundown Apr 29, 2024

Vince, Watke and Belz on the Monday Review, which is available on the public feed because it's the last Monday of the month. Sign up on our Patreon to get the Monday Review every week, delivered to your phone, plus access to the Discord server and lots of other stuff. Belz reports from Turin, where a Scuffed-hosted trip to Italy started on Saturday just in time for the Juventus-Milan match. Plus lots of other stuff to discuss: Johnny looking good again, Venezia in a promotion push, Paxten Aaronson's brace, Vince has some choice words about Mark McKenzie's outing, etc.

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#486: How to replace Sergiño Dest at the Copa Apr 25, 2024

Greg and Belz dig in on several scenarios for replacing Dest at the Copa America, the biggest tournament we'll have between 2022 and 2026. Lots of possibilities, lots to discuss.

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#485: John O'Brien joins the pod Apr 18, 2024

The former Ajax and USMNT midfielder, a key player in the 2002 World Cup quarterfinal run, joins Belz for a conversation that touches on, among other things, how the Dutch trained total football in the late 1990s, playing for Bruce Arena, the goal v Portugal, some of the innovative stuff John is working on in his psychology practice in Colorado, and the extent to which club academies have a responsibility to develop not just soccer players but whole people and functioning adults.
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#484: WoSo — Boots on ground in Columbus, Olympics roster, young guns in NWSL Apr 17, 2024

Vince and Tara report on their visit to lovely Columbus for the She Believes final victory over Canada, a rundown of the best young talent in NWSL, and Olympics roster discussion.
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#483: USWNT v Canada recap Apr 10, 2024

Another She Believes trophy for the cabinet. Some good progress in this camp, a midfield setup that works, and we now look forward to the real beginning of the Emma Hayes era.

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#482 — USWNT v Japan recap Apr 08, 2024

Hey! A giant leap forward from the soccer we watched at the W Gold Cup last month. Combinations, lots of chances, Mal Swanson back from with the NT and as dynamic as ever, very little created by Japan (a good team) outside the first 30 seconds. Full recap/celebration of a very good performance as the Olympics draw near.

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#481: WoSo — Mal scores, Hutton shines, Hayes v Eidevall, Korbinghazi Apr 01, 2024

Lots of European and NWSL action to catch up on, Korbin Albert's TikTok reposts and her long-range strikes for PSG, Mallory Swanson scores, Sam Coffey scores, Claire Hutton shines, and potential XIs vs Japan on Saturday.
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#480: Nations League cool-down with Watke and Vince Mar 28, 2024

The last Monday Review of the month, recorded on Wednesday night with Watke and Vince. Mexico's decline, our matter-of-fact demeanor in victory, Gio's shine and defending, reports from metro Dallas, more on Pulisic's outrageous touch and his tenacious off-ball movement, and the importance of winning in growing the fan base.
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#479: USMNT v Mexico recap Mar 26, 2024

Greg and Belz talk through another very satisfying win over El Tri. Tyler bombazo, Gio player of the tournament, a bit of a slugfest from both teams on Sunday but it feels like we're cruising these days with regard to our biggest rival.

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#478: USMNT v Jamaica recap Mar 23, 2024

Greg and Belz talk through the crazy victory over Jamaica in Dallas. Lots to discuss, plenty to critique, and a boatload of opportunities for breathless descriptions of Gio Reyna.

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#477: Yunus Musah joins the pod Mar 23, 2024

Sanjay Sujanthakumar and Belz sat down with the 21-year-old midfielder the day after the wild 3-1 win over Jamaica to talk about what goes through one's mind when one eliminates other people on the dribble, the feeling in the locker room at the half last night, his adjustment to Italian soccer, what language he dreams in, what to do in Milan, and much more.

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#476: The USMNT Nations League roster Mar 14, 2024

Greg and Belz talk through the roster for the game against Jamaica and (we hope) the final next Sunday. No big surprises. We give our XIs for the Jamaica match, and Greg has a curveball.

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#475: Gold Cup Final — USWNT v Brazil recap Mar 12, 2024

Greg and Belz dig in on a victorious, but not very encouraging, performance from the U.S. women's national team.

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#474: USWNT v Canada recap Mar 07, 2024

Tara and Belz quickly recap the key incidents from the absurd water-logged contest in San Diego late last night. Shaw and Smith score nice goals. Mostly no soccer was played. Survive and advance!
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#473: USWNT beats Colombia, full recap Mar 05, 2024

We went direct vs Colombia in a Gold Cup knockout game, and pressed them hard. Greg and Belz break it down.
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#472: USWNT loses to Mexico, full recap Feb 28, 2024

WoSo Wednesday this week is a belated but fully-loaded assessment of the reverse dos a cero in Carson. Lots to discuss. Greg, Belz, Vince and Tara go in on it.

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#471: Monday Review — Big goals for Cardoso & Richards, full pool rundown Feb 26, 2024

Goal contributions from all over Europe and North America over the weekend, Wes dislocates his shoulder so that needs deciphering, lovely goal from Johnny Soccer, huge goal from Chris Richards, Paxten gets on the scoresheet, Vince changes his tune on Pefok, plus much more with Vince, Watke and Belz.

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W Gold Cup: USWNT v Argentina recap Feb 24, 2024

Lots to be encouraged about! Lots to work on. Twila and the team are putting the ball on the deck and trying to play through the opponent. A good test against a pretty defensively solid Argentina side. Full recap from Greg and Belz.

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W Gold Cup: USWNT v Dominican Republic recap Feb 21, 2024

A soggy night in southern California, hung over by the shadow of Mia Fishel's injury, but Greg and Belz find plenty to be glad about.

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WoSo — Star Wars, Sauerbrunn and the 16-year-old Feb 15, 2024

Emma Hayes on the meaning of Star Wars, Gold Cup lineup discussion, Cat Macario inching back to full health, Belz stans Lily Yohannes, Sauerbrunn is back after Cook suffers a minor injury, the U17s win the Concacaf tournament, and much more with Tara and Belz.

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Quick reaction to the USWNT's Gold Cup roster Feb 07, 2024

Greg and Belz convene briefly after the Kilgore press conference on Wednesday. Morgan omitted, what are knock-on effects for selection? Does anything matter until Hayes takes over?

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Gratitude, ambition and fatherhood with Diego Luna Feb 03, 2024

The Real Salt Lake live wire joined the pod to talk about how he improved between 2022 and 2023, his stint moonlighting behind the counter at Dutch Bros, his first cap for the USMNT, the gratitude he still feels for many of the veterans at the El Paso Locomotive, having a newborn son and his ambitions for the future.

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Gio to Forest, transfer window wrap-up, Lindsey outrages America Feb 02, 2024

Greg categorizes all the USMNT transfers from the now-closed window, special focus on Gio to Forest and Johnny to Betis, then we go down the list and briefly discuss the Horan comments to Meg Linehan at the Athletic.

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WoSo — Hayes name-checks, USWNT first-choice XIs, UCL roundup Jan 31, 2024

Emma Hayes name-checks a few young USWNT players, Tara, Vince and Belz give their ideal fully-healthy XIs for the U.S. Women's National Team, and we check in on Champions League action, including of course the remarkable case of Lily Yohannes.

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Some of the questions ahead of USMNT's next camp Jan 24, 2024

The Gio transfer saga, which strikers will get the call in March for Nations League, centerback pool kinda unclear, roster projections.

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#462: WoSo — Cat & Mal back soon, Fish strikes, Lily shines Jan 18, 2024

Tara, Vince and Belz convene to recap a lot of things, including long-awaited returns from injury, Fishel's big goal in the FA Cup, Lily Yohannes and Korbin Albert coming along in Europe, several transfers, the NWSL draft, and several young players to watch in the upcoming season.

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#461: Monday Review — Pulisic, Wes, Tim ascendant, Richards at DM, etc. Jan 08, 2024

The first Monday Review of 2024 with Watke, Vince and Belz. We celebrate the ascendancy of the three Americans in northern Italy, talk over Chris Richards' 8-match run of starts at Crystal Palace and whether he's getting better at playing on the half-tur, Sargent and Dike are back from long injuries and scoring, January Camp is underway. It's the year of Copa America.

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#460: Annual Review — USWNT Dec 20, 2023

Best goal for country, best goal for club, player of the year, breakthrough player of the year, best offseason vacation, uncapped player of the year, best retirement, and much more. Greg, Tara, Vince and Belz talk through a year that was a tunnel, in that it sucked but there was also light at the end of it.

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#459: Annual Review — USMNT Dec 19, 2023

Greg, Vince, Watke and Belz talk through several awards, some of them voted on by Scuffed listeners. This episode dropped yesterday for patrons. Making it public today. Happy Holidays!

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4:00 commentator of the year
6:18 comeback coach of the year
17:50 most cowardly Friday news dump
27:00 happiest newcomer of the year
57:00 lower division of the year
1:15:20 goal of the year for club
1:20:00 goal of the year for country
1:25:50 player of the year

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#458: Mid-week action wrap-up with Greg Dec 15, 2023

Gio's quarrel with Hummels, Pulisic's goal, Tillman's masterclass, Pepi's assist and Dest's nutmeg. Plus some quick discussion of the "Under Pressure" documentary, good results for Yohannes and Albert, and Hayes' Chelsea struggling a bit in Women's Champions League.

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#457: Sports-Reference founder Sean Forman joins the pod Dec 13, 2023

Sean Forman, who founded Baseball-Reference in 2000 and launched fbref.com in 2018, joins Belz to discuss the origin story of the company that runs several of the world's highest-traffic sports stat websites, including the one that has made soccer fandom richer in the past half-decade. Lots to discuss, we covered a lot of ground. Second half of the episode is available to patrons of Scuffed. See link below for details.

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#456: Former pro referee & California refs administrator Juan Guzman Dec 08, 2023

Juan Guzman reffed MLS matches, helped roll out video assistant refereeing in the league, and now is the state referee administrator for the California State Soccer Association-South, one of the nation's richest soccer regions. We talked about getting young people into reffing, why Juan did it, how ARs stay on the invisible off side line, how parents aren't as bad as they might appear in isolated social media videos and how referees prepare for pro games. Fun conversation.

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#455: USWNT v China recap (Frisco) Dec 06, 2023

The Jaedyn Shaw era is surely upon us. Also we're back to pressing with conviction. We got a good look at Coffey and Shaw, a debut for Korbin Albert, more Purce at right back, a comeback win, lots to discuss. Vince, Greg, Tara and Belz talk it through, react to a few clips from Twila Kilgore's press conference post-game.

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#454: USWNT v China recap (Fort Lauderdale) Dec 04, 2023

Smith at striker, Shaw and Fishel get another good runout, Purce excellent at right back, Nighswonger and Moultrie debut. Lots to consider as the Kilgore Interregnum continues.

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#453: Natalia Astrain on USWNT challenges and opportunities Nov 29, 2023

Natalia Astrain, the Telemundo soccer commentator who's coached youth and professional women's soccer on both sides of the Atlantic and coaxed intentional, lovely soccer from the U17 women's national team in 2022, joins the pod. She has a distinct vantage point for observing the challenges and opportunities facing women's soccer in America as the national team prepares for the beginning of the Hayes era. Wide-ranging conversation -- everything from Onyeka Gamero's path to the first team at Barca to the superpowers of the American player and the overemphasis on results at young ages in the States.

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#452: WoSo — First roster of the Hayes era, China next week Nov 22, 2023

Vince, Tara and Belz talk through the roster, some of the comments from the Crocker/Kilgore press conference, possible XIs versus China next weekend, and much more.

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#451: Trinidad & Tobago v USMNT recap Nov 21, 2023

Magnificent self sabotage from Sergiño derails a perfectly acceptable away Concacaf performance, and then it gets a little nervy in the second half. Greg and Belz talk through it, full timeline. We're going to the Copa.

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#450: USMNT v Trinidad & Tobago recap Nov 17, 2023

Greg and Belz sort through it. Full timeline. Back in action Monday night.

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#449: Monday Review — Camp begins in Austin, what to expect vs T&T Nov 13, 2023

Watke, Vince and Belz on the ongoing camp in Austin, the upcoming matches against Trinidad, Berhalter's press conference setup, Gio and Malik hopefully getting to start for the fun of it, how to pronounce Malik's name, whether Paredes can have a breakout camp, and much more.

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#448: November USMNT roster reaction Nov 09, 2023

Greg and Belz talk through the roster, who may step up in the absence of Pulisic and Weah, whether Gio works as a winger in Berhalter's system, and react to a handful of clips from Berhalter's press conference.

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$447: Emma Hayes to take over USWNT (reportedly) Nov 06, 2023

Greg, Vince, Tara and Belz talk through the surprise of the weekend, first reported by Joe Lowery at Backheeled, that Chelsea manager and arguably the best coach in women's soccer Emma Hayes has agreed to terms with the USSF to coach the women's national team. We talk about her background, her ideas about American soccer development, the ways she is likely to manage the WNT and the as yet unclear transition for her from Chelsea to USA.

https://twitter.com/Backheeled

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#446: A Michael Bradley retrospective with Watke and Bob Morocco Nov 03, 2023

Bob Morocco joins Watke and Belz to talk through ten of MB90's most memorable moments, what kind of player he really was, how much responsibility he bears for the failure in Couva, whether the 2014 team would beat the 2023 team, the chip at the Azteca, jawing with Suarez at the U20 World Cup, the Slovenia goal, the Confederations Cup run, and much more. This is the first 20 minutes or so. The rest of the episode is available only to patrons.

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#445: WoSo — USWNT v Colombia recap No. 2 Nov 02, 2023

Vince, Tara and Belz talk through the 3-0 win on Sunday, finally, another status quo lineup from Kilgore redeemed by Mia Fishel and Jaedyn Shaw's second half showings. Full timeline, lots of takeaways.

We get into some detail on the candidates to coach the NT for real, and bid Kilgore adieu in a bonus episode for patrons. Link below.

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#444: USWNT v Colombia recap Oct 27, 2023

A 0-0 draw, nothing happening, nothing changing. Is purgatory worse than hell? No, but it’s not fun!

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#443: Tactical Manager joins the pod to talk grassroots Oct 26, 2023

Pickup culture? Better rec soccer coaching? Who will do it? How? Filippo Silva, the Brazilian-American who started Tactical Manager TV on YouTube, joins the pod to discuss this stuff with Belz after we had a small disagreement on Twitter a few weeks back. We get into much more in the patron-only portion of the episode. Link below.

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#442: WoSo — Colombia friendly tomorrow, XIs, play the kids Oct 25, 2023

Tara and Belz soldier on without Vince, who was sick this morning (get better soon). We walk through some of interim coach Twila Kilgore's comments, give XIs for the Colombia friendly in Salt Lake City, discuss how our two players at clubs in France are thriving, Mal's back in training of some kind, Cat's "integrating" at Chelsea, and NWSL playoffs are underway.

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#441: High school Champions' League — how it works, why it matters Oct 25, 2023

It's a novel idea that started in Tampa and is now spreading to St. Louis and south Florida, with coaches in several other places considering starting one. When it comes to growing our country's soccer culture from the ground up, it checks a lot of the boxes -- free, local, merit-based, and plugged into something that already exists and resonates in America: high school rivalries. We talk with Jim Harte, the guy who started this off in Tampa. We get into a lot, including U6 soccer, of course. Check it out.

Find Jim on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Msccamp
And here's the Facebook page for the Champions League that kicks off Nov. 14: https://www.facebook.com/TampaBayTopTen

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#440: USMNT v Ghana recap Oct 19, 2023

A very pleasant, low-key, Gio-centric evening in Nashville.

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#439: USMNT v Germany recap Oct 16, 2023

A fun first half including an outrageous Pulisic goal, a second half full of hard medicine, and a bunch of unanswered questions about our midfield.

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#438: Ways to improve grassroots soccer Oct 05, 2023

Belz is joined by Kirk Kinsey, director of Flagstaff Revolution, a grassroots club in Arizona, and Jesse Howe, the director of coaching at the Calvert Soccer Association, a grassroots soccer program in Maryland. All three of us are working in the trenches of rec soccer, trying to help more kids learn to love the ball and the game. Jesse just got back from a national symposium on grassroots soccer in Minneapolis, and he gives a brief report on that, and then we just talk through a lot of the challenges and some solutions that work in coaching U6 and U8 rec soccer. It's a long conversation and we cover a lot of topics, but I bet you'll enjoy it, find things to disagree with, and maybe even find a few things to agree with!

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#437: WoSo — Fishel's smash debut, Shaw waits on Twila, Trin balls Oct 04, 2023

Vince, Tara and Belz talk through Mia Fishel's excellent debut at striker for Chelsea, continue to bemoan the purgatory of the Twila Kilgore era, Trinity scored and toyed with the opponent over the weekend, Alyssa been a bit too quite for Vince's liking, much more from across the waterfront.

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#436: USWNT v South Africa recap 2.0 Sep 26, 2023

A very quick recap of some of the action from Sunday from Greg and Belz as Rapinoe rode off into the sunset, Rodman kept staking her claim as the team's best healthy attacker, and Jaedyn Shaw kept sitting on the bench.

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#435: Yunus starts, Wes shines, Balo misses, Tillman slumbers Sep 25, 2023

The full Monday Review with Watke and Vince. Rundown of the weekend's action abroad, a detente reported between Gregg and Gio, plus much more.

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#434: USWNT v South Africa recap Sep 22, 2023

Greg and Belz break down the 3-0 win over South Africa. Great team goal for the second, a couple set pieces, and quite a lot more of the same from the USWNT after a disappointing World Cup.

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#433: The U17s and the talent pipeline with Hartman & Chairez Sep 22, 2023

Matt Hartman and Marcus Chairez join Belz to talk through the U17s' chances at the upcoming U17 World Cup in Indonesia, what the relative weakness of the 2006 birth year means for the talent pool, and who did themselves favors with their play in the Czech Republic a few weeks ago. (Patron-only edition is 45 minutes longer and includes detailed discussion of 6 specific prospects, and some encouraging news about the 2007 through 2009 birth years.)

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#432: A sports mediator on ways to resolve the Gio/GGG rift Sep 20, 2023

Joshua Gordon, an eminently qualified lawyer, mediator and arbitrator whose specialty is sports conflict, joins Belz to discuss what strategies someone like him would deploy if he were called in to help Gio Reyna and Gregg Berhalter have that difficult conversation that Berhalter said a couple weeks ago they still haven't had.

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#431: WoSo W-Day — Upcoming friendlies, NWSL home-stretch, Jaedyn Shaw Sep 20, 2023

Vince, Tara and Belz talk about maybe boycotting the USWNT if Shaw doesn't get minutes against South Africa, a full report on Cat Macario's inactivity, whether M.A. Vignola will challenge for a spot at left back, and much more. Not the pod for you if you wanna bask in the Rapinoe & Ertz testimonials.

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#430: USMNT v Oman recap Sep 13, 2023

A more pleasant viewing experience than the other friendly this window. Balo and Pepi score, Tillman and Lund start, Wes and Yunus dominate an overmatched Omani midfield. Lots to discuss in a full timeline.

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#429: USMNT v Uzbekistan recap Sep 10, 2023

Greg and Belz talk through the goals, the sloppiness, the attempts to break down a low block, the defensive mistakes, the pitch control shortcomings of some of the non-MMA midfielders, and much much more.

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#428: Nine questions ahead of Uzbekistan Sep 07, 2023

Greg, Watke and Belz talk through some things we could learn, and would like to see in these friendlies against Uzbekistan and Oman. Malik at the 10, the "Weah-ification" of the entire XI, and striker goal-scoring chances are on the list. Lots more.

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#427: Hugo Perez joins the pod Sep 06, 2023

Greg and Belz interview the living legend about the ongoing and upcoming challenges for the El Salvador men's national team, his early days of playing semi-pro soccer as a teenager in southern California, that 1994 World Cup Round of 16 match against Brazil, playing for Al-Ittihad in Saudi Arabia in the early 1990s, and much more.

Patrons (link in the shownotes) can hear him speak for nearly another hour about this current crop of USMNT players, how to get more out of them than we've gotten, why he left USSF, sneaking into the Cuscatlan as a kid and whether he'd take a job with US Soccer in the future. It's a lengthy, fascinating, generous discussion.

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#426: Josh Sargent joins the pod Aug 31, 2023

Josh Sargent joins Sanjay Sujanthakumar at a cafe in Norwich, on crutches, to discuss his injury, his development as a striker, having a baby in the middle of a Premier League season, and much more.

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#425: USMNT roster reaction, press conference highlights Aug 30, 2023

Greg and Belz talk through the September roster and highlights from Gregg Berhalter's first press conference back in the USMNT saddle.

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#424: WoSo — World Cup fallout continues, Jaedyn and Olivia balling Aug 23, 2023

Vince, Tara and Belz talk through the news, the Horan quotes about the Sweden match, Alyssa T getting apparently left out to sea by her older teammates, Jaedyn Shaw and Olivia Moultrie impressing in NWSL, Spain's big win amid significant turmoil, and much more.

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#423: Pulisic's debut at AC Milan, celebration pod Aug 22, 2023

A goal (what a goal!) and an overall very strong performance in his introduction to Milan fans. Watke and Belz celebrate and break down the details.
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#422: Serie A preview (Pulisic, Musah, Weah & McKennie) Aug 18, 2023

Rhys Montanarello and Mr Calcio join Belz and Joey for a live show (edited for brevity) on the Scuffed Discord. We talk through, in detail, the situations at AC Milan and Juventus for Pulisic, Musah, Weah and McKennie, and touch on some larger topics in Italian football. Great guests. An unabridged version of the episode (about twice as much discussion) is available on the Patreon.
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#421: WoSo — WC postmortem, turning the page, honesty about the prize money Aug 09, 2023

Vince, Tara and Belz mull over Vlatko's deficiencies and the underperformance put on by most of our attackers, bemoan the way almost nobody acknowledges how equal pay was actually achieved, and call for the Fed to turn the page as fast as possible.
37:40 prize money discussion
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#420: Mark McKenzie joins the pod Aug 08, 2023

Sanjay Sujanthakumar interviews Mark McKenzie in person in Genk on the UCL exit, playing in Belgium vs MLS, New York vs Philly, Heath Pearce's foot speed, McKenzie's goal-scoring form at the end of last season, and many other things.
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#419: World Cup — USWNT v Sweden recap Aug 07, 2023

Full timeline of events from the game that knocked the USA out of the World Cup, our best performance of the tournament (low bar), Rodman iso'd on the right but not as many times as would have been optimal, a crazy round of penalties and plenty of discussion of what it means with Greg and Belz.
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#418: World Cup — USWNT v Portugal recap Aug 01, 2023

Greg and Belz on the tire fire our talented team has found itself in, with a little bit of reminder that we've got good enough players (and defensive soundness) that we might still do well at this World Cup.
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#417: World Cup — USWNT v Netherlands recap Jul 27, 2023

Greg and Belz talk through the interesting draw with the Dutch in Wellington, New Zealand.
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#416: WoSo W-Day — USA-NED tonight, Rose's return, anthems Jul 26, 2023

WoSo Wednesday World Cup edition. Belz, Tara and Vince look ahead to the game tonight against the Netherlands (who weren't all THAT convincing against Portugal), celebrate Lavelle's return and strong performances from Horan, Morgan and of course Smith. We talk anthem singing and Girma's poised response to a question about it. Also Ary Borges and Melchie Dumornay doing the western hemisphere proud, and a full Racing Louisville victory lap as you might expect.
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#415: World Cup — USA v Vietnam recap Jul 23, 2023

Greg and Belz get into the lineup surprises, the goals, several other decent attempts to play from the U.S., no shots allowed, and some guest expert pronunciation of the Vietnamese players' names. The big test comes Wednesday vs the Netherlands.
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#414: A USWNT primer for fans of mostly just the USMNT Jul 20, 2023

Who is in the lineup? Who is the most fun to watch? How does the team play? Is the coach any good? Greg, Tara and Belz work through the basics about the team as they get ready to kick off vs Vietnam on Friday night.
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#413: Gold Cup semifinal USMNT v Panama recap Jul 14, 2023

Greg, Watke and Belz talk through the loss in penalties, and draw some conclusions from a B roster Gold Cup. It's the end of the line for a certain portion of the player pool.
Special thanks to the Sac City Public Library for giving me a temporary recording home: https://www.saccity.lib.ia.us/
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#412: WoSo W-Day — 6 USWNT questions ahead of the Women’s World Cup Jul 12, 2023

Belz, Vince and Tara talk through six questions we're thinking about with the World Cup opener 9 days away, including health and wellness stuff, the front line, and who will step up in the midfield.
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#411: USWNT v Wales recap Jul 11, 2023

Greg and Belz talk through the front line controversy, Thompson's combining instincts, Rodman's very good goals, Williams' crucial and elegant contribution on the first, and the possibility of a Lavelle-less midfield, among other things.
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410: Gold Cup quarterfinal — USMNT v Canada Jul 10, 2023

Greg, Watke, Vince and Belz recap that awkward but increasingly entertaining victory in penalties over Canada, go into detail, try to ascertain penalty strategy, discuss once again Callaghan's uncanny resemblance to a college football coach, cover lots of average or below average performances on the field from players who likely remain on the fringes of the NT. The Gold Cup is, as. Greg says, the "Matt Turner Cup."
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#409: Dave Sarachan joins the pod Jul 07, 2023

Dave Sarachan joins the pod to speak with Greg and Belz about the job of an interim manager, why he called up all those young players in 2017 and 2018, his first meeting with Weston McKennie, what went wrong in Couva, how national team camps work, the approach to dual nationals and younger players under Arena in the 2018 cycle, the indoor soccer league, how things went right at the 2002 World Cup, and lots of other stuff.

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#408: USMNT v Trinidad + the Monday Review Jul 03, 2023

Greg, Watke, Vince and Belz recap the group-winning victory over Trinidad from last night, and then hit a few Monday Review topics, including transfers, transfer rumors, and Pulisic out on the golf course.
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#407: Paul Kennedy joins the pod Jun 30, 2023

The editor of Soccer America first interacted with the U.S. Soccer Federation when it was run out of a leased office at the Empire State Building, and he remains one of the organization's closest observers 50 years later. He joined Watke and Belz to discuss Berhalter's re-hiring, the search, federation finances, equal pay, NWSL finances, and much more. Second half of the interview is available only to patrons. Link below.
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#406: USMNT v St. Kitts & Nevis recap Jun 29, 2023

Belz and Scuffed debutante Tim Sullivan of the Club and Country podcast discuss the goals, and mostly only the goals, in our 6-0 win over Gold Cup newcomer St. Kitts and Nevis.
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#405: WoSo W-Day — More roster talk, a hat trick, an in-form CDM, CD players Jun 28, 2023

More World Cup roster discussion, camp arrivals, Sophia hat trick, CD players, Ertz in form, HotShot. Let's go. Tara, Vince and Belz on the mics.
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#404: Monday Review mid-Gold Cup, transfer rumors, etc. Jun 26, 2023

Greg, Vince, Watke and Belz talk through the positives from Chicago, the latest transfer rumors, Berhalter's quotes on rebuilding the relationship with Gio. Patrons get the full recap of the game against Jamaica, which is the second half of the episode. Patreon link below.
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#403: USWNT World Cup roster, plus Gold Cup look-ahead Jun 23, 2023

Greg and Belz talk through the women's roster for the World Cup -- omissions, transmutations and injuries. Then we briefly discuss the Gold Cup roster for the USMNT ahead of Jamaica on Saturday night.
27:00 Gold Cup discussion starts
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#402: John Tolkin joins the pod ahead of Gold Cup Jun 22, 2023

Sanjay Sujanthakumar sat down with John Tolkin to talk about the upcoming Gold Cup, the MLS season so far, his hair, the difference between the national team and Red Bull New York, playing against Gio and Scally as a youth player, and several other things.
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#401: Tuesday Review — Sunday's celebrations, Balo, Gio, the midfield Jun 20, 2023

Vince, Watke and Belz talk through the various celebrations late Sunday in Las Vegas, Balogun's impact, Gio's impact, the midfield setup going forward, and BJ Callaghan getting gently corrected by Pulisic in the locker room after Mexico. The full episode, nearly another hour including discussion of Mexico's woes, Chris Richards' ascendance and a serious conversation about Berhalter's return, is available to patrons. Link right here below.
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#400: USMNT v Canada Trophy Recap Jun 19, 2023

Greg and Belz talk through the USA's big win over Canada, sans Dest and McKennie and Adams. Still pretty dominant. Chris Richards party, Balo party, Gio party. Let's go.
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#399: Joe Scally joins the pod Jun 18, 2023

Joe Scally, Borussia Monchengladbach and USMNT defender, sits down with Sanjay Sujanthakumar in Las Vegas for a quick chat. Ahead of Scally's likely start versus Canada tonight, they covered Berhalter's return, the locker room dynamics of taking over a starting job from a seasoned vet at Gladbach, going blonde with Gio, the "complicated tactics" quotes, the road forward for the NT now, and much more.
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#398: USA v Mexico recap, plus the Berhalter grenade Jun 16, 2023

Greg and Belz recap the beautiful action from Las Vegas, and also react to the bombshell report from Paul Tenorio that Berhalter will be reinstated as USMNT coach.
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#397: Luca de la Torre joins the pod Jun 15, 2023

Luca de la Torre, Celta Vigo and USMNT midfielder, sits down with Sanjay Sujanthakumar at the team hotel in Vegas. They cover his comfort in a double pivot, what he's learned as an inside winger in La Liga, how he really feels about pro/rel, his dad finally trying to teach him how to speak Spanish as an adult, and much more.
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#396: WoSo W-Day — Ertz concerns, Wash-LA report, Shaw balling Jun 13, 2023

Tara, Vince and Belz talk at some length about Julie Ertz's tepid recent performances, the numbers, and some of the other options. It's all academic of course bc Ertz is a lock for New Zealand, but still worth discussing. Then a full rundown of the performers in the Washington-LA game, Morgan goes to a Taylor Swift concert, Jaedyn Shaw balling out in San Diego.
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#395: Nations League preview, Messi Jun 09, 2023

Greg is back in the booth after a little hiatus and we talk Nations League, Flo Balogun, Messi to Miami, potential starting XIs vs Mexico, and a bit of a changing of the guard for them ahead of what will likely be a high-intensity showdown in Las Vegas.
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#394: U20 World Cup — USA v Uruguay Jun 05, 2023

A South American opponent in the quarterfinals does us in again. Mikey Varas's team played good soccer down in Argentina, but defensive lapses cost us on Sunday, and we lacked the cutting edge to overcome those. Matt Hartman joins to recap the game.
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#393: WoSo W-Day — The cases for Demelo & Pickett, Soph’s underlying #s strong May 31, 2023

Belz, Vince and Tara talk through the implications of Cat's absence a bit, shouts for Savannah Demelo and Carson Pickett, U20 Concacaf Championship check-in, a couple necessary corrections to the last episode, and much more.
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#392: U20 World Cup — USA v New Zealand May 30, 2023

Another victory in Argentina. Marcus Chairez joins Belz to talk through it. Next up is the quarterfinals.
Check out Marcus's website, where he tracks elite youth soccer talent, including a lot of players for MLS teams: https://www.ussoccercollective.com/
And here he is on Twitter: https://twitter.com/chai_asc
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#391: U20 World Cup — USA v Slovakia May 26, 2023

Another group stage match at the U20 World Cup, another win for the U.S. and another impressive performance. Special guest Paul Douglas, a podcaster himself and a Scuffed patron and Discord server member, joins to recap the action from Argentina.
Find Paul on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DerekSmalls13
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#390: Ty Keough on soccer in St. Louis, and the new MLS team May 24, 2023

Wanted to get somebody from St. Louis to join to talk about the new MLS team, the response from the city, and the history of soccer there. Got Ty Keough, a former national team player, coach and broadcaster whose dad was one of the five St. Louis natives on the U.S. team that beat England at the 1950 World Cup. Covered a lot of ground, including Ty's family's trip to Guadalajara to see the 1970 World Cup.
This episode was produced with the help of William Gordon of American Soccer Corps, who is an unsurpassed expert on the history of soccer in America. Follow him and learn about his work here: https://twitter.com/USASoccerStory
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#389: U20 World Cup — USA v Fiji May 23, 2023

Two wins in two tries. A weak opponent, but a bit of a challenge to get that first goal. Marcus Chairez, the man behind the US Soccer Collective, joins Belz to recap the action from a 3-0 victory in Argentina.
Find Marcus on Twitter: https://twitter.com/chai_asc
And here's the website where he publishes a lot of articles about elite younger soccer players: https://www.ussoccercollective.com/
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#388: U20 World Cup — USA v Ecuador May 20, 2023

A satisfying afternoon of soccer in Argentina! We're in a good spot for the rest of the group stage. Matt Hartman joins to recap the action from the 1-0 win over Ecuador.
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#387: WoSo W-Day — USL's women's league, Coupe de France, NWSL catch-up May 17, 2023

Vince, Tara and Belz talk about the viability of the USL's Super League proposal, catch up on all the American action in the Coupe de France final (on and off the field), and work through a lot of the USWNT player pool's activities in NWSL over the past two weeks.
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#386: The summer USMNT roster episode May 05, 2023

The U20 World Cup, Nations League Finals and the Gold Cup are all coming up fast, so Greg and Belz sat down to try to fit all the jigsaw pieces together and decide who plays in which tournament.
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#385: WoSo W-Day — Alyssa is good, Ertz settling in, Moultrie dime, ACL talk, boots on the ground in Chicago & Louisville May 03, 2023

Tara, Vince and Belz catch up on NWSL action, go deep on Thorns v Angel City, discuss the ACL epidemic, and offer reports from the homes of the Chicago Red Stars and Racing Louisville. Catwatch resumes this weekend.
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#384: Tom Bogert joins the pod Apr 27, 2023

Tommy Scoops joins Belz and Watke to talk about his methods, his origin story, getting yelled at by Tab Ramos when he was 15, whether he ever plans to test himself in Europe, and much more. Great guest, good interview. Full episode already released for patrons. This is the first half of the discussion.
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#383: USMNT v Mexico recap Apr 20, 2023

Sometimes the recap is more interesting than the game. I believe this is one of those times.
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#382: Quick USMNT-Mexico preview Apr 18, 2023

Greg and Belz both give a starting XI for the USMNT for the friendly against Mexico late tomorrow night in Arizona. Quick episode.
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#381: WoSo W'day — Int'l window wrap, player pool check-in Apr 18, 2023

Tara, Vince and Belz discuss Ertz finding a club, Rodman replacing Swanson, Sanchez not doing enough, Albert balling for PSG, and much more.
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#380: USWNT-Ireland, second edition Apr 12, 2023

Not our finest hour. Maybe some people played themselves out of World Cup contention. Fluke goal wins it. Full timeline, Vlatko prosecution. Then we briefly discuss the USMNT roster for Mexico.
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#379: USWNT-Ireland recap — Swanson hurt, Ertz returns Apr 10, 2023

Greg and Belz talk through the extreme lows but also the encouragement of the USWNT's 2-0 win over Ireland. The agony of Mallory Swanson's injury followed by a deeply reassuring Julie Ertz appearance headline the game. We mourn Swanson's likely loss, talk about how it affects the team, and celebrate Ertz's dominant cameo.
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WoSo W'Day — A goalfest in NWSL so far, Ertz anticipation, Korbin balling in Paris Apr 04, 2023

Vince, Tara and Belz work their way through the player pool's exploits ahead of Saturday's match against Ireland. Excitement over Ertz's return builds, Korbin Albert is playing quite well for PSG as a deep-lying midfielder, Sophia Smith got a hat trick over the weekend, and much, much more.
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#377: USA v El Salvador recap Mar 28, 2023

Another tight scoreline vs Don Hugo's men, but lots of chances, Gio at a 10ish position, Miles back from his injury, Dike with the chance to start up top. Some things were learned. Also the USWNT dropped a roster this morning and we discuss that a little.
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#376: The bartender who scooped everyone on Balogun to Orlando Mar 27, 2023

A Scuffed patron and part-time server in San Diego, BasedGallagher, joins the pod to explain how he got the scoop that Balogun would be visiting Orlando last week. However it all ends up, this was a Tier 1 moment on the Discord and we (Watke, Vince and Belz) had to hear from the man himself, on his impression of Batson and the moment he spilled the tea about Balogun's visit.
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#375: Grenada v USMNT recap Mar 25, 2023

Greg and Belz talk through the goals and all the good vibes from the Friday night stroll at Kirani James Sports Complex.
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#374: WoSo W'day — NWSL opening weekend, Cat’s health, prize money, etc. Mar 22, 2023

Vince, Tara and Belz run through the bigger topics of the past week or so -- Macario's statements on her return to play outlook, FIFA prize money, Korbin Albert first start for PSG -- and then preview the NWSL season from a USWNT lens.
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Their Pitch's interview with Catarina Macario: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/their-pitch/id1605081715?i=1000604016313
https://twitter.com/theirpitch
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#373: Roster reaction — Reyna & Pulisic back, Dike & Pepi in Mar 15, 2023

Greg and Belz do a quick reaction to the roster for the games against Grenada and El Salvador. It's a good roster!
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#372: The USMNT roster for March Mar 10, 2023

Greg and Belz talk through who could be called up for the matches against Grenada and El Salvador, and Greg gives a starting XI for each game. Lots of striker discussion, and hopes for trialists in midfield, and some experimentation with Tim Weah at left back.
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#371: WoSo Wednesday — W Gold Cup explainer, Alyssa scores, player of the year Mar 09, 2023

Belz, Vince and Tara cover the waterfront (details below) with the NWSL season just over two weeks away.
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- NWSL/USWNT upcoming dates
- Alyssa Thompson goal in friendly v Club America
- the leaked Thorns kit
- W Gold Cup explainer
- Korbin Albert debut
- FIFA player of the year is a joke. Sophia Smith interview: https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/articles/sophia-smith-interview-portland-thorns-nwsl-usa-uswnt-womens-world-cup-the-best
- Interview with Alyssa Nichols, Jackson, MS, native and pro referee: https://andscape.com/features/fifa-referee-alyssa-nichols-is-aiming-for-the-world-cup/
- U23s in action in next couple weeks
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#370: Monday Review — Leeds win, the search for a U17 gamechanger Feb 27, 2023

Vince, Watke and Belz discuss Leeds and McKennie, Adams, and Aaronson getting a much-needed win, double pivot szn, the all-important search for a U17 game-changer as the U17s fall to Mexico. Lots more in the patron-only cut, including the return of MLS, Dike's brace, Pepi's goal, Reyna DNP, the Old Firm and Catholicism.
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#369: USWNT v Brazil recap Feb 23, 2023

The U.S. is quite good at women's soccer, but there's lots to worry about. Greg and Belz talk about the messiness at the back, the quality up front, the uneven but improving decision-making up front, revenue from the press, our easily-bypassed midfield, Dunn looking like she's almost fully back.

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#368: WoSo Wednesday + USWNT v Japan recap Feb 22, 2023

Vince, Tara and Belz debrief about Nashville, discuss the Crystal Dunn profile in GQ, recap the 1-0 win over Japan with special attention on the midfield and the fullbacks, and Alex Morgan, and look briefly ahead to Brazil tonight.
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#367: USWNT v Canada recap Feb 17, 2023

Greg and Belz recap the action from Orlando. Perhaps our best performance in the last 12 months. Lots of patient buildup, a ferocious press. Maybe we're on the right track!
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#366: USMNT roundup, aka "How Are We Feeling About All This" Feb 16, 2023

Greg and Belz talk about the USMNT coaching vacancy and the state of the player pool, which Greg is bullish about.
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#365: WoSo Wednesday: SheBelieves starts next week, Vlatko's a bozo Feb 09, 2023

A Thursday edition of WoSo Wednesday with Tara and Vince. We discuss the upcoming SheBelieves Cup, Kornieck at the 6 and the ghost of Julie Ertz, and keep being weary of Vlatko.
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#364: Which U17 men's national team prospects to watch for Feb 08, 2023

Two cycles ago Tim Weah, Sergino Dest and Josh Sargent led the U17 men's national team. One cycle ago it was Gio Reyna and Ricardo Pepi. A new U17 cycle is upon us and Matt Hartman joins the podcast to talk through the roster for the Concacaf championship, which serves as U17 World Cup qualifying and starts Saturday. Now it's Cruz Medina and Oscar Verhoeven, Pedro Soma and Keyrol Figueroa who we'll be watching. Let's see! Let's go!
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#363: Early USWNT history with Marty Mankamyer Feb 02, 2023

More oral history than a typical podcast episode. Mankamyer was a real estate broker and youth soccer volunteer in Colorado who rose through the ranks of U.S. Soccer governance in the 1980s and was a key actor in promoting girls' youth soccer, the creation of a women's national team, and the addition of women's soccer as an Olympic sport in Atlanta in 1996. She also worked with and against Werner Fricker, and helped Alan Rothenberg get elected as president.
Co-producer credit: William Gordon of American Soccer Corps for help with research and historical background.
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#362: USMNT v Colombia recap Jan 29, 2023

No big winners from January Camp! Except perhaps Zendejas. Greg and Belz were morally obligated to recap this soccer match, but we did find some things to discuss.
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#361: Paul Arriola joins the pod Jan 28, 2023

Paul Arriola is gonna hit 50 caps tonight, most likely. He sat down with Sanjay Sujanthakumar yesterday to discuss how a cancer doctor helped persuade him to make his return to the national team for the camp he's in now. Plus a detailed discussion of how he learned he wouldn't be going to the World Cup, how he came up in southern California, his signing with Tijuana as a youngster and who brought the best party vibes at his wedding.
Big shout to Joey in Hershey for help with the audio.
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#360: USMNT v Serbia recap, plus Earnie Stewart out Jan 26, 2023

Greg and Belz recap the 2-1 loss to the Serbs, and discuss Earnie Stewart's exit from US Soccer.
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#359: WoSo Wednesday — NZ takeaways, codeine, Kornieck agendas Jan 25, 2023

Vince, Tara and Belz convene to pick through the performances in the most recent camp. Agendas grow and converge, and new ones come to life. How good is Sanchez? How good is Kornieck? When is Cat coming back? Where is Sam Coffey? How hard is it to learn Mallory's new last name? Lots to discuss. Join us.
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#358: New Zealand v USA recap (the second leg) Jan 22, 2023

A better performance from the USWNT, the real test comes in February. Greg and Belz talk it through, including that lovely sequence for Hatch's opener.
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#357: New Zealand vs USA recap Jan 19, 2023

The USWNT started its two-legged series with New Zealand on Tuesday, and finishes it on Friday. Greg and Belz talk a lot about crossing, and not combining or moving off the ball very well in the middle of the park, but also get to detail some lovely goals. At the end we briefly discuss the January Camp roster.
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#356: TV talk! New deals for USSF & MLS, John Ourand helps us sort through it Jan 17, 2023

The era of HBO Max, TNT, Telemundo, Universo and Peacock is upon us with the U.S. women taking on New Zealand tonight under the new TV deals. Also, Major League Soccer embarks on a historic 10-year deal with Apple. John Ourand, a reporter for the Sports Business Journal and co-host of Marchand and Ourand Sports Media Podcast, joins Belz to help us understand what's going on, how it compares to what's happening in other sports, and what it means for soccer's bargaining power in America.
John on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ourand_SBJ
His podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-marchand-and-ourand-sports-media-podcast/id1587364692
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#355: A window-by-window overview of what's ahead in 2023 Jan 12, 2023

Greg and Belz talk through the year ahead for the men's and women's programs. First a brief discussion of the urgent tasks ahead of the USWNT, then whether Berhalter can continue, then the year of (hopefully) experimentation that's ahead for the men's program.
0:30 intro and USWNT
6:15 Berhalter and the USMNT
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#354: WoSo Wednesday — Time for Vlatko to coach, the NWSL draft, full pool report Jan 11, 2023

Belz, Tara and Vince kick off a new series, hopefully once every two weeks. On the agenda today, the camp in New Zealand, Vlatko gets another shot at addressing the team's attacking woes, the NWSL draft, and a full player pool report from Cat to Girma.
0:30 intro, big picture, etc.
14:45 NWSL draft
22:30 player pool report
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#353: Joe Machnik joins the podcast Jan 10, 2023

From playing on fields of crushed cinder in the German-American League to broadcasting World Cup games from Qatar, Joe Machnik has pretty much seen it all. A few days before his 80th birthday, he joins for an interview to discuss the builders of American soccer, the 1990 World Cup, what exactly a handball is, how MLS teams disposed of those clocks that were used to count down the 5 seconds given to a player for a shootout in the early days of the league, and much, much more.
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#352: What we learned about our players at the World Cup Dec 16, 2022

Greg and Belz talk through a bunch of big-picture player pool stuff, and the USMNT players at the World Cup one by one, with an eye toward 2026.
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#351: A draft of USMNT prospects and late-bloomers for 2026 Dec 11, 2022

Matt Hartman, Marcus Chairez, Alex Calabrese and Belz pick XIs of players who were not on the World Cup roster and have fewer than 5 caps. Some surprises. Some surprising omissions. We call it the Future Draft. Hopefully it introduces you to some names to keep track of over the next three years.
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Here's the draft order...

Player selected	Pick #
Slonina	1
Balogun	2
Paredes	3
Trusty	4
Tillman	5
Booth	6
Gutierrez	7
Wynder	8
Cardoso	9
Brady	10
Tomkinson	11
Wiley*	12
Tsakiris	13
A. Morris	14
Craig	15
Gomez	16
Aaronson	17
Reynolds	18
Vazquez	19
Luna*	20
Cuevas*	21
Richardson	22
Akinmboni	23
Zendejas	24
Medina	25
Tolkin	26
Okoh	27
Soma	28
Mendez	29
Konrad	30
Kalesho	31
Hawkins	32
Che	33
Vargas	34
Baker-Whiting	35
Yapi	36
Hall	37
Kochen	38
Cremaschi	39
Alvarado	40
Perez	41
Burton	42
McFarlane	43
Odunze	44

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#350: Netherlands v USA recap Dec 07, 2022

Greg and Belz review the action -- the three big lapses, the tactical wrinkles and adjustments, fatigue, pressing in a 4-3-3 vs setting up in a less confrontational 4-4-2, and our continued lack of final third cutting edge -- all within the context of a World Cup that was all-in-all a real step forward for the USMNT.
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#349: The Netherlands on Saturday, we keep celebrating Dec 01, 2022

Greg, Vince, Belz and Watke enjoy the moment, talk about the goal on Tuesday for a while, and look ahead to Saturday.
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#348: Iran v USA recap Nov 30, 2022

The best day for fans of the USMNT in a LONG time. A fantastic first half performance, and we're on to the knockouts. Greg and Belz go long.
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#347: Beat Iran and we're on to the knockouts Nov 28, 2022

Greg, Belz and Vince ponder the England game and the tournament up to this point a bit more, express our appreciation for the performance, talk about the off-field stuff drifting around tomorrow's game, and then discuss Iran's likely setup and what we'll need to do to beat them.
Detailed discussion of the Iran-USA starts about at the 20:00 mark.
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#346: Quick check-in with Arya Allahverdi of Gol Bezan Nov 28, 2022

We talked about how Iran will set up (probably a 4-5-1), how much they will push forward, how Queiroz will likely get both Taremi and Azmoun on the field, how the flag controversy plays in the Iran locker room, and what Iranians think of Jurgen Klinsmann's comments.
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#345: England v USA recap Nov 26, 2022

An encouraging performance on a huge stage, in some ways unprecedented, but still we couldn't score, and some of our decisions didn't align with the naked math of World Cup advancement. Must-win against Iran on Tuesday.
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#344: Pre-England final check in Nov 24, 2022

Gio Reyna not playing controversy revisited, mea culpas from Belz and Watke. And then shouts from all over the country on how we're gonna beat England.
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#343: World Cup Debrief — Wales a day later Nov 22, 2022

Greg, Watke, Vince and Belz continue to celebrate Weah's goal, talk about Gio's health, mourn the two lost points, and try to cover the waterfront as the US starts to prepare for England.
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#342: USA v Wales recap Nov 22, 2022

A bolt of blue from Pulisic and Weah, a big mistake from Zimmerman, and a disappointing draw with Wales at the World Cup. Greg and Belz talk through it.
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#341: Final check-in; Wales looms Nov 18, 2022

With Watke and Vince, irrational optimism, first goalscorer, first assist, best goal celebrations, Dest's bleach job, the Esquire photo shoot, who we sub on in the 30th minute to protect our lead, and much more.
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#340: Naomi Girma joins the pod, plus we break down the Germany friendlies Nov 17, 2022

Sanjay Sujanthakumar interviews reigning NWSL defender of the year Naomi Girma (perhaps the USWNT's top centerback now?) about everything from her Ethiopian-American upbringing to her academic work in "symbolic systems." And then Greg and Belz recap the two friendlies against Germany. Last non-USMNT episode before we happily enter the World Cup gauntlet.
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#339: What we can do to beat Wales Nov 16, 2022

Greg and Belz watch a bunch of Wales footage and report back. Gareth Bale is still very dangerous (once in a while), we're likely up against a 5-4-1 defensive block, and they'll hit fast in transition. Tyler Adams needs a good game, we need somebody to get on the ball between the lines and cook (Reyna, maybe Sarge or Ferreira or Aaronson), and we need quick runners off the ball to break Wales down.
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#338: A World Cup primer for general U.S. sports fans Nov 16, 2022

Greg and Belz talk about why you should care about the U.S. men's national team and watch them play at the World Cup. This is for sharing with friends and family, ideally.

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#337: Monday Review — league play wraps, the World Cup is upon us Nov 14, 2022

Dest looks fully back, lotta smiles at camp in Al Gharrafa, Vince beseeches us all to enjoy ourselves, Weah's team playlist unearthed on reddit, Sargent scores (so does Pepi), team jersey numbers assigned, and a lot more with Vince, Watke and Belz.
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#336: The actual roster for the World Cup Nov 10, 2022

We talk about Steffen quite a bit, work through the 26, mourn the snubs (but especially Belz mourns Pepi), and then we build up to Greg predicting a 2-0 win over Wales.
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#335: Leeds madness, Pulisic with Nippa, Weah at fullback Nov 07, 2022

The Monday Review with Watke, Vince and Belz. Leeds 4 Bournemouth 3, Adams and Aaronson playing well, Weah at fullback, Gio's cold penalty and the AB dance, Pulisic with Nippa and his crew in the bowels of Wembley, no new injuries other than Sam Vines, Pax to Frankfurt, etc. etc.
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#334: The World Cup roster — our picks and Berhalter prediction Nov 07, 2022

Our World Cup roster episode. First Greg and Belz go over Berhalter's locks, then we each give our 26, then we project who Berhalter will call up.
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#333: Ten turning points since Couva Nov 04, 2022

Greg and Belz on the Nation's League loss to Canada, the 2019 U20 World Cup, Weston McKennie's exit from FC Dallas, and seven other turning points since we failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup.
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#332: Wales' strengths, weaknesses, politics and "Yma o Hyd" with Ryan March Nov 03, 2022

The founder of Alternative Wales, Ryan March, talks about the Welsh 3-4-3, the need for a healthy Joe Allen, says he's unconcerned with Gareth Bale's lack of competitive minutes, and explains the song that Welsh fans will be singing in Qatar.
To see March's writing, visit Alternative Wales, and to listen to his podcast, which I recommend, go here.
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#331: Historic Recap — England v USA, World Cup 2010 Nov 02, 2022

This is the fifth installment in our historical recap series, which is mostly just for patrons, and in this one we look back at a match against an opponent we face later this month in Qatar. In 2010, we got a draw! But our heroes weren't actually heroes (according to Greg), average players can do a job at the World Cup, and Jamie Carragher is still embarrassed after that Jozy Altidore run. Also the mysteries of the Jabulani, Robert Green's unbelievable error, a lovely stab from Steven Gerrard, a debate about Oguchi Onyewu's performance, the music of 2010, the clothing of 2010, and much more.
0:30 intro, preamble, music, etc.
Wiz Khalifa's "Never Been" is the interstitial.
12:00 to the soccer!
25:00 Gerrard's goal
44:30 Dempsey's goal
52:45 the half
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#2 USA v Colombia, 1994
#3 USA v Iran, 1998
#4: Mexico v USA, 2002

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#330: Canada, Costa Rica and Mexico's chances at the World Cup with Jon Arnold Oct 28, 2022

It's a Conca-Catchup with Jon Arnold. We also talk a fair amount about the USMNT. Canada and Costa Rica in difficult groups, the U.S. and Mexico less-so, and that's really the big differentiator.
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#329: CCV struggles, Reyna's fit, Pulisic's bright Oct 27, 2022

A midweek review from Greg and Belz. Also McKennie scored, Tillman was pretty good, Sargent was physical but not dangerous, and Mexico called up none of the dual nationals who one-time-switched to El Tri.
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#328: Reyna curler, McKennie header, a famous win for Pepi Oct 24, 2022

There was also some bad news, for Leeds, to cover from the weekend, and a lot of middling stuff. Another fully-public Monday Review with Watke and Vince.
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#327: Who is on the bubble for Qatar and who is going Oct 21, 2022

Greg and Belz talk through the USMNT roster for the World Cup, which begins in exactly one month, and the decisions that still need to be made. Striker and centerback remain deeply intriguing.
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#326: Savannah DeMelo joins the pod Oct 18, 2022

The Racing Louisville midfielder spoke with Sanjay Sujanthakumar in Spain last week. She didn't start playing soccer until she was 8! The southern California native and USC alum scored 4 goals and got 2 assists for Louisville in her rookie season, and received her first senior USWNT call-ups in September and October.
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#325: Michele Giannone on Berhalter, the USMNT and much more Oct 14, 2022

TUDN reporter and producer Michele Giannone joins the pod to talk with Watke and Belz about Berhalter on the sideline, as a person and as a manager, the USMNT's chances in Qatar, Darlington Nagbe as Neo from the Matrix, growing up in Venezuela and much more.
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#324: Spain v USWNT recap Oct 12, 2022

Vlatko out? Yeah, but it won't happen. So he should buckle down and ban crossing, hire a final third coach and get this team to start playing soccer in the attack. This needs to be fixed.

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#323: Pulisic, Pepi & Sargent score. Weah, Musah & CCV return. Oct 10, 2022

A jam-packed public Monday Review with Watke and Vince and Belz. Full weekend rundown, including Aaronson's mazy, buttery run, volleys struck into the ground, dubious reportage on Scally's place in the XI, and much much much more.

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#1 Czechoslovakia v USA, 1990, https://www.patreon.com/posts/historic-recap-v-67067301
#2 USA v Colombia, 1994, https://www.patreon.com/posts/historic-recap-2-69083229
#3 USA v Iran, 1998, https://www.patreon.com/posts/historic-recap-3-70575704
#4: Mexico v USA, 2002, https://www.patreon.com/posts/historic-recap-4-72235898

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#322: England v USWNT recap Oct 08, 2022

A scintillating contest at Wembley. The US came up short, but was plenty threatening. Still lacking final third choreography and composure, and the ability to build sustained possession out of the back. We got robbed of a big Trinity Rodman goal by a ref who had a shocker. Girma was excellent.

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#2 USA v Colombia, 1994, https://www.patreon.com/posts/historic-recap-2-69083229
#3 USA v Iran, 1998, https://www.patreon.com/posts/historic-recap-3-70575704
#4: Mexico v USA, 2002, https://www.patreon.com/posts/historic-recap-4-72235898

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#321: Chris Richards joins the pod Oct 04, 2022

Sanjay Sujanthakumar interviewed Chris Richards for Scuffed in a cafe in central London. Enjoy the ambience. They talked about hanging with Jason Sudeikis, the choice to join Patrick Vieira at Palace, looked back at the Bayern Munich experience and discussed whether this national team can help get more Black Americans interested in the sport.

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#2 USA v Colombia, 1994, https://www.patreon.com/posts/historic-recap-2-69083229
#3 USA v Iran, 1998, https://www.patreon.com/posts/historic-recap-3-70575704
#4: Mexico v USA, 2002, https://www.patreon.com/posts/historic-recap-4-72235898

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#320: Jenny Chiu joins the pod Sep 30, 2022

CBS correspondent Jenny Chiu joins Watke and Belz to discuss growing up in El Paso, inciting a brawl by clowning on boys her age in youth soccer, the jump from Orlando City to CBS, the craft of sideline reporting, covering World Cup qualifiers, World Cup predictions, playing for Anson Dorrance, the ethics of pruning houseplants, and much more. Jenny was a good sport. Highly recommend.

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#1 Czechoslovakia v USA, 1990, https://www.patreon.com/posts/historic-recap-v-67067301
#2 USA v Colombia, 1994, https://www.patreon.com/posts/historic-recap-2-69083229
#3 USA v Iran, 1998, https://www.patreon.com/posts/historic-recap-3-70575704
#4: Mexico v USA, 2002, https://www.patreon.com/posts/historic-recap-4-72235898

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#319: Saudi Arabia v USA recap Sep 28, 2022

The last friendly before the World Cup is another stinker, pretty much. We talk about some hopeful reasons that these games aren't predictive of how we'll perform in Qatar, but also give full-throated voice to the doomsday sentiments, and then work our way through the action of this game, mostly the first half.

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#2 USA v Colombia, 1994, https://www.patreon.com/posts/historic-recap-2-69083229
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#4: Mexico v USA, 2002, https://www.patreon.com/posts/historic-recap-4-72235898

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#318: Japan v USA recap Sep 23, 2022

Hoo boy. Feels a little like 2019. Berhalter says we need centerbacks who can hold a high line but we couldn't establish a high line because we couldn't possess the ball in part because one of our centerbacks isn't a good passer. Add in a brutal performance from the midfield and this was a bad one. Mixed zone audio courtesy Sanjay Sujanthakumar.

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#1 Czechoslovakia v USA, 1990, https://www.patreon.com/posts/historic-recap-v-67067301
#2 USA v Colombia, 1994, https://www.patreon.com/posts/historic-recap-2-69083229
#3 USA v Iran, 1998, https://www.patreon.com/posts/historic-recap-3-70575704
#4: Mexico v USA, 2002, https://www.patreon.com/posts/historic-recap-4-72235898

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#317: A USWNT check-up after Nigeria, before England Sep 22, 2022

Greg on the high floor and the "stupidly high ceiling" of this group, the lack of rhythm and patience in the final third, and how Vlatko needs to "manage the ambition" of his players to hit the hopeful home run ball. Belz does what he can to help.

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#2 USA v Colombia, 1994, https://www.patreon.com/posts/historic-recap-2-69083229
#3 USA v Iran, 1998, https://www.patreon.com/posts/historic-recap-3-70575704
#4: Mexico v USA, 2002, https://www.patreon.com/posts/historic-recap-4-72235898

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#316: The roster for the last friendlies before the World Cup Sep 15, 2022

Greg and Belz work through the roster, and Berhalter's press conference, ahead of friendlies vs Japan and Saudi Arabia.

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#315: Jimmy Conrad joins the pod Sep 13, 2022

The former USMNT defender discussed how to cope when your goalkeeper might be match-fixing, beating out Gregg Berhalter for World Cup minutes, getting nutmegged by children in pickup soccer, and managing disputes with coaches and teammates surnamed Bradley. Some of that is in the second half of the interview, which is for patrons only. Interview conducted by Watke and Belz.

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#314: Monday Review — Musah & Reyna persevere, Ferreira brace, Pepi debut & the Queen Sep 12, 2022

Vince, Watke and Belz work through the weekend's action, which was limited somewhat by the death of Queen Elizabeth. Musah and Reyna both lose but play ok. Jordan Pefok and Union Berlin are top of the table in Germany. Jesus Ferreira scores a brace against LAFC. Pepi debuts and gets an assist for Groningen. Full rundown.

0:30 intro and Queen Elizabeth
5:00 Reyna
10:50 Ferreira
17:30 Pepi
22:45 Pefok
28:40 Musah
32:25 McKennie
...and much more.

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#313: Reyna shines, a dive into CCV, and roster talk Sep 09, 2022

Greg and Belz work through the mid-week Champions League action in some detail, and talk about the forthcoming roster for the upcoming September friendlies.

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#312: The ever-evolving World Cup roster picture Aug 31, 2022

Greg and Belz discuss some news of the week through the lens of the ever-evolving World Cup roster discussion. Pepi perhaps falls out of the picture, but then gets a loan to Holland. Scally's case gets stronger with every minute Dest doesn't play, and now maybe Dest to Villareal? The ReSargence. Etc. etc.

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Pulisic's playing time prospects
Pepi to Groningen
Dest in purgatory, but maybe Villareal? Oh wait he's going to Milan, skip this section.
Brooooooooks
The ReSargence and its implications
Tillman & Sands & CCV in Champions League
Reyna back in squad
Chris Richards' uncertain start to the season
Scally! Scally! Scally!
Ledezma back on bench
Mendez

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#311: World Cup lineup talk and lots of other Q&A Aug 19, 2022

Greg and Belz try to answer a bunch of questions from patrons of the podcast. Who actually starts at the World Cup? Gio Reyna as a false 9, minutes vs injury risk, how many goals Sargent needs to score to get on the plane and many other questions asked, and answered.

0:30 intro, etc.
2:15 does the 2nd straight crash-out from the U-20 Women's World Cup in the group signal the beginning of the end of American dominance in women's soccer?
8:00 beginning of USMNT (obviously mostly World Cup-related) questions

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#310: USA v Japan (U20 Women's World Cup) Aug 18, 2022

A pretty sad night in Costa Rica. The U.S. bowed out in the group at the U-20 Women's World Cup. Belz and Tara commiserate, talk through the action, and name their list of 6 players from the team who could some day make national team noise.

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#309: Arya Allahverdi on Iran, player unrest, a starting XI & Iranian football Aug 17, 2022

Arya Allahverdi, who runs the Gol Bezan podcast, joins the pod to discuss an Iranian national team that's had its share of controversy, mostly surrounding the coach, Dragan Skočić, who was sacked and then un-sacked this summer after a poor friendly against Algeria. But Iran has several talented players, particularly in the attack, and Allahverdi thinks they'll come out and play at the World Cup, especially against the U.S. He also gives his preferred starting XI.

If you want to skip straight to the part where we talk about current Iranian players and their weaknesses, around the 40:00 mark Arya starts giving his preferred XI, and then some discussion of a likely tactical approach.

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#308: USA v Netherlands (U20 Women's World Cup) Aug 15, 2022

Vince in Louisville and Tara in Philly join Belz to talk about the second group stage game of the World Cup for the U.S. women's under-20 team, a 3-0 loss to the Netherlands. Lots of rotation, some suboptimal individual performances, a lack of flowing attack, and we get beaten on a high header, a blast from 30 and a penalty. Next is Japan and we gotta win by 2 goals to advance.

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#307: USA v Ghana (U20 Women's World Cup) Aug 12, 2022

Vince in Louisville and Tara in Philly join Belz to talk about the first group stage game of the World Cup for the U.S. women's under-20 team. We beat Ghana 3-0. Lots to discuss, including Jaedyn Shaw, Olivia Moultrie, Michelle Cooper, Korbin Albert and Trinity Byars, among others.

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#306: A first-hand account of a Sargent goal, plus the cost of USSF coaching licenses Aug 10, 2022

Jake Landau from the It's Called Soccer Youtube channel joins the pod with a first-hand account from Norwich City's EFL Cup victory over Birmingham City, which featured three Americans. He also spoke about his experience getting coaching licenses from both USSF and UEFA, the topic of one of his recent videos.

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#305: Keith Costigan on the USMNT, the World Cup & soccer play-by-play Aug 05, 2022

Costigan, who does play-by-play for the Sounders and FOX, talked about the USA's prospects at the World Cup, how he thinks the U20s this year differed from past U20 teams, Jordan Morris's return to form, Cristian Roldan's role problem with the national team, and how he preps to call games from the booth.

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#304: Who could still play their way on to the World Cup roster? Aug 03, 2022

Greg and Belz talk through the 16 locks, the 5 or 6 probables, and the handful of players who could play their way onto the roster for Qatar by winning the four or five remaining spots for a field player. Nearly three-quarters of the episode is a striker discussion.

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#303: Monday Review — Wes injured, Giovanni return, Aaronson balling Aug 01, 2022

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#302: C.J. Sapong interview Jul 28, 2022

The Nashville SC striker is still banging in goals at 33, and he talked about how he's evolved in his training, what it's like to be his own agent, staying thankful, how soon Black America will embrace the sport of soccer, the most annoying centerbacks in the league to play against, and the importance of meditation.

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#301: Niko Tsakiris interview Jul 21, 2022

Quick interview. He was the youngest player on the U20 team that won the Concacaf Championship in style earlier this month. He made his MLS debut in March. We talked about being a coach's son, getting an EU passport, and his favorite player (will surprise you).

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#300: USWNT v Canada recap, and we're going to the Olympics! Jul 20, 2022

Greg is aghast at Canada's defensive shape after the U.S. spent pretty much the whole game running attacking drills at naked centerbacks. We could be sharper in the final third, obviously, but we just absolutely dominated the Olympic champions and weren't troubled at all until Vlatko's self-inflicted tardiness with substitutions.

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#299: USWNT v Costa Rica recap Jul 15, 2022

A much improved performance in the semifinals of the Concacaf Championship. Full timeline and not much else from Greg and Belz.

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#298: USWNT v Mexico recap Jul 13, 2022

Not our finest hour, not Mexico's either and the federation is now undergoing a massive shakeup. But the US wins the group and does it with dominance, not conceding once. Greg gives most of the performance a pass because it was a dead rubber, but it was awfully disjointed.

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#297: USWNT v Jamaica recap, and we're going to the World Cup! Jul 08, 2022

Greg and Belz break down a much-improved attacking performance from the USA, on a night where Mexico's failures broke our way and we earned qualification to the 2023 Women's World Cup. Fun midfield, lots of action in the Man City zone, Sophia Smith scores a gorgeous goal and Girma, Huerta and Sanchez make their case.

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#296: USWNT v Haiti recap Jul 06, 2022

Lots of crossing, a little bit shaky at the back, and Alex Morgan comes up big. Greg and Belz break down the action and promise to be more timely with the rest of the games in this tournament.

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#295: Kings of Concacaf! U20s v Dominican Republic recap Jul 04, 2022

Joey, Vince, Hartman and Belz break down the action from the championship game, and try to step back and analyze the U20s as a group, stock up/stock down, where it all fits in.

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#294: We're going to the Olympics! (U20s v Honduras recap) Jul 02, 2022

Joey O and Matt Hartman recap the U20s' historic win to qualify for the 2024 Olympics in Paris. All hail Mikey Varas, and the Philadelphia Union, and Alejandro Alvarado. Quick note from Belz at the beginning of the episode.

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#293: USWNT v Colombia recaps Jun 29, 2022

A double recap of the two friendlies versus Colombia. Big questions about the striker position and the midfield pretty well answered. Lots of crossing. Next is Haiti on the Fourth of July.

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#292: U20s v Costa Rica recap Jun 29, 2022

Vince, Joey O and Matt Showalter step in to recap the U20s' Concacaf quarterfinal showdown with Costa Rica. Paxten comes up big, and despite some uneven moments in the back, the boys pass their first tough test of the tournament.

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#291: U20s v Nicaragua recap with Bob Morocco Jun 26, 2022

Luna shines again. Sullivan as a (slightly trigger-happy) interpreter of space. xG piling up and we close out the soft part of the U20 Concacaf Championship in some style against Nicaragua. Bob Morocco joins to talk about the game, compare this side to the one that won the title in 2017, and give his preferred lineup for the Costa Rica match on Tuesday.

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#290: U20s v Cuba recap with Bob Morocco Jun 23, 2022

Bob Morocco of Big Soccer and USMNT Twitter fame joins to break down the third group stage game of the Concacaf Championship, against Cuba. Plenty to talk about. Bob, as usual, is meticulous and precise.

0:30 intro, lineups and timeline
48:00 who here has a NT future?

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#289: Quick preview of the women's Concacaf Championship Jun 22, 2022

Greg and Belz go through the USWNT roster, and the injuries keeping players out of it, ahead of the tournament next month at which they will aim to qualify both for the next World Cup and the next Olympics.

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#288: U20s v Canada recap Jun 21, 2022

A pretty interesting game! Matt Hartman and Belz do a "quick take hot take" a la Grove and Rockwell, right after the game. Full timeline in a wild match mostly dominated by the US, and some quick takeaways at the end.

0:30 intro and lineups
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#287: U20s v St. Kitts recap Jun 19, 2022

Hey! We're gonna recap all of these U20 games. This time it's Matt Hartman and Belz. A lopsided victory in Tegucigalpa, but we're all just getting reps in preparation for the knockout rounds.

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#286: U20 player pool rundown ahead of Concacaf Championship Jun 16, 2022

The tournament kicks off Saturday for the U.S. U20s against St. Kitts & Nevis. The top 2 finishers in the tournament qualify for the 2024 Olympics, and the top 4 qualify for the U20 World Cup in 2023 in Indonesia. So it's a tournament that matters quite a bit! Matt Hartman joins the pod to talk through the players on the roster, the ones who aren't for various reasons, and a few other things.

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#285: El Salvador v USA recap Jun 15, 2022

Another draw in San Salvador, but one that ended up being a lot of fun.

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#284: USA v Grenada recap Jun 11, 2022

As Greg Velasquez predicted would happen, the starting striker got a hat trick. But also, some players made a negative impression and it's hard to see them going to Qatar if they couldn't make a positive impact against a team made up of players from USL and Braintree Town.

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#283: Tuesday Review — All our enemies are in the mud Jun 07, 2022

England, Wales, Canada, Iran and Mexico, all struggling in one way or another. Plus "Americans," Pulisic getting snippy, bringing something to a party, Scally wars, 6 on 6 crime, maybe Gregg is good, Jesus at the 9, substitution-gate, actions not words, and repentance (or a lack thereof) toward Brenden Aaronson.

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12:55 "Americans"
19:45 Pulisic getting snippy
22:40 lip-reading RFP
26:00 Puli-Haji penalty ruse
34:30 Brenden repentance
42:00 Bringing something to a party
53:30 Twitter meta discussion
1:04:00 Tyler high, 6 on 6 crime
1:10:30 Pulisic haircut
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#282: USA v Uruguay recap Jun 06, 2022

Another good friendly, this one in Kansas City against 13th-ranked Uruguay. Scally struggles, Ferreira against doesn't finish his chances, Musah shines, and we have a bunch of decent data heading into the softer back half of the international window.

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#281: USA v Morocco recap Jun 02, 2022

A wrinkle in the shape, a fascinating night for Pulisic, Aaronson outstanding and Luca de la Torre at the 6. Lots to discuss from a free-flowing contest against a respectable World Cup-bound opponent.

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5:30 Aaronson's role
18:40 Big Morocco chances
29:40 Puli to BA, 1-0
36:15 Weah smash, Bono bungle, 2-0
42:15 Greg on the USMNT's shape

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#280: Morocco & Uruguay look-aheads, Velasquez on the roster May 25, 2022

Greg has his say on Berhalter's call-ups, plus a quick look at Morocco and Uruguay and how we might line up against them.

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#279: Equal pay & a June roster preview May 19, 2022

Prize money equalization, and a run through prospective call-ups for the USMNT's June matches.

0:30 U.S. Soccer's new CBAs with the men and the women
15:40 June roster preview

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#278: Interview with Mikey Varas, U.S. men's U20 coach May 16, 2022

Mikey Varas joins the pod to talk about the tournament he coached the week he was hired, how the youth national teams are integrated with the senior national team, the shortage of true No. 9s in the youth ranks, the federation's approach to dual nationals, and how yoga applies to soccer.

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#277: A World Cup year USMNT to-do list May 13, 2022

The goalkeeper situation, attacking reps and a backup left back. Greg and Belz talk through those and five other things on the to-do list for Berhalter, some more urgent than others.

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#276: Monday Review — Dad tweets, striker watch, endless dual nat panic May 02, 2022

Our once-a-month public episode of the Monday Review with Vince and Watke. A selective roundup of the player pool's activity over the weekend, Mark Pulisic's deleted tweet, striker watch, a forecast of dual national panic, and much more.

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#275: Hypothetical lineups, the offside rule, and late-season club stakes Apr 28, 2022

Greg and Belz answer a handful of listener questions, mostly about hypothetical USMNT lineups. Then Greg gives a modest proposal for a new offside rule, and runs down the list of promotions, relegations and battles for a European spot that Americans face at clubs in Europe.

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#274: Up-and-comers roundup with Matt Hartman and Marcus Chairez Apr 28, 2022

The wheel keeps turning and we’ve got a new crop of male American soccer prospects emerging, especially at the U17 level. Marcus Chairez and Matt Hartman join the podcast to highlight the top players at the Generation Adidas Cup tournament, and we do a quick rundown of news in the men’s youth national teams.

Roughly in order, here are some of the players we discussed:

Cruz Medina, CM, San Jose
Bryan Destin, FW, Inter Miami
Stu Hawkins, CB, Seattle
Pedro Faife, CDM, Inter Miami
Angel Martinez, CB, Seattle
DeCarlo Guerra, CM, LAFC
Andrea Gitau, FW, Houston
Luis Rivera, CB, Real Salt Lake
Noah Santos, FW, Portland
Izzy Boatwright, RB, Inter Miami
...and many more!

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#273: A USWNT change of guard? Eh! We'll see. Apr 21, 2022

The young cohort just blasted Uzbekistan, but now the US women's national team has to get ready for World Cup and Olympic qualification this summer. Greg and Belz check in on an exciting pool of young players and start to think about who might get the call in July.

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#272: Meg Swanick on away qualifiers, binoculars, team chemistry Apr 20, 2022

Meg Swanick, who writes for the Guardian US and covered every away World Cup qualifier played by the USMNT in this cycle, joins to be interviewed by Chris Russell (Watke) and take questions from listeners live on the air in the Scuffed Discord. Binoculars, whether Berhalter holds grudges, the bus ride to the Cuscatlan, the camaraderie of Weah and Yedlin, the best coffee in Concacaf, and many other things were discussed.

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#271: West Coast Check-In with Jay Hernandez Apr 15, 2022

This is a pilot for what I hope can be a regular episode with Jay Hernandez, a casual and briefer-than-normal conversation with an informed, opinionated fan of the US men's national team based in Los Angeles. The audio's pretty uneven but it's listenable, and it'll be better next time. We talked toxicity in the fanbase, Julian Araujo, Christian Pulisic, Gerson Perez's U20s, impressions of Orlando, and Berhalter. (Jay praised him twice.)

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#270: Call-in show with Jon Arnold and Watke Apr 13, 2022

We talk Concacaf more broadly, Jon's journalism origin story, the U20 Concacaf Championship, Costa Rica's surge, Jon's favorite cereal and a lot more. Recorded live on the Scuffed Discord.

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#269: Zach Lowy on Vizela, Portuguese football & the transfer market for U.S. players Apr 12, 2022

Breaking the Lines co-founder Zach Lowy joins to talk about Alex Mendez, Alejandro Alvarado, Vizela's chances of staying up and the incredible achievement that would be, Portuguese football in general, and whether the European market for young American talent is overheated.

5:00 Alex Mendez, Alejandro Alvarado and Vizela in general
28:10 Reggie Cannon and Boavista
40:00 Portugal's World Cup prospects
47:00 the European market for U.S. talent
57:00 Zach on Berhalter

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#268: A roster snapshot with 7 months 'til the World Cup Apr 06, 2022

Who's a lock for Qatar, who's not quite a lock, and who else is fighting for a spot on the plane?

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#267: Monday Review — Iran, Doha, frostbite, Black Friday, England (a little) Apr 04, 2022

A relaxing post-qualification stroll with Watke and Vince through the World Cup draw, Iran's best players, England's profound deficiencies, frostbite, and Watke's past life on the Arabian peninsula. First Monday Review of the month, so it's in the free feed. Usually they're for patrons only.

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#266: Costa Rica v USA recap (WCQ14) Mar 31, 2022

We're going back to the World Cup. Greg and Belz recap the game in San Jose and go on a ramble about the end of qualifying and tomorrow's World Cup draw.

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#265: USA v Panama recap (WCQ13) Mar 29, 2022

A dreamy spring evening in Florida. Godoy gets handsy. Pulisic sinks the dagger. We have mostly qualified for the World Cup. Recap from Orlando, XIs v Costa Rica discussed at the end.

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#264: Mexico v USA recap (WCQ12) Mar 25, 2022

Greg and Belz gradually recap the World Cup qualifier in the Azteca.

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#263: Jon Arnold previews MEX, PAN & CRC Mar 22, 2022

Concacaf-in-general's most curious and prolific English-language journalist Jon Arnold joins to give us a sturdy look at the USA's opponents in the upcoming and final World Cup qualifying window. Will Julian Araujo start vs the USA? Can Costa Rica beat Canada at home? Will Panama rotate between Honduras and the USA? Those questions and many others addressed.

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#262: Judgment Day Roster Reaction & Lineup Talk Mar 18, 2022

27 men called up for the final window of World Cup qualifying. Dest got hurt the day of the announcement. Brooks not called up. Erik Palmer-Brown back from the wilderness. We talk through all of that and then try to work out lineups for the Mexico and Panama games.

0:30 the roster
27:45 lineups vs Mexico and Panama

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#261: An interview with former U.S. Soccer official Nico Romeijn Mar 17, 2022

Romeijn was head of coaching education and chief sport development officer for U.S. Soccer before he left the federation to return to Holland in 2020. He spoke about the work he was involved in to revamp coaching education in the U.S., coaching philosophy, the challenges of growing the game in the U.S. and the way American soccer is viewed in the rest of the world.

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#260: Which players have under- and over-performed in qualifying? Mar 17, 2022

A day ahead of the roster release for the final window of World Cup qualifying, Greg Velasquez walks through a pretty careful assessment of each player who’s gotten minutes in qualifying. Belz tags along.

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#259: World Cup Qualifying Recap Part 2: November and January Mar 13, 2022

In Part 1, Greg and Belz went through the first two World Cup qualifying windows. In this episode, Part 2, they go through the third and fourth windows as a refresher ahead of the final, decisive set of three matches coming at the end of this month. Less time given to the most recent window than the first three, to be quite honest. These two episodes are perfect for anyone newly paying attention to the men's national team, or anyone who wants to go back and try to understand a little better how we got where we are.

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#258: World Cup Qualifying Recap Part 1: September & October Mar 11, 2022

Greg and Belz go back through the first two windows as a refresher ahead of the final window. What worked, what didn't work, who played, who didn't play, etc etc. Part 2, on the November and January/February windows, will come out soon.

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#257: Monday Review — Wes out, Pulisic good, Pefok scores again, Sir Charles drags the USMNT Mar 07, 2022

Vince is back with Watke and Belz for a full recap of the week's action, including Jesse Marsch's glorious victory in the xG battle in his Leeds debut, Vince seeing the North London light on our striker situation, and Weston's confirmed season-ended status. Also, is Balogun the solution?

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#256: Six USMNT storylines we’re tracking in MLS Mar 03, 2022

The striker grab bag, the Philly and Dallas projects and the Fourth Eight race are among the national team-related storylines we're tracking in Major League Soccer. Caveats from Velasquez abound, but it's a pretty good discussion and we took a few listener questions at the end.

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#255: John Muller, soccer analytics writer for The Athletic UK Feb 22, 2022

Muller patiently explains what he thinks are the most interesting metrics in soccer right now, the basics of how data is collected and used and sold, and some of the limitations of even advanced stats. Belz plays the data-inattentive everyman, which is, after all, what he is. They also discussed and assessed Gregg Berhalter's tenure and adaptability, the US men's player pool, and what John is working on next. Then he turned a few questions on Belz.

0:30 intro and the basics of soccer analytics
29:25 Berhalter and USMNT discussion starts

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#254: Interview with Eryk Williamson Feb 21, 2022

On the brink of his return from an ACL injury last August that sidelined him for all of World Cup qualifying, Portland Timbers midfielder Eryk Williamson joins the pod to talk about cold showers in the Azores and his breakout 2020 season, what he's learned from Diego Chara, why he was left off the Olympic qualifying roster and how he overcame that setback to win a trophy against Mexico in the Gold Cup.

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#253: Herdman’s secret plans & Berhalter’s last interview Feb 18, 2022

Greg and Belz got a pretty detailed look into Canada's tactical approach from a couple of private video presentations conducted by John Herdman, which were leaked to us. We talk through those and try to relate them to the USMNT, and then talk through Gregg Berhalter's latest interview with Bobby Warshaw for U.S. Soccer's house podcast.

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14:30 Canada's approach to each of the 4 phases of the game
26:30 tallying up "advance platforms" as a way to measure on-field success
44:25 Berhalter's latest Warshaw interview
55:30 Pulisic's benching

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#252: Interview with Jay Hernandez Feb 17, 2022

Jay Hernandez, low-key one of the easier-on-the-ears pundits in this U.S. men's national team niche of ours, joins the pod to talk about the upcoming window, his path to USMNT fandom, his experience in Columbus at the USA-El Salvador match, Christian Pulisic's struggles, and a lot more.

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#251: Monday Review — Signs of life from Pulisic, striker watch, fullback watch Feb 14, 2022

Watke, Vince and Belz talk through a middling weekend of action for Americans abroad. Next week's Monday Review will be on the patron-only feed, so this represents a little bit of a changing of the guard.

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#250: USMNT transfer window recap Feb 10, 2022

Greg and Belz talk their way through the transfers of the past window, everything from George Bello to Arminia Bielefeld to Kobe Hernandez-Foster to HamKam, with a special focus on the players who are battling for a spot on a World Cup roster.

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#249: Monday Review — Reyna’s return, Walker’s goal celebrations, Aaronson’s spot Feb 07, 2022

Belz, Vince and Watke run through the weekend's action and take several listener questions.

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#248: USA v Honduras recap (WCQ11) Feb 04, 2022

A crazy night in St. Paul. Luca gets his shot. Striker position remains unsettled. Set pieces carry the day.

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#247: Tuesday Review — Honduras pre-game, Canada rumination Feb 02, 2022

Belz from Minneapolis, Vince from Louisville, Watke from New York. We wind our way through an extended discussion of Pulisic, the striker position, the weather in the Twin Cities, Canada, Miles Robinson, and a lot of other stuff.

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#246: Canada v USA recap (WCQ10) Jan 31, 2022

The rollercoaster ride continues, and it's gonna continue through at least the middle of the next window.

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#245: USA v El Salvador recap (WCQ9) Jan 28, 2022

We (Greg and Belz) go long on the game in Columbus, and what we think we learned.

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#244: El Salvador, Canada & Honduras previews with Jon Arnold Jan 25, 2022

Jon Arnold gives us a closer look at how things look from the El Salvador, Canada and Honduras points of view, and also a quick update on Panama.

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#243: Monday Review — The qualifying window is upon us Jan 24, 2022

The Brooks omission, Weah's blessed return, Dest getting scraps from Xavi, and Sargent's move on the parabola with Watke and Vince, all in the context of El Salvador on Thursday to kick off what Belz believes can and should be a 9 point window.

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#242: Roster Reaction Jan 21, 2022

The pivotal window of World Cup qualifying is upon us and Gregg Berhalter announced his roster today. Greg and Belz get into it. Don't worry, we don't spend much time kvetching.

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#241: Monday Review — Pepi starts, Dike debuts, Sargent gets a W Jan 18, 2022

Vince, Watke and Belz walk through the weekend of the inconclusive American striker, plus McKennie's continued excellent form, a question about whether Pulisic should be considered an elite talent, an earnestly joyful look ahead to the upcoming window, and much more.

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#240: Interview with Luca de la Torre Jan 17, 2022

Heracles Almelo midfielder Luca de la Torre, hoping for a USA call-up this week, talks about the evolution of his game under Frank Wormuth, the Fulham years, the key to ball security, and his ability to operate on the half-turn between the lines. A cerebral guy, obviously passionate about the game.

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#239: The roster for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers Jan 13, 2022

El Salvador, Canada and Honduras await, and about half the USMNT player pool hasn't seen a ton of action lately. Greg and Belz talk through it all, with Greg diving into how the spreadsheets on how many minutes each player has played, how recently.

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#238: Monday Review — Thriller in Rome, Pepi’s debut, DeJuan Jones & Alex Mendez Jan 10, 2022

A rundown of the action from the weekend with Vince, Watke and Belz. McKennie plays a key role in a huge win for Juventus, Pepi debuts for Augsburg, Dest's camp signals he wants to stay in Barcelona, and lots of other things to discuss.

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7:45 Pepi's debut
24:45 January Camp

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#237: Interview with Vince Ganzberg on coaching youth soccer Jan 06, 2022

Ganzberg, the associate director of coaching education for United Soccer Coaches, talks youth soccer coaching, coaching philosophy, the USSF and United Soccer Coaches curriculums, and the place of collegiate competition in American soccer.

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#236: Monday Review — Puli v Liverpool, Pepi to Augsburg, Dike to West Brom Jan 03, 2022

A transfer window and listener question-heavy episode with Watke and Vince and Belz.

0:30 intro and Puli v Liverpool
10:20 transfers of Pepi, Dike, JoGo, etc., and news
44:00 listener questions
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#235: Annual Review 2021 Dec 30, 2021

Vince, Belz and Watke convene to run down some winter break news, hand out yearly awards in 18 categories, and spotlight the top 5 moments of 2021. Happy New Year!

0:30 intro and holiday activities rundown
14:00 Pepi to Wolfsburg, Cuevas to Club Brugge
19:25 Annual Awards

Most Inscrutable Player
Player of the Year
Littlest Brother
Best Sh-thousing (Connivance Category)
Best Sh-thousing (Unnerving Category)
Biggest Change in Belz’s Opinion
Most Unexpected Moment (Honorable Mention)
Most Unexpected Moment (1st Place)
Biggest Snub
Most Overrated Player
Most Improved Player
Biggest Disappointment (Honorable Mention)
Biggest Disappointment (1st Place)
Dad of the Year
Best goal for country
Best goal for club
Coach of the Year
Worst Coach of the Year
57:30 What we learned this year from the Behind the Crest youtube series
1:07:10 Top 5 Moments of 2021 from Vince and Belz. There’s a twist.

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#234: Jonathan Gómez interview Dec 21, 2021

Jonathan Gómez, the 18-year-old left back who played for Louisville City in 2021, joins the podcast. He discusses his USMNT debut vs Bosnia, his pending move to La Liga club Real Sociedad, his conversation with Xabi Alonso, his choice of a USL development path, and his future national team decision. Sharp guy.

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#233: Monday Review — McKennie returns, calendar year records, coolness Dec 20, 2021

Let's be honest. Things are slowing down. Vince, Watke and Belz convene to talk about how much the 17-win record means, reassess USMNT player coolness, and review the action from the past week. Use the shownotes as guide if you'd rather not ponder whether Weston McKennie and Sergino Dest are actually cool.

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9:15 coolness
23:00 January Camp is Jan. 6
25:20 game action rundown

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#232: USA v Bosnia recap Dec 19, 2021

Quick recap of USA-Bosnia, the final USMNT match of 2021.

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#231: How to solve the midfield sans MMA, plus a look ahead to Bosnia Dec 16, 2021

What do you do if McKennie, Musah and Adams are unavailable? We run through a lot of the possibilities, settle on some pretty clear (and perhaps obvious) favorite options, and then talk about what we'd like to see vs Bosnia on Saturday.

0:30 intro and a bunch of alternate midfield setups (hint, Gio)
36:00 Bosnia look-ahead

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#230: Monday Review — Dest’s rough patch, bing bong, Ledezma’s return, etc. Dec 13, 2021

Vince, Watke and Belz convene for the Monday Review, a full rundown of the news of the week, the action of the USMNT player pool in the past week, and a handful of listener questions.

0:30 quick revisit of the World Cup qualifier location discussion
2:00 The News (Champions League wrap, NYCFC lifts MLS Cup and Ronny Deila removes his clothes, Camp Candy Cane vibes, Araujo's Mexico debut, transfer window incoming)
12:15 The 23, an unabridged look at the player pool right now, jumping off from their performances in the past week
1:06:10 Listener Questions

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#229: Monday Review — Marsch out, Gio in training, Konrad v Brenden, Matt v Zack, etc. Dec 06, 2021

Belz, Watke and Vince in Louisville convene for a new look Monday Review and we think you'll probably like it. A full rundown of all the news that's fit to talk about with the USMNT this week.

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#228: The December camp roster Dec 03, 2021

Quick reaction from Greg and Belz on the 26 players called up for Camp Candy Cane, including the apparent lack of experimentation in midfield. Greg also goes on a rant about St. Paul as a location for a February qualifier.

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#227: Belated wrap-up of the U20 Revelations Cup Dec 03, 2021

Matt Hartman graciously joins again to talk through what we can have possibly learned about the U20s after their three matches against Brazil, Colombia and Mexico. This one's for the diehards.

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#226: The dual national dilemma with political scientist José Marichal Dec 02, 2021

Marichal, a Cuban-American professor of political science at California Lutheran University, joins to talk about recognition, mis-recognition, identity, and some of the deeper themes underneath the Mexican-American dual national's choice about which national soccer team to play for. No hard conclusions drawn, just some new (for me, Belz) ways to think about the issue.

Reading list:

David Ochoa’s path to Mexico:
https://www.theplayerstribune.com/posts/david-ochoa-mexico-national-team-soccer

Araujo QA with the Athletic: https://theathletic.com/2869439/2021/10/05/qa-julian-araujo-on-why-he-chose-to-represent-mexico-instead-of-the-usmnt/

Charles Taylor, “The Politics of Recognition”:
https://www.amherst.edu/system/files/media/1417/Taylor%252C%2520Politics%2520of%2520Recognition.pdf

Nationalism paper:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327129541_Nationalism

The Hispanic Challenge, Samuel Huntington
https://foreignpolicy.com/2009/10/28/the-hispanic-challenge/

Kwame Anthony Appiah, “Cosmopolitan Patriotism”
http://www.ling.uqam.ca/atonet/soc8245/Appiah.%20Cosmopolitanism%20compatriots.pdf

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#225: Monday Review — St. Paul in February, new Top 40, leaked kits Nov 29, 2021

Quick recap of the latest USMNT news and the action from the weekend with Watke and NatFan9. We covered St. Paul's weather in February, ranch sauce on pizza, Tim Weah's excellent form, etc. etc.

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#224: Monday Review — Pulisic False 9s, McKennie flies, the Busio Discourse Nov 22, 2021

Quick recap of the weekend's action for Yanks Abroad with Belz, Watke and Jordan. Join the Discord so you can vote in the next power rankings and determine the format of the Monday Review episodes.

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#223: USA v Jamaica recap (WCQ8) Nov 17, 2021

Weah, Antonio, goalkeeping minutiae, MMA midfield alternatives, a bad field, a bit of a wilt, and a 1-1 draw in Jamaica. Lots to talk about it turns out.

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#222: More Dos a Cero revelry + the rest of Concacaf with Watke Nov 15, 2021

The anthem, how this game compares to the 2002 win over Mexico in the Round of 16 match, the eye-gouging incident, Mexican newspapers, Panama's miracle comeback, Canada's win in Edmonton, Jamaica's draw and a little bit on the U20s.

0:30 intro and more dos a cero reveling
25:20 other Concacaf stuff
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#221: USA v Mexico recap (WCQ7) Nov 13, 2021

Time to bask in the glow of a historic night in Cincinnati.

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#220: Quick US-focused USA-Mexico preview Nov 10, 2021

Greg and Belz talk about what they'd like to see in the massive match on Friday, and what they'd rather not see.

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#219: Mexico and Jamaica previews with Jon Arnold Nov 09, 2021

A deep dive on Mexico’s roster and Tata’s lineup choices ahead of Friday’s showdown, including the short-term problems in the back line and the long-term problems in the midfield. And then we move straight into a substantive 25-minute discussion of a perhaps resurgent Jamaica side.

0:30 intro and El Tri discussion
48:20 Jamaica discussion
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#218: Monday Review — Big win for Adams, Tuchel wants Pulisic to control his emotions Nov 08, 2021

A run through roughly the Top 20 players in the US pool and how they did over the past week with Chris Russell and Jordan Boddie.

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#217: State of the men's youth national teams and upcoming U20 camp Nov 05, 2021

Matt Hartman (@MattsHartman) joined to tick through the U20 player pool in detail, lay out the bumpy (at best) transition from the DA to MLS Next, gets enraged at me for suggesting Cade Cowell could be a right back, goes in hard on the 2004 birth year, and tells me he cringed at my answer to the golden generation vs permanent wave of talent debate. Dude absolutely knows his stuff.

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9:20 the casualties from the abrupt end of the Development Academy
14:30 how we know the 2004 birth year is a weak one for elite men's soccer talent
18:45 the Golden generation vs permanent wave of talent debate (must-listen)
22:25 we still got no U20 coach
26:00 a review of the leaked U20 roster and the player pool beyond the call-ups

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#216: The November WC qualifying roster Nov 04, 2021

No Brooks! No Luca! But Scally and Ferreira get the call and Pulisic returns. Greg and Belz walk through the squad that Berhalter has selected and pick XIs to face Mexico next Friday.

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#215: Monday Review — Wes scores again, Scally shines, Brooks gets a new coach Nov 01, 2021

A deep dive review of the USMNT player pool in action (or inaction) over the past week with Chris Russell (aka @watke_) and Jordan, the moderator of the Scuffed Discord (@NatFan9). We start with Tyler Adams and end with Sam Vines. Most of the detail comes in the Top 20.

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#214: TSS Crossover Part 1 — USMNT questions galore Oct 28, 2021

Taylor Rockwell and Joe Lowery of the Total Soccer Show join Greg and Belz to discuss Berhalter’s regret about the Panama lineup, the US men’s midfield, how to play away Concacaf qualifiers, midfield analytics versus goalkeeping analytics, the US men’s midfield, one word to describe Berhalter’s tenure, our own histories with the game, the golden generation vs the endless generation debate, and of course, the US men’s midfield.

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#213: Office Hours, Vol. 5 — U20 camp, Captain Turner's Rebellion Oct 27, 2021

Watke and Belz talk briefly about the U20 player pool, Carli Lloyd's retirement from international soccer, interview the people behind Captain Turner's Rebellion, and take a bunch of questions.

0:20 intro, Carli, U20s
10:20 interview with Captain Turner's Rebellion (@CaptMattTurner on Twitter)
25:28 questions questions questions, and a few answers
51:40 "Oh Gianluca" cover by John Barry

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#212: 9 things we learned in the last international window Oct 21, 2021

Anywhere from 8 to 12 things we learned in the October window, including the preeminence of the MMA midfield, the ascendance of Antonee Robinson and our strong depth on the wing.

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#211: Office Hours, Vol. 4 — Songs and chants, Pepi, chess, nicknames, etc. Oct 20, 2021

A highly-focused investigation of several a baker's dozen soccer-adjacent topics, including a philosophy of songs and chants, the paucity of USMNT nicknames, a rough power ranking of chess ability among USMNT players, and what sort of crime could get Berhalter fired. New Pepi song at the end.

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#210: USA v Costa Rica recap (WCQ6) Oct 15, 2021

A massive timeline full of triangles, goalkeeping questions, the MMA midfield, key moments in the final 22 yards, and overall a good strong showing from the first team of the USMNT.

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#209: Office Hours -- Is the USMNT fanbase the worst in the world? Oct 14, 2021

Watke and Belz talk about a few different things live on Discord. Very little about Costa Rica.

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#208: Panama v USA recap (WCQ5) Oct 11, 2021

Fecklessness in Panama City. Full timeline and then Greg goes in on Gregg in the final 15 minutes. You won't want to miss that.

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#207: USA v Jamaica recap (WCQ4) Oct 08, 2021

A pleasant night in Austin, even without Pulisic and Reyna. Ricardo Pepi season is in full swing. Musah is a huge asset. Dest and Robinson playing well.

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#206: Office Hours, Vol. 2 — Jamaica gameday, Busio song, legislatures, etc. Oct 07, 2021

Almost too much to summarize. Edgar Moreno and Watke join Belz for a sprawling conversation and the release of a new song about Busio.

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#205: Jamaica, Panama & Costa Rica previews with Jon Arnold Oct 05, 2021

Why was Michael Antonio invisible vs Panama in Kingston? Is Panama for real without Andrade and Carrasquilla? When is geriatric Costa Rica gonna give youth a chance? Lots to dig into from Jon Arnold, the journalist who writes Getting CONCACAF'd newsletter, on his second visit of the qualifying cycle to the Scuffed Podcast.

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25:00 Panama
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#204: October Window Rotations Oct 04, 2021

Who should play in which of the three upcoming games? Who shouldn't? We sketch out a very malleable plan for that.

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#203: Office Hours, Vol. 1 — Live roster reaction, the golden age of piracy, etc. Sep 29, 2021

Chris Russell (aka @watke_) joins for a live roster reaction on the Discord, a dive into the philosophy of little brothers, a look at the first ever pirate and the ballad mongers who made him famous, several listener questions, several soccer-adjacent topics dealt with. Pretty good episode.

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#202: The October Qualifying Roster Sep 27, 2021

We talk about who we'd like to see called up, and try to project who actually will be called up. Greg goes for a lean roster, Belz goes for the full 30-man roster. Berhalter's roster will come out mid-week.

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#201: TSS x Scuffed Crossover Part 2 Sep 22, 2021

This is the second part of a more than two-hour collaboration with Joe Lowery and Taylor Rockwell. Part 1 is in the Total Soccer Show feed. For this episode we just kept that conversation going and answered a ton of listener questions about the USMNT, everything from "How concerned are you about Weston McKennie's dad's deleted tweets?" to "How do each of you attempt to evaluate and attribute individual versus system based errors?"

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#200: Buzz Carrick on all things FC Dallas Sep 17, 2021

The founder of 3rddegree.net, Buzz Carrick, who knows more about FC Dallas than anyone, joins to talk about Pepi, Pomykal, Ferreira, Che, the academy pipeline, the connection with Bayern Munich and the top young players coming up through the ranks. Lots of worthwhile insight.

0:30 Pepi
13:25 Pomykal
19:40 Ferreira
23:35 Che
29:20 the FC Dallas academy in general
49:25 academy up-and-comers
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#199: Grant Wahl on covering the Octagonal Sep 13, 2021

Wahl has launched a new Substack and he's cranking out podcasts, and short and long pieces, as he covers all 14 of the USMNT's World Cup qualifiers in person. He joins to talk about San Salvador, Nashville and San Pedro Sula, and going it as an independent after decades at the top of the soccer reporting pyramid.

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#198: Monday Recap Sep 13, 2021

Jordan (our esteemed Discord moderator) joins Belz for a quick rundown of the club action in the player pool. These have typically been available only to patrons, but I might start putting them on the public podcast feed. We'll see. Consider this a trial balloon. The show was recorded live on Discord, where patrons are able to join in the broadcast in various ways.

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#197: Honduras-USA recap (WCQ3) Sep 10, 2021

Berhalter disasterclass in the first half, followed by three good changes at the half and a rout of Honduras in San Pedro Sula. What a crazy night, with an 18-year-old Mexican-American from El Paso as the hero.

0:30 preamble and the first half
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#196: USA-Canada recap (WCQ2) Sep 07, 2021

First home qualifier of the cycle, in Nashville, Tenn. Trouble in Music City.

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#195: El Salvador-USA recap (WCQ1) Sep 03, 2021

The USA men opened their World Cup qualifying campaign in San Salvador on Thursday night. Full look at the meta-interpretations, full timeline, and an assessment of the team under Berhalter now.

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#194: Michael Lewis on away qualifiers in Concacaf Sep 01, 2021

Michael Lewis, the editor of Front Row Soccer and a reporting veteran of eight World Cups and seven Olympics, joins to talk about the USMNT playing away in Honduras, and other parts of Central America. He also discusses what it's like to cover these games, having done so himself in San Pedro Sula in 2001 and 2009.

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#193: The September roster, rotations and exhortations Aug 26, 2021

Berhalter called up 26 players for the first three World Cup qualifiers of the 2022 cycle. The time has come! We discuss the selections (mostly pleased) and spend quite a bit of time trying to figure out how to rotate for three games in seven days. There will be lots of tough choices and on-the-fly conundrums but from the comfort of our desks in Middle America we have sketched out some possibilities.

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#192: September World Cup qualifiers roster projection Aug 23, 2021

Who is Berhalter likely to select, who could be his cute selection, and who do we wish he'd select that he probably won't. The overlap between Berhalter's choices and ours is much heavier than it was in the past, because, as Greg puts it, the pool is increasingly "cute-proof."

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#191: El Salvador, Canada & Honduras previews with Jon Arnold Aug 17, 2021

The US faces El Salvador, Canada and Honduras in the first window of the Ocho, the first week of September. Jon Arnold, arguably the leading expert on Concacaf as a region, joins to help us understand these opponents before we try to get back to the World Cup, the moment we’ve all been waiting for. Recording this early to give folks plenty of time to consume the episode before Sept. 2.

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29:35 Canada
51:48 Honduras
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#190: The dual national dilemma with Herc Gomez Aug 09, 2021

The latest news on the dual national front is that David Ochoa, the promising young Mexican-American goalkeeper who’s played for the US youth national teams since he was an adolescent and was the starter on the Olympic qualifying roster, is likely to switch and play for Mexico. Joining the pod to talk about the dual national dilemma is Herculez Gomez.
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#189: USA-Mexico Gold Cup Final recap Aug 02, 2021

The US men faced Mexico in the second tournament final in less than two months, with a B squad and frankly nothing to lose.
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#188: USA-Qatar recap Jul 30, 2021

The US faced the Asian champs in the semifinals of the Gold Cup. A well-organized opponent with ways to score goals. We came out with the same lineup that battled its way to a 1-0 win over Jamaica. Full breakdown, takeaways, timeline.

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#187: USA-Jamaica recap Jul 26, 2021

Back to the 4-3-3 with Sands, Busio, Hoppe and Dike getting the nod in a knockout quarterfinal in the Gold Cup. Full chronology and more.
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#186: USA v Canada recap Jul 19, 2021

A two-striker setup for the first time in the Berhalter era! Yay! Plus we talk about injury replacements, and then suggest fantastical non-injury-related roster changes.

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#185: USA v Martinique recap Jul 16, 2021

Classic Gold Cup group stage contest, with a fun lineup in a 3-4-3 of sorts.

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#184: USA-Haiti recap Jul 12, 2021

Yueill and Lewis start, Busio makes his NT debut, Shaq Moore comes back into the picture, and the Gold Cup is underway.

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#183: A transfers rundown and the Gold Cup group Jul 08, 2021

We talked about transfers -- the done ones and the undone ones. Then we got to the Gold Cup. The Haiti match on Sunday is kind of the "big one," if there is such a thing. Berhalter should run out his best lineup and it'd sure be nice not to need points from Canada a week later so we'd better get 3 against Haiti.

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#182: Gold Cup roster reaction Jul 02, 2021

Lots of new faces, and a couple of faces we just can't quit. A look at Berhalter's 23-man roster for the Gold Cup, which kicks off for the U.S. on Sunday, July 11.

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#181: Gold Cup roster wishlist and projection Jun 24, 2021

Long episode on the Gold Cup roster, who we’d like to see from the 60-man preliminary roster, and who we think Berhalter is likely to select.

0:30 intro and USMNT Gold Cup roster
1:06:13 the USWNT Olympic roster

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#180: A Nations League sh*thousing review w/Watke Jun 14, 2021

Not a very serious episode, as you might imagine, but I'd argue it's a practical matter, especially with World Cup qualifiers on the horizon. Chris Russell (aka @watke_) joins to talk about the big incidents in the Honduras and Mexico victories, and look ahead to the next competitive fixtures.

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#179: USA-Costa Rica recap Jun 10, 2021

A sunny evening for a victory lap in Sandy, Utah. Wingers with ideas, a hold-up striker, and Tyler Adams and Yunus Musah in the midfield.

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#178: USA-Mexico recap Jun 07, 2021

The first-ever Nations League final vs Mexico delivered! What a night! We've got a full recap including a detailed timeline and a few big picture thoughts.

0:30 intro and lineups and general thoughts
15:30 First half timeline
42:420 Second half timeline
1:22:10 Wrap-up thoughts

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#177: USA-Honduras recap Jun 04, 2021

Long, detailed breakdown of the action from Denver.

0:30 position-by-position breakdown
36:40 the timeline begins

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#176: Switzerland-USA recap May 31, 2021

A mostly full-strength USMNT faced a solid European team away. What did we learn? @USMNTvideos joins @away_goals and Belz to pick through it.
0:30 intro, lineups and preliminary thoughts
14:10 1st half detailed chronology

41:25 2nd half detailed chronology

1:08:40 quick takeaways

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#175: Now is a good time to pay attention to the U.S. men’s national team May 25, 2021

A sharable opening 10 minutes in which we try to persuade casuals to start paying attention to a USMNT program that up until today has mostly produced bad news. Also a dive on the Nations League roster.

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#174: Switzerland Roster Reaction, and the big summer ahead May 21, 2021

It's all coming to a head, and the upcoming Nations League window is a dress rehearsal for World Cup qualifying to which we should all pay close attention. Plus our reaction to a very pleasant roster drop from Berhalter.

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#173: Patron questions on strikers, Berhalter competence and NT logistics May 14, 2021

We solicited questions on the Scuffed Podcast Patreon and got a lot. Matt Hartman joined to plow through as many as possible. There were five categories: The Number Nine, Berhalter’s competence, Brenden Aaronson, National Team logistics, and miscellaneous. Let’s go.

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#172: The Big Summer Roster Episode May 07, 2021

A 4-game window for Nations League in late May and early June, and then a likely entirely different group of players for the Gold Cup in July. The Nations League roster is pretty easy to figure out. For the Gold Cup, though, we went full Scuffed wishlist, because it's anybody's guess.

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#171: Catch-up week, Chris Richards, Justin Che and Caden Clark Apr 23, 2021

News roundup led off by Richards' big performances lately, and two new features: Fourth Eights and Second Sixes. We'll see if they last into next week.

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#170: Nine U.S. players to watch this MLS season Apr 15, 2021

OK we talked about more than nine, but we tried to keep it pretty focused on players who have a chance to contribute to the USMNT in this World Cup cycle. Competition ahead of them, and fit in Berhalter's system are key considerations.

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#169: Nine USMNT takeaways from the March window Apr 08, 2021

Aaronson as an inside winger, Reyna and Musah as ball-hawking, ball-retention warriors, and much more. Also a couple patron questions.

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#168: Friendly — Northern Ireland v USA Mar 29, 2021

An A squad minus McKennie, Weah, Adams, Brooks and a few others went to Belfast to play a Championship-caliber Northern Ireland squad.

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#167: Olympic Qualifying — the play-in game vs Honduras Mar 29, 2021

Win and you're in. Lose and you're out. What happened, and what it means.

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Episode 166: Olympic Qualifying — USA v Mexico Mar 26, 2021

Third group game. Result didn't particularly matter but it was a high-intensity match and there was still stuff to learn.

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Episode 165: Friendly — USA v Jamaica Mar 26, 2021

A long one on a game full of encouraging stuff.

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Episode 164: Olympic Qualifying — USA v the Dominican Republic Mar 22, 2021

Second group game in Guadalajara for the U23s. Full timeline and analysis.

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Episode 163: Olympic Qualifying — USA v Costa Rica Mar 19, 2021

No spoilers. You just gotta listen to the episode.

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Episode 162: European Camp roster discussion Mar 16, 2021

We take a look at who's likely to be called in, and who we'd like to see called in, for a tight two-game window with matches against Jamaica and Northern Ireland. Likely going to be two different teams for the two matches.

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Episode 161: Olympic qualifying preview Mar 12, 2021

Big picture the USMNT player pool is in great shape, but Jason and the boys have their work cut out for them over the next couple weeks. We make some points about that and take a good look at Costa Rica. Good episode, in my humble opinion.

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Episode 160: The Olympic Qualifying Roster Mar 03, 2021

Lengthy discussion of who's in, who's out, how it compares to Jason Kreis's roster a year ago, and what a banger a true first-choice U23 roster would be. Also some discussion of the Jordan Morris's injury and the winger depth chart behind him.

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Episode 159: A check-up on the first-choice up-and-comers Feb 19, 2021

They're not nailed-on starters for the USMNT, but it sure would be nice if they'd ascend to that level here soon. Chris Richards, Mark McKenzie, Daryl Dike, Josh Sargent and Brenden Aaronson. We dive into the footage on each of them, and also discuss Dest's and Weah's week.

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Episode 158: February USMNT Top 40 Feb 11, 2021

We finally did it. Sort of. There's a twist. But I think you'll enjoy the full rundown of the player pool.

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Episode 157: The T&T friendly, and a 3G mind-reading exercise Feb 01, 2021

We summed up the scoring, Greg ran a victory lap on Ferreira, and we tried to figure out what Gregg Berhalter might be thinking about a few key things. For a full tactical breakdown please visit the Total Soccer Show.

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Episode 156: January Camp/European Campaign check-in Jan 26, 2021

It's been a while so we talked about the latest cuts from January Camp ahead of the T&T friendly on Sunday, and checked in on the ever-expanding European pool.
0:30 January Camp
19:35 the European Pool

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Episode 155: How one proud Mexican-American became a USMNT fan Jan 15, 2021

This is a conversation with Beto Lopez, a good friend on Twitter. The story of his conversion from apathy to serious USMNT fandom in 2002 was fun for me to hear. We also discussed Eddie Guerrero, the original Selena and Oscar de la Hoya. I'd been meaning to post this for a while. Finally got around to it. Enjoy!

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Episode 154: A January Camp Battle Royale Jan 07, 2021

Twelve senior team call-ups and a bunch of U23s angling to join them by the end of the month. Call it a Battle Royale.

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Episode 153: Sell sell sell! MLS's pleasant evolution Dec 18, 2020

We talk about the reported Bryan Reynolds to Roma deal, him as a player, what it means for the national team, and a BUNCH of other stuff as we took on a baker's dozen or so questions from Twitter. Fun episode.

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Episode 152: USA v El Salvador Dec 11, 2020

Gleanings from an ephemeral night in Fort Lauderdale.

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Episode 151: El Salvador preview Dec 08, 2020

Greg takes a good look at this El Salvador team we face on Wednesday, and may well face in World Cup qualifying, and we try to answer a few patron questions.

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Episode 150: December Camp Dec 03, 2020

Berhalter called in a young group of domestic players for a December national team camp, but no, it's not an Olympic camp, says Greg. This is just the new normal. The USMNT is young.

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Episode 149: Interview with Chris Clark, Caden's dad Nov 20, 2020

Chris Clark, the father of 17-year-old prospect Caden Clark, joins the pod. Caden, an attacking midfielder for New York Red Bulls, probably made as much noise as any young player in MLS this season when he came on and scored two goals in his first two appearances. The Clark family lives in Minnesota.

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Episode 148: USA v Panama, Concacaf in Austria Nov 17, 2020

It was a Concacaf meeting in Wiener Neustadt, southern Austria. Second friendly syndrome. Despite all the goals and the young debuts, it just didn’t have the same pop as that 0-0 draw against Wales. We discuss the match in detail, and what we think we learned from it.

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Episode 147: Wales v USA — the full treatment Nov 13, 2020

Might not be interesting to most of the world, but it sure was interesting to us! Debuts galore, we pressed, we built out with something like a 2-3-5. As Greg says in the pod, it’s almost like we’re starting over. So much to talk about.

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Episode 146: How we line up against Wales and Panama Nov 09, 2020

It’s time for some national team soccer! Greg and Belz talk about how Berhalter might line up the boys versus Wales. The Panama lineup will flow, of course, from that. Hard to imagine a non-interesting couple of games here. Talk to you on Thursday.

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Episode 145: Emergency Pod! The best USMNT roster ever Nov 03, 2020

Thank you Gregg Berhalter. Greg and Belz slap out a quick and dirty reaction broadcast on Election Day 2020.

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Episode 144: November USMNT camp roster projection Oct 28, 2020

We talk about who we prefer to be called in for what we hope will be two friendlies next month in Europe. As usual, we would be happy with lots of different possibilities. Just can’t wait for a USMNT match!

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Episode 143: USMNT vs El Tri, position by position Oct 14, 2020

We watched El Tri so you didn’t have to, and we have some reports. Also, a wishlist of players we would have liked to see in a domestic October camp.

0:30 Mexico vs USMNT first choice XIs

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31:30 MLS players who would have been nice to see in a USMNT camp in October, and big news from the last three weeks

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Episode 142: The copy-paste USMNT cohort and Savior Committee concepts, revisited Oct 01, 2020

You didn’t need more reason to be hyped, but we will give it to you anyway. This unprecedented movement of U.S. players to bigger and better clubs — it appears repeatable. The Savior Committee is deepening in number at an accelerated pace, we believe thanks to the now-defunct Development Academy.

0:30 copy-paste USMNT cohorts are coming faster than we thought two years ago
22:40 Savior Committee revisitation

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Episode 141: McKennie, Adams & Reyna shine, so let’s talk Berhalter’s midfield Sep 24, 2020

Big weekends for McKennie, Adams and Reyna, and a lot of people think they should be our three-man midfield. Not so fast, says Greg Velasquez. We go deep on the midfield setup, Reyna’s and Adams’s best roles, and the knock-on lineup effects of playing them in various ways.

0:30 intro and a big weekend in Torino, Leipzig and Dortmund

17:26 how we gonna line up this three-man midfield? Adams, McKennie, Reyna? We get in the weeds on this.

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Episode 140: The September USMNT Top 40 Sep 14, 2020

One through forty. Pure science. From Christian Mate Pulisic to Shaquell Kwame Moore. Sprinkled with discussion of our centerback situation (an embarrassment of riches when it comes to average centerbacks), why it doesn’t make sense to play 3 at the back, Gio Reyna’s role, Jordan Morris’s role, and much, much more.

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Episode 139: Big weekend ahead for Yanks abroad Sep 11, 2020

Competitions kick off in England, Germany and Holland. France's Ligue 1 already underway. Italy next week. Did you know McKennie plays for Juventus now? Plus cargo shorts and a Dutch-Calvinist theologian.

2:30 Heath and Mewis to Manchester United
6:30 cargo shorts and England
18:00 Germany
35:05 Austria, Poland, Turkey
36:40 Netherlands
40:05 everywhere else

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Episode 138: McKennie to Juve, Weah returns, and an MLS youth bonanza Sep 03, 2020

A quick run through McKennie's incredible transfer news, Weah's return from injury, and the ongoing MLS youth bonanza, plus we covered some patron questions. We recorded the afternoon before Wednesday's MLS matches so didn't get to talk about those games.
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Episode 137: Tutul Rahman on the USL-MLS transfer market disconnect Aug 24, 2020

Tutul (@tutulismyname) walks us through the mechanics of why it’s difficult for an MLS team to pick up a USL prospect like Jose Gallegos or Jonathan Gomez. He also talked about why FC Dallas has gone from “play your kids” to “play your 32-year-old Liga MX veterans” in the span of 12 months, and how MLS front office desire for parity gets in the way of talent development.
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Episode 136: Nine young Americans worth watching in USL Aug 19, 2020

The busiest domestic league right now is the United Soccer League, the USL. Matt Hartman (@MattSHartman) joins the pod to discuss nine young Americans honing their craft in the league, and the still-unanswered questions about what the pathway to a higher level might look like for several of them.

Jonathan Gómez, 16, LB, Louisville City
Jose Gallegos, 18, AM/winger, San Antonio FC
Andrew Carleton, 20, AM, Indy Eleven
Caden Clark, 17, AM, NY Red Bulls
Hayden Sargis, 18, CB Sacramento Republic
Justin Che, 16, CB, North Texas SC
Mauricio Cuevas, 17, RB/LB, LA Galaxy II
Paxten Aaronson, 16, AM, Philadelphia Union II
Beni Redzic, 17, LW, North Texas SC

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Episode 135: Way too early projection of the Summer 2021 rosters Aug 14, 2020

Gregg Berhalter will likely need substantially different squads for World Cup qualifiers in June, for the Olympics and for the Gold Cup next summer. There’s also likely to be a U20 World Cup in May and June. Who goes where? When? How? Greg V broke it all down and then we discussed.
2:50 run-down of the Summer 2021 schedule
6:48 June World Cup qualifiers roster
19:55 which is more important, the Gold Cup or the Olympics?
22:48 Olympic roster
35:45 Gold Cup roster
53:04 U20 World Cup roster
1:00:10 Spare parts and wrapup

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Episode 134: Return of the Future Draft, where we pick XIs of un-capped U23s Aug 03, 2020

American heroes Sanjiv (@usmntvideos) and Chris (@watke_) join the pod for a draft of starting XIs from the ranks of un-capped male American soccer players.
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Here are the rules:

Only U.S.-eligible players born in 1997 or later are allowed.
We go youngest to oldest in the draft order, so Sanjiv first, then Watke, then Belz, and then the draft order snakes for the rest of the picks.
Anyone already capped with the senior men’s national team is disqualified. That excludes, for instance, Pulisic, McKennie, Adams, Sargent, Weah and now Mark McKenzie, Uly Llanez, Sam Vines, Jesus Ferreira, Paxon Pomykal and Brenden Aaronson.
We’re picking specifically with the goal of assembling the best possible team in 2026. This makes it fun and pretty much releases from any responsibility to be correct in our choices. Everything will change by 2026 in ways none of us foresee.
We each need to come up with a starting XI, a total of 33 players.
Dual nationals are fine as long as they're not cap-tied with another nation.

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Episode 133: A bunch of MLS is Back scouting reports Jul 31, 2020

We dive deep (and occasionally not-so-deep) on 14 USMNT-eligible players who’ve been busy at Disney World over the past month.

Aaron Long
James Sands
Mark McKenzie
Miles Robinson
Justen Glad
Cristian Roldan
Jackson Yueill
Frankie Amaya
Brenden Aaronson
Sam Vines
Chase Gasper
Ayo Akinola
Jeremy Ebobisse
Jordan Morris

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Episode 132: A starting XI on Berhalter’s revised template from January Jul 24, 2020

A center forward who drops deep to pick up the ball, wingers tucked into the channels, fullbacks bombing past them wide, two true box-to-box center mids and of course the deep-lying center mid distributor concept. If the Costa Rica friendly is any indication, this is what we’ll see in the next meaningful USMNT match. We make a starting XI and try to sketch out the depth chart.

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Episode 131: Christian Pulisic is good at soccer Jul 01, 2020

A discussion of the red-hot American winger at Chelsea and Frank Lampard’s praise of him for his ability to “arrive in the box.” Friend of the podcast John Muller pitches in to help us make sense of the phrase, we curate some other ideas, and we spend talk at some length about off-ball movement, maybe our favorite subject. Then we get into who needs a move and who can stay put as the contract year comes to a close.
0:30 Greg blasts Belz for his bad private takes in the past
4:45 Pulisic and arriving in the box
7:43 John Muller (@johnspacemuller) cameo, and then a note or two from @_Susaeta and @finalthrd, and then a lengthy discussion of box arrival.
24:20 Transfer talk. Below are the categories and the players:
Ready to upgrade?

Dest
Antonee
Sargent?
Kelman?
Cannon/Pomykal

Suboptimal

Yedlin
Steffen?
Richards
Netherlands trio?

Contract ending

Miazga
EPB
CCV
Saief
Sabbi
fabian

Untenable situations

Horvath
Wood
Soto

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Episode 130: Return from COVID and a Bundesliga rundown Jun 23, 2020

The bulk of this podcast is a discussion of the decisions facing Berhalter with World Cup qualifying thrown into uncertainty, and a run-down of what we’ve learned from the Bundesliga.
0:30 DeAndre Yedlin’s stand
2:20 Dr. Velasquez on all the opportunities for assessment lost since coronavirus hit, and a discussion of how risk-averse Berhalter will be with his selection as WC qualifying eventually gets underway
19:10 Bundesliga rundown
50:15 England and elsewhere, plus NWSL kicks off this weekend

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Scuffed Vol. 129: Interview with Ken Richards (father of Chris Richards) Jun 04, 2020

Ken Richards, the father of Bayern Munich II centerback Chris Richards, joins the podcast to talk about George Floyd's death, being black in America, Chris’s choice to play soccer instead of basketball and the similarities between basketball and soccer, among other things.
- 0:30 Richards on George Floyd, his fears for his own son when he's back in the U.S., and whether this moment will yield progress
- 14:10 Richards on his basketball career, how his son got into soccer, and his own growing love for the game of soccer

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Episode 128: A deep dive on the U20 player pool May 13, 2020

Matt Hartman and I recorded almost 80 minutes on the U20 player pool. The bad news is we had this conversation in early March. The good news? It’s up to date, since almost no soccer has been played since then.
0:30 preamble, etc.
4:10 Hartman on how this U20 age group stacks up to its predecessors
8:00 the last U20 roster, from January
13:55 goalkeepers (David Ochoa, Chituru Odunze, Damian Las, Patrick Schulte, John Pulskamp)
18:12 right backs (Julian Araujo, Ian Hoffmann, Nathan Harriel and Mauricio Cuevas, Joe Scally, Kevin Bonilla)
25:25 centerbacks (Owen Otasowie, Leo Sepulveda, Jacob Akanyirge and George Campbell, Tayvon Gray, Nico Benalcazar, Nico Slonina, Blake Malone, Kurowskybob Pierre)
36:58 left backs (Kobe Hernandez-Foster, Travian Sousa and Jonathan Gomez, Stuart Ritchie, John Tolkin, Adam Armour)
42:30 central midfield (Taylor Booth, Tanner Tessmann, Jose Gallegos, Cole Bassett, Johnny Cardoso, Matteo Ritaccio, Leon Flach, Thomas Roberts and Gianluca Busio, Marcelo Palomino, Aiden Morris, Chris Hegardt, Moses Nyeman, Danny Leyva, Bryang Kayo)
1:05:00 wingers (Konrad de la Fuente, Uly Llanez, Cameron Harper, Cameron Dunbar, Cade Cowell, Matko Miljevic, Dante Sealy, Giovanni Reyna)
1:10:16 strikers (Ricardo Pepi, Indiana Vassilev, Matthew Hoppe, Charlie Kelman, Johan Gomez)
1:16:30 a quick recap of our respective preferred lineups

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Episode 127: TSS-Scuffed Collaboration part two -- Tyler Adams interpreting the #6 role and the USMNT's top scorer in 2020 Mar 14, 2020

This is part 1 of the Total Soccer Show-Scuffed collaboration episode. Part one is in the Total Soccer Show feed.
https://www.totalsoccershow.com/
In this episode, Daryl Grove and Belz talk:
Tyler Adams
Jozy Altidore
Best shot at a future elite left back
What US Soccer/the USSDA could be doing better
Does Kreis implement Berhalter’s style?
Is the USMNT back on track?
Dark horse high-quality USMNT prospects
Jordan Morris
Jerome Kiesewetter?? Yeah, Jerome Kiesewetter

Lack of centerback depth

Positions of greatest weakness

Overrated in the Scuffed Top 40

Reyna v Pulisic

A brush at the 2022 World Cup roster

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Episode 126: The Olympic qualifying roster — this time (the player pool) is different Mar 10, 2020

We talk about the men's Olympic qualifying roster, Greg V goes on a rant about how much better the men’s U23 player pool is than at any time in US Soccer history, and we give a consensus XI for the opening match in Guadalajara against Costa Rica.

1:15 goalkeepers

2:10 centerbacks

5:55 fullbacks

10:30 Greg’s bit on how much better the men’s U23 player pool is than at any time in US soccer history

16:35 midfielders

24:30 wings

26:50 forwards

28:34 our XI for the match against Costa Rica

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Episode 125: MLS is back! A domestic rundown Mar 04, 2020

A US-centric MLS opening weekend recap, plus a look ahead to USL opening weekend and some discussion of the USWNT U20s and the She Believes Cup.
0:30 intro and dolphins
4:10 Dallas — Ferreira, Pomykal, Tessmann, Cannon and Gonzalez
15:00 Philly — McKenzie and Aaronson
18:05 Seattle-Chicago — Leyva, Morris, Roldan, Mihailovic, Pineda
22:55 RBNY-Cincinnati — Kyle Duncan and Frankie Amaya
25:45 MLS short corners — Josef’s injury. Is MLS sabotaging El Tri? Bryce Duke. No Araujo or Ochoa. MNUFC wins at Portland.
30:10 USL kicks off this weekend!
30:45 San Antonio FC is one to watch — Jose Gallegos, Leo Torres, Fabrizio Bernal, Josh Ramsey
33:45 Louisville City about to make a big YNT signing
35:45 Real Monarchs — David Ochoa and Chris Garcia
36:25 Tacoma Defiance brief shout
38:00 DFB Pokal — McKennie and Schalke out, Dusseldorf out, Bremen v Dusseldorf
40:10 Miazga back, Tyler Adams close, Novakovich hot
41:55 US women’s U20s looking to qualify for U20 World Cup
43:05 She Believes Cup starts Thursday

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Episode 124: A March rosters breakdown Feb 26, 2020

Olympic qualifying kicks off March 20 for the U-23s and the senior USMNT goes to Europe during an international window at the same time for friendlies against the Netherlands and Wales. Lots of moving parts. We try to sort out who might be on each roster.

0:30 the roster for Olympic qualifying
30:20 the roster for the March friendlies vs the Netherlands and Wales

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Episode 123: What’s John Pranjic’s problem with American soccer? Feb 25, 2020

John Pranjic, the host of the 3four3 podcast, joins for a conversation about the need for promotion/relegation, his problem with most American soccer media, and the best USMNT XI right now. I made detailed shownotes for those who want to skip around.
0:30 intro
1:20 Pranjic injury news
2:45 why he says “you don’t know” to people on Twitter
7:35 is the problem ultimately the lack of promotion/relegation in U.S. soccer?
10:40 does Pranjic really think only “yes-people” get to have power at USSF?
14:00 why pro/rel is so important
20:20 Belz: we just fell into a closed system; Pranjic: no, we didn’t just fall into this
23:30 what’s the way to get to pro/rel?
27:40 is it selling out to talk about sweetening the pot to encourage MLS owners to embrace pro/rel?
31:40 how to you reconcile a deeply flawed system with some of the exciting players that are being developed?
36:00 Pranjic’s problem with the American soccer media
40:30 Belz: media criticism should be specific
42:45 Belz: do you only respect journalists who are advocating for pro/rel?
44:40 the distinction between punditry and reporting
48:00 Belz compares the Jermaine Jones interview to Day of the Locust
51:00 extended discussion of soccer media
58:00 Belz forces Pranjic to come up with a USMNT XI for March
https://twitter.com/ThatCroatianGuy
http://blog.3four3.com/

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Episode 122: The February USMNT Top 40 Feb 14, 2020

There’s enough in here for everyone to find a few things to disagree with. Enjoy! (And yes, Gio Reyna made the cut.)
We'd prefer that you listen so I won't post the whole list but here are a few rankings to give you a taste.
8. Jozy Altidore
21. Timmy Chandler
32. Mark McKenzie
38. Niko Gioacchini

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Episode 121: USA v Costa Rica, and Berhalter plays some kids! Feb 02, 2020

An 18-yr-old got a USMNT goal on his debut, another young attacker played quite well, and the U.S. beat an experienced Costa Rica side 1-0. We’ve been pleased with January Camp. We talk about all of that, plus Olympic qualifying.

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Episode 120: Abel Meszaros — a European view on Americans in the Bundesliga Jan 28, 2020

Our guest today is Abel Meszaros, a newsletter writer, TV analyst and occasional guest on the Talking Fussball podcast whose specialty is German football. Abel does a weekly show for SportTV, the Hungarian network that carries the Bundesliga, and he breaks down the Bundesliga in DETAIL in his weekly newsletter Bundesliga Bulletin. He helped us make sense of where several Americans (not all of them) stand in Germany.

Adams
McKennie
Sargent
Reyna
Brooks
Llanez
Richards
Soto
Chandler

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Abel's newsletter: http://bundesligabulletin.substack.com/

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Episode 119: Ten good things that just happened for the USMNT Jan 21, 2020

Tyler Adams dominant return to the RB Leipzig midfield and Gio Reyna's professional debut headline what's been a pretty encouraging run of news for the U.S. Men's National Team. We picked out 10 things.

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Episode 118: Brian McBride, a January news glut, and the “need-a-move” crew Jan 13, 2020

We run down the big news of the past couple weeks, including Brian McBride’s hiring as USMNT general manager and Josh Sargent’s great weekend, and work through a list of American players who need or could use a move right now.

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Episode 117: January Camp! A new roster and a fresh batch of patron questions Dec 31, 2019

We discuss the January Camp roster from bottom to top and try to answer several questions from patrons on Patreon. Not a bad episode! Happy New Year and thanks for listening.

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Episode 116: Taking stock of the year for the USMNT Dec 13, 2019

We wrap up the year — what went right, what went wrong, what went reasonably ok. Actually a lot of good stuff happened! Mostly with the player pool.

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Episode 115: The December Scuffed Top 40 Dec 06, 2019

We choose our Scuffed Top 40 for December, the last one of the year. Pretty straightforward episode, we start with our #1 player in the pool and work our way down to a spitballed #30 through #40. In any case it’s a good chance to discuss player selection and take another good look at the player pool.

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Episode 114: Young Americans in MLS season wrap-up with Matt Doyle Nov 27, 2019

Who played, who played well, and who has a future with the USMNT? Freed from the constraints of things like “producers” and “brevity” and “Andrew Wiebe,” MLSsoccer.com analyst Matt Doyle joins the pod to go long on the young American player pool in the domestic league. We look back at 2019 and look ahead to 2020.

(Yo! We forgot to mention Gianluca Busio! Major omission. Interesting young player at Sporting KC. My mistake for not having him on the list. I’d put him in the “who knows” category, for what it’s worth.)
0:30 Intro, etc.
7:45 Reggie Cannon
11:20 Jackson Yueill
17:30 Brenden Aaronson
21:40 Miles Robinson
25:00 Paxton Pomykal
32:55 can Ebobisse, Toye or Pepi be a top MLS striker in 2020?
41:15 will any young wingers break through? Lewis? Saucedo?
47:10 are either Hassani Dotson or Brandon Servania that motherf*ker of a 6?
52:05 do any of Vines, Gasper or Gutman have a national team future at fullback?
55:25 rapid fire on James Sands, David Ochoa, Mark McKenzie, Jonathan Gomez and Julian Araujo
59:40 we revisit our spring list and re-categorize a bunch of players (lots of names addressed)

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Episode 113: Cuba 0, USA 4, and a wrapup of the int’l window Nov 21, 2019

A "professional" win in the Cayman Islands. Where do we stand now? Are we still trying to disorganize the opponent with the ball? Is that possible with the players Berhalter seems to prefer? Not our best work, but we try to get into these questions and answer them.
Tom Marshall's piece on Fortuna FC, the south Florida club for Cuban defectors: https://www.espn.com/soccer/cuba-cub/story/3989260/amateur-club-fortuna-sc-gives-exiled-cuban-players-a-shot-at-glorysense-of-community

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Episode 112: USA 4, Canada 1, and a new defensive shape Nov 17, 2019

The USMNT defeated Canada 4-1 on Friday. The big news is Berhalter dramatically adjusted his defensive tactics. Meanwhile, the boys still can't play out of the back. Dest is cap-tied. Lots to cover and we didn't get to it until a day late.

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Episode 111: USA v Canada, a referendum on Berhalter only in our minds Nov 13, 2019

We do actually think of a couple tweaks Berhalter could make that would inject this game with some hope and joy. Before that we talk about Earnie Stewart’s assessment of Berhalter’s performance in comments to reporters, give a sense of what the Canadian player pool is up to these days, and discuss potential lineups for both teams on Friday. At the end we briefly discuss the U23 Olympic qualifying camp in the Canary Islands.

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Episode 110: Roster and XIs for Canada and Cuba, and a whole bunch of listener questions Nov 06, 2019

We talk about who should start against Canada and Cuba, without tailoring our preferences to Berhalter’s tendencies, and then we read and try to answer several listener questions.

0:30 opening thoughts and extended discussion of the roster and lineups for the upcoming games against Canada and Cuba.
41:30 listener questions segment (IT’S REALLY GOOD)
1:10:00 quick thoughts from Greg on the USWNT game against Sweden this week

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Episode 109: Netherlands 4, USA 0, and a U17 World Cup postmortem Nov 04, 2019

The US U17s’ trip to Brazil was cut short on Saturday night with a 4-0 loss to the Netherlands. That’s it. We’re out, after a 4-1 loss to Senegal and a 0-0 draw with Japan. Scuffed regular Matt Hartman joins me to recap Saturday’s game and try to take something away from the tournament.

- 0:30 opening thoughts and lineups
- 6:15 scoring summary
- 22:15 big picture takeaways

The Earnie Stewart/Berhalter Brothers regime takes an L on this one
Concacaf qualifying was not good enough preparation for the World Cup for this cycle.
Our lack of dangerous wingers made us dull and predictable in the attack, even in transition.
Central midfield softness was once again a problem.
Getting MLS minutes doesn’t make you a difference maker at the U17 level.
Argue about player selection all you want, the player pool wasn’t good enough to make noise in this World Cup group.
Most American MLS academies aren’t doing enough to contribute to the youth national team player pool.
Don’t give up on the players from this roster because of this tournament. Several talented players here despite the poor showing.

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Episode 108: U17 World Cup — USA v Japan review Oct 31, 2019

Joe Lowery (aka @joeInCleats) joins the pod to talk about the US U17s’ second group stage match, this one against Asian champion Japan.

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Episode 107: A primer on some of U.S. Soccer’s dysfunction, including its problem with Latinos, from Mike Woitalla Oct 29, 2019

Mike Woitalla, the executive editor of Soccer America, who broke the story about the Youth Soccer Diversity Task Force that includes almost zero people of Latino descent, joins the podcast. He discusses the “mind-boggling” omission on the diversity task force (still not rectified as far as we know), the purge that’s occurred in the men’s youth national team coaching ranks (including Tab Ramos’s exit to take the Dynamo job), and the lack of grassroots American soccer expertise at Soccer House.

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Episode 106: U17 World Cup — USA v Senegal review Oct 28, 2019

Chris Russell, aka @watke_ on Twitter, joins to recap the USA's first group stage match at the U17 World Cup.

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Episode 105: A 5-step (at least) plan for Berhalter to rescue his tenure as USMNT coach Oct 22, 2019

We lay out some loosely-numbered ideas for Gregg Berhalter to get this thing turned around, and then conclude that it's very unlikely and implausible. We also briefly discuss the U17s ahead of the World Cup, which kicks for them on Sunday.

2:30, questions for Earnie Stewart
5:00, anywhere from 5 to 27 steps Berhalter should take to get the USMNT back on track
27:15, the US U17s head into the World Cup with some concerns but also some reasons for optimism

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Episode 104: Canada 2, USA 0, and Berhalter takes the USMNT to a new low Oct 16, 2019

Horrible night in Toronto. Failure on every level. Once again the citizens of the United States of America are encouraged to forget about the U.S. men's national team entirely, and they may yet do so. Time to rant and rave (but also to be fair), and to discuss the possibility of firing Gregg Berhalter. (This is a totally unedited episode recorded late at night. Certainly best to listen at 1.5x.)

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Episode 103: USA v Cuba review Oct 12, 2019

The first Nations League game ever for the USMNT was in D.C. against Cuba. No spoilers, this is our quick review of the match.

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Episode 102: Projecting the U17 World Cup roster Oct 08, 2019

The tournament starts on Oct. 26 in Brazil, the U.S. has a tough group consisting of the Netherlands, Japan and Senegal and the roster will be released any day now. Matt Hartman (@mattshartman on Twitter) joins the pod to talk about who will likely get called up and who will likely be left off. We each give our preferred roster, nodding regularly to what we think we can probably expect from coach Raphael Wicky. We discuss all the names below but you have to listen to figure out who we would like to see in the roster and who we think will actually get the call.

0:30 intro, big picture discussion, disclaimers
7:40 Goalkeepers (Las, Odunze, Cervantes)
9:55 Defenders (Bello, Armour, Tolkin, Kobe, Carrera, Tomkinson, Gray, Anderson, Cuevas, Scally, Alejandre, Judge, Atencio)
29:05 Midfielders (Leyva, Saldaña, Busio, Kayo, Fuentes, Dietz, Freeman, Dobbelaere)
44:45 Forwards (Pepi, Reyna, Ocampo-Chavez, Yow, Jones, Jasson, Arce, Pynadath, De Vries)
1:05:45 We re-state our rosters and answer a handful of Twitter questions.

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Episode 101: Projecting the Nations League roster, and an interview with Orange County SC GM Oliver Wyss Oct 01, 2019

Quick rundown of Gregg Berhalter's likely roster choices for the upcoming Nations League fixtures against Cuba and Canada, and then an interview with Oliver Wyss, the general manager of Orange County SC, the USL club that has given 11 starts to a 17-year-old youth national team keeper, recently signed Bryang Kayo and Diego Lopez away from MLS academies, and is trying to establish an alternative pathway to Europe for promising young American players.
0:30 - Greg and Belz USMNT roster discussion
23:00 - Interview with Oliver Wyss, general manager of Orange County SC

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Episode 100: An interview with LAFC academy director Todd Saldaña Sep 27, 2019

Todd Saldaña joins for a wide-ranging discussion on the early success of the Los Angeles Football Club academy, how they're developing players, what kind of outreach they've received from the Mexican and U.S. Soccer federations, and many other things.

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Episode 99: The September USMNT Top 40 Sep 20, 2019

It’s actually a Top 45 because we broke goalkeepers into their own category. We do the goalkeepers, lay out some rationale because we think a lot of people will dispute our ranking, and then go 1 through 20, take a little break, go 21 through 40, and then a brief discussion of the Olympics.

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Episode 98: USA v Uruguay, the friendliest of friendlies Sep 11, 2019

It was a hot, sleepy night in St. Louis, but by golly we learned stuff. Different challenge, different lineup. We break down the big moments of the game and assess individual performances.
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Episode 97: USA v Mexico recap, and Berhalter's stubbornness Sep 07, 2019

Woe is us. Greg V lays this one at the feet of Gregg Berhalter, and this dogmatic commitment to play through a recklessly high press.

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Episode 96: USA v Mexico preview -- how to attack El Tri & how to use Dest Sep 03, 2019

We’re going to talk about what Mexico will probably look like, and then talk about how Berhalter could line up the U.S., with special emphasis how we might attack, how we could set up the midfield, and how we should deploy Sergiño Dest.

2:10 Mexico's potential lineup
7:20 How the US should attack Mexico's high press and man-marking
15:00 Who should start in the midfield?
28:50 How will Berhalter deploy Sergiño Dest?

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Episode 95: Berhalter announces his roster for the September USMNT friendlies Aug 28, 2019

Dest, Pomykal, Sargent! World Cup qualifying is now officially 12 months away and it's time to buckle down. Full breakdown of the roster, some preferred lineup discussion, and a dose of what lineups Berhalter is likely to choose.

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Episode 94: The roster for the upcoming Mexico and Uruguay friendlies Aug 21, 2019

We start up top at striker and work our way back to goalkeeper, giving our preferred rosters. And then we talk about Berhalter's likely roster, which is not entirely the same.

Here's that American Soccer Analysis piece we talked about: https://www.americansocceranalysis.com/home/2019/8/14/with-or-without-you-wowy-a-plus-minus-alternative-for-soccer

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Episode 93: Earnie Stewart’s new job, Kremlinology, and 4 young players Berhalter should call up soon Aug 14, 2019

Earnie Stewart has a new job, Kate Markgraf has a new job, and we've got clips from the conference call with them and Carlos Cordeiro as they discussed their new roles. Greg and Belz get into that and what it means, and then we talk about Weah, Dest, Sargent and Pomykal, and a few other notable performances from the weekend.

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Episode 92: A new monthly USMNT player pool Top 40, and several listener questions Aug 07, 2019

The Scuffed Top 40 makes its August debut, as we run through a (highly debatable) list of the top 40 players in the USMNT pool if we were to start a World Cup qualifying campaign tomorrow. Then we take listener questions ranging from "what does Earnie Stewart do all day?" to "who is the most overrated player in the pool?" and "what is the point of the U18 men's national team?"

0:30 Intro and housekeeping
5:20 the August Scuffed Top 40 -- from Tyler Adams to Richie Ledezma
1:06:30 Questions from patrons on Patreon

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Episode 91: An early look at the player pool for the *next* U20 World Cup cycle Jul 31, 2019

A deep dive into the pool of players born in 2001 or later, and thus eligible for the 2021 U20 World Cup. Joey Anthone (@USAprospects) and Matt Hartman (@MattSHartman) join to give us an early look at the players who have a chance of playing in the next U20 World Cup. Disclaimers apply (the kids are young and the tournament is two years away) and the show notes are detailed. Use them! We talk about who we think is already a lock, who’s in the next tier down, and who has an outside chance of breaking in, position by position, answering listener questions as we go. Then we names way too early rosters.

0:30 Intro, the big picture and our locks for the 2021 U20 World Cup
29:00 Discussion of who the next cycle's U20 coach should be, and a list of dual nationals eligible for this future roster
43:40 More listener questions

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51:05 Goalkeepers
55:30 Left backs (whatever happened to George Bello? will Kobe Hernandez get to play LB for the U17s?)
1:08:40 Right backs
1:16:20 Centerbacks
1:31:50 Central midfielders
1:51:50 Wingers
2:02:50 Strikers
2:08:05 Our way too early rosters for the 2021 U20 World Cup: Belz, Hartman, then Anthone

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Episode 90: An interview with Raphaël Wicky, coach of the U.S. U17 men's national team Jul 25, 2019

The U17 World Cup starts in three months! Wicky kicks off a camp in California this week as he and the boys prepare for the tournament in Brazil. He discussed how the team improved at the Concacaf Championship, his impressions of the DA playoffs, his thoughts on where on the field Kobe Hernandez-Foster will likely play at the World Cup and outlined some of the roster decisions he faces in the next three months.

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Episode 89: 17-yr-old LA Galaxy right back Julian Araujo joins the pod Jul 23, 2019

Our guest today is Julian Araujo, the young, pacey, aggressive right back for the Los Angeles Galaxy, the U.S. U20s, the U.S. U23s and hopefully, soon, the USMNT. He’s a top right back prospect who’s attracted attention from El Tri and youth call-ups from the USA. He assisted Zlatan Ibrahimovic's first goal in the Galaxy's El Trafico on Friday. We talked about that, his upbringing, his decision to play for the Barca Academy, where he wants to improve his game and his national team future.

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Episode 88: Club status run-down for the European USMNT pool Jul 17, 2019

First, Greg gives his 5 biggest needs for the USMNT roster, and Belz lists his preferred changes ahead of the fall international calendar. Then we hustle through the European player pool, talk about each guy's club status, and look briefly toward the season ahead.

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Episode 87: A Gold Cup postmortem and look forward Jul 10, 2019

A long episode breaking down the loss to Mexico, the opening flurry from the US, the gradual annexation of the game by Mexico, and that 20-minute period of utter helplessness in the second half culminating in the match-winning goal for El Tri. We try to discuss what this game and the overall performance in the Gold Cup all mean for the USMNT and the player pool in the fall and beyond.

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Episode 86: Gold Cup — USA v Jamaica, plus a look ahead to Mexico Jul 05, 2019

Easily the most pleasing to the eye performance from the USMNT in the Berhalter era. We break it down and look ahead to Mexico on Sunday.

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Episode 85: Gold Cup — USA v Curaçao Jul 01, 2019

The USA faced a composed, savvy Curaçao side in the quarterfinals of the Gold Cup. We take a look at the game while airplanes fly overhead and children shout in the background. It’s a busy week at Scuffed HQ. Apologies.

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Episode 84: Gold Cup — USA v Panama review with Henry Bushnell Jun 27, 2019

Henry Bushnell, a sportswriter for Yahoo Sports who covers soccer regularly, joins to break down the USMNT's final group stage match at the Gold Cup. Rotation, rotation, rotation. But did we learn anything?

Check out Henry on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HenryBushnell

Check out his takeaways on the Panama game: https://sports.yahoo.com/usmnt-panama-gold-cup-score-jozy-altidore-goal-025753805.html

And check out his piece on the win over Trinidad: https://sports.yahoo.com/usa-trinidad-and-tobago-gold-cup-score-usmnt-015823852.html

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Episode 83: Gold Cup — USA v Trinidad review Jun 24, 2019

You know the drill. Lengthy chances and scoring summary, followed by a series of thoughts on what the game taught us. In this case, we pose several questions and answer some of them.

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Episode 82: Gold Cup — USA v Guyana review Jun 19, 2019

No spoilers! Except that Gyasi Zardes was in the starting lineup, Greg and Belz got loose for the game, and then they recorded real late at night.

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Episode 81: Interview with Eric Quill, head coach of North Texas SC Jun 17, 2019

FC Dallas has arguably the best academy in Major League Soccer. Four players who came through its doors were on the 21-man U.S. roster at the U20 World Cup in Poland. The national teams at younger age groups are peppered with Dallas kids. And now those kids are getting professional minutes at the ages of 16 and 17 with North Texas SC, the franchise's gateway to MLS first team minutes. The coach of that team, which is 7-1-2 in USL League One, is Eric Quill, the guy who identified Chris Richards from near Birmingham, Alabama, recruited him to Texans SC, and took that team to a national title in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy playoffs in 2017. He joined the podcast for a wide-ranging conversation on everything from the training schedule in Frisco to Nico Carrera’s confidence and whether Dante Sealy has the sauce.

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Episode 80: U20 stock report, and the USMNT stumbles into the Gold Cup Jun 12, 2019

Velasquez and Belz go through the U20 World Cup roster in detail and assess each player’s performance, their likelihood of breaking into the USMNT and the likely timing of that breakthrough, when applicable.

Then we talk about the 3-0 loss to Venezuela rumors (later confirmed) of Tyler Adams’ absence, and the general crappiness that prevails at the senior level ahead of Tuesday’s Gold Cup opener vs Guyana.

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Episode 79: U20 World Cup — USA v Ecuador review with Matt Doyle Jun 08, 2019

No spoilers! Doyle, senior writer for MLSsoccer.com, joins me to break down the quarterfinal showdown with the South American U20 champions.

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Episode 78: Stock down! For almost everyone! But not the U20s Jun 06, 2019

Greg and I break down the Gold Cup roster, talk as quickly as possible about the 1-0 loss to Jamaica, and move on briskly to the U20 World Cup.

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Episode 77: U20 World Cup — USA v France review with Franco Panizo Jun 04, 2019

No spoilers! Joining me to break down the Round of 16 match is Franco Panizo, a New York-based reporter who covers the USMNT, MLS and all things American soccer for SBIsoccer.com and other outlets.

Franco's Twitter: https://twitter.com/FrancoPanizo

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Episode 76: U20 World Cup — USA v Qatar review with Brian Sciaretta May 30, 2019

This is going to be more encouraging than you think. Brian joined me from his car, in the middle of a New Jersey thunderstorm. He made a good point about McKenzie starting at right back and projected a starting XI that will have you psyched for Tuesday.

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Episode 75: U20 World Cup — USA v Nigeria review with Daryl Grove May 27, 2019

The U.S. faced Nigeria in a game that was, if not must-win, at least a must-draw. The Total Soccer Show's Daryl Grove, a great friend of Scuffed since the beginning, took time to join Belz to break down the match. No spoilers here.

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Episode 74: U20 World Cup — Ukraine v USA review May 24, 2019

No spoilers here, but we talk about the game and the game ahead against Nigeria. Tab trotted out a lineup with some headscratchers against a very tough and organized Ukraine side.

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Episode 73: Sorting through all these USMNT rosters, and a U20s v Ukraine preview May 23, 2019

Velasquez makes his return to the pod. We’ve got the 40-man provisional roster for the Gold Cup and a summer training camp roster to discuss. Then we quickly preview the U.S. v Ukraine at the U20 World Cup on Friday.

0:30 Lots of names to sort though, but we spend the most time discussing the omissions, because we don’t know yet who will actually be on the USMNT Gold Cup roster.
25:00 Greg gives his preferred 23-man roster for the Gold Cup
40:05 U20s v Ukraine, Friday at 1:30 pm CT on FS1.

The Gold Cup and Summer Training Camp rosters: http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2019/05/22/13/08/20190522-news-mnt-combined-training-camp-roster-gold-cup-preparation-annapolis

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Episode 72: Deep dive on our U20 World Cup group opponents — Ukraine, Nigeria & Qatar May 14, 2019

Opposition research! This week we hear from journalists on three continents about the nations the U.S. U20s will face in the group stage in Poland. Vadim Furmanov, a Ukrainian-American living in North Carolina, spoke with me about Ukraine. Emmanuel Chinaza, a reporter in Lagos, spoke with me about Nigeria. And Babagol founder Uri Levy spoke with me from Tel Aviv about the Qatari U20s. I should mention up front that the audio from my conversation with Emmanuel is spotty in sections. I did my best to smooth it over and encourage you to stick with us, but as always, please use the show notes for navigation if you want to skip around.

0:30 Introduction
1:15 Vadim Furmanov (@vfurmanov), a writer for futbolgrad.com on the Ukraine U20s
31:44 Emmanuel Chinaza (@OkpetimE), a reporter at allnigeriasoccer.com on the Nigeria U20s (the Super Eaglets)
44:10 Uri Levy (@Levyninho), the founder of babagol.net on the Qatar U20s (and a little bit on Nigeria)

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Episode 71: A U.S. U17s Concacaf group stage recap with USMNTVideos May 08, 2019

US Soccer Twitter legend @USMNTVideos joined the pod to help me recap the group stage at the Concacaf Championship for the U.S. U17s. This is the qualifying tournament for the U17 World Cup, Raphael Wicky’s first meaningful competition as coach, and a rare chance to see these players in international competition. We recap the three matches, and then look ahead to the rest of the tournament with our preferred first choice XIs.

0:30 intro and pleasantries
3:15 US v Canada recap
14:30 US v Barbados recap
24:30 US v Guatemala recap
41:50 First choice XIs

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Episode 70: The U.S. U20 World Cup Roster (with or without Sargent & Weah) May 01, 2019

The U20 World Cup begins May 23 and the U.S. roster will drop in just over a week. Matt Hartman (@mattshartman) joins to chat about that roster — who we’d like to see on it, who’ll miss out, and why. You don’t want to miss Hartman’s 5 principles of a Tab-selected U20 World Cup squad. We then (pretty much) settle on a roster and an XI for the tournament.

0:30 Intro and Hartman’s 5 Principles of U20 World Cup roster selection
5:25 goalkeepers
12:00 defenders
30:00 midfielders
45:00 forwards
55:50 What if Weah and Sargent are on the roster? Who gets cut?

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Episode 69: GA Cup/MLS academies breakdown with Bobby Warshaw and David Gass Apr 27, 2019

Warshaw and Gass called much of Generation Adidas Cup from the booth, the spoke to a lot of the coaches, and they’re brimming over with thoughts about the tournament, which saw its first ever MLS academy winner in the Champions division. I joined them on Twitch last week to talk about it all, and recorded the whole thing, and published it essentially un-edited. It’s a conversation that veers from specific player assessments to the future of U.S. soccer development and back again. Scuffed being Scuffed content. Only for the pure at heart.

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Episode 68: David Ochoa joins the pod, plus the U17 World Cup qualifying roster reaction with Hartman Apr 25, 2019

Real Monarchs, RSL and U.S. U20 goalkeeper David Ochoa joins the pod to talk about how he learned to be a goalkeeper from his dad, his path from Oxnard, Calif., to Chivas, to Real Salt Lake, his decision to sign a Homegrown contract with RSL and how he practices saving Alex Mendez free kicks. Then Matt Hartman (@mattshartman) joins to talk about the USA’s U17 Concacaf Championship roster. Omissions, strengths, weaknesses, you know the drill.

0:30 David Ochoa
24:30 the U17 roster

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Episode 67: Chris Gloster on his year in Germany, the U20 World Cup & racism rearing its head in soccer Apr 18, 2019

Chris Gloster, the left back for the Hannover U23s and the U.S. U20s, joins the pod to talk about his 2018 move to Germany, the transition to life there and his development as a player. He discussed in detail the outrageous racist abuse he suffered in an away match at VfB Lübeck on Wednesday and his reactions to it. At the end of the interview, he looked ahead to the U20 World Cup in Poland, which starts in late May, and talked about the vibe on a squad where many positions are still up for grabs.

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Episode 66: The USL pathway w/Darren Powell, plus Kleiban's ouster and Leyva’s signing Apr 11, 2019

San Antonio FC head coach and technical director Darren Powell joins the pod to talk about the signings of teenage attackers Ethan Bryant and Leo Torres to the club, the viability of USL as a pathway to elite professional soccer, and many other things. Then Belz goes solo on Brian Kleiban's ouster at the LA Galaxy, a big weekend for a few US U20s, and the signing of Danny Leyva.

0:30 interview with Darren Powell
38:30 Kleiban's ouster, and good weekends for Sebastian Soto, Alex Mendez and Richie Ledezma
41:45 Danny Leyva's signing, including audio of Garth Lagerwey's

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Episode 65: A quick U17 roster discussion with Travis Clark Apr 03, 2019

Travis Clark from Top Drawer Soccer joins us in our hour of need to discuss the latest U17 roster, the first called by new manager Raphael Wicky and the last before U17 World Cup qualifying in May. We run through the roster, the notable omissions and how we'd like to see this team line up.

0:30 housekeeping
6:30 Raphael Wicky's first U17 roster, omissions and discussion
32:15 our preferred qualifying XIs

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Episode 64: USA 1, Chile 1, and no Trinity, a bit of a slog, lessons learned Mar 28, 2019

The U.S. played to a 1-1 draw with Chile on Tuesday night, and the match is actually kind of hard to summarize. It wasn’t horrible. It wasn’t great. We definitely didn't control the game. We were missing Weston McKennie and Tyler Adams and Christian Pulisic came off for reportedly precautionary reasons after a half-hour. We run through the timeline of key events, and pull out a bushel basket of takeaways.

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Episode 63: An interview with Paxton Pomykal, the 19-yr-old FC Dallas midfielder Mar 26, 2019

Paxton Pomykal was a standout performer for the U.S. U20s at the Concacaf Championship, and the creative central midfielder has come out swinging in 2019 for FC Dallas. He's started 3 of 4 games for one of the better teams (so far) in the western conference of MLS, and he's drawn attention on both sides of the Atlantic as a midfield orchestrator and disruptor in the press. He joined the podcast to talk about what's driven his success over the past 6 months, advice he received from U.S. U20 coach Tab Ramos, his role in Dallas under Luchi Gonzalez and the U20 World Cup in May.

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Episode 62: USA 1, Ecuador 0, and a low-block test of patient possession Mar 22, 2019

The U.S. beat Ecuador 1-0 in Orlando on Thursday night. It was not a match that quickened the pulse, but the U.S. out-possessed Ecuador, a generally respectable South American opponent, 62 to 38, and Berhalter now has 3 games and 3 wins since taking over the national team. We try to glean what we can from this friendly.

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Episode 61: Ecuador on Thursday, Berhalter’s pedagogy, and a U20 roster Mar 19, 2019

Greg lays out his best rationale for the roster decisions that had us scratching our heads last week. I nod along. We try to predict Berhalter's starting XI vs Ecuador (we recorded before it was reported that Adams will play right back, but generally anticipated it). Then we go over the U20 roster with an eye to the World Cup in May.

0:25 "How Berhalter might have thought about constructing this roster," by Greg Velasquez
14:05 lineups vs Ecuador
21:50 U20 roster discussion

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Episode 60: Roster Reaction -- Berhalter shades domestic and old with his March call-ups Mar 13, 2019

This week, Gregg Berhalter announced and explained his 24-man roster for friendlies later this month against Ecuador and Chile. First big chance for him to have the full squad at his disposal and he left off Sargent and Weah, called Baird and Lewis back up. We get into all that, and also clipped a bunch of Berhalter quotes from the press conference.

0:30 Roster reaction
27:20 How we might lineup

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Episode 59: MLS rundown, March friendlies roster, young Americans in USL preview with Phill Grooms Mar 06, 2019

Quick rundown of the youngsters in MLS on opening weekend, an abridged discussion of the March friendlies roster (due next week), and then Phill Grooms of the USL Show joins to discuss young Americans in USL.

0:30 MLS rundown and an abridged take on the March friendly rosters (child-rearing cut it a little short)
16:00 March friendlies roster discussion
27:40 intro Phill Grooms on USL youngsters
33:40 North Texas SC
44:00 LA Galaxy II
53:00 Tacoma Defiance
1:01:00 Real Monarchs
1:10:10 Others (Reno, ATL2, San Antonio, RBNY2, Richmond, Charlotte, NCFC, Swope Park, St. Louis, Bethlehem Steel)

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Episode 58: Young Americans in MLS preview with Matt Doyle Feb 27, 2019

The 2019 MLS season kicks off this weekend, so here’s a thorough look at which young Americans to watch in the league. Matt Doyle of MLSsoccer.com joins the pod to help invent some categories and work through a list of 50+ names. Everyone from Chris Durkin to Derrick Jones, Sebastian Saucedo to Omir Fernandez.

(the categories are definitely not precise)

0:30 Great Expectations
24:30 Hopes and Dreams
1:07:45 Reclamation Projects, the Zero Expectations crew, etc.

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Episode 57: Mark McKenzie joins the pod, then a pool report and news rundown Feb 22, 2019

19-year-old (almost 20-yr-old) centerback Mark McKenzie joins the pod for a conversation about centerbacking, his breakout 2018 for the Philadelphia Union, January Camp, and the U20s' dominant showing in World Cup qualifying in November. Then Greg and Belz run through the player pool news, Fabian Johnson's revival (?), the USWNT She Believes roster, etc. , etc.

0:30 Mark McKenzie interview

42:10 Short Corners:

Weston McKennie versatile, capable, but maybe injured
Tyler Adams and his passing
Christian Pulisic injured in 0-3 loss to Tottenham
Josh Sargent quiet (oh wait he started a game after we recorded)
Timo Weah fiery
Alex Mendez, Richie Ledezma and Paxton Pomykal
Midweek CCL discussion
Fabian Johnson revived
USWNT She Believes roster
NWSL TV deal
U17 qualifying and U20 World Cup draws

Black Soccer in North America roundtable, in which McKenzie participated: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jOnn1EpmEo

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Episode 56: Mea Culpas, and three burning USMNT questions Feb 12, 2019

Belz goes under the knife for his garbage predictions about Miazga and Weah, and then the hosts discuss three key questions about the USMNT after January Camp.

Will we see the inverted fullback system with a dedicated holding mid and dual 8/10s in March?
Who will Berhalter play in the central midfield?
What's going to happen with DeAndre Yedlin?

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Episode 55: Interview with Ted Kroeten, an evangelist for free play in youth soccer Feb 06, 2019

Ted Kroeten is the founder of Joy of the People, a non-profit in the Twin Cities focused on free play as a way to develop more instinctive, resourceful soccer players (and people). A former player, long-time coach and current soccer parent, Kroeten now believes that up to at least the age of 14, the best way for kids to improve is by playing for fun with their friends, with minimal coaching and supervision. It's an interesting idea, one that a lot of people don't accept, and I tried to ask Ted as many good questions about it as I could. Roughly 3,000 children participated in some kind of free play soccer at Joy of the People last year. Two players who grew up in the program trialed at Werder Bremen in the fall.

https://twitter.com/JOYofthePEOPLE

https://www.joyofthepeople.org/

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Episode 54: USA 2, Costa Rica 0, and January Camp ends on a high note Feb 03, 2019

The USA beat Costa Rica 2-0 on Saturday in San Jose, California, with a couple of goals in the last 10 minutes. This was a Costa Rica side that was a bit stouter than the Panamanian opponent a week ago, and another convincing Concacaf friendly win for Berhalter.

0:30 Daryl Grove's GoFundMe page: https://www.gofundme.com/team-daryl-grove
1:30 the lineup vs Costa Rica and what it means
17:00 timeline of big chances and goals, player-by-player chats (the defense, the so-so guys, and the ones who tried hard)
55:55 the stock-up performers from January Camp (Lletget, Arriola and sort of Lewis and Ramirez)
1:02:00 overall takeaway, first-choice XIs, quick European check-in

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Episode 53: USA 3, Panama 0, and a positive start to the Gregg Berhalter era Jan 28, 2019

Yes it was a Panama B team, but the U.S. is likely to face several similar sides at the Gold Cup in June, and the win on Sunday was a coherent, competent, even dominant, performance. Compared to USA-Bosnia in 2018, and January camps in previous years, this was a large step in the right direction.

Plenty to discuss:

Surprises in the lineup, and a new (and largely unknown) lineup hierarchy.
The 3-2-4-1 attacking shape (or 3-4-3 or 3-2-2-2, whatever you want to call it).
Individual performances, especially Bradley, Mihailovic, Lima and Zardes.
And oh yeah, Tyler Adams's first Bundesliga start in a dominant win for RB Leipzig.

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Episode 52: The Bundesliga returns! A look ahead to the Panama friendly. France downs the USWNT. Jan 23, 2019

We run down the action in Europe over the weekend, mostly in the Bundesliga. Greg explains what worried him about the USWNT’s 3-1 loss to France. Then we talk about the upcoming Panama friendly, who the 6 is going to be, and we give our (half-hearted) starting XIs. Mostly we're just curious about the game.

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Episode 51: An interview with Brian Kleiban, the LA Galaxy academy coach Jan 17, 2019

LA Galaxy's academy is one of the top talent centers in American soccer, and U19 head coach Brian Kleiban is in the middle of it. He's now got former players all over the U.S. boys' youth national teams, he's been to two straight Development Academy finals, and he joined the pod for a wide-ranging conversation on everything from the time he spied on Bielsa in the early 2000s, to the MLS draft, the U20 World Cup, the Development Academy, and his long-term ambitions as a coach.

0:30 Kleiban's background, his background as a coach, the Galaxy academy, sneaking in to watch Bielsa trainings, and the way American soccer is changing how it values small, technical players
23:00 how he got connected with Mendez, Llanez and Alvarez, candid assessments of several players (Mendez, Llanez, Alvarez, Araujo, Kobe, Dunbar), the arrival of Dennis te Kloese, and what it means to the LA Galaxy academy to have LAFC active and aggressive in the same market
50:30 US national team discussion: the U20s, Berhalter's hiring, whether Kleiban's brother Gary ever gets him in trouble, and his long-term career ambitions

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Episode 50: Sergino Dest joins the pod, and then a few spring predictions Jan 16, 2019

Ajax and U.S. U20 right back Sergino Dest joins the podcast from the Netherlands for nice little chat. And then Greg and Belz gin up predictions mostly to honor this coming weekend's return of the Bundesliga.

0:30 Sergiño Dest, the 18-year-old attacking fullback who's a standout for one of the world's best academies and a U.S. youth international, talked about the upcoming U20 World Cup, where he needs to improve (in surprising detail), his ambitions, and going up against Diego Lainez.
28:45 spring predictions on Sargent, Pulisic, the USMNT centerback loan army, Soto and Mendez, other players attaining “Weston McKennie status,” Tim Weah, another Tyler Adams coming out of MLS, and finally Concacaf Champions League.

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Episode 49: Transfer season, January Camp, and an interview with Real Salt Lake academy director Martín Vásquez Jan 08, 2019

We talk about the Pulisic move to Chelsea and lots of other moves, run down what we’re looking for from January camp, and then (don’t miss it!) interview Martín Vásquez, the dean of the Real Salt Lake academy, which has been a factory of talent for the U.S. U20 team in recent years. Lots of detail in the show notes so make like a honey badger and take what you want.

0:30 Pulisic to Chelsea, Richards to Bayern, Weah to Celtic, Adams at Leipzig, Holmes at Derby County, etc., etc.
26:00 Belz rant on why Ledezma and Mendez should be getting occasional check-ins from Berhalter or Stewart
32:20 January Camp: what Greg will watch for in these friendlies, the battle for the No. 6 spot, players to watch (Long, Cannon, Steffen and a bunch of wildcards)
54:10 three players to watch in the U20 camp (Durkin, Taitague and Cappis)

Martín Vásquez interview

1:00:10 His work at the RSL academy
1:16:15 Specific players from RSL: Ledezma, Soto, Ochoa, Arriaga, Pena
1:39:35 Vásquez on the development academy and US soccer development in general

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Episode 48: Interview with Brian Clarhaut, a young American manager making his way in Europe Jan 02, 2019

Brian Clarhaut (pronounced Clair-heart) is the 32-year-old manager of Nyköpings BIS (pronounced New-shoppings BISS) in the Swedish third division. He’s taken the road less traveled. Grew up in New Jersey, played college soccer, was an assistant at a few colleges in the Northeast, and then got an assistant coaching job in Sweden and was named head coach at the club mid-season in 2017. He gave a wide-ranging interview explaining his coaching path, his work in Nyköping, his views on the U.S. men’s national team and his coaching philosophy, among other things.

I broke the interview into three parts:

0:30 Clarhaut’s background, how he ended up coaching in Nyköping, how he landed the head coaching job, what third division soccer in Sweden is like, and how the last couple seasons have gone.
38:00 The state of American soccer, the Berhalter appointment, differences between MLS and European playing style, and American players he rates.
56:50 Coaching soccer in general, including UEFA licensing courses, his role models, his philosophy and use of periodization.

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Episode 47: The Future Draft — picking teams of un-capped American U21s Dec 26, 2018

Joey Anthone (@USAProspects), Matt Hartman (@MattSHartman) join for a draft of uncapped U-21 Americans with assembling hypothetical teams for the 2026 World Cup in mind. The three of us each pick a 20-player roster, and briefly discuss who came out best.

Here were the rules:

Only U.S.-eligible players born in 1997 or later are allowed.
Anyone already capped with the senior men’s national team is disqualified. That excludes, for instance, Pulisic, McKennie, Adams, Sargent, Weah, even though they are age-eligible.
We’re picking specifically with the goal of assembling the best possible team in 2026.
We each need to come up with a 20-man roster, including two goalkeepers. That's a total of 60 players.
Dual nationals are allowed, so long as they’ve accepted a youth national team call-up at some point and are not cap-tied by another nation.

We'll roll out info on Twitter (@zlebmada) and a poll to decide the winner over the next few days, but here are the major timestamps:

0:30 Rules
1:50 Rounds 1-10
38:10 Rounds 11-20
1:26:35 Brief discussion

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Episode 46: Preseason player pool worst case scenarios, revisited Dec 18, 2018

In August, we recorded a catalog of worst case scenarios for USMNT players abroad in the first half of the European season. This week we check in on those (a disconcerting number came true), and then discuss Richie Ledezma’s pending move to PSV, the Champions League draw, and Dave Sarachan’s new job.

0:30 Worst case scenarios, revisited. In chronological order: Pulisic, McKennie, Weah, Adams, Acosta, Yedlin/Brooks/Amon/Saief, Wood, Sargent, Miazga/CCV/EPB/Moore/Richards, Robinson, Parks, Sabbi/Novakovich/Gall/Holmes/Gooch/Green/Hines-Ike/Hyndman, youngsters abroad, MLS youngsters.
51:15 Short Corners: Ledezma to PSV, Emerson Hyndman’s resurgence, Soto to train with the Hannover first team, Champions League and Europa League draws, coaching hire news.

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Episode 45: Catch-up week. Berhalter, January Camp, MLS Cup, Sargent’s debut goal Dec 11, 2018

A lot happened over the past couple weeks in American soccer. We take it on piece by piece. Check the show notes.

0:30 Gregg Berhalter
18:30 January Camp
28:45 MLS Cup, Atlanta
33:50 Andrew Carleton's misdeeds
36:45 quick lookahead to the spring calendar
38:45 Josh Sargent debut and GOAL
45:30 Revierderby
51:40 Yedlin
55:00 Encouraging Young Yanks update (Adams, Dest, Richards, and the "20 Pulisics")

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Episode 44: Former Crew beat reporter joins to talk Berhalter, and a breakdown of the Nike Friendlies Dec 04, 2018

Andrew Erickson, the former Crew SC beat reporter for the Columbus Dispatch, joins the pod to talk about covering newly announced USMNT coach Gregg Berhalter, and then Belz and Matt Hartman discuss what we learned about the U17s in the Nike Friendlies.

0:30 Andrew Erickson interview
26:45 the U17s at the Nike Friendlies: all the players discussed to some extent, special emphasis on midfield and centerback struggles, Gio Reyna, off-ball stasis, Ricardo Pepi and how the end of the residency program (ultimately a positive development) may be affecting team cohesion in the near-term

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Episode 43: Tab Ramos joins the pod, plus a USMNT interim era wrap-up & a U20s breakdown Nov 28, 2018

U.S. men's U20 coach and youth technical director Tab Ramos joins to talk about the Concacaf Championship and a few other things. Then Greg and Belz talk briefly about the Italy friendly, evaluate the first team minutes requirement floated by some after the game, and break down the satisfying, trophy-winning 2-0 win over Mexico in Bradenton from the U20s.

0:30 Tab Ramos interview
26:10 the USMNT limps toward the end of 2018
49:00 U20 Concacaf Championship, and the most interesting U.S. players

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Episode 42: A U17 Player Pool Review ahead of the Nike Friendlies Nov 20, 2018

Belz, Joey Anthone and Matt Hartman take a deep dive into the pool of players born in 2002 or later and therefore eligible for the U17 World Cup next year. We talk about how this age group stacks up against past cycles, discuss more than 50 individual players and try to answer a bunch of very good Twitter questions. This is a long one. Listen at 1.5 speed. Use the show notes. If you get bored with the discussion of one position, skip to the next. We start with the top prospects, generally, and move our way down at each spot on the field.

0:30 Is this U17 cycle as good as the last one?
8:45 Goalkeepers: Damian Las, Chituru Odunze, Gavin Krenecki, Seth Wilson, Aaron Cervantes, Vicente Reyes
19:00 Centerbacks: Mason Judge, Axel Alejandre, Michael Barragan, Antino Lopez, Casey Walls, Owen Guske, Kenneth Nielsen, Ethan Bayer
32:50 Fullbacks: George Bello, Joe Scally, Kobe Hernandez, Mauricio Cuevas, Adam Armour, John Michael Tolkin, Jacob Greene, Anton Sorenson, Amir Daley
48:25 Holding and box-to-box midfielders: Tayvon Gray, Joshua Atencio, Danny Robles, Peter Stroud, Gilbert Fuentes, Edwin Villareal, Maximilian Göggel, Javier Casas, Adam Saldana, Will Reilly, Danny Flores, David Rodriguez
1:13:45 Attacking midfielders: Gianluca Busio, Giovanni Reyna (more of a winger, really), James Dunning, Moses Nyeman, Jack Imperato
1:32:10 Wingers: Andres Jasson, Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez (more of a striker, really), Cade Cowell, Joshua Pynadath, Patrick Bohui, Andre Luis Queiroz Costa, Dante Sealy, Selmir Miscic, Sam Sarver, Julian Gaines, Ray Serrano
1:49:53 Strikers: Griffin Yow, Ricardo Pepi, Sagir Arce, Tyler Freeman, Diego Lopez, Dantouma Toure
2:10:05 Starting XIs and Twitter questions (a lot of good ones!)

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Episode 41: England 3, USA 0, and a tactical disaster-class from the Americans Nov 17, 2018

It was a pretty bad performance from the Americans at Wembley, but hiring a coach should help.

an abysmal opening 13 minutes
why this happened (a bad job by Sarachan and not the players' faults)
a roster rundown and a few other things
bright spots

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Episode 40: Lining up the USMNT to face England at Wembley Nov 13, 2018

The USA will face England on Thursday afternoon and Italy on Tuesday, and we’re here to talk about the roster and who we’d like to see in the starting XI. Might be the first time we get to see Pulisic, McKennie and Adams on the field at the same time! We talk about the U20s and the USWNT later in the episode.

0:30 roster absences
11:48 goalkeepers
13:05 centerbacks
17:29 right backs
18:52 left backs
21:20 central midfield
29:37 attacking midfielders and wingers
35:02 strikers
38:30 preferred XIs vs England
41:40 Short Corners: USMNT U20s, USWNT, USWNT U17s, MLS playoffs

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Episode 39: Assessing the U20s in World Cup qualifying, and Alex Mendez joins the pod Nov 07, 2018

We talk about quality of the soccer being played by our U20s in the Concacaf Championship, assess individual performances in some detail, give the new USMNT roster a once-over and welcome Alex Mendez to the podcast.

0:30 how the U20s have looked (not great despite the 26-2 margin of victory)
11:50 the good performers (Mendez, Servania, Llanez, Pomykal, Rennicks, Araujo)
26:00 the ok performers (Lindsey, Gloster, Scott)
29:00 the show-me-more performers (Angking, Real, Fontana, McKenzie, Ochoa, Amaya, Perez, Rogers, Torres)
32:35 the go homes after the group stage (Akinola, Dorsey)
34:50 who might be added to the roster when Ramos makes his changes
36:35 Sarachan’s roster for the USMNT friendlies with England and Italy
46:10 Interview with Alex Mendez, 18-year-old CM for the U.S. U20s and S.C. Freiburg

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Episode 38: Richie Ledezma joins the pod, plus U20 World Cup qualifying and the USMNT roster for England and Italy Oct 30, 2018

We roll through the American soccer news of the week -- MLS Decision Day, U20 World Cup qualifying, Sargentwatch and USWNT and USMNT rosters -- very quickly so we can get to an interview with Richie Ledezma, the 18-year-old phenom linked with PSV Eindhoven.

0:30 MLS Decision Day from 30,000 feet
5:45 U20 World Cup qualifying mini-preview
9:45 Josh Sargent’s and Matt Miazga’s continuing (and very different) absences from their respective first teams.
21:15 New USWNT roster
26:00 New USMNT roster
40:20 Richie Ledezma on his upbringing, his path to the YNT setup, his trial at PSV and what he’s looking for from the U20s over the next couple weeks.

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Episode 37: Who can be the 10 in this 4-2-3-1? And Atlanta United 2 Coach Scott Donnelly joins the pod Oct 24, 2018

The 4-3-2-1 seems to work better than the 4-1-4-1, but nobody’s claimed the central advanced midfield role. We run through the candidates, and the future candidates, for the job. Then we discuss the U.S. U20 roster for the Concacaf Championship, and then, best of all, Atlanta United 2 Coach Scott Donnelly joins to talk about coaching in USL, George Bello, Andrew Carleton, and USL as a place for young players to develop. Long episode. Please make use of the show notes to get what you want from it.

The Current Pool of 10-ish CMs

2:30 Acosta
6:50 Nagbe
13:20 Weah
17:56 Pulisic
23:40 McKennie
27:35 Delgado

The Kids Who Can Play the 10 or Thereabouts

33:00 Richie Ledezma
37:27 Alex Mendez
41:05 Gianluca Busio
45:00 Andrew Carleton
48:45 Efrain Alvarez

U20 roster for the Concacaf Championship

53:35

Scott Donnelly Interview

1:05:15 intro and general ATLUTD2 questions
1:22:40 George Bello
1:30:00 Andrew Carleton
1:37:45 Chris Goslin
1:40:00 Diego Lopez
1:42:00 Jackson Conway
1:48:30 state of US soccer development
1:52:50 USL as a place for talent to develop
1:58:25 USMNT World Cup qualifying failure

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Episode 36: USA 1, Peru 1 — All Hail the Youngs! A mostly encouraging night in Connecticut Oct 17, 2018

The USA drew Peru in Hartford on Tuesday, but the big story was the US lineup. We got a starting front three of Jonathan Amon, Josh Sargent and Tim Weah. Reggie Cannon got his debut at right back. Aaron Long got his debut at centerback. Ben Sweat got a debut at left back. Brad Guzan returned from the wilderness. What did we learn? A lot! Listen up.

0:30 intro and Velasquez tactical overview (not because we care about Sarachan’s tactics but because it affects the way we assess individual performances)
14:00 Flores’ goal for Peru, whose fault was it?
17:50 Sargent, Weah, Amon, Cannon and Carter-Vickers (extended discussion, please understand)
50:20 Acosta, Delgado, Trapp and everyone else

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Episode 35: USA 2, Colombia 4 — We got whooped, but we learned quite a bit Oct 12, 2018

The laboratory was humming Thursday night in Tampa when the USA lost 4-2 to Colombia, with Saief, Bradley, Green and Weah experiments underway, among others. What did we learn? How did the midfield look in McKennie's and Adams' absences? How good is Kenny Saief? Those and many other questions asked and answered in today's episode.

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Episode 34: Lining up against Colombia and Peru without Adams, McKennie and Pulisic Oct 09, 2018

Let’s start with the bad news. Tyler Adams, Weston McKennie and Christian Pulisic will be absent for the upcoming friendlies against Colombia and Peru, but there are still a bunch of interesting players involved in the camp (Weah, Sargent, Novakovich, Amon, Cannon, Saief). We get into all that and discuss the lineup.

0:30 the big absences
11:29 new additions, Colombia, and the US goalkeeper and defense
24:35 the US midfield, forwards and wings
38:42 Short Corners: USWNT 11, Concacaf 0; Carleton's big upcoming offseason; Alex Mendez & Uly Llanez to Germany; Matias Almeyda to San Jose

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Episode 33: Beyond Trapp — The USMNT Puzzle in Central Midfield Oct 02, 2018

Dave Sarachan released the 24-man roster for the friendlies with Colombia and Peru on Oct. 11 and 16. The big question is who will play in which capacity in the midfield, and we talked about that for a while, among other things.

0:30 brief overview of the roster
17:45 snubs
25:15 extended discussion: how are we gonna sort out this midfield?
1:00:35 Short Corners: USWNT World Cup qualifiers, Cristiano Ronaldo’s depressing news, Sebastian Soto the U19 goal-scoring machine, and the U.S. U17s go to Mexico City

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Episode 32: The U20 provisional roster is due in a week. Who's going to be on it? Sep 26, 2018

Special guest Joey Anthone (@USAprospects) and I do a bare-bones run through the roster options for Tab Ramos. We also discuss the format of the U20 Men's Concacaf Championship, the roster rules and the changes that Ramos might make mid-tournament.

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Episode 31: The new USMNT starts to coalesce, and maybe finds a formation! Also, don't miss: Sounders academy chief Marc Nicholls joins the pod Sep 18, 2018

Greg and I wrap up the last USMNT camp and what we learned -- it's quite a bit more positive than our reactions to the games themselves. Then we’ve got an interview with Marc Nicholls, director of player development and academy director for the Seattle Sounders, and we come back with Short Corners at the end.

0:30 takeaways from the recent USMNT friendlies and camp: 1) the 4-2-3-1 deserves further experimentation, 2) gotta find McKennie’s role, 3) we’ve got a core of 7-8 near-lock starters now, 4) let's use the next two camps to test new players against the floor, which is set by another 7-8 players we saw in the last two friendlies.
46:05 Marc Nicholls, director of player development and academy director for the Seattle Sounders. Their U17 boys won the DA championship last year, they’ve given at least 9 teenagers a USL debut this season and at least 6 Sounders players have been called up to youth national teams in the past few months. We talked about his work, the Sounders’ style of play, the development academy, how they scout out-of-state players and the type of kids they’re looking for. Covered lots of ground.
1:34:15 Short Corners: Champions League, MLS East homestretch, U20 Concacaf Championship draw

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Episode 30: USA 1, Mexico 0: A bad plan from Sarachan, and good Concacafing from Miazga Sep 12, 2018

We won the game. It was not pretty. But Greg thinks we learned a lot. I just wish we’d learned how to get Tyler Adams and Weston McKennie to both excel at the same time in the midfield, which we did not. Also Sarachan’s first half plan was not good enough.

2:15 lineup, formation, plan and brief game overview
11:40 goalkeeper
12:30 centerbacks
14:50 fullbacks
22:05 center mids
23:57 tangent on why there isn’t more tactics stuff from traditional soccer reporters
28:40 back to the center mids
45:22 wingers
48:40 strikers
54:55 what we learned, etc.
1:10:38 short corners

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Episode 29: USA 0, Brazil 2, and a 4-1-4-1 that neither attacked nor counterattacked Sep 08, 2018

Sarachan surprised us with a 2-centerback formation and some shuttling specialists on the wings, and the U.S. lost 2-0 to Brazil in a limpid but not disastrous friendly on Friday night.

0:30 shoutouts and Sarachan's lineup
7:00 goalkeeper
9:35 centerbacks
14:30 fullbacks
26:12 central midfielders
42:00 wingers
45:35 striker
55:13 what we learned

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Episode 28: USA v Brazil preview Sep 04, 2018

The Sarachan roster, omissions, our starting XIs for Brazil, and a solid (IMO) discussion of Pulisic's absence.

0:50 omissions
- The Scandinavian Contingent
- Pulisic injured and Ives article
- Cannon, Sargent, Parks, etc.
17:50 the 25-man roster Sarachan called up
28:00 our starting XIs for the Brazil match in the likely 3-5-2
49:00 short corners: Champions League draw and Schalke/Dortmund/PSG, U20 camp, U20 players

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Episode 27: Who should be called up for the Brazil and Mexico friendlies? Aug 28, 2018

We’re back in our comfort zone and we’ve got a roster episode. The men’s national team faces Brazil on Sept. 7 and Mexico on Sept. 11. We break down the options and in the process conduct a routine checkup on the U.S. player pool. Then we review the first matchday of the Bundesliga season and Belz spotlights the recent USL appearances of Joshua Atencio for Sounders 2.

0:30 preamble
9:25 goalkeepers
12:08 right backs
15:35 centerbacks (EPB got the call-up, listen to the segment if you want to know what we think of that)
25:53 left backs
28:58 central midfield
41:45 wings
48:54 strikers

Short Corners:

56:38 Bundesliga Matchday 1 Recap
1:13:56 new USL kid to watch: Joshua Atencio

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Episode 26: Another look into the future with Joey Anthone — the upcoming Development Academy season Aug 22, 2018

Games kick off Sept. 1 in the U19 regular season of the U.S. Development Academy. Joey Anthone joins to detail his preseason top 10 and the key up-and-comers across the nation. We cover some big themes at the top and then dive in. Bext XIs, preseason “awards” and answers to listener questions ensue.

0:30 Introduction and Big Themes
MLS academies losing players to Europe for free.
The emerging class of elite academies who gather talent from other
academies.
Changes to the DA schedule to make games more competitive.
Joey's Top Ten
32:20 FC Dallas
42:40 Columbus Crew
51:45 Seattle Sounders
1:06:05 LA Galaxy
1:14:30 New York Red Bulls
1:19:15 Sockers FC
1:31:05 Chicago Fire
1:36:30 Sporting KC
1:45:35 Atlanta United
1:48:56 Preseason Awards
2:00:20 Preseason Best XIs
2:05:00 Listener Questions

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Episode 25: The Cynic's Guide to the 2018-19 Season Aug 15, 2018

Worst case scenarios this season for several Americans playing in Europe.

0:15 Worst Case Scenarios Part 1: Pulisic, McKennie, Weah, Adams, Acosta, Yedlin, Brooks, Amon, Saief, Wood and Sargent.
Bach
35:50 Worst Case Scenarios Part 2: Miazga, EPB, CCV, Richards, Moore, Robinson, Sabbi, Gall, Gooch and several others.
Billy Holiday
1:10:20 Short Corners: The U.S. women’s U-20s get bounced out of the World Cup in the group stage and why is that? ESPN+ will air some Eredivisie matches this year. George Bello returns from injury.

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Episode 24: Chris Richards joins the pod, and a non-Bundesliga Yanks in Europe preview Aug 07, 2018

Chris Richards joins for a conversation from Bavaria, where the 18-yr-old is on loan at Bayern Munich, getting ready for his first regular season U19 game this weekend. Then Greg and Belz run down the European-based player pool ahead of the regular season in the big leagues, and then we take a few Short Corners.

1:23 Richards interview starts. Since the audio is spotty during parts of the conversation, below are timestamps and transcriptions of key things he said that were difficult to hear in the recording.
1:50 Richards on how he found out he was headed to Bayern on loan: “Towards the end of our (U.S. Development Academy) playoffs in San Diego, I got a call from the technical director and he told me that Bayern wanted me to come on loan until December and initially I was like there’s no way this is real, but then I got all my final information and was told to take the next flight to Munich about a week after our last game in San Diego. As soon as I got here I was immediately thrown into first-team training, and one day one of the administrators came up to me and she told me I was going on the first-team preseason tour to the U.S.”
2:42 on whether he knew he was going to be training with the Bayern first team at all: “Oh no. They told me I was playing with the U19s so that’s all I thought I was going to do, just be with the U19s the whole semester...I was so surprised.”
7:12 on training with Alaba and Martinez: “They were so open to helping me with everything. That was really great for me the first few weeks I was here. They’re world class players of course, and it’s refreshing and it’s also amazing that they’re willing to help a young guy like me. It's been really good for me.”
7:38 difference between the Bayern academy and the academies he played for in the U.S.: “one of the big things that coaches here like is, when the centerback is on the ball to take space as fast as you can and then try to release the ball and keep going further down the field. In the academy back home it’s not really something that you’re taught, and when I got here...everyone’s doing it, youth all the way to the first team, and so that was one thing that they really pushed for me to get more comfortable doing.”
14:55 what Texans SC coach Eric Quill saw in Richards back in 2015 and 2016: “Of course he noticed my athleticism. I’ve always been one of the faster (players) and...I’d been able to get away with my athleticism for a while before learning the technical aspect as much...and he liked my vision on and off the ball...I knew where the ball was going, so I was anticipating really well, and when I was on the ball I was always one or two steps ahead of the defense.”
20:56 on whether Bayern will release him for U20 World Cup qualification in November: “I sure hope so. I’m not really sure what their plan is...but if I get the call-up for the qualifiers I’m going to push for that as hard as I can, because that’s a big box that I want to check off.”
24:55 Non-Bundesliga USMNT in Europe preview: Parks, Moore, Weah, Miazga, Yedlin, Robinson, Carter-Vickers, Saief, Palmer-Brown, Novakovich, Scott, Amon, Sabbi, Hamid, Gall, etc.
1:09:35 Short Corners: Busio's first MLS start, Reggie Cannon's
ascendance, loans to buy, the USYNT hiring freeze.

Brian Sciaretta's interview with Richards from July 17: http://americansoccernow.com/articles/fc-dallas-homegrown-chris-richards-aiming-high-on-loan-at-bayern-s-u-19s

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Episode 23: An extended USMNT-in-the-Bundesliga season preview Jul 31, 2018

We take a closer look at the league that has become the destination of choice for young American players by interviewing people who regularly talk or write about Werder Bremen, Hannover 96, Schalke and Dortmund. Josh Sargent, Bobby Wood, Weston McKennie and Christian Pulisic are the main events in this episode, but each guest gave a good sense of each club’s overall situation and addressed the rising population of Americans in the Bundesliga and Bundesliga academies. Greg and I had planned to talk about Frankfurt, Wolfsburg and Gladbach to talk about Timmy Chandler, John Brooks and Fabian Johnson, but we ran out of time, as you’ll see.

1:25 Patrick Davey from the podcast Radio Free Weser, on Josh Sargent, the cocoon of development that’s being built around him including Claudio Pizarro's mentorship, Sargent's prospects for first-team minutes, the bullish case for Werder Bremen this season and some quick thoughts on Aron Johannsson and Isaiah Young.

Podcast: https://rfwpod.podbean.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RFWPod

41:15 Ansgar Loecke from the HannoverliebtMSR (German-language) podcast, on the modest expectations for Bobby Wood at Hannover, a club that’s no stranger to Americans and one that should be a good place for Wood to get his groove back. We also briefly discuss Hannover’s efforts to revamp the academy, and Chris Gloster’s situation.

Podcast: https://meinsportradio.de/2018/05/09/hannoverliebt-klassenerhalt/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ansgar_L

1:15:00 Jack Mangan from the FC Schalke 04 Podcast, on a big year for Weston McKennie that’s full of opportunity, as well as Haji Wright, Nick Taitague, Zyen Jones and even Chris Richards at Bayern.

Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fc-scahlke-04-podcast/id1263701061
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JMMangan

2:02:10 Lars Pollman from the Yellow Wall Podcast, on an ultimately disappointing 2017/18 for Christian Pulisic and for Dortmund, the still open possibility of a transfer, and the high hopes for the young American winger in the season upcoming. Lars also discusses Lucien Favre as a manager, projects what would be a successful statistical season for Pulisic, and we venture into Lars’s NFL fandom.

Podcast: http://www.tyw.bundesligalounge.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LarsPollmann

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Episode 22: Seems like there are a lot of exciting young U.S. players. Is this time different? Jul 27, 2018

European preseason is always a time of inflated hopes and dreams. Players getting chances, and fresh starts, and new contracts. We run down of a lot of the action, and then Greg breaks out some half-assed high school math as we try to sort out whether the player pool is taking a step forward. (It is.)

0:30 We summarize a lot of the preseason news for the under-23 player pool, including Pulisic, Hyndman, Richards, Carleton, Gall, Parks, etc.
35:30 Is this time different? Buckle in for a rambling discussion of old U-20 player pools, new U-20 player pools, 2012 changes in the development academy and a hypothetical USMNT 2018 World Cup roster.
1:09:45 Short Corners: Davies to Bayern and Acosta to Colorado

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Episode 21: U20-palooza! An encyclopedic look at the player pool as U20 World Cup qualifying looms Jul 18, 2018

Joey Anthone (aka @USAProspects) joined the pod to comb through the U-20 player pool and we didn’t stop. Who will be available for November qualifying? We projected that. What are the biggest challenges for Tab Ramos? We explained them. What are the areas of strength in the pool? We pointed them out. Who will be the 6? Who will be the 9? Who will be the centerbacks? Check, check, check. And then we each gave a 20-man roster and answered several listener questions. Carve out time over multiple days because you won’t be able to handle this in one sitting.

0:30 Intro
8:25 Who will be available for U-20 World Cup qualifying? (Adams, Sargent, Weah. Amon — no; Taitague, Soto, McKenzie, Carleton, Durkin — it’s complicated; Ledezma, Mendez, Llanez, Booth — probably)
58:20 Who will be the No. 6 if DC United makes a run and gets into the playoffs with Durkin at the 6?
1:09:30 Who will be Mark McKenzie’s centerback partner?
1:21:40 Who will be the striker?
1:31:25 Areas of strength in the pool: fullbacks and wingers
1:52:30 How many guys will play up an age group?
1:59:25 Efra Alvarez discussion
2:13:10 Belz and Anthone give their ideal/realistic rosters for November qualifying
2:28:00 listener questions (lots of good ones and lots of good answers from Joey)

Get in touch with us. We'd love to hear from you and our email is scuffedpod@gmail.com

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Episode 20: Chris Durkin joins the pod, Jesse Marsch to Leipzig, and Yanks on the move Jul 11, 2018

18-year-old DC United holding midfielder talks through how he thinks about his job on the pitch, his development as a player, and his assessment of the USMNT's World Cup qualifying failure, among other things. Greg and I get into Jesse Marsh's move and the large number of American players on the move in Europe.

1:00 Chris Durkin interview
38:40 the World Cup
47:10 Marsch to RB Leipzig
52:05 rundown of Yanks on the move in Europe

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Episode 19: (Scuffed Lite) Concacaf's time in Russia comes to an end Jul 05, 2018

A vacation-truncated mini-episode acknowledging the end of Concacaf's time in Russia

0:30 Mexico loses to Brazil, etc.
11:30 general Concacaf, World Cup thoughts
18:40 Short Corners: Trusty and McKenzie have a rough night, the Los Dos kids light it up again, Josh Sargent is the first to show up for Werder Bremen preseason and that seals it. He's the best striker in American history.

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Episode 18: Savior by committee for the USMNT (a shameless depth chart dweeb-out) Jun 27, 2018

U.S. men’s soccer doesn’t need a savior. It needs savior by committee. We take the metaphor to within an inch of its life and run down the USMNT depth chart as we go. Later in the episode we talk briefly about Mexico, Costa Rica and Panama at the World Cup.

0:30 savior by committee for U.S. men’s soccer
4:10 the party elders — including two likely starters in 2022 and a bunch of question marks
18:30 the executive committee — the young core for the next cycle
25:00 voting members — the key supporting cast and candidates for the executive committee
35:45 non-voting members — they’re around, they have a shot to be promoted, but they’re fringe for now
41:00 leadership track interns — the most promising teenagers in the pool
55:15 Concacaf at the World Cup

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Episode 17: Mexico’s singular Concacaf triumph, and USYNT striker Sebastian Soto joins the pod Jun 19, 2018

0:30 rooting for Mexico, Landon Donovan’s Wells Fargo ad, the effect on dual-nationals of Mexican success and of course the historic win over Germany
25:40 Costa Rica likely eliminated after their first game, Panama too
33:10 Short Corners: progress for Andrew Carleton, a first USL start for Ethan Bryant, and whether we’ll see a wave of U.S. prospects moving this summer
39:45 Interview with Sebastian Soto

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Episode 16: Herc Gomez joins to talk El Tri in Russia, then a general Concacaf preview Jun 14, 2018

Former USMNT striker and ESPN analyst Herc Gomez gets on the phone to discuss El Tri ahead of Sunday's showdown with Germany, then Greg and I talk Mexico, make quick work of Costa Rica and Panama and take a few short corners.

1:30 Herc with a brisk, bright preview of Mexico and its challenges ahead of group play
27:09 Tchaikovsky
28:35 Belz and Velasquez go on a Concacaf ramble
52:25 Short Corners: World Cup bid victory, Bruce Arena boycott, Spain fires their manager, Uly Llanez and Jaylin Lindsey

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Episode 15: France 1, USA 1, and a happy ending (hopefully) for the Sarachan era Jun 12, 2018

Has American fight been restored? Greg thinks that's "garbage narrative stuff." Did Tyler Adams and Weston McKennie play well? Hmm, not really. But the kids got a result in France, there werestandout performances and we broke it all down.

0:30 opening thoughts and a correction
3:30 the game action and some of the major events
24:30 what we've learned about the player pool

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Episode 14: Ireland 2, USA 1, and a look ahead to France Jun 06, 2018

Playing in Dublin against an Irish squad made up of bottom-table Premier League and English Championship talent, the U.S fell 2-1 on a 90th minute game-winner from Brentford midfielder Alan Judge. It was a real test for a young American side, and yet our veteran fullbacks were the biggest problem on the field. Hmmm. We try to break it down player by player, and then look ahead to France.

0:30 defense and midfield
28:20 wingers, strikers, goalkeeper and the subs
50:44 France on Saturday
1:06:400 Short Corners: Richie Ledezma, the U-20s, Tab Ramos, Efra Alvarez, the Ringer article, old man Concacaf, etc.

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Episode 13: USA 3, Bolivia 0, our late night reactions May 29, 2018

Pulisic didn't show up and neither did Bolivia, but everyone else did. Debut goal for Sargent. Big night for Weah. Strong stuff from Robinson. McKennie was a man among boys.

0:30 lineup, including Pulisic at the 10
7:45 Bono, Robinson, Palmer-Brown, Zimmerman and Lichaj
26:45 Corona, Rubin, Weah and Sargent
49:00 the substitutes, and some kudos for Sarachan

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Episode 12: How to get the most out of this Bolivia friendly May 23, 2018

We try to rough out a lineup for the Memorial Day friendly in Pennsylvania, and then discuss Efrain Alvarez, Tyler Adams to RB Leipzig, Peter Vermes' contention that U.S. Soccer doesn't have a plan, and Chris Durkin's progress at holding midfielder.

0:30 How we would like Sarachan to line up the boys, and how we think he will.
28:45 Short Corners: Alvarez, Adams, Vermes, Durkin

That Peter Vermes interview with Soccer America: https://www.socceramerica.com/publications/article/77969/peter-vermes-asks-of-us-soccer-what-is-the-pla.html

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Episode 11: Who should be called up for the three upcoming USMNT friendlies? May 18, 2018

We go down the list, and give our locks, our hopefuls, and the somewhat longer list of those we are ambivalent about when it comes to call-ups for the friendlies with Bolivia, Ireland and France. We take it as an opportunity to give something of an update on 30 of the top players in the pool.

1:50 Locks (including those who've reportedly been called up)
22:50 Hopefuls
40:55 Ambivalents
59:00 Short Corners: JonGon doesn't get the Mexico call-up, Emerson Hyndman gets a PL start, ORLvATL is fire, and the Gold Cup opener is coming to the hometown of F. Scott Fitzgerald, my dudes: St. Paul, Minnesota.

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Episode 10: Vamos Mexico (and Costa Rica)! Why we're rooting for Concacaf in the World Cup May 11, 2018

With no USMNT to talk about in the World Cup, we're going to follow about Mexico and Costa Rica, because a better Concacaf is better for the U.S. in the long term. We explain ourselves and talk about the Mexican player pool, their chances of getting to the quarterfinals, and Costa Rica's chances of getting to the quarterfinals. Then we run down the latest on McKennie, Pulisic, Amon, Carleton, Llanez, Ledezma, Busio and others.

0:30 The pragmatic case for rooting for El Tri and the Ticos
11:30 Efra Alvarez is a totally nasty young player
17:00 Mexico's chances, the players, and Costa Rica's group
43:00 Short Corners: McKennie, Pulisic, Amon, Carleton, Llanez, Ledezma, Busio, Rooney to MLS, and the MLS salary release

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Episode 9: Should the USMNT go heavy metal Klopp-style? And USL vs the European academy for American teenagers May 04, 2018

Klopp's gegenpressing Liverpool is a game away from the biggest crown in club soccer, so naturally we discuss whether the USMNT should adopt a full-throttle pressing style. Then we get into the virtues and drawbacks of USL versus going to Europe and joining an academy, and round up some of the past weekend's action.

0:30 gegenpressing and the USMNT (we're already doing some of it)
29:30 Carleton, Llanez and whether they should play in USL or join a U19 side in Europe
43:30 Yanks roundup (Amon, Hayes, Durkin, Pulisic, McKennie, Wood, Brooks, Johannsson)

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Episode 8: Jacori Hayes joins the pod, a Michael Bradley forgiveness segment, and the sad end of Toronto's CCL run Apr 27, 2018

FC Dallas midfielder Jacori Hayes, arguably the most in-form American midfielder in MLS, joins for a great conversation on his path to the pros, the value of his USL experience last year, why he always tucks his shirt in and what he needs to do to get better (he's focused on the attacking third). Then Greg and Belz take on the burning topic of the day: Michael Bradley and Jozy Altidore, and whether they should be forgiven for what happened against Trinidad.

0:20 Jacori Hayes interview
25:00 Michael Bradley and Jozy Altidore (spoiler: we don't think there is a better American No. 6 right now than Bradley, or a better striker than Altidore)
49:30 Concacaf Champions League wrapup. Toronto falters on the threshold of glory. The reign of Liga MX continues.

Jacori Hayes v New England Revolution highlights: https://twitter.com/zlebmada/status/986273103046238208

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Episode 7: An interview with Justen Glad, and then we get to the Revierderby and a *lengthy* discussion of Pulisic Apr 20, 2018

Justen Glad joins the show for an interview, and then Greg and Belz talk about the Revierderby and the two Americans involved, with special emphasis on Pulisic and taking stock of his season. Then we get to our Major League Update, with special mention of the Atlanta United-NYCFC match and our regular notes on young Americans in MLS.

0:17 Interview with Justen Glad, 21-year-old centerback for Real Salt Lake
21:00 The Revierderby, and whispers is Christian Pulisic overrated?
42:30 Major League Soccer, CCL, Chris Durkin and Jacori Hayes

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Episode 6: Draft 2022! Belz and Dillon Payne go to fantasyland, pick dueling USMNT XIs for Qatar Apr 11, 2018

With Greg taking this one off because he's too much of a realist, I got on the horn with Dillon Payne (aka @DontTreadSoccer) and we held a draft to each pick a USMNT starting XI for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Totally speculative, totally irresponsible, probably wrong on several counts. But fun. And illustrative of the depth (or lack thereof in the case of the 6, the 9 and the wings) at various positions.

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Episode 5: Is Dave Sarachan doing a good job? Plus Marky Delgado and George Bello Apr 05, 2018

We talk about Sarachan's performance of late, what the point of these friendlies is, try to dispense with the word "meaningless," talk a bit more about what we learned against Paraguay, and discuss Marky Delgado and George Bello at some length.

Highlights:

Marky Delgado vs Club America: https://twitter.com/zlebmada/status/981403421017296897
George Bello vs the Charlotte Independence: https://twitter.com/zlebmada/status/980867225065328641

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Episode 4: The U.S. beat Paraguay 1-0, and we darn well talked about it Mar 28, 2018

Not much happened in the attacking third, but there was reason for encouragement. Got good performances from Tyler Adams, Matt Miazga, Darlington Nagbe and Jorge Villafana, a solid showing by the midfield trio and a lot of good energy. Also Tim Weah played, we got our first good look at Kenny Saief, and what happened to Bobby Wood? We sat down after the game and broke it all down.

1:00 lineup
10:45 defense and center mids
30:00 wingers, striker and everything else

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Episode 3: The roster for the Paraguay friendly, starting XI ideas, and more good news from teenagers in MLS Mar 21, 2018

We tend to the matter at hand, the friendly against Paraguay on Tuesday -- break down the roster and each give a starting XI. Then we jump into MLS, chat about the upcoming Concacaf Champions League semifinals, and spend a good deal of time talking about encouraging performances from teenagers in MLS.

Three sections:

1:00 Paraguay roster breakdown, quibbles, caveats
16:55 We each pick a starting XI for the Paraguay friendly
40:05 Greg continues to bring up Ryan Adams, CCL, teenagers in MLS

Links to highlights:

Andrew Carleton versus Vancouver: https://twitter.com/zlebmada/status/975201022011469824
Paxton Pomykal versus Seattle: https://twitter.com/zlebmada/status/975589344265285632
Chris Durkin versus Houston: https://twitter.com/MattDoyle76/status/975099236923658241

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Episode 2: Optimism vs Realism for Andrew Carleton, MLS is back, and the March USMNT friendly roster Mar 09, 2018

We lay out the cases for optimism (Belz) and realism (Velasquez) on Andrew Carleton's future. We get into the MLS and CCL excitement a bit. Greg wants Gregg Berhalter called up to the USMNT. We talk at length about the March friendly roster.

Three sections:

1:30 -- Belz lays out the case for boundless Carleton optimism, and Velasquez throws cold water all over Belz
15:20 -- rundown of opening weekend in MLS, and the young Americans on display
30:05 -- who we don't want in the roster for the match against Paraguay, and who we do want in the roster

Links to highlights:

Michael Bradley versus Andre Pierre-Gignac: https://twitter.com/zlebmada/status/971636937541943297
Andrew Carleton versus Paraguay: https://twitter.com/finalthrd/status/968616519562350592
Andrew Carleton versus Charleston: https://twitter.com/zlebmada/status/967651788596875264
Justen Glad versus F.C. Dallas: https://twitter.com/zlebmada/status/970539793921658880
Anthony Fontana versus New England: https://twitter.com/zlebmada/status/970888850506768384

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Episode 1: Arena's 3 big mistakes, and is a "braver" style for the USMNT even possible? Feb 23, 2018

We talk about Bruce Arena's three biggest mistakes in World Cup qualifying, and go on a walkabout on the hiring of a new USMNT general manager and what a "braver," as Hugo Perez put it, type of American soccer might look like.

1:00 the logic of playing your kids when they're already playing for big clubs

14:30 Arena's benching of Geoff Cameron

20:40 the perils of challenging yourself in Europe for USMNT players

25:00 general manager hiring ramble

31:20 the USMNT's subpar play in general in recent years

37:30 does a cohesive style mean we have to favor physicality over skill?

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Greg and Belz dig in on several scenarios for replacing Dest at the Copa America, the biggest tournament we'll have between 2022 and 2026. Lots of possibilities, lots to discuss.

Another She Believes trophy for the cabinet. Some good progress in this camp, a midfield setup that works, and we now look forward to the real beginning of the Emma Hayes era.

Greg and Belz talk through another very satisfying win over El Tri. Tyler bombazo, Gio player of the tournament, a bit of a slugfest from both teams on Sunday but it feels like we're cruising these days with regard to our biggest rival.

Greg and Belz talk through the crazy victory over Jamaica in Dallas. Lots to discuss, plenty to critique, and a boatload of opportunities for breathless descriptions of Gio Reyna.

Greg and Belz talk through the roster for the game against Jamaica and (we hope) the final next Sunday. No big surprises. We give our XIs for the Jamaica match, and Greg has a curveball.

Greg and Belz dig in on a victorious, but not very encouraging, performance from the U.S. women's national team.

WoSo Wednesday this week is a belated but fully-loaded assessment of the reverse dos a cero in Carson. Lots to discuss. Greg, Belz, Vince and Tara go in on it.

Lots to be encouraged about! Lots to work on. Twila and the team are putting the ball on the deck and trying to play through the opponent. A good test against a pretty defensively solid Argentina side. Full recap from Greg and Belz.

A soggy night in southern California, hung over by the shadow of Mia Fishel's injury, but Greg and Belz find plenty to be glad about.

Emma Hayes on the meaning of Star Wars, Gold Cup lineup discussion, Cat Macario inching back to full health, Belz stans Lily Yohannes, Sauerbrunn is back after Cook suffers a minor injury, the U17s win the Concacaf tournament, and much more with Tara and Belz.

Greg and Belz convene briefly after the Kilgore press conference on Wednesday. Morgan omitted, what are knock-on effects for selection? Does anything matter until Hayes takes over?

Greg categorizes all the USMNT transfers from the now-closed window, special focus on Gio to Forest and Johnny to Betis, then we go down the list and briefly discuss the Horan comments to Meg Linehan at the Athletic.

Emma Hayes name-checks a few young USWNT players, Tara, Vince and Belz give their ideal fully-healthy XIs for the U.S. Women's National Team, and we check in on Champions League action, including of course the remarkable case of Lily Yohannes.

The Gio transfer saga, which strikers will get the call in March for Nations League, centerback pool kinda unclear, roster projections.

Tara, Vince and Belz convene to recap a lot of things, including long-awaited returns from injury, Fishel's big goal in the FA Cup, Lily Yohannes and Korbin Albert coming along in Europe, several transfers, the NWSL draft, and several young players to watch in the upcoming season.

Gio's quarrel with Hummels, Pulisic's goal, Tillman's masterclass, Pepi's assist and Dest's nutmeg. Plus some quick discussion of the "Under Pressure" documentary, good results for Yohannes and Albert, and Hayes' Chelsea struggling a bit in Women's Champions League.

Smith at striker, Shaw and Fishel get another good runout, Purce excellent at right back, Nighswonger and Moultrie debut. Lots to consider as the Kilgore Interregnum continues.

Vince, Tara and Belz talk through the roster, some of the comments from the Crocker/Kilgore press conference, possible XIs versus China next weekend, and much more.

Magnificent self sabotage from Sergiño derails a perfectly acceptable away Concacaf performance, and then it gets a little nervy in the second half. Greg and Belz talk through it, full timeline. We're going to the Copa.

Greg and Belz sort through it. Full timeline. Back in action Monday night.

Watke, Vince and Belz on the ongoing camp in Austin, the upcoming matches against Trinidad, Berhalter's press conference setup, Gio and Malik hopefully getting to start for the fun of it, how to pronounce Malik's name, whether Paredes can have a breakout camp, and much more.

Greg and Belz talk through the roster, who may step up in the absence of Pulisic and Weah, whether Gio works as a winger in Berhalter's system, and react to a handful of clips from Berhalter's press conference.

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We get into some detail on the candidates to coach the NT for real, and bid Kilgore adieu in a bonus episode for patrons. Link below.

A 0-0 draw, nothing happening, nothing changing. Is purgatory worse than hell? No, but it’s not fun!

A very pleasant, low-key, Gio-centric evening in Nashville.

A fun first half including an outrageous Pulisic goal, a second half full of hard medicine, and a bunch of unanswered questions about our midfield.

Vince, Tara and Belz talk through Mia Fishel's excellent debut at striker for Chelsea, continue to bemoan the purgatory of the Twila Kilgore era, Trinity scored and toyed with the opponent over the weekend, Alyssa been a bit too quite for Vince's liking, much more from across the waterfront.

A very quick recap of some of the action from Sunday from Greg and Belz as Rapinoe rode off into the sunset, Rodman kept staking her claim as the team's best healthy attacker, and Jaedyn Shaw kept sitting on the bench.

The full Monday Review with Watke and Vince. Rundown of the weekend's action abroad, a detente reported between Gregg and Gio, plus much more.

Greg and Belz break down the 3-0 win over South Africa. Great team goal for the second, a couple set pieces, and quite a lot more of the same from the USWNT after a disappointing World Cup.

A more pleasant viewing experience than the other friendly this window. Balo and Pepi score, Tillman and Lund start, Wes and Yunus dominate an overmatched Omani midfield. Lots to discuss in a full timeline.

Greg and Belz talk through the goals, the sloppiness, the attempts to break down a low block, the defensive mistakes, the pitch control shortcomings of some of the non-MMA midfielders, and much much more.

Greg, Watke and Belz talk through some things we could learn, and would like to see in these friendlies against Uzbekistan and Oman. Malik at the 10, the "Weah-ification" of the entire XI, and striker goal-scoring chances are on the list. Lots more.

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Josh Sargent joins Sanjay Sujanthakumar at a cafe in Norwich, on crutches, to discuss his injury, his development as a striker, having a baby in the middle of a Premier League season, and much more.

Greg and Belz talk through the September roster and highlights from Gregg Berhalter's first press conference back in the USMNT saddle.

Vince, Tara and Belz talk through the news, the Horan quotes about the Sweden match, Alyssa T getting apparently left out to sea by her older teammates, Jaedyn Shaw and Olivia Moultrie impressing in NWSL, Spain's big win amid significant turmoil, and much more.

Greg and Belz talk about why you should care about the U.S. men's national team and watch them play at the World Cup. This is for sharing with friends and family, ideally.

Vlatko out? Yeah, but it won't happen. So he should buckle down and ban crossing, hire a final third coach and get this team to start playing soccer in the attack. This needs to be fixed.

A jam-packed public Monday Review with Watke and Vince and Belz. Full weekend rundown, including Aaronson's mazy, buttery run, volleys struck into the ground, dubious reportage on Scally's place in the XI, and much much much more.

A scintillating contest at Wembley. The US came up short, but was plenty threatening. Still lacking final third choreography and composure, and the ability to build sustained possession out of the back. We got robbed of a big Trinity Rodman goal by a ref who had a shocker. Girma was excellent.

Greg on the high floor and the "stupidly high ceiling" of this group, the lack of rhythm and patience in the final third, and how Vlatko needs to "manage the ambition" of his players to hit the hopeful home run ball. Belz does what he can to help.

Greg and Belz work through the roster, and Berhalter's press conference, ahead of friendlies vs Japan and Saudi Arabia.

Greg and Belz work through the mid-week Champions League action in some detail, and talk about the forthcoming roster for the upcoming September friendlies.

A pretty sad night in Costa Rica. The U.S. bowed out in the group at the U-20 Women's World Cup. Belz and Tara commiserate, talk through the action, and name their list of 6 players from the team who could some day make national team noise.

If you want to skip straight to the part where we talk about current Iranian players and their weaknesses, around the 40:00 mark Arya starts giving his preferred XI, and then some discussion of a likely tactical approach.

Vince in Louisville and Tara in Philly join Belz to talk about the first group stage game of the World Cup for the U.S. women's under-20 team. We beat Ghana 3-0. Lots to discuss, including Jaedyn Shaw, Olivia Moultrie, Michelle Cooper, Korbin Albert and Trinity Byars, among others.

Greg and Belz talk through the 16 locks, the 5 or 6 probables, and the handful of players who could play their way onto the roster for Qatar by winning the four or five remaining spots for a field player. Nearly three-quarters of the episode is a striker discussion.

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Quick interview. He was the youngest player on the U20 team that won the Concacaf Championship in style earlier this month. He made his MLS debut in March. We talked about being a coach's son, getting an EU passport, and his favorite player (will surprise you).

By the way this is our 300th episode in the public feed. Cheers, and thanks to all our patrons and everybody who listens.

A much improved performance in the semifinals of the Concacaf Championship. Full timeline and not much else from Greg and Belz.

Not our finest hour, not Mexico's either and the federation is now undergoing a massive shakeup. But the US wins the group and does it with dominance, not conceding once. Greg gives most of the performance a pass because it was a dead rubber, but it was awfully disjointed.

Lots of crossing, a little bit shaky at the back, and Alex Morgan comes up big. Greg and Belz break down the action and promise to be more timely with the rest of the games in this tournament.

Joey, Vince, Hartman and Belz break down the action from the championship game, and try to step back and analyze the U20s as a group, stock up/stock down, where it all fits in.

Joey O and Matt Hartman recap the U20s' historic win to qualify for the 2024 Olympics in Paris. All hail Mikey Varas, and the Philadelphia Union, and Alejandro Alvarado. Quick note from Belz at the beginning of the episode.

A double recap of the two friendlies versus Colombia. Big questions about the striker position and the midfield pretty well answered. Lots of crossing. Next is Haiti on the Fourth of July.

Greg and Belz go through the USWNT roster, and the injuries keeping players out of it, ahead of the tournament next month at which they will aim to qualify both for the next World Cup and the next Olympics.

Hey! We're gonna recap all of these U20 games. This time it's Matt Hartman and Belz. A lopsided victory in Tegucigalpa, but we're all just getting reps in preparation for the knockout rounds.

Another draw in San Salvador, but one that ended up being a lot of fun.

As Greg Velasquez predicted would happen, the starting striker got a hat trick. But also, some players made a negative impression and it's hard to see them going to Qatar if they couldn't make a positive impact against a team made up of players from USL and Braintree Town.

Another good friendly, this one in Kansas City against 13th-ranked Uruguay. Scally struggles, Ferreira against doesn't finish his chances, Musah shines, and we have a bunch of decent data heading into the softer back half of the international window.

Greg has his say on Berhalter's call-ups, plus a quick look at Morocco and Uruguay and how we might line up against them.

Prize money equalization, and a run through prospective call-ups for the USMNT's June matches.

Mikey Varas joins the pod to talk about the tournament he coached the week he was hired, how the youth national teams are integrated with the senior national team, the shortage of true No. 9s in the youth ranks, the federation's approach to dual nationals, and how yoga applies to soccer.

The goalkeeper situation, attacking reps and a backup left back. Greg and Belz talk through those and five other things on the to-do list for Berhalter, some more urgent than others.

Our once-a-month public episode of the Monday Review with Vince and Watke. A selective roundup of the player pool's activity over the weekend, Mark Pulisic's deleted tweet, striker watch, a forecast of dual national panic, and much more.

Greg and Belz answer a handful of listener questions, mostly about hypothetical USMNT lineups. Then Greg gives a modest proposal for a new offside rule, and runs down the list of promotions, relegations and battles for a European spot that Americans face at clubs in Europe.

The young cohort just blasted Uzbekistan, but now the US women's national team has to get ready for World Cup and Olympic qualification this summer. Greg and Belz check in on an exciting pool of young players and start to think about who might get the call in July.

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Who's a lock for Qatar, who's not quite a lock, and who else is fighting for a spot on the plane?

A relaxing post-qualification stroll with Watke and Vince through the World Cup draw, Iran's best players, England's profound deficiencies, frostbite, and Watke's past life on the Arabian peninsula. First Monday Review of the month, so it's in the free feed. Usually they're for patrons only.

We're going back to the World Cup. Greg and Belz recap the game in San Jose and go on a ramble about the end of qualifying and tomorrow's World Cup draw.

A dreamy spring evening in Florida. Godoy gets handsy. Pulisic sinks the dagger. We have mostly qualified for the World Cup. Recap from Orlando, XIs v Costa Rica discussed at the end.