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Scuffed | USMNT, World Cup, Yanks Abroad, futbol in America

An in-depth show about the U.S. men’s national soccer team, the players who could one day make it better, and American soccer in general.

Copyright: © 2018 Scuffed Podcast

Latest Episodes:

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

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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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Patrons get a private feed for the Monday Review, which is, among other things, a run-down of club action for national team players every week with Watke and Vince. Patrons also get access to our private Discord server, live call-in shows, and the full catalogue of historic recaps we're working on. Here's what we have so far.

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

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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

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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.

Get the second half of this interview, plus the Monday Review each week, plus the historic recaps, by joining the Scuffed Patreon:
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Check out In Soccer We Trust, Jimmy's main project right now: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh4tni-ICN9z0eMIPcf2r2g

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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Check out our store, where you can get Scuffed hats and sweatshirts and other stuff: scuffedpodcast.com/store
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