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

Adam Belz and Greg Velasquez

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.

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01:13:21

#461: Monday Review — Pulisic, Wes, Tim ascendant,...

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2024/01/08

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.Consider subscribing to Scuffed on Patreon. You get an exclusive episode at least once a week, full versions of all our interviews

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01:04:26

#460: Annual Review — USWNT

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2023/12/20

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.Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! 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

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01:35:37

#459: Annual Review — USMNT

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2023/12/19

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!Timestamps of some of the annual awards:4:00 commentator of the year6:18 comeback coach of the year17:50 most cowardly Friday news dump27:00 happiest newcomer of the year57:00 lower division of the year1:15:20 goal of the year for club1:20:00 goal of the year for country1:25:50 player of the yearSubscribe to Scuffed on

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00:29:58

#458: Mid-week action wrap-up with Greg

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2023/12/15

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.Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! 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. We have recently added patron-only

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00:44:30

#457: Sports-Reference founder Sean Forman joins the pod

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2023/12/13

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.Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! You get exclusive episodes one or two times a

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00:57:20

#456: Former pro referee & California refs...

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2023/12/08

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.Subscribe to Scuffed on

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01:23:37

#455: USWNT v China recap (Frisco)

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2023/12/06

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.Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! 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

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00:52:33

#454: USWNT v China recap (Fort Lauderdale)

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2023/12/04

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.Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private feed with one or two episodes a week, including the Monday Review with Watke and Vince, and a Friday show usually with Greg and Watke. Patrons also get access to our private Discord server, live call-in shows, the full catalog of historic game recaps we've made:

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01:00:29

#453: Natalia Astrain on USWNT challenges and...

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2023/11/29

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

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00:56:29

#452: WoSo — First roster of the Hayes era, China...

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2023/11/22

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.Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! 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. We have recently added patron-only content that’s available every Friday. Patrons also get access to our private Discord server, live call-in

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01:04:43

#451: Trinidad & Tobago v USMNT recap

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2023/11/21

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.Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private feed with one or two episodes a week, including the Monday Review with Watke and Vince, and a Friday show usually with Greg and Watke. Patrons also get access to our private Discord server, live call-in shows, the full catalog of

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01:13:22

#450: USMNT v Trinidad & Tobago recap

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2023/11/17

Greg and Belz sort through it. Full timeline. Back in action Monday night.Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private feed for two episodes a week, including the Monday Review with Watke and Vince, and a Friday show usually with Greg and Watke. Patrons also get access to our private Discord server, live call-in shows, and the full catalog of historic recaps we've made: https://www.patreon.com/scuffed

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00:51:59

#449: Monday Review — Camp begins in Austin, what to...

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2023/11/13

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.Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! You get exclusive episodes on average twice a week, plus access to the Discord and live call-in shows, by signing up here for as little as $2 a month: https://www.patreon.com/scuffed

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00:37:09

#448: November USMNT roster reaction

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2023/11/09

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.Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private feed for two episodes a week, including the Monday Review with Watke and Vince, and a Friday show usually with Greg and Watke. Patrons also get access to our private Discord server, live call-in shows, and the full catalog of historic

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00:57:11

$447: Emma Hayes to take over USWNT (reportedly)

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2023/11/06

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 Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon

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00:24:40

#446: A Michael Bradley retrospective with Watke and...

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2023/11/03

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.Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private feed

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01:11:40

#445: WoSo — USWNT v Colombia recap No. 2

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2023/11/02

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.Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private feed for the Monday Review, which is, among other things, a run-down of club action for men's national team players

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00:43:05

#444: USWNT v Colombia recap

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2023/10/27

A 0-0 draw, nothing happening, nothing changing. Is purgatory worse than hell? No, but it’s not fun!Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! 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. We have recently added patron-only content that’s available every Friday. Patrons also get access to our private Discord server, live call-in shows, and the full catalog of historic recaps we've made:

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00:41:54

#443: Tactical Manager joins the pod to talk grassroots

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2023/10/26

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.Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! You get exclusive episodes twice a week, full versions of all our interviews with players, coaches and media figures, access to the

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00:37:02

#442: WoSo — Colombia friendly tomorrow, XIs, play...

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2023/10/25

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. Scuffed is an ad-free podcast. Support that and get exclusive episodes twice a week, plus access to the Discord and live call-in shows, by

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