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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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00:59:48

#611: Monday Review — Transfers rundown, Poch cries,...

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2025/07/21

Vince, Belz and Watke get back to the business of the Monday Review, working through a lot of the transfer news, and a few other things that might have slipped through the cracks if we hand't brought them up.Still working on this series about youth soccer. If you have a question about raising or coaching little kids to be as good at soccer as they can be......submit one for Jim Harte, former PE teacher and longtime high school soccer coach who founded the High School Champions League:

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01:11:03

#610: The lessons we learned from the Gold Cup

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2025/07/10

Watke, Vince and Belz take turns teaching each other what we learned from the tournament.Send a question for Tom Byer if you'd like! Here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScAuZvwwUJZlf_3l6ADl5NiZafcnsLnfM4G0cFPhdadNQO5BA/viewform?usp=headerYou can also send us a voicemail: www.speakpipe.com/ScuffedPodcastSubscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private ad-free feed for all episodes that go out on the public feed, plus the Monday Review every week with Watke and Vince. Patrons also

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01:27:22

#609: USMNT v Mexico, Gold Cup Final Recap

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2025/07/08

The USMNT played in a 4-4-2 block and mostly denied Mexico the big chances despite getting totally dominated, but a key mistake got us on the first one, and then we just couldn't keep it level after that. We also did very little with the ball, and one player in particular comes under the microscope for that. Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private ad-free feed for all episodes that go out on the public feed, plus the Monday Review every week with Watke and Vince. Patrons also get

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01:13:42

#608: USMNT v Guatemala, Gold Cup Semifinal Recap

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2025/07/03

We get a satisfying brace from Diego Luna, and then we turtle up. Greg and Belz talk it through. Greg mostly blames the midfield for not getting control of the game after the opening 15 minutes. Full timeline. On to Mexico in Houston on Sunday.Clip notes for patrons coming later tonight.Send us a voicemail: www.speakpipe.com/ScuffedPodcastSubscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private ad-free feed for all episodes that go out on the public feed, plus the Monday Review every week with Watke

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01:19:30

#607: USMNT v Costa Rica, Gold Cup Quarterfinal Recap

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2025/06/30

Greg and Belz talk through the win in penalties last night in Minneapolis. Lots on the new look with both fullbacks high, Tillman, Arfsten, how Richards' protagonism helped create chances, a little cackling about Jesse Marsch's fate at the GC, and much more.Clip notes coming soon for patrons at $5 and higher level: patreon.com/scuffedSend us a voicemail: www.speakpipe.com/ScuffedPodcast Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private ad-free feed for all episodes that go out on the public

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01:29:51

#606: USMNT vs Haiti recap

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2025/06/24

Greg and Belz talk through ALL the details on the 2-1 win over Haiti. Malik and Chris continue to be a cut above. Big Pat is a phenomenon, in both negative and positive ways. Everybody else is pretty much failing to distinguish himself.Clip Notes for $5 patrons: https://www.patreon.com/posts/132197415?pr=trueSend us a voicemail: www.speakpipe.com/ScuffedPodcastSubscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private ad-free feed for all episodes that go out on the public feed, plus the Monday Review

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01:12:28

#605: USMNT vs Saudi Arabia recap

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2025/06/20

Vince and Belz react to and recap the 1-0 win over Saudi Arabia basically immediately after the final whistle. Richards comes up big. Tillman keeps building his NT chops. Most everybody else had a forgettable night and the Saudi opponents treated Arfsten like Shaq at the top of the key. Send us a voicemail: www.speakpipe.com/ScuffedPodcastSubscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private ad-free feed for all episodes that go out on the public feed, plus the Monday Review every week with Watke

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01:21:15

#604: USMNT v Trinidad and Tobago recap

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2025/06/16

Charles Boehm helps us once again, joining Belz and Vince to recap the 5-0 win over the Soca Warriors. We do a full timeline and several takeaways, bearing in mind the opponent "wasn't at the races," as Dwight Yorke put it post-match. Malik getting blooded as a goal-scorer and foul-sufferer in Concacaf was big. Poch still has a lot to prove. Freese does himself favors. Etc. etc.Send us a voicemail www.speakpipe.com/ScuffedPodcastSubscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private ad-free feed

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01:23:38

#603: USA v Switzerland recap

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2025/06/13

Not great! But Greg is typically even-keeled and there's plenty to talk through.Send us a voicemail: www.speakpipe.com/ScuffedPodcastSubscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private ad-free feed for all episodes that go out on the public feed, plus the Monday Review every week with Watke and Vince. Patrons also get access to some video of clips we discuss on the show, our private Discord server, live call-in shows, and the full catalog of historic recaps we've made:

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00:32:53

#602: Walker Zimmerman joins the pod

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2025/06/09

The USMNT and Nashville SC centerback joins Belz and Sanjay Sujanthakumar to discuss how he practices attacking set pieces, aerial prowess in general, the differences in how centerbacks are instructed to operate under Poch compared to Berhalter, his mindset coming off the bench against Iran in 2022, that goal-line clearance, that penalty against Wales, his Christian faith, and much more. Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private ad-free feed for all episodes that go out on the public

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01:35:02

#601: USA v Türkiye recap

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2025/06/09

Belz and Vince walk through the timeline and some takeaways from a loss in Hartford, but easily the best loss of the past three, and there are some positive things to take away from it.Sanjay and I are going to interview Walker Zimmerman tomorrow. I will put a form in the shownotes, at which you can submit a question if you like. We will try to ask as many as we can:

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00:50:49

#600: A pre-Gold Cup check-in with Greg Velasquez

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2025/06/04

Greg joins Belz to talk about who they're excited to see play over the next month, why Josh Sargent was left off, and respond to several listener questions as the USMNT embarks on the Gold Cup and the final 12 months before World Cup 2026. As usual, Greg zigs while most everyone else zags. He's not panicking.send us a voicemail we can play and respond to on the show: www.speakpipe.com/ScuffedPodcastSubscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private ad-free feed for all episodes that go out on

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01:24:48

#599: Leander Schaerlaeckens on the state of the...

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2025/06/02

Schaerlaeckens, who writes for the Guardian and will soon publish a book titled "The Long Game" on the modern USMNT, joins Watke and Belz. We talk about what's happening with the USMNT these days, his access to Berhalter while he was working on his book, the ways the current generation is different from previous national team generations, and much, much more. Really good, lively conversation.There will be no official Monday Review this week, and for several of the weeks ahead, since there will be so

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01:03:43

#598: Crystal Palace podcaster Jack Pierce on Chris...

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2025/06/01

Jack, one of the hosts of the Five Year Plan, a Crystal Palace podcast, joins Belz and Vince for to talk about Crystal Palace winning its first-ever major trophy, with Chris Richards as one of its best players on the day. It's a celebration pod!FYP podcast on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fyp-podcast/id373306875On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5QGuFDpOw2fUBrnAhcTZKt Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private ad-free feed for all episodes that go out on the public

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00:54:23

#597: Poch's strange roster for the Gold Cup

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2025/05/26

A bunch of our best players will be missing, and Sean Zawadzki will be there. We talk through the call-ups, the omissions, and what the hell is going on. Watke has some positive interpretations. See you in Nashville!Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private ad-free feed for all episodes that go out on the public feed, plus the Monday Review every week with Watke and Vince. Patrons also get access to some video of clips we discuss on the show, our private Discord server, live call-in

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01:07:28

#596: Richards wins an FA Cup, Tillman seals another...

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2025/05/21

Vince, Watke and Belz reconvene after the trip to Rome. Lots of celebrations from the weekend to recap, plus we talk about Rome and the football we saw there a bit, Milan's struggles, and the USMNT roster coming out tomorrow.Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private ad-free feed for all episodes that go out on the public feed, plus the Monday Review every week with Watke and Vince. Patrons also get access to some video of clips we discuss on the show, our private Discord server, live

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00:52:26

#595: The Coppa Italia final

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2025/05/15

Belz and Vince (and Goerge Quraishi) record their second episode from Rome, the morning after Bologna's 1-0 win over Milan in the Coppa Italia final, which we miraculously were able to attend. Quraishi, the founder of Howler magazine and the guy helping us navigate Rome, joins in. Pulisic had a night to forget, but we did not. Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private ad-free feed for all episodes that go out on the public feed, plus the Monday Review every week with Watke and Vince

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01:01:52

#594: Monday Review in Rome — Vince & Belz debrief...

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2025/05/12

Coming to you from a 4th-floor apartment next to the Tiber River, Belz and Vince talk through their takeaways from the Stadio Olimpico on Saturday -- the intensity of the match, the scene outside, Wes's assist, a theory of what supporters groups are doing when they chant, what it's like in Rome right now, and much more. We take a handful of questions from some of the fine people traveling with us, and also run quickly through some news from the past week.Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get

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01:16:33

#593: John Polis, USSF press officer in 1989, joins...

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2025/05/08

Polis was at the scene for Paul Caligiuri's shot heard round the world, he was also (for Umbro) the English language press liaison for the Brazilian national team (Romario, Bebeto, Dunga) in 1994. Polis joined Belz for a 75 minute conversation. He was prepared and he has a good memory and he brings a lot to the table, including a more relaxed perspective about the USMNT heading toward next summer than Belz has. Good medicine.Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private ad-free feed for

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01:20:52

#592: Monday Review — Balo’s back, Dike scores,...

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2025/05/05

Charlie Boehm joins Vince and Belz to talk through the weekend action, he lends his MLS expertise to the discussion. Balogun starts and scores for the first time since October. Good game from him. Dike's back on the scoresheet too. Wrexham is headed to the Champo, Leeds is headed out of the Champo and Brendo is looking for a home. Vince and Belz are headed to Rome on Friday.Send us a voicemail www.speakpipe.com/ScuffedPodcastSubscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private ad-free feed for

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