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PODCAST

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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00:41:54

#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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01:08:50

#441: High school Champions' League — how it works,...

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2023/10/25

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

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00:51:58

#440: USMNT v Ghana recap

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2023/10/19

A very pleasant, low-key, Gio-centric evening in Nashville.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: https://www.patreon.com/scuffed

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01:08:45

#439: USMNT v Germany recap

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2023/10/16

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.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

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01:42:19

#438: Ways to improve grassroots soccer

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2023/10/05

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

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00:54:31

#437: WoSo — Fishel's smash debut, Shaw waits on...

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2023/10/04

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.Join Scuffed on Patreon and and get exclusive episodes twice a week, plus access to the Discord and live call-in shows: https://www.patreon.com/scuffed

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00:22:37

#436: USWNT v South Africa recap 2.0

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2023/09/26

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.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

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01:16:06

#435: Yunus starts, Wes shines, Balo misses, Tillman...

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2023/09/25

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.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

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00:40:43

#434: USWNT v South Africa recap

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2023/09/22

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.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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00:31:06

#433: The U17s and the talent pipeline with Hartman &...

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2023/09/22

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.)Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! You get exclusive

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00:35:15

#432: A sports mediator on ways to resolve the...

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2023/09/20

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.Consider subscribing to Scuffed on Patreon. You get an exclusive episode once a week, full versions of all our interviews with players and coaches, access to the Discord server

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00:49:47

#431: WoSo W-Day — Upcoming friendlies, NWSL...

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2023/09/20

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.Scuffed is an ad-free podcast. Support that and get exclusive episodes once a week, plus access to the Discord and live call-in shows, by signing up for our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scuffed

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00:59:11

#430: USMNT v Oman recap

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2023/09/13

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.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 will be available every Friday. Patrons also get

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01:24:45

#429: USMNT v Uzbekistan recap

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2023/09/10

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. Please consider subscribing 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 will be available every Friday. Patrons also

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00:40:59

#428: Nine questions ahead of Uzbekistan

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2023/09/07

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.Watke's newsletter: https://watke.substack.com/p/berhalter-declares-soccer-capital?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=138476&post_id=136804066&isFreemail=true&r=3e8xm&utm_medium=emailSounderatheart.comConsider subscribing to Scuffed on Patreon

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00:57:13

#427: Hugo Perez joins the pod

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2023/09/06

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

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00:27:49

#426: Josh Sargent joins the pod

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2023/08/31

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.Please consider subscribing 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. Patrons also get our full interviews (recently Dave Sarachan), access to our private

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00:38:33

#425: USMNT roster reaction, press conference highlights

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2023/08/30

Greg and Belz talk through the September roster and highlights from Gregg Berhalter's first press conference back in the USMNT saddle.Please consider subscribing 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. Patrons also get our full interviews (recently Dave Sarachan), access to our private Discord server, live call-in shows, and the full catalog of historic recaps

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01:01:13

#424: WoSo — World Cup fallout continues, Jaedyn and...

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2023/08/23

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.Scuffed is an ad-free podcast. Support that and get exclusive episodes once a week, plus access to the Discord and live call-in shows, by signing up for our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scuffed

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