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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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00:22:09

Episode 145: Emergency Pod! The best USMNT roster ever

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2020/11/03

Thank you Gregg Berhalter. Greg and Belz slap out a quick and dirty reaction broadcast on Election Day 2020.https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2020/11/usmnt-roster-announcement-berhalter-24-players-november-camp-friendlies-wales-panama

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00:39:52

Episode 144: November USMNT camp roster projection

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2020/10/28

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!patreon.com/scuffedpod

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00:52:47

Episode 143: USMNT vs El Tri, position by position

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2020/10/14

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 XIs26:45 MANSCAPED is sponsoring this episode! Go to manscaped.com, enter the code “scuffed” and get 20% off and free shipping. We are fans of the product. Blessings on you if you act on this.31:30 MLS players who would have been nice to see in a USMNT camp in October, and big news from the last three weeksThanks to

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00:47:19

Episode 142: The copy-paste USMNT cohort and Savior...

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2020/10/01

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 ago22:40 Savior Committee revisitation

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00:38:36

Episode 141: McKennie, Adams & Reyna shine, so let’s...

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2020/09/24

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 Dortmund17:26 how we gonna line up this three-man midfield? Adams, McKennie, Reyna? We get in the weeds on this.

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01:13:05

Episode 140: The September USMNT Top 40

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2020/09/14

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.If you support us on Patreon, thank you thank you thank you. If you don't please consider doing so! We are going to need your help in the coming months and years:

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01:00:33

Episode 139: Big weekend ahead for Yanks abroad

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2020/09/11

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 United6:30 cargo shorts and England18:00 Germany35:05 Austria, Poland, Turkey36:40 Netherlands40:05 everywhere elsego to patreon.com/scuffed if you would like to support the podcast -- every pledge is much appreciated

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00:55:33

Episode 138: McKennie to Juve, Weah returns, and an...

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2020/09/03

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.Please consider supporting this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scuffed

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00:54:17

Episode 137: Tutul Rahman on the USL-MLS transfer...

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2020/08/24

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.25 Stories that Made MLS......on Twitter: https://twitter.com/25_stories?lang=en ...on Apple podcasts:

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01:13:28

Episode 136: Nine young Americans worth watching in USL

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2020/08/19

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 CityJose Gallegos, 18, AM/winger, San Antonio FCAndrew Carleton, 20, AM, Indy ElevenCaden Clark, 17, AM, NY Red BullsHayden Sargis, 18, CB Sacramento RepublicJustin Che,

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01:09:29

Episode 135: Way too early projection of the Summer...

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2020/08/14

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 schedule6:48 June World Cup qualifiers roster19:55 which is more important, the Gold Cup or the Olympics?22:48 Olympic roster35:45 Gold Cup roster53:04 U20 World Cup roster1:00:10 Spare

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01:29:13

Episode 134: Return of the Future Draft, where we...

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2020/08/03

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. Sanjiv: https://twitter.com/usmntvideosWatke: https://twitter.com/watke_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

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01:22:10

Episode 133: A bunch of MLS is Back scouting reports

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2020/07/31

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 LongJames SandsMark McKenzieMiles RobinsonJusten GladCristian RoldanJackson YueillFrankie AmayaBrenden AaronsonSam VinesChase GasperAyo AkinolaJeremy EbobisseJordan Morris

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01:01:17

Episode 132: A starting XI on Berhalter’s revised...

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2020/07/24

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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00:46:27

Episode 131: Christian Pulisic is good at soccer

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2020/07/01

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 past4:45 Pulisic and arriving

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01:04:35

Episode 130: Return from COVID and a Bundesliga rundown

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2020/06/23

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 stand2:20 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 underway19:10 Bundesliga rundown50:15 England and elsewhere, plus NWSL kicks off this weekend

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00:31:06

Scuffed Vol. 129: Interview with Ken Richards (father...

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2020/06/04

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

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01:18:21

Episode 128: A deep dive on the U20 player pool

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2020/05/13

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 predecessors8:00 the last U20 roster, from January13:55 goalkeepers (David Ochoa, Chituru Odunze, Damian Las, Patrick Schulte, John Pulskamp)18:12 right backs (Julian Araujo, Ian Hoffmann, Nathan Harriel and Mauricio

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00:50:14

Episode 127: TSS-Scuffed Collaboration part two --...

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2020/03/14

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 AdamsJozy AltidoreBest shot at a future elite left backWhat US Soccer/the USSDA could be doing betterDoes Kreis implement Berhalter’s style?Is the USMNT back on track?Dark horse high-quality USMNT prospectsJordan MorrisJerome Kiesewetter?? Yeah, Jerome KiesewetterLack of centerback depthPositions of greatest

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00:33:40

Episode 126: The Olympic qualifying roster — this...

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2020/03/10

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 goalkeepers2:10 centerbacks5:55 fullbacks10:30 Greg’s bit on how much better the men’s U23 player pool is than at any time in US soccer history16:35 midfielders24:30 wings26:50 forwards28:34 our XI for the match against Costa Rica

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