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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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01:06:38

Episode 45: Catch-up week. Berhalter, January Camp,...

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2018/12/11

A lot happened over the past couple weeks in American soccer. We take it on piece by piece. Check the show notes. 0:30 Gregg Berhalter 18:30 January Camp 28:45 MLS Cup, Atlanta 33:50 Andrew Carleton's misdeeds 36:45 quick lookahead to the spring calendar 38:45 Josh Sargent debut and GOAL 45:30 Revierderby 51:40 Yedlin 55:00 Encouraging Young Yanks update (Adams, Dest, Richards, and the "20 Pulisics")

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01:27:37

Episode 44: Former Crew beat reporter joins to talk...

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2018/12/04

Andrew Erickson, the former Crew SC beat reporter for the Columbus Dispatch, joins the pod to talk about covering newly announced USMNT coach Gregg Berhalter, and then Belz and Matt Hartman discuss what we learned about the U17s in the Nike Friendlies. 0:30 Andrew Erickson interview 26:45 the U17s at the Nike Friendlies: all the players discussed to some extent, special emphasis on midfield and centerback struggles, Gio Reyna, off-ball stasis, Ricardo Pepi and how the end of the residency program

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01:26:24

Episode 43: Tab Ramos joins the pod, plus a USMNT...

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2018/11/28

U.S. men's U20 coach and youth technical director Tab Ramos joins to talk about the Concacaf Championship and a few other things. Then Greg and Belz talk briefly about the Italy friendly, evaluate the first team minutes requirement floated by some after the game, and break down the satisfying, trophy-winning 2-0 win over Mexico in Bradenton from the U20s. 0:30 Tab Ramos interview 26:10 the USMNT limps toward the end of 2018 49:00 U20 Concacaf Championship, and the most interesting U.S

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02:40:36

Episode 42: A U17 Player Pool Review ahead of the...

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2018/11/20

Belz, Joey Anthone and Matt Hartman take a deep dive into the pool of players born in 2002 or later and therefore eligible for the U17 World Cup next year. We talk about how this age group stacks up against past cycles, discuss more than 50 individual players and try to answer a bunch of very good Twitter questions. This is a long one. Listen at 1.5 speed. Use the show notes. If you get bored with the discussion of one position, skip to the next. We start with the top prospects, generally, and move

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00:49:12

Episode 41: England 3, USA 0, and a tactical...

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2018/11/17

It was a pretty bad performance from the Americans at Wembley, but hiring a coach should help. an abysmal opening 13 minutes why this happened (a bad job by Sarachan and not the players' faults) a roster rundown and a few other things bright spots

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00:55:53

Episode 40: Lining up the USMNT to face England at...

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2018/11/13

The USA will face England on Thursday afternoon and Italy on Tuesday, and we’re here to talk about the roster and who we’d like to see in the starting XI. Might be the first time we get to see Pulisic, McKennie and Adams on the field at the same time! We talk about the U20s and the USWNT later in the episode. 0:30 roster absences 11:48 goalkeepers 13:05 centerbacks 17:29 right backs 18:52 left backs 21:20 central midfield 29:37 attacking midfielders and wingers 35:02 strikers 38:30

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01:20:17

Episode 39: Assessing the U20s in World Cup...

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2018/11/07

We talk about quality of the soccer being played by our U20s in the Concacaf Championship, assess individual performances in some detail, give the new USMNT roster a once-over and welcome Alex Mendez to the podcast. 0:30 how the U20s have looked (not great despite the 26-2 margin of victory) 11:50 the good performers (Mendez, Servania, Llanez, Pomykal, Rennicks, Araujo) 26:00 the ok performers (Lindsey, Gloster, Scott) 29:00 the show-me-more performers (Angking, Real, Fontana, McKenzie, Ochoa,

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01:08:01

Episode 38: Richie Ledezma joins the pod, plus U20...

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2018/10/30

We roll through the American soccer news of the week -- MLS Decision Day, U20 World Cup qualifying, Sargentwatch and USWNT and USMNT rosters -- very quickly so we can get to an interview with Richie Ledezma, the 18-year-old phenom linked with PSV Eindhoven. 0:30 MLS Decision Day from 30,000 feet 5:45 U20 World Cup qualifying mini-preview 9:45 Josh Sargent’s and Matt Miazga’s continuing (and very different) absences from their respective first teams. 21:15 New USWNT roster 26:00 New USMNT

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02:01:24

Episode 37: Who can be the 10 in this 4-2-3-1? And...

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2018/10/24

The 4-3-2-1 seems to work better than the 4-1-4-1, but nobody’s claimed the central advanced midfield role. We run through the candidates, and the future candidates, for the job. Then we discuss the U.S. U20 roster for the Concacaf Championship, and then, best of all, Atlanta United 2 Coach Scott Donnelly joins to talk about coaching in USL, George Bello, Andrew Carleton, and USL as a place for young players to develop. Long episode. Please make use of the show notes to get what you want from

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01:18:40

Episode 36: USA 1, Peru 1 — All Hail the Youngs! A...

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2018/10/17

The USA drew Peru in Hartford on Tuesday, but the big story was the US lineup. We got a starting front three of Jonathan Amon, Josh Sargent and Tim Weah. Reggie Cannon got his debut at right back. Aaron Long got his debut at centerback. Ben Sweat got a debut at left back. Brad Guzan returned from the wilderness. What did we learn? A lot! Listen up. 0:30 intro and Velasquez tactical overview (not because we care about Sarachan’s tactics but because it affects the way we assess individual

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01:03:59

Episode 35: USA 2, Colombia 4 — We got whooped, but...

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2018/10/12

The laboratory was humming Thursday night in Tampa when the USA lost 4-2 to Colombia, with Saief, Bradley, Green and Weah experiments underway, among others. What did we learn? How did the midfield look in McKennie's and Adams' absences? How good is Kenny Saief? Those and many other questions asked and answered in today's episode.

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00:59:43

Episode 34: Lining up against Colombia and Peru...

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2018/10/09

Let’s start with the bad news. Tyler Adams, Weston McKennie and Christian Pulisic will be absent for the upcoming friendlies against Colombia and Peru, but there are still a bunch of interesting players involved in the camp (Weah, Sargent, Novakovich, Amon, Cannon, Saief). We get into all that and discuss the lineup. 0:30 the big absences 11:29 new additions, Colombia, and the US goalkeeper and defense 24:35 the US midfield, forwards and wings 38:42 Short Corners: USWNT 11, Concacaf 0; Carleton's

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01:19:38

Episode 33: Beyond Trapp — The USMNT Puzzle in...

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2018/10/02

Dave Sarachan released the 24-man roster for the friendlies with Colombia and Peru on Oct. 11 and 16. The big question is who will play in which capacity in the midfield, and we talked about that for a while, among other things. 0:30 brief overview of the roster 17:45 snubs 25:15 extended discussion: how are we gonna sort out this midfield? 1:00:35 Short Corners: USWNT World Cup qualifiers, Cristiano Ronaldo’s depressing news, Sebastian Soto the U19 goal-scoring machine, and the U.S. U17s go to

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00:59:46

Episode 32: The U20 provisional roster is due in a...

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2018/09/26

Special guest Joey Anthone (@USAprospects) and I do a bare-bones run through the roster options for Tab Ramos. We also discuss the format of the U20 Men's Concacaf Championship, the roster rules and the changes that Ramos might make mid-tournament.

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01:45:06

Episode 31: The new USMNT starts to coalesce, and...

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2018/09/18

Greg and I wrap up the last USMNT camp and what we learned -- it's quite a bit more positive than our reactions to the games themselves. Then we’ve got an interview with Marc Nicholls, director of player development and academy director for the Seattle Sounders, and we come back with Short Corners at the end. 0:30 takeaways from the recent USMNT friendlies and camp: 1) the 4-2-3-1 deserves further experimentation, 2) gotta find McKennie’s role, 3) we’ve got a core of 7-8 near-lock starters now, 4)

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01:21:11

Episode 30: USA 1, Mexico 0: A bad plan from...

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2018/09/12

We won the game. It was not pretty. But Greg thinks we learned a lot. I just wish we’d learned how to get Tyler Adams and Weston McKennie to both excel at the same time in the midfield, which we did not. Also Sarachan’s first half plan was not good enough. 2:15 lineup, formation, plan and brief game overview 11:40 goalkeeper 12:30 centerbacks 14:50 fullbacks 22:05 center mids 23:57 tangent on why there isn’t more tactics stuff from traditional soccer reporters 28:40 back to the center mids 45:22

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01:07:30

Episode 29: USA 0, Brazil 2, and a 4-1-4-1 that...

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2018/09/08

Sarachan surprised us with a 2-centerback formation and some shuttling specialists on the wings, and the U.S. lost 2-0 to Brazil in a limpid but not disastrous friendly on Friday night. 0:30 shoutouts and Sarachan's lineup 7:00 goalkeeper 9:35 centerbacks 14:30 fullbacks 26:12 central midfielders 42:00 wingers 45:35 striker 55:13 what we learned

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00:55:14

Episode 28: USA v Brazil preview

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2018/09/04

The Sarachan roster, omissions, our starting XIs for Brazil, and a solid (IMO) discussion of Pulisic's absence. 0:50 omissions The Scandinavian Contingent Pulisic injured and Ives article Cannon, Sargent, Parks, etc. 17:50 the 25-man roster Sarachan called up 28:00 our starting XIs for the Brazil match in the likely 3-5-2 49:00 short corners: Champions League draw and Schalke/Dortmund/PSG, U20 camp, U20 players

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01:19:17

Episode 27: Who should be called up for the Brazil...

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2018/08/28

We’re back in our comfort zone and we’ve got a roster episode. The men’s national team faces Brazil on Sept. 7 and Mexico on Sept. 11. We break down the options and in the process conduct a routine checkup on the U.S. player pool. Then we review the first matchday of the Bundesliga season and Belz spotlights the recent USL appearances of Joshua Atencio for Sounders 2. 0:30 preamble 9:25 goalkeepers 12:08 right backs 15:35 centerbacks (EPB got the call-up, listen to the segment if you want to know

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02:35:08

Episode 26: Another look into the future with Joey...

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2018/08/22

Games kick off Sept. 1 in the U19 regular season of the U.S. Development Academy. Joey Anthone joins to detail his preseason top 10 and the key up-and-comers across the nation. We cover some big themes at the top and then dive in. Bext XIs, preseason “awards” and answers to listener questions ensue. 0:30 Introduction and Big Themes MLS academies losing players to Europe for free. The emerging class of elite academies who gather talent from other academies. Changes to the DA schedule to make games

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