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

Jan 30 2025 565 ep. 58 mins 864

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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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#565: Pepi & Pulisic score, Gio makes art, Yunus melts down as UCL league phase ends

Jan 30 2025 63 mins

Watke, Belz and Vince on Pepi's massive goal and assist, that work of art from Gio off the bench, Musah's meltdown and Pulisic's goal in Milan's loss, and a few other odds and ends.

#564: Is Poch gonna stick with the stay-home right back when Serge returns?

Jan 27 2025 76 mins

Plus Tyler and Bournemouth flying, Sargent back in the XI and scoring, Noahkai gets his first top-flight start for Augsburg, and much, much more with Vince, Watke and Belz.

#563: USMNT v Costa Rica recap

Jan 23 2025 54 mins

Greg's back on the mic with Belz to recap the second of two enjoyable January Camp victories under Mauricio Pochettino. Why are we more fun this January? Who from this camp will get called up in March? And, of course, Big Balls Diego is canonized in the lore.

#562: USA v Venezuela and a weekend rundown

Jan 20 2025 62 mins

Vince, Watke and Belz talk about the Miljevic penalty incident, whether Jack McGlynn could be a first-team USMNT factor some day, who from Saturday's game might get a chance in March, Tyler Adams getting after it for Bournemouth, Weah's big goal, transfer rumors, and lots more.

#561: Tim Ream joins the pod

Jan 18 2025 46 mins

The dean of the USMNT player pool joined Sanjay Sujanthakumar in the lobby of a hotel in Fort Lauderdale on Friday to discuss centerback development in America, how he got to be so comfortable on the ball, Poch's mentality campaign, whether he wants to coach after his playing career ends, watching his national team teammates grow up before his eyes, and much more. By the way, he sa

#560: The state of the U20 pool with Matt Hartman and Marcus Chairez

Jan 16 2025 75 mins

Matt Hartman and Marcus Chairez, both close observers of the youth national teams and youth U.S. player pool, join Belz to break down the full U20 age group. The news hook is the ongoing camp in Florida but we talk about the actual best XI ahead of this fall's U20 World Cup (many of whom were not released for this camp) and the probable XI at the World Cup, considering who will be

#559: A promising centerback debut, a missed opportunity in Ligue 1, Poch on mentality

Jan 13 2025 76 mins

Belz, Vince and Watke go deep on 18-year-old Noahkai Banks' debut for Augsburg, and Tessmann's big chance for Lyon with Matic on the transfer block. Then Pochettino's latest comments, the rest of the action from the weekend, transfer rumors, etc.

#558: January Camp 5-a-side draft with Matt Doyle & Watke

Jan 09 2025 53 mins

MLS senior writer and veteran podcaster Matt Doyle graciously joins us and we each pick 7 players (one goalkeeper, five field players and a sub) from Mauricio Pochettino's January Camp roster for a make-believe 5-a-side round robin. Who got the best team?

#557: Italian Supercup, wingers as coaches, Adams returns, Richards v Chelsea

Jan 06 2025 66 mins

Milan v Juve, Pulisic's new coach, McKennie excelling at left back, Richards v Chelsea, Adams back from injury, transfer rumors, injury reports, and much more. Watke, Vince and Belz get back at it for the first Monday Review of 2025.

#556: USWNT Annual Review 2024

Dec 28 2024 52 mins

Greg, Vince and Belz (with Tara contributing in absentia) give a series of awards for what was obviously a very successful 2024 for the U.S. Women. Player of the Year, Breakthrough Player of the Year, Retirement of the Year, Most Patriotic, and much more.