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

Gio's quarrel with Hummels, Pulisic's goal, Tillman's masterclass, Pepi's assist and Dest's nutmeg. Plus some quick discussion of the "Under Pressure" documentary, good results for Yohannes and Albert, and Hayes' Chelsea struggling a bit in Women's Champions League. Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private feed for the Monday Review, which is, among other things, a run-down of club a...

Sean Forman, who founded Baseball-Reference in 2000 and launched fbref.com in 2018, joins Belz to discuss the origin story of the company that runs several of the world's highest-traffic sports stat websites, including the one that has made soccer fandom richer in the past half-decade. Lots to discuss, we covered a lot of ground. Second half of the episode is available to patrons of Scuffed. See l...

Juan Guzman reffed MLS matches, helped roll out video assistant refereeing in the league, and now is the state referee administrator for the California State Soccer Association-South, one of the nation's richest soccer regions. We talked about getting young people into reffing, why Juan did it, how ARs stay on the invisible off side line, how parents aren't as bad as they might appear in isolated...

The Jaedyn Shaw era is surely upon us. Also we're back to pressing with conviction. We got a good look at Coffey and Shaw, a debut for Korbin Albert, more Purce at right back, a comeback win, lots to discuss. Vince, Greg, Tara and Belz talk it through, react to a few clips from Twila Kilgore's press conference post-game. Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private feed for the Monday Re...

Smith at striker, Shaw and Fishel get another good runout, Purce excellent at right back, Nighswonger and Moultrie debut. Lots to consider as the Kilgore Interregnum continues. Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private feed with one or two episodes a week, including the Monday Review with Watke and Vince, and a Friday show usually with Greg and Watke. Patrons also get access to our pr...

Natalia Astrain, the Telemundo soccer commentator who's coached youth and professional women's soccer on both sides of the Atlantic and coaxed intentional, lovely soccer from the U17 women's national team in 2022, joins the pod. She has a distinct vantage point for observing the challenges and opportunities facing women's soccer in America as the national team prepares for the beginning of the Hay...

Vince, Tara and Belz talk through the roster, some of the comments from the Crocker/Kilgore press conference, possible XIs versus China next weekend, and 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 co...

Magnificent self sabotage from Sergiño derails a perfectly acceptable away Concacaf performance, and then it gets a little nervy in the second half. Greg and Belz talk through it, full timeline. We're going to the Copa. Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private feed with one or two episodes a week, including the Monday Review with Watke and Vince, and a Friday show usually with Greg a...

Greg and Belz sort through it. Full timeline. Back in action Monday night. Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private feed for two episodes a week, including the Monday Review with Watke and Vince, and a Friday show usually with Greg and Watke. 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.patr...

Watke, Vince and Belz on the ongoing camp in Austin, the upcoming matches against Trinidad, Berhalter's press conference setup, Gio and Malik hopefully getting to start for the fun of it, how to pronounce Malik's name, whether Paredes can have a breakout camp, and much more. Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! You get exclusive episodes on average twice a week, plus access to the Discord and live cal...

Greg and Belz talk through the roster, who may step up in the absence of Pulisic and Weah, whether Gio works as a winger in Berhalter's system, and react to a handful of clips from Berhalter's press conference. Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private feed for two episodes a week, including the Monday Review with Watke and Vince, and a Friday show usually with Greg and Watke. Patrons...

Greg, Vince, Tara and Belz talk through the surprise of the weekend, first reported by Joe Lowery at Backheeled, that Chelsea manager and arguably the best coach in women's soccer Emma Hayes has agreed to terms with the USSF to coach the women's national team. We talk about her background, her ideas about American soccer development, the ways she is likely to manage the WNT and the as yet unclear...

Bob Morocco joins Watke and Belz to talk through ten of MB90's most memorable moments, what kind of player he really was, how much responsibility he bears for the failure in Couva, whether the 2014 team would beat the 2023 team, the chip at the Azteca, jawing with Suarez at the U20 World Cup, the Slovenia goal, the Confederations Cup run, and much more. This is the first 20 minutes or so. The rest...

Vince, Tara and Belz talk through the 3-0 win on Sunday, finally, another status quo lineup from Kilgore redeemed by Mia Fishel and Jaedyn Shaw's second half showings. Full timeline, lots of takeaways. We get into some detail on the candidates to coach the NT for real, and bid Kilgore adieu in a bonus episode for patrons. Link below. Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private feed for...

A 0-0 draw, nothing happening, nothing changing. Is purgatory worse than hell? No, but it’s not fun! 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...

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...

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. Supp...

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...

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...

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 avai...

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...

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 ca...

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...

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...

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/sc...